It is not uncommon for plaintiffs based in the United States to bring claims against foreign parties in U.S. federal courts to obtain a favorable venue and avoid any bias in foreign courts in favor of local defendants. A...more
1/3/2024
/ Bailments ,
Business Disputes ,
Business Litigation ,
Contract Disputes ,
Conversion ,
Damages ,
Forum Non Conveniens ,
Gross Negligence ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Ports ,
Saudi Arabia ,
Transfer of Venue ,
Venue ,
Vessels ,
Virginia
From the mid-1990s until the mid-2010s, the EDVA typically ranked among the top 10 federal districts for patent litigation. See Gugliuzza, Paul R. and Anderson, Jonas, Why Do Judges Compete for (Patent) Cases? at 24-25...more
6/20/2023
/ Business Litigation ,
Forum Selection ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Jurisdiction ,
Motion to Transfer ,
Out-of-State Companies ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Transfer of Venue ,
Virginia
In perhaps the first case addressing transfer of a federal antitrust action to an MDL court, Judge Leonie Brinkema of the Alexandria Division of the EDVA recently denied a motion to transfer an antitrust action against Google...more
6/15/2023
/ Adtech ,
Anticompetitive Behavior ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Google ,
Monopolization ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
SCOTUS ,
Targeted Digital Advertising ,
Transfer of Venue