Judge Shopping & Schedule A (Guest Blog Post)
By guest blogger Sarah Fackrell, Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law Plaintiffs are often allowed to choose their own forum. But they’re not supposed to be able to choose their own judge. And yet, in the U.S. District…
11th Circuit Rejects TOS Formation–Tejon v. Zeus
Prior blog post. This 11th Circuit decision involves the following screen: In a split opinion, a majority says this TOS formation failed: Zeus chose to bury the page containing that agreement behind a hyperlink that itself was written in small,…
SAD Scheme Plaintiff Gets Default Win But Blows the Layup on Damages–Shenzen Huajie v. Shenzen Leyibei
This is a rare Seventh Circuit opinion on the SAD Scheme (it’s nonprecedential). The defense didn’t contest the appeal, but even without opposition, the rightsowner still whiffs. The court contextualizes the case: Intellectual property lawsuits like this one have flooded…