Comment: Delaware federal judge's local rules ferreting out litigation funding get boost from US appeals court in patent dispute
By Melissa Ritti ( July 16, 2024, 20:33 GMT | Comment) -- The owner of an apparent shell company must appear in person before a US judge in Delaware to testify or face a continued sanction of $200 per day. In a ruling issued today, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said local rules enacted by US District Judge Colm F. Connolly in April 2022 — which have “identified potential attorney and party misconduct in dozens of related patent cases” — are lawful. They are also effective, according to a recent study.A Texas-based LLC owner can’t undo an order by a Delaware federal judge requiring her to provide testimony on her potential fraud upon the court in a patent case....
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