Cloud Computing Patent Litigation Trends – Competitor Cases, Open Source Targets, Cloud Customers

Since launching Cloud IPQ last year, we have focused on the intersection of cloud computing and intellectual property with a particular emphasis on the increasing number of patent lawsuits filed against cloud computing companies and their customers.  In our first post – Introducing Cloud IPQ: Enhancing Your Cloud IP IQ – we highlighted the increase …

11 tips to reduce retirement plan litigation risk

A prudent process and documentation is more essential than ever. There’s no time like the present to make sure you and your investment committee have a strong fiduciary file and continue to try to raise the bar. (Photo: Shutterstock) While retirement plans with billions of dollars dominate the plan litigation headlines, smaller plans have the …

Study Finds Judges Mostly Reject Discovery Requests for Litigation Funding Documents

Credit: Alexander Kirch/Shutterstock.com Amid a push by litigation funding opponents for greater transparency in the industry, a new industry study has found that federal and state court judges have overwhelmingly blocked attempts by litigants to peer into their opponents’ legal financing arrangements. The case law analysis by Tennessee-based litigation funding broker Westfleet Advisors identified 30 …

Wife fails in attempt to increase award of £51.4 million plus share of business assets

Home > News CoA gives weight to pre-marital agreement Camilla Versteegh has failed in her attempt to increase the High Court’s award in financial remedy proceedings against her husband, Gerard Versteegh. The order by Sir Peter Singer gave Mrs Versteegh approximately half the non-business assets (£51.4m) together with a 23.41% interest in a business called …

Divorce Lawyers of Reddit Reveal The Weirdest Reasons Their Clients Filed

Divorce lawyers swarmed to the subreddit r/AskReddit yesterday after user u/KylonneSpencer asked: “Divorce lawyers of Reddit, what is the most ridiculous reason your client filed divorce for?” The comments hit more than 6,400 by the following day and the responses range from very funny to very messed up. Are they ultimately, a little sad? Sure. …

Billionaire oligarch in UK’s biggest divorce wins latest battle with ex-wife after judges in Dubai s…

A Russian oligarch at the centre of Britain’s costliest divorce has won his latest battle with his estranged wife over a court order to seize his £300m super yacht. Bailiffs acting for the High Court in London had taken control of the 115m yacht Luna owned by oil and gas tycoon Farkhad Akhmedov when it …

Breaking up is hard to do: the fate of family law in post-Brexit Britain

The effect of Brexit on family law As the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill continues through Parliament, the debate is evolving with divergent views as to how a family law Brexit can best be achieved. Therefore, the impact of Brexit upon family law remains unclear for the time being.There are two principal EU regulations which impact …

Is there Ever a Time to Recommend Divorce?

The controversy continues within the Southern Baptist Convention surrounding Dr. Paige Patterson. I blogged about this last week. As I read various opinion pieces on the latest SBC drama, I got to thinking about one specific criticism Patterson faces: Over the fact that he would never recommend divorce. I have made myself clear that no …