Wittliff | Cutter Partner John Saba Earns Top Texas Verdicts Ranking
Wittliff | Cutter was recently recognized on the Top 50 Verdicts in Texas in 2021 list from the publishers of TopVerdict.
Reid Wittliff, Slade Cutter Offer Physicians Social Media Survival Tips at TexMed Conference
Wittliff | Cutter name partners Reid Wittliff and Slade Cutter spoke at the TexMed 2022 Conference in Houston on April 29. They discussed practical tips for physicians looking to use social media in their medical practice.
John Saba of Wittliff | Cutter, wins a patent infringement jury trial in the Eastern District of Texas
Wittliff | Cutter partner John Saba won a patent infringement lawsuit on behalf of its client Lone Star. After a five day trial, an 8 person jury unanimously found Defendant ASUS had infringed Lone Star’s patent on display technology and awarded a reasonable royalty for damages. To learn more about the case, read the Law 360 article covering the trial.
Wittliff, Saba Named to 2020 Super Lawyers
Wittliff Cutter, PLLC is proud to announce that name partner Reid Wittliff and John Saba have been recognized by Thomson Reuters as Texas Super Lawyers in 2020.
Changes to Privacy Shield in the Wake of Brexit
On January 31, 2020, the International Trade Association’s Privacy Shield Team issued guidance concerning changes to Privacy Shield Framework in the wake of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. For those wondering how Brexit will impact cross-border data transfers, here are a couple items to note.
Partner Reid Wittliff Presents Two Classes Focusing on Technology Law
Partner Reid Wittliff recently taught two classes focused on technology law. On April 5, Reid taught an eDiscovery and Digital Forensics lecture to the University of Texas School of Law Technology in Litigation class. The presentation focused on the effective use of discovery to obtain digital evidence and the process digital forensics examiners use to identify, capture, preserver and present digital evidence in litigation.
Metadata is Important and Discoverable in Litigation
Discovery of metadata – data about data – is becoming increasingly important in litigation. This is because metadata may be able to shed light on the who, what, when and where of digital evidence as metadata contains wide ranging information about digital files.
7 “Creep Factors” of Online Behavioral Advertising
The flood of news stories on the data-collection and online behavioral advertising (“OBA”) practices of search engines, mobile apps, brand advertisers, and social networks is giving many people a distinct feeling: “the creeps.”
New Federal Rule 37(e) May Help Companies Avoid Spoliation Claims
Revised Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(e) entitled “Failure to Preserve Electronically Stored Information” was included in the package of rules the US Supreme Court recently transmitted to Congress. If Congress does not act, the rule will become effective on December 1, 2015. The chair of the Advisory Committee on Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Judge David Campbell, described the task of drafting this rule as “the most challenging task any of us on the committee have ever undertaken.”
Don’t Fear the Zombie Apocalypse — the (Relatively) New Texas Anti-Botnet Law
It has been almost five years since the Texas Legislature enacted an anti-botnet law, Texas Business & Commerce Code § 324.055, to combat botnets on the Internet. But as of the date of this writing, there are no reported Texas cases interpreting the law, and botnets continue to be as big an online scourge as ever.