Civil Procedure

Why does Google keep so much information?

By Ira Nathenson on July 3, 2008

Yesterday, I wrote about the “privacy paradox” and Google’s refusal to post a conspicuous link to its privacy policy on its homepage.   Today, the New York Times reports that the judge overseeing the Viacom/YouTube copyright lawsuit has ordered Google to turn over a database linking YouTube users to every video clip they have watched on [...]

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A Civil Procedure limerick

By Ira Nathenson on June 25, 2008

Continuing this week’s Civil Procedure and golf themes, a judge from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissed a third-party complaint because it was filed by the defendants too late and without court permission.  Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 14 states that a defending party filing a third-party complaint “must, by motion, obtain the court’s leave [...]

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Selyaisms and The Federal Rules of Gallimaufry

Selyaisms and The Federal Rules of Gallimaufry

By Ira Nathenson on June 24, 2008

In legal circles, Senior First Circuit Judge Bruce M. Selya is well-known for the broad and arcane vocabulary that he uses in his opinions, branded by many as “Selyaisms.”  Legal Blog Watch notes that in the late 1980′s, one of Selya’s clerks had a word-a-day calendar and that he and his co-clerks “tried to see [...]

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