Can a Federal Judge Magistrate close out a federal case so it won't go to trial and leave you unable to appeal his decision?

The Magistrate Judge in Federal Court typically handles discovery disputes for the District Court Judge, unless you consented to have the...

The plaintiff can oppose a motion for summary judgment by showing that it has admissible evidence supporting its legal claim so that there is a...

I own a website domain name, but this domain name is the name of one of my competitors, and i have it forwarded to my website.

In general, there may be a claim of cybersquatting against you where your domain name is identical or confusingly similar to your competitor's...

Whether you will need permission depends on how you intend to market and use the device in your program. To avoid a trademark problem, you should...

Assuming that you are in the Central District of California (because Inglewood is within its jurisdiction), a motion for reconsideration is...

What is the effect of an order by a judge in a civil case striking all defendants' affirmative defenses?

The effect is that the trial will be limited to whether the plaintiff can prove the elements of its legal cause of action. This effectively limits...

I live in Ohio my husband lives in Georgia he advertises on the internet his company does business in the entire us and in fact

Your question appears to be missing a number of facts, but here are some general comments. Personal jurisdiction is a complicated area of law....

Depositions - Civil Court - California

Is the witness' home address relevant to any issue in the case, or reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence? If there...

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There may be a fair use argument if you were to use "Facebook" to identify the service in order to comment upon it. For example, you could opine...

he general notion of a fairy-tale princess is in the public domain. Disney holds the copyright in its specific expression of certain princess...