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A Judge Enumerates a SAD Scheme Plaintiff’s Multiple Abuses, But Still Won’t Award Sanctions–Jiangsu Huari Webbing Leather v. Schedule A Defendants

Eric Goldman

The plaintiff sued 163 defendants for online marketplace sales and got an ex parte TRO, including Amazon account freezes. After a couple of defendants showed up, the judge denied a TRO extension because of the possible lack of merit in the plaintiff’s infringement allegations. Then, the case fell apart. See ECF No.

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The SAD Scheme as an Institutional Failure

Eric Goldman

The SAD Scheme involves a trademark owner suing dozens/hundreds of defendants using a sealed complaint, getting an ex parte TRO, and then having the online marketplaces freeze the defendants’ accounts and money. Schedule A Defendants Why Online Marketplaces Don’t Do More to Combat the SAD Scheme–Squishmallows v.

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Judge Rejects SAD Scheme Joinder–Toyota v. Schedule A Defendants

Eric Goldman

Toyota brought a SAD Scheme case against 103 defendants before Judge Daniel in the Northern District of Illinois. If these justifications sound familiar, it’s because these are the generic rotely-made defendant-unspecific allegations that are copied and pasted into most SAD Scheme complaints. Seriously, Toyota? Do better).

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Discovery Sanctions…not just for Defendants

Liquid Litigation Management, Inc.

While it is common to hear about large corporate defendants being sanctioned in huge products liability cases for not properly disclosing information, an individual plaintiff being sanctioned for the same offense is far less common. She is a sophisticated plaintiff, and she is a representative plaintiff in this litigation.

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Courts Disrupted: Pew Study Finds Pandemic Caused Courts to Revolutionize their Operations, But Says More Needs to be Done

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They supplemented that review with an analysis of court approaches to virtual hearings, e-filing, and digital notarization, focusing on how these tools affected litigants in three of the most common types of civil cases: debt claims, evictions and child support. Disproportionate Impact.

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3M agrees to pay $6 billion after US military said faulty earplugs led to hearing loss–CNN

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By Jordan Valinsky , CNN New York CNN — 3M has agreed to pay $6 billion to resolve roughly 300,000 lawsuits alleging that the manufacturing company supplied faulty combat earplugs to the military that resulted in significant injuries, such as hearing loss. The products at issue in this litigation are safe and effective when used properly.

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Schedule A (SAD Scheme) Plaintiff Sanctioned for “Fraud on the Court”–Xped v. Respect the Look

Eric Goldman

” (Technically, the defendants in this case are enumerated on “Exhibit 1” instead of “Schedule A,” but same thing). Plaintiffs allege hundreds of defendants are infringing their trademarks and selling counterfeit goods. For a fuller description of the litigation genre and its problems, see my paper.

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