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Latest Federal Court Cases - September 2024 #2

Parkervision, Inc. v. Qualcomm Inc., Appeal Nos. 2022-1755, 2024-2221 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 6, 2024) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit weighed in again on a 13-year-old patent dispute concerning Qualcomm’s...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - October 2023 #3

Cyntec Company, Ltd. v. Chilisin Electronics Corp., Appeal No. 2022-1873 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 16, 2023) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit reversed and remanded a California district court’s judgment as a...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Court Allows Expert Testimony Regarding Measured Mile Analysis Comparing Work on Different Projects

Loss of productivity damages are commonly estimated using a “measured mile” analysis, which compares unimpacted construction work to work which has been disrupted to determine the cost impact of the disruption. Such analyses...more

McDermott Will & Emery

On the Road Again: Alternative Designs May Impact Trade Dress Functionality Analysis

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The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed and remanded a summary judgment ruling, finding that there were genuine disputes of material fact regarding whether the plaintiff’s alleged trade dress was functional and...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

It’s not what happened, but why: First Circuit rejects conclusory, unsupported expert opinions

It is not uncommon for an opposing expert to opine that the existence of injury alone implies negligence, nor is it unusual to find that such opinions are supported only by general reliance on “literature” with no discernible...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - April 2022 #3

Niazi Licensing Corporation v. St. Jude Medical SC, Inc., Appeal No. 2021-1864 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 11, 2022) - The Federal Circuit’s only precedential patent decision this week comes on appeal from a district court decision...more

McDermott Will & Emery

One for All, and All for One . . . Except When It Comes to Patent License Comparability

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Examining whether portfolio patent licenses can be sufficiently comparable to a single-patent license for the purposes of supporting a patent damages verdict, a split panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Bradley Helps Hyundai Motor Company Secure Reversal of $2.2 Million Jury Verdict in Mississippi Rollover Case

On Thursday, September 16, the Mississippi Supreme Court reversed a $2.2 million jury verdict against Hyundai Motor Company and rendered a judgment for Hyundai, after finding that a significant number of jurors had been...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Eleventh Circuit Holds Expert Qualified in Surgical Tool Suit Despite Lack of Experience Using the Product

The Eleventh Circuit recently reinstated a case alleging a surgical tool caused internal burns during a hysterectomy surgery, holding that the district court erred in disqualifying an expert on the basis that he had never...more

Harris Beach PLLC

Update to Legal Alert: Summary Judgment Granted In Toxic Tort Matter Involving Bladder Cancer and Exposure to O-Toluidine

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Last year, Harris Beach wrote about a federal magistrate judge’s report and recommendation to deny Defendants’ motions for summary judgment in a toxic tort suit arising from occupational exposure to ortho-toluidine...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Maryland's Highest Court Issues Landmark Decision Adopting Daubert Admissibility Standard

The Court of Appeals stepped in for Hollywood last week to make sure Marylanders (or, at least, Maryland litigators) did not go the whole summer without a blockbuster. In Rochkind v. Stevenson II (“Stevenson II”), Judge...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The Daubert Toolbox: Revisiting and Appreciating Joiner, the Middle Child

In the “Daubert trilogy,” Rule 702 spawned three children, all special in their own way. The firstborn, Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharms., Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993), naturally receives most of the attention, being the pioneer....more

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Daubert Applies Retroactively, Explains Fourth DCA

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The Fourth District Court of Appeal recently issued a reminder that Daubert is the standard for all disputes regarding admissibility of expert testimony in Florida, and applies retroactively even where Frye was the standard...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Hierarchy of Scientific Evidence Reigns Supreme: NJ Appellate Division Affirms Exclusion of Experts in Accutane Litigation

In In re: Accutane Litigation (A-4952-16T1) — an appeal decided just 10 days after oral argument — the New Jersey Appellate Division applied the New Jersey Supreme Court’s landmark decision In re Accutane Litigation, 234 N.J....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Growing Pains: The Story Behind Florida’s Daubert Arc – Part 2

The Aftermath of Marsh - When the Marsh case was decided in 2007 its broad interpretation of the “pure opinion exception” and narrow vision of the role of Frye took Florida expert evidence admissibility law well out of the...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Maryland Continues “Drift” Toward Daubert

Is Maryland drifting toward Daubert? The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland seemed to confirm (or re-confirm) this as recently as in Sissoko v. State. ...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Is the Frye Standard Making a Comeback in Florida?

On July 11, 2017, the Florida Supreme Court accepted jurisdiction of a case in which it is expected to finally decide, conclusively, whether Florida courts are to apply the Frye or Daubert standard to determine admissibility...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Butler Quarterly - Winter 2017

Two recent federal cases highlight the challenges practitioners face in presenting expert claims handling testimony in bad faith litigation under the Daubert standard. In the first case, a court excluded such expert testimony...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Florida Appellate Court Reverses Verdict Against Valve Manufacturer in Asbestos Case - Decision: Trial Court Abused Discretion in...

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Manufacturers of products that contained chrysotile asbestos won a major victory in Crane Co. v. DeLisle on Sept. 14, 2016, when Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal (Fourth DCA) reversed a verdict entered against a...more

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Objections To Magistrate’s Order Regarding Daubert And Anticipation Are Reviewed

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W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. v. C.R. Bard, Inc., et al., C.A. No. 11-515 -LPS, November 24, 2015. Stark, C.J. The court rules on objections to Magistrate’s rulings on a Daubert motion and a Report and Recommendation on...more

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What Exactly Was Excluded? Proffering Expert Opinions to Preserve Daubert/Frye Challenges

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Most practitioners would agree that, if the court excludes an expert based on a Daubert challenge—and that is the only expert opining on a subject—then in most instances there should be no need to proffer the expert’s...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Use of Expert Testimony at Class Certification Stage Addressed By Third Circuit

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The Third Circuit recently joined the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits in holding that, where a Daubert challenge is made to the use of expert testimony in support of class certification, the Daubert challenge must be...more

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Third Circuit Remands Class Certification Ruling in Blood Reagents Price-Fixing Case

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On Wednesday, April 8, 2015, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a district court’s order certifying a class of direct purchasers of blood reagents in a price-fixing suit against Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Inc. In re...more

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Florida Appellate Court Embraces Daubert Standard And Provides First In-Depth Analysis Under New Law

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Last week, the Third District Court of Appeal resolved any questions concerning the applicability of the Daubert standard in Florida following the legislative changes to Florida's evidence code in July 2013. ...more

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