▲ 2 r/patentlaw
Patent Litigator Enforcing Own Patent
Are there any legal or practical problems with a patent litigator buying a patent and then litigating the patent herself?
u/DownWithAlice — 5 days ago
▲ 0 r/Ask_Lawyers
If a California contingency attorney were to hypothetically keep a portion of client funds from a settlement check under the guise that the funds were kept to cover "costs" related to litigation but the client can show that those costs were never actually incurred, what legal recourse could the client have? Only recovery of the money improperly kept? Anything above and beyond that and, if possibly so, under what legal theory? Separately, would the state bar take such accusations seriously if reported?
To give a couple examples, suppose the attorney said they expended $X on "expert fees" but they actually never did hire or consult with an expert or they spent $Y on "court filing fees" but they never actually filed anything that cost them any money.
u/DownWithAlice — 1 month ago
▲ 6 r/Ask_Lawyers
I see a lot of instances where somehow, someway, officer body cam footage of attractive women often wearing revealing clothing makes its way onto the internet, ultimately published on certain social media accounts that appear to exploit such footage for clicks/ad revenue. Here's just one example:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/body-cam-footage-florida-woman-022841023.html
There is typically nothing remarkable about the underlying crime the woman is accused of (e.g., DUI, traffic violation, etc.), which draws into question how and why the police department released the footage. If we assume for the sake of argument that the police department is selling this footage to third parties or someone within the department is either outright leaking the footage or informing a third party of its existence so they in turn make a public request for it, would there be any legal recourse against the PD for these women at the center of these videos and what would that legal theory be?
u/DownWithAlice — 1 month ago
▲ 2 r/caraccidents
I hit a parked car with no one in it. Waited for the owner and then we exchanged information, including my insurance info. Since the damage was minor (scraped bumper), I told him that I'd pay for it if the estimates he got were reasonable. He agreed and we texted back and forth for a couple days after about places he could go for an estimate. The last I heard from him, he had an appointment at a shop that's known to be very expensive, so I'm pretty sure this will need to be submitted to insurance. However, it's been almost a week now since I've heard from him and he didn't respond to my last text asking for an update. Any plausible reason this guy is ghosting me now? Do I bite the bullet and report this to my insurance to avoid letting too much time lapse?
u/DownWithAlice — 1 month ago