When a person or company has wronged you, the court system can provide an official forum for finding a resolution. Litigation is the term for the process of using the court system to resolve disputes.

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, essentially the rule book for civil cases in federal courts, are supposed to apply to all civil cases in the federal court system. The problem is that the framers ...

Tom Gillespie is an industry leader in debt collection. He is The President of Access Receivables Management in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Does your organization consider litigation when all other efforts ...

Most practitioners in Florida are familiar with at least one of the various axioms about state and federal matters and procedures. Litigating in federal court on a “rocket docket” is often compared to ...

CCB proceedings are low-cost alternative to litigation for certain copyright claims Monetary relief is limited to $30,000 in CCB proceedings The CCB hears claims for infringement, non-infringement, ...

May 16, 2025 - In 2011, the America Invents Act (AIA) created a system by which litigation defendants, special-interest groups, or any member of the public could challenge the validity of an issued ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Multidistrict litigation (MDL) is unorthodox, modern civil procedure. It is an old-but-new procedural tool that significantly disrupts decades ...

Arbitration is a process whereby the parties to a dispute agree that it will be privately decided outside of the normal court process. Instead of the formal and heavily structured litigation ...

A copyright holder may decide to file a copyright infringement lawsuit if she believes that infringement of one of her exclusive rights has occurred. Typically, only the holder of the exclusive right ...