11th Circuit: Exclusionary Rule is Inapplicable to Malicious Prosecution Claims
3/8/16
By: Kevin Stone and Andy Treese
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently published an opinion in which it held that the exclusionary rule cannot be used against police officers in a civil suit.
In Black v. Wigington, 15-10848, 2016 …
Settle at Your Own Risk
2/16/16
By: Dana Maine and Kevin Stone
The Georgia Court of Appeals issued an opinion last week in Jim Tidwell Ford v. Bashuk, A15A2030 applying the rule that settlement of an underlying suit may sever causation in a subsequent legal …
Eleventh Circuit Rules Software’s “Features and Functions” Not a Trade Secret in Absence of Written Confidentiality Agreement
6/23/15
By: Michael Wolak, III
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals’ recent opinion in Warehouse Solutions, Inc. v. Integrated Logistics, LLC, et al., 2015 WL 2151757 (May 8, 2015), is an important reminder that written confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements …