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Reading the Claim Before Searching the Prior Art: Why Claim Limitations Should Drive an Invalidity Search
Intellectual Property - Litigation

Reading the Claim Before Searching the Prior Art: Why Claim Limitations Should Drive an Invalidity Search

In patent litigation, a prior art search can produce hundreds of potentially relevant references. Yet the number of documents identified…

Personal Injury Support

The Deadline Nobody Misses Twice: A PI Paralegal’s Guide to Statute of Limitations Management

There is a particular kind of fear that settles over a personal injury (PI) office when someone discovers that a…

Personal Injury Support

Deepfakes In Personal-Injury Litigation – Authenticating Digital Evidence Without Rewarding Speculation

The Problem Is Authenticity, Not Just AI Video often shapes disputes over liability, timing, impact, impairment, and injury. Dashcam, surveillance,…

Mass Tort

Hair Relaxer MDL 3060: The Scientific Evidence and Causation Questions Shaping the Litigation

A Large Docket Is Not Proof More than 12,000 federal hair-relaxer lawsuits are pending in Chicago, but the size of…

Personal Injury Support

Proving Causation Without an Eyewitness: A 2026 California Court of Appeal Ruling

On August 4, 2020, 69-year-old Valencia took her daughter’s dog to Skyline Pet Hospital in San Mateo County for grooming.…

Mass Tort

GLP-1 Litigation at Crossroads: What the September Daubert Hearing Means for 4,025 Pending Claims

With 4,025 cases pending in the federal GLP-1 gastrointestinal injury litigation as of October 1, 2026, the next major decision…

The Difference Between a Patent Search and an Invalidity Search
Intellectual Property - Litigation

The Difference Between a Patent Search and an Invalidity Search

At first glance, a patent search and an invalidity search may appear to be variations of the same exercise. Both…

Personal Injury Support

The ABA Rules Every PI Paralegal Should Know – And The Line They Cannot Cross 

A personal injury paralegal can become the person who knows a case better than almost anyone in the office. The…

Personal Injury Support

The Drone Overhead Might Be Working for You – or Against You 

How UAV Evidence and 3D Aerial Reconstruction Are Reshaping Personal Injury Litigation in 2026  A construction worker falls from scaffolding.…