How can individuals and small companies afford to litigate patent infringement against big companies and Fortune 500s?

Yes, patent litigation is absurdly expensive, but keep in mind that: Most licensing demands don't result in litigation. Many tech companies...

You can do it, but it's illegal and you will definitely lose in court unless it's clearly a parody of their work, or derivative of it -- that is,...

Is a job contract enforceable if some disturbing aspects of the job were hidden to me

How long was the training course, how many days a week, how many trainers and participants? Is it really possible that penalty is approximately...

If I file a Copyright Infringement suit, but the defendant does not "show up in court" - what happens then?

You asked about "filing" the suit and the defendant does not show up in court. You should know that after you file the suit (deliver the Complaint...

Contractor went $16,000 over budget from the original bid. Are we obligated to pay?

Great response from Deepali. It's hard to predict the likely outcome in this case without sitting down and discussing the facts with you for an...