David Horrigan

June 02, 2008 | Legaltech News

When does an online listing turn into an advertisement? Is it subject to state bar regulations? Should consumers pick lawyers based on customer reviews? These questions are being asked as online attorney rating service Avvo expands, and allows attorneys to "claim" their profiles.

By David Horrigan

6 minute read

May 03, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

In what both sides agree may be the largest award of attorneys` fees ever in a copyright case, a federal judge in Houston has awarded Compaq Computer Corp. more than $2.7 million. On April 12, U.S. District Judge Melinda Harmon denied a motion to reconsider an earlier decision that Ergonome Inc. and its two principals, Stephanie Brown and Thomas Mowrey, pay Compaq $2,765,026 in attorneys` fees in a copyright infringement action between the two companies. Harmon also ordered Ergonome`s former

By DAVID HORRIGAN

2 minute read

March 13, 2003 | New York Law Journal

By David Horrigan

8 minute read

March 13, 2003 | New York Law Journal

By David Horrigan

9 minute read

August 01, 2008 | Legaltech News

Accommodating a crucial witness who can't travel internationally because of illness.

By David Horrigan

9 minute read

March 10, 2008 | National Law Journal

Ropes & Gray's representation of Gentex Corp. won the law firm the LTN Award for most innovative use of technology in a trial. A complicated trial in a distant location created an opportunity for ingenuity, turning a low-tech courtroom in a remote location into a high-tech modern facility.

By David Horrigan

9 minute read

August 15, 2008 | Legaltech News

The videoconferencing situation in United States v. Stolt-Nielsen bears examination. A tech-savvy U.S. litigator meets the challenge of a New Zealand witness who can't travel with remote testimony. But will New Zealand law prevent trial technology from saving the day?

By David Horrigan

9 minute read

April 10, 2009 | Legaltech News

Trial exhibits played an important role when O.J. Simpson faced a jury for kidnapping and robbery in State v. Simpson. Nevada prosecutors turned poor quality audio files into persuasive evidence using state-of-the-art legal technology from Verdict Systems to successfully make their case.

By David Horrigan

7 minute read

November 12, 2002 | Law.com

In a case against America Online in which an electronics company alleged that an AOL subscriber was libeling it, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that AOL must reveal the member's identity. Siding with the electronics company's claim that the posting violated the law even if it wasn't defamatory, the court concluded that a speaker who uses nondefamatory words in a scheme to enrich himself at the expense of another does not enjoy First Amendment protection.

By David Horrigan

3 minute read

May 08, 2003 | Law.com

President Bill Clinton's videotaped depositions provided much fodder for comedians a few years ago, but litigators may have been wondering about the legal issues associated with using videotape in depositions. What are the admissibility pitfalls? How can a tape be edited for trial? While forming a trial strategy, it's good for litigators to know just what they can -- and cannot -- do with video.

By David Horrigan

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