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J.S. Held

Case Law Update: Timing of Technical Expert Analysis of Non-Infringing Alternatives in Smart Path Connections

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Recent case law may impact the timing of defendant technical expert analysis and opinion regarding non-infringing alternatives in patent infringement litigation. On March 13, 2024, Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne, in the United...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

District Court: Accused Infringer Bears the Burden of Timely Raising a Non-Infringing Alternatives Theory

In a patent infringement case, the district court granted plaintiff’s motion to strike portions of defendant’s technical expert’s rebuttal report on the basis that defendant failed to timely disclose non-infringing...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Proving Liability in a Product Liability Case in Florida

Product liability cases are some of the complex matters which arise in the realm of personal injury law. Such cases often involve multiple defendants and can raise multiple theories of liability. One of the most hotly...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 21st Annual Life Sciences IP Summit - September 27th - 28th, Munich, Germany

Hosted by C5 Group, the 21st Annual Life Sciences IP Summit returns for another exciting year with curated programming with speakers from the pharma, biotech and medical device industries that will provide practical insights...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

The Role of Expert Witnesses in Product Liability Cases in Florida

Product liability cases are some of the most complicated matters which arise in personal injury law. Such cases involve complicated issues regarding the design, manufacture, and foreseeable uses of products. A Plaintiff will...more

Troutman Pepper

Using Expert Witnesses in FCRA Cases - FCRA Focus

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Please join Troutman Pepper Partner Dave Gettings and colleagues Tim St. George and Jessica Lohr as they discuss the use of expert witnesses in FCRA cases. During this episode the team covers a multitude of relevant topics,...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Beware the General Verdict Rule If You Want a New Trial on Damages

Suppose your pre-trial motion to exclude certain evidence was denied, and you believe that evidence improperly influenced the jury’s verdict. That is what happened to defendants in Cowher v. Kodali. Unfortunately, when they...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Prior Daubert Orders and Discovery Lessons Out of N.D. Cal.

A recent order from the Northern District of California in Edwards Lifesciences Corp. v. Meril Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., No. 19-cv-06593 (Jan. 27, 2022) (“Edwards”), provides guidance regarding the ability (or inability) to...more

NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation)

Resolving Medical Malpractice Matters - Positive Outcomes Through Mediation

There are numerous benefits associated with using mediation to resolve medical malpractice disputes. The mediation process affords both parties more control over the process, often reduces the cost of litigation, and can...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Ninth Circuit Affirms $54.6 Million Verdict In Favor of Wal-Mart Truckers

In this class action, truckers for Wal-Mart alleged they should have been but were not paid for layovers, rest breaks and inspections. The district court determined and the Ninth Circuit affirmed that the time drivers spent...more

Burr & Forman

Contractor Learns You Need an Expert to Join “Battle of the Experts”

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It kind of goes without saying, but you should probably bring your expert to a dispute if there is going to be a battle of the experts. One contractor recently learned this lesson to the tune of $65,000....more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Product Lines - Toxic Torts and Products Liability Insights: Issue 2, 2019

Welcome to the second 2019 issue of Product Lines – our quarterly e-newsletter that focuses on toxic torts and products liability issues. For this edition, we are reporting on several important and timely legal issues. As...more

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Normalize Your Damages: Five Ways

When civil litigation is being discussed by those outside the courtroom and outside the legal field, what stands out is often the perception, at least, of very high damages. The high-dollar figure being awarded, based on a...more

King & Spalding

Litigation Victory for NorthBay HealthCare Group

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King & Spalding partner Daron Tooch represented NorthBay HealthCare Group, a two-campus hospital in Solano County, California at trial in the Northern District of California against Blue Shield for underpayment of...more

Smart & Biggar

Federal Court of Appeal dismisses Teva’s levofloxacin damages appeal

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On February 8, 2018, the Federal Court of Appeal issued public reasons for its decision dismissing Teva’s appeal relating to the damages and costs awarded against it for its infringement of Janssen’s patent for levofloxacin...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

DOJ Bows Out of ManorCare FCA Case

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After years of investigation and litigation, and on the eve of a highly anticipated trial, the government abandoned its FCA case against ManorCare, the nation’s second-largest operator of skilled nursing homes and assisted...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Ind. Upholds Reduction of Obese Decedent’s Life Expectancy

Actuarial tables put the life expectancy of a 31-year-old male at 46.5 more years. But when Christopher McDaniel died at 31, allegedly as a result of medical negligence, the court calculated his life expectancy at no more...more

Morris James LLP

No Mention Of Damages Is Permitted During Liability Phase Of Trial

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Amgen Inc., et al. v. Sanofi, et al., C.A. No. 14-1317 – SLR (Consolidated), March 2, 2016 - Robinson, J. Order resolving pre-trial evidentiary issues. Plaintiffs seek to preclude defendants from relying on two...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

No Fees For You: Second Circuit Holds Expert Fees Are Not Recoverable Under FLSA

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Expert witness fees are not recoverable under the FLSA. So held the Second Circuit in a decision that highlights a strategy we have previously discussed for employers to fend off class/collective actions....more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Appellate Court Notes

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Appellate Court Advance Release Opinions - AC36506 - Sidorova v. East Lyme Board of Education - Due to budget cuts, the Board of Education laid off the plaintiff who was a tenured French teacher. She sued for...more

Knobbe Martens

Globus Argues Expert’s Faked Credentials Warrants New Trial

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In 2011, DePuy-Synthes, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson Inc. sued Globus Medical, Inc. in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. In that suit, Synthes alleged that Globus had infringed three Synthes...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Insurance Recovery Law -- Aug 07, 2013

Home Base - General Principles of Insurance Policy Interpretation -- Trends in the case law tend to catch our attention, but often practitioners and clients become sidetracked and miss the connection to the insurance...more

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