Comments on: Heavy Sanctions Loom Against Attorneys for e-Discovery and other “Aggravated Litigation Abuses”

By: The Lessons of Qualcomm: A Wake Up Call for the Whole Legal Profession « e-Discovery Team

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:17:09 +0000

[...] Heavy Sanctions Loom Against Attorneys for e-Discovery and other “Aggravated Litigation Abuses” [...]

By: e-Discovery at the Harvard Club in New York City « e-Discovery Team

e-Discovery at the Harvard Club in New York City « e-Discovery Team — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:15:11 +0000

[...] was right. The FTC e-discovery team leader began with an overview of the incredible facts of the Qualcomm case. This was a prelude for this primary message, that there are only three fundamental principles to [...]

By: What Game Does an e-Discovery Team Play? « e-Discovery Team

What Game Does an e-Discovery Team Play? « e-Discovery Team — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:38:57 +0000

[...] do like Qualcomm and decide to withhold evidence just because you don’t like it. You can see where hiding the ball got them - they lost the patent they sued to enforce, they paid over eight million dollars in fees to the [...]

By: Sanctions Have Been Lifted Against the “Qualcomm Six” and a New Trial Ordered Where They May Now Speak Freely to Defend Themselves « e-Discovery Team

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:18:10 +0000

[...] For background on this case and its many prior twists and turns, see my three prior blogs: Qualcomm’s “Monumental Discovery Violations” Provokes Only Wimpy Sanctions; and before that, Update of Two Prior Sanctions Blogs: Qualcomm and Morgan Stanley, and Heavy Sanctions Loom Against Attorneys for e-Discovery and other “Aggravated Litigation Abuses”. [...]

By: California Proposes e-Discovery Laws that Governor Schwarzenegger will want to Terminate « e-Discovery Team

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:32:36 +0000

[...] of e-discovery disputes comes solely from reading about the exceptional disaster case like Qualcomm. These cases tend to create a false impression of everyday e-discovery practice, and little sympathy [...]

By: Qualcomm’s “Monumental Discovery Violations” Provokes Only Wimpy Sanctions « e-Discovery Team

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:27:04 +0000

[...] 6, 2007). I summarized this order and other prior activity in this case in my two prior blogs: Heavy Sanctions Loom Against Attorneys for e-Discovery and other “Aggravated Litigation Abuses… and Qualcomm [...]

By: Update of Two Prior Sanctions Blogs: Qualcomm and Morgan Stanley « e-Discovery Team

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:03:35 +0000

[...] first sequel pertains to the blog of August 18, 2007, Heavy Sanctions Loom Against Attorneys for e-Discovery and other “Aggravated Litigation Abuses…. Here I recounted the e-discovery “horror story” of the Qualcomm Inc. v. Broadcom [...]

By: In Re Discovery » Heavy Sanctions Loom Against Attorneys for e-Discovery and other “Aggrivated Litigation Abuses”

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:28:10 +0000

[...] Blog entry by Ralph Losey posted on e-Discovery Team, August 18, 2007: The other shoe has dropped in a case that many California attorneys were already talking about, Qualcom Inc. v. Broadcom Corp.; it hit with such a loud thud that attorneys all over the country will now take notice. Qualcomm Inc. v. Broadcom Corp., No. 05-CV-1958-B(BLM) Doc. 599 (S.D. Cal. Aug. 13, 2007). This is an Order to Show Cause directed against all attorneys who represented the plaintiff, Qualcomm, in a patent infringement case it brought against Broadcom. The Order specifically names 14 attorneys from two prominent law firms, one local and one national, but also includes “any and all other attorneys who signed discovery responses, signed pleadings and pre-trial motions, and/or appeared at trial on behalf of Qualcomm.” The Order requires these attorneys to appear in the District Court in San Diego on August 29, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. to show cause why sanctions should not be imposed against them for failure to comply with the Court’s orders…. Print Share This Close [...]