IP Litigation Coverage
am 19.05.2008 von German American Law Journal :: American EditionCK - Washington. For the longest time, German insurers would not touch insurance coverage for the legal cost of IP litigation. Now, an insurance product provides such coverage for patent and trademark litigation. The cost of litigation in Germany is generally more predictable in Germany than the United States because of fee statutes that pin attorneys fees and court costs to the value in dispute, Streitwert. Ignoring flexibility added to the fee statutes in recent legislation, insurers can base their calculations on the statutes and not the hourly fee agreements that have become more common. Darmstadt-based …
Loser Pays Costs
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / J.G - Washington. In Germany, legal fees consist of attorney fees for out of court actions and litigation and of court costs. A lawsuit may extend to three instances--trial court, court of appeals and supreme court. At each lev…
Statutory Legal Fees
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / J.G - Washington. In Germany, legal fees consist of attorney fees for out of court actions and litigation and of court costs. A lawsuit may extend to three instances--trial court, court of appeals and supreme court. At each lev…
Court Expands Jurisdiction
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Today, the Cologne Circuit published a press release in the matter 16 U 36/04 explaining its ruling on an interlocutory appeal dated September 12, 2005. The court expands the jurisdiction of German courts and possibly other Eu…
Spam-Blawg: Litigation Lawyer
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Rating Services
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. A new German blog lets lawyers share their experiences with insurance carriers for legal services. Such companies sign up customers to cover the cost of legal advice and representation in certain practice areas, such as renta…
Legal Advice for €190
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. A press release dated June 26, 2006 sells as progress new fee rules for attorneys and clients. The Berlin Department of Justice advises of the rules governing non-litigation consultations. Beginning July 1, 2006, lawyers and c…
German Statutory Legal Fees
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. German statutory fees for attorneys and notaries often befuddle foreigners. The statutory legal fees are tied to values, in litigation, for instance, to the sum in dispute between the parties. They are computed according to p…
BBQ Litigation Avoided
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Security cost the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern some $15 million when President Bush recently visited Chancellor Merkel on July 13, 2006. State President Harald Ringstorff threatened the federal government with litigation to…
Fair Use: Can Lawyers Copy One Anothers Litigation Documents?
Jurabilis / Every day, lawyers sit at their desks, struggling to find the right words to use in a complaint or a memorandum of law, with the hopes that those words will persuade the court or the other side of the correctness of their clients position. A subst…
Zivilprozess: Klassiker des amerikanischen Anwalts- und Gerichtsfilms
Recht und Film / aus der juristichen Filmkritik In Toxic Tort Litigation, Truth Lies at the Bottom of a Bottomless Pit von Prof. Michael Asimow - UCLA Law School: The film dramatizes the human side of the litigation, while presenting the realities of complex tort l…
