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Attorney malpractice claims in $100 million D.C. patent malpractice suit survive preliminary motions

January 27th, 2012
In Lans v. Adduci Mastriani & Schaumberg L.L.P., No. 02-2165 (D.D.C. May 23, 2011), the District Court, in a 120-page opinion, denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss an attorney malpractice suit arising out of patent litigation. In this suit, the plaintiffs claim that the defendants’ alleged misdeeds resul… Read More
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Categories: Defenses, District of Columbia, Legal Malpractice, Personal Jurisdiction

Minimum contacts analysis for personal jurisdiction over foreign components manufacturer

January 23rd, 2012
In Robert Windsor, Jr., et al., v. Spinner Industry Co., Ltd., et al., Civil No. JKB 10-114 (D.Md. Dec. 15, 2011), the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland analyzed the appropriate standard by which to determine whether a foreign corporation has sufficient minimum contacts in order to assert personal jurisdictio… Read More
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Categories: Federal Civil Procedure, Maryland, Personal Jurisdiction