Honeywell Continues to Seek Sanctions against US Justice Department

WASHINGTON DC: Honeywell International continues in its legal battle against the US Justice Department for allegedly selling defective body armor to law enforcement and military agencies.  Honeywell is now pushing for sanctions against the DOJ on a case which began in 2008, accusing the Deptarment of failed litigation holds for their continued lawsuit.

Honeywell has been [...]

The Tradition of Thanksgiving: A Brief Modern History

How did Thanksgiving Day end up being the fourth Thursday of November?  Like most everything in America, it was a big debate. The first national day of Thanksgiving, deemed a “Day of Publick Thanksgivin,’” was proclaimed by George Washington in 1789 at the request of the Federal Congress. The next seventy-four Thanksgivings fell on whatever [...]

New ITC Rules To Go Into Effect Friday

On November 18th the International Trade Commission’s (ITC) recent publication, Notice of Final Rulemaking will come into effect.  The publication includes amendments to the original document created specifically to gain more information from filed public issue complaints with the ITC.

According the document’s initial summary report, these amendments were created to help the ITC identify investigations [...]

Best Practices, Best Solution?

The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) published their “Best Practices in eDiscovery in New York State and Federal Courts” this week in hopes to influence some sort of standardization in eDiscovery collection and preservation. It is no secret that those involved in eDiscovery, from counsel to vendors, have been searching for a universal document [...]

Motion Activated: Apple’s Latest Innovation

Apple filed a patent application earlier this week for a toolbar which will provide advanced gesturing-based video editing for a future version of the iPad.  The new feature will allow iPad users the ability to control the tablet from across the room using 3-D gestures created by the user.  These gestures give users the ability [...]

Long Lost Facebook Owner?: Ceglia’s Discovery Evasion Raises Doubts

One year and four months after his case was filed Paul Ceglia lost his third legal team. The case revolves around Mark Zuckerberg and an alleged contract that would entitle Ceglia to at least half of the now multi-billion dollar company, Facebook, Inc.

Sanctions on Ceglia’s attorneys for not complying with court discovery orders could very [...]