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Changing the Game

As an initial matter, it is patent that, following <i>Global-Tech</i>, the law on willful blindness in most circuits ' at least as reflected in pattern jury instructions ' must change.

17 minute read February 27, 2012 at 01:18 PM
By
Joseph F. Savage JR. And David McCrary
Changing the Game

Last month, we looked at the recent case of Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S.A., 131 S. Ct. 2060 (2011), where the Supreme Court endorsed ' and defined ' the concept of “willful blindness” for the first time.

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