Intellectual Property partner Mark Baghdassarian and associate Aaron Frankel’s article “Litigation: Avoiding Discovery in Asymmetrical Lawsuits” appears on InsideCounsel.com. It is the second in a series of articles that address issues raised by managing asymmetrical litigations, or David versus Goliath situations, and the strategies for how to handle them effectively and efficiently.

The article focuses on the costs of discovery, something savvy plaintiffs use to extract nuisance value settlements before defendants have an opportunity to present their defense. The authors propose defense strategies avoiding discovery all together through early summary judgment in cases where there are very strong threshold defenses.