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Author: Roger Parloff is a senior writer at Fortune, where he covers a wide range of legal issues—from mass torts to intellectual property.

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Recent Posts from Legal Pad

  • State Farm v. Scruggs updates (Introduction)

    With former super-lawyer Richard F. “Dickie” Scruggs now serving a federal prison term for conspiring to bribe one state judge, and a federal grand jury reportedly looking into whether he conspired to bribe a second…

  • Scruggs updates, Part I: Key witness will finally testify

    [This part of a series. See the introduction here.] In a little noted filinglast week State Farm revealed that one of its claims-adjusting supervisors, Alexis (“Lecky”) King, is now available to testify in a handful…

  • Scruggs update, Part II: When Kerri met Dickie

    [This is part of a series. The introduction is here.] The Rigsbys and Scruggs have always portrayed the Rigsbys’ secret photocopying of confidential State Farm documents (in arguable violation of confidentiality clauses in their contracts)…

  • Scruggs updates, Part III: Was there a third insider?

    [This is part of a series. The introduction is here.] The newly available Tammy Hardison and Dana Lee depositions also shed light on an arcane question that I have posted on before, and that State…

  • Scruggs updates, Part IV: Computer funny business

    [This is part of a series. The introduction is here.] Tammy Hardison and Dana Lee last met with Kerri and Cori Rigsby on about May 28, 2006, when they all were spending Memorial Day weekend…

  • Scruggs updates, Part V: “Trailer Lawyers”

    [This is part of a series. The introduction is here.] The last bit of computer funny business alleged in these cases involves the so-called “Trailer Lawyers,” so dubbed by blogger and Scruggs chronicler David Rossmiller…

  • Scruggs updates, Part VI: Violating confidentiality orders?

    [This is the last of a series. The introduction is here.] Earlier this month State Farm made public e-mails recently obtained from the Scruggs Law Firm that appear to show that Scruggs knowingly sent court…

  • eBay wins L’Oréal counterfeiting case in Belgium

    eBAY (EBAY) has now improved its record to 2-3 in its court battles over the crucial e-commerce question that is now being litigated around the world: Does the Internet auction-site  facilitate the sale of counterfeit…

  • Is eBay complying with the French court order?

    Though eBay (EBAY) is still basking in its recent victory in Manhattan federal court — where a district judge Monday rejected Tiffany’s (TIF) attempts to hold it responsible for counterfeit sales of “Tiffany” silver jewelry…

  • eBay triumphs in Tiffany counterfeiting case

    Though eBay (EBAY) got roughed up last month in courts of France – which found the online auction site responsible for counterfeit sales –  it won big-time Monday in the court of the United States. In a 66-page ruling, U.S.…



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