Roland C. Goss
Partner

Washington, D.C.

Email: rcg@jordenusa.com
Phone: 202.965.8148
Fax: 202.965.8104

Rollie Goss sits on Jorden Burt's technology committee and is a member of the Technology Committee of the ABA's Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section and past chair of the Section's Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee and the e-Commerce Committee. Mr. Goss has written articles and organized and spoken at seminars on various subjects, including electronic discovery, insurance coverage for infringement of intellectual property rights, Internet domain names and advertising injury, and has litigated trademark infringement claims. He is responsible for recommending the hardware and software we use for the computerized support for our complex litigation, and training and consulting with our attorneys on their use.

Speeches and Publications

• Frequent speaker at CLE programs on issues relating to electronic discovery (program organizer and/or speaker on a number of programs sponsored by the American Bar Association and other bar associations from January 2005 to January 2007, with another program in preparation for May 2007), class certification (August 2001), insurance bad faith (August 2000), and insurance coverage (August 1997). All speaking engagements include substantial papers, some of which were republished in magazines and journals in different forms. Less formal speaking engagements at a number of ABA TIPS committee meetings. Further details of these speaking engagements are available upon request.
• Co-Author: Current Issues in Electronic Discovery," Insights (Summer 2004)
• Co-Author: Recent Developments in e-Commerce Law, Tort & Insur. L. J., vol. 38, no. 2 at 263 (Winter 2003)
• Contributing Author: "Liability Insurance/Advertising Injury," Insurance Litigation Reporter (Volume 15, Number 15, pages 449-451); Mr. Goss is a member of the Editorial Board of the Insurance Litigation Reporter, published by West Group. As a member of the Editorial Board, he contributes case notes to the Reporter several times a year on topics including insurance coverage, advertising coverage, intellectual property coverage, arbitration and reinsurance.
• Contributing Case Notes: Maryland High Court Finds No "Advertising Injury" Coverage for Insured's Use of Confidential Information to Solicit Former Employer's Customers - Walk v. Hartford Casualty Insurance Company, 2004 WL 1335842, Insurance Litigation Reporter, vol. 26, no. 11 (Md., June 16, 2004)
• Contributing Case Notes: Infringing use of the Nissan name in Internet domain names givers rise to coverage under advertising provision of CGL policy - State Auto Property and Cas. Insur. Co. v. Travelers Indemnity Co. of America, 343 F.3d 249, Insurance Litigation Reporter, vol. 25, no. 15 (4th Cir. 2003)
• Contributing Case Notes: Liability policy's advertising injury coverage applies to liability for sending unsolicited junk faxes advertising sports tickets - TIG Insur. Co. v. Dallas Basketball, Ltd., 2004 WL 352079, Insurance Litigation Reporter, vol. 26, no. 5 (Tex. App. Feb. 25, 2004)
• Contributing Case Notes: Advertising injury coverage applies to claims that Amazon.com used patented software in the sale of products over its Internet site - Amazon.com International Inc. v. American Dynasty Surplus Lines Insur. Co. , 85 P.3d 974, Insurance Litigation Reporter, vol. 26, no. 5 ( Wash. App. 2004)