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[The Count]

Olddog, nice article

I especially liked this part about quick trials and being plaintiff friendly.

The court started churning out patent cases even faster after Ward, the town's resident federal judge, put together a set of rules specifically for patent disputes.
"There are three reasons plaintiffs lawyers like to file in Marshall," says Otis Carroll, of Tyler-based Ireland, Carroll & Kelley. "They are familiar and comfortable with the patent rules, Judge Ward does not tolerate jacking around with discovery - he's stern that everyone cough up what needs to be coughed up - and he holds everyone to a prompt trial date."
Carroll, who works as co-counsel with out-of-town firms, says the juries also give plaintiffs an edge. Marshall is "a populist area, an old railroad town with good Democratic voters," he says. "Juries aren't afraid to write down big numbers."