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8 years in a row: West Short and Associates wins prestigious award for “Very High Legal Ability and Ethical Standards” from Martindale-Hubbell/Lexis Nexis “It’s a great honor to be recognized this way by our peers,” said firm partner and founder N. West Short. “It’s a wonderful feeling to have others acknowledge what we have known all along: that West Short & Associates, PC aggressively represents its clients in all nature of civil disputes using the highest...
Read More5th Circuit Reverses Vacatur in Perpetual-License Case
5th Circuit Reverses Vacatur in Perpetual-License Case By John Council | April 22, 2013 In another example of how difficult it is to overturn an arbitration award in federal court, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed and remanded a vacatur. The decision in Timegate Studios Inc. v. Southpeak Interactive LLC, et al., comes after an arbitrator had awarded a defendant a “perpetual license” to a disputed video game –– a result not contemplated in the parties’...
Read More5th Circuit Upholds Award In Video Game IP Suit
Portfolio Media. Inc. 860 Broadway, 6th Floor | New York, NY 10003 | www.law360.com Phone: +1 646 783 7100 | Fax: +1 646 783 7161 | customerservice@law360.com 5th Circuit Reinstates Arbitration Award In Video Game IP Suit By Jess Davis | April 10, 2013 Dallas (April 10, 2013, 9:54 PM ET) — The Fifth Circuit on Tuesday reinstated an arbitration award giving videogame publisher Southpeak Interactive Corp. a perpetual license to intellectual property for a game developed by...
Read MoreWest Short and Associates recovers $9 million award
After a nearly 2 year process, the American Arbitration Association issued an award of $9 million to SouthPeak Interactive, a client represented by West Short and Associates, PC. “It’s extremely gratifying to be able to achieve an outcome like this for our client,” said Founding Partner West Short. “Especially when you consider that when this arbitration started, the the other side was seeking approx. $3.5 million in damages from our client, and by the end of the case they got nothing and...
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