Recent Google sanctions should prompt review of data preservation practices

By Talia Karas on April 13, 2023

Close-up hands typing on keyboard laptop computer with chat box icons

A federal court in California ruled in favor of sanctions against Google last week for failing to preserve records. Google’s document retention policy required individual employees to identify internal chat conversations responsive to a litigation hold. The court found this policy to be in violation of Google’s duty to preserve electronically-stored information under the Federal … Continue Reading

Avoiding smart contract conflicts despite ambiguity

By Porter Wright on October 26, 2020

A version of this article was originally published by Law360 on Oct. 21, 2020. Depending on whom you ask, the promise of smart contracts ranges from the mundane to the fantastic—from helping to “facilitate, verify, execute and enforce the terms of a commercial agreement”[i] to ushering in the end of contract law by providing a … Continue Reading

Kawhi Leonard v. Nike, Inc.: Copy, derivative work or distinct work?

By Porter Wright on July 25, 2019

On July 17, 2019, Nike, Inc. (Nike) filed its Answer and Counter Claims in response to the complaint previously filed by Kawhi Leonard, now of the Los Angeles Clippers. Read about the complaint in our previous post, Kawhi Leonard v. Nike Inc.: How copyrights can trump trademarks? In its Answer, Nike asks for a declaration that … Continue Reading