Anthony F. Lo Cicero discusses the recent decision in Qualcomm v. Broadcom, which imposed severe sanctions on IP litigators for alleged failure to produce electronic documents relating to participation in standards setting bodies. This important Ethics program, part of the Celesq®-West IP Master Series for the Intellectual Property practitioner, addresses the implications of Qualcomm from the standpoint of the emerging "standards abuse" doctrine and with respect to litigation concerns involving e-mail and other e-discovery matters.