That federal court jurisdiction has become an American capital of patent litigation known for sympathetic juries and speedily moving cases.
That argument focuses on places like the longstanding capital of asbestos litigation, Madison County, IL.
Outside of Texas, even supporters of the death penalty say they detect a change in public attitudes about executions in light of the time and expense of capital litigation, the possibility of wrongful convictions and the remote chance that someone sent to death row will actually be executed.
She added that indefinite stays are at odds with the spirit of a 1996 federal law that had sought to quicken the pace of capital litigation.
The questions raised in Illinois range far beyond one state and the chill air of capital litigation.
Another argument — that the death penalty saves money, because it avoids the expense of lifetime incarceration — doesn't hold up, either, when you factor in the staggering costs of capital litigation.
Firms like Parabellum, Bentham Capital and BlackRobe Capital have sought to cash in on the high waves of litigation that has swept across corporate America.
Index Ventures, a London-based venture capital firm whose partner, Michelangelo Volpi, was at the center of litigation over the Skype sale, is most likely withdrawing from the deal.
In our case, we identified service commoditization, diversification, and size (related to firm's strategy), capital intensity and culture (related to the organization), and the risk of litigation (related to the environment) as significant contingency factors.
For Napster, the 14 months of litigation means it missed a golden opportunity to raise more capital or even go public during the now-bust Internet boom.
