Failure to Show Good Cause for Cost Shifting

06/02/17 • 6 min

Case law discussion of Hawa v. Coatesville Area Sch. Dist., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 37675, where the Defendants sought 80% cost-shifting for their discovery costs based on purported undue burden because the data was not reasonably accessible.

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Are Read Receipt Emails Party Admissions?

Hearsay is an out of court statement offered for the truth of the matter asserted. Are read receipt emails hearsay? If they are, are the messages party admissions? I discuss these issues and more from Fox v. Leland Volunteer Fire/Rescue Dep’t Inc., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 30583, 31-32 (E.D.N.C. Mar. 10, 2015).

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Protecting Fictional Characters

Audio recording of my new CLE on Protecting Fictional Characters, presented at the Orange County Bar Association, on June 26, 2017. Here is the program description: Owners and creators of fictional characters run the gambit in protecting their works of art from outright infringers to fan films. This seminar will address case studies in protecting fictional characters, from the Vampira/Elvira litigation, to Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica, and the fan film Star Trek Axanar. The material will cover what works of art are protected, what are not, and what is allowable for fan films.