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Achieving the Largest Jury Verdict in Minnesota History - Q&A With Michael Collyard

Robins Kaplan LLP on 5/3/2023

In November 2022, following a four-week trial, a Minnesota jury awarded approximately $564 million in damages to Robins Kaplan client Douglas A. Kelley in his capacity as trustee for the BMO Litigation Trust. It is the...more

GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA (Fed. Cir. 2021)

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 8/13/2021

Most judicial outcomes, particularly on appeal, are broadly based on varying combinations of process and outcome. The law is replete with process-based decisions (standing, jurisdiction, waiver, to name a few) and of course...more

Skinny Label Doesn’t Prevent Infringement Liability

Foley & Lardner LLP on 11/3/2020

The Federal Circuit decision in GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., is getting attention for potentially “endangering” the practice of skinny labelling. Indeed, the Federal Circuit held that Teva’s skinny...more

Google v. Oracle and the Future of Software Development

Vedder Price on 7/2/2020

The decade-old battle between two technology powerhouses—Google and Oracle—potentially reshaping the future of software will now continue into the Supreme Court’s next term. Referred to in the media as the copyright lawsuit...more

Federal Judge Confirms that Federal Trade Secret Statute Applies to Misappropriation that Occurs Overseas

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints on 3/13/2020

Earlier this month, a Northern District of Illinois jury returned a verdict in favor of Motorola for over $700 million after a trial in which Motorola alleged that Hytera hired three engineers away from Motorola’s Malaysian...more

Caltech Ten-Figure Patent Verdict Showcases Impact of University Intellectual Property

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 2/10/2020

A California jury recently ordered Apple, Inc. (“Apple”) and Broadcom, Ltd. (“Broadcom”) to pay the California Institute of Technology (“Caltech”) over $1.1 billion in damages for infringing several patents owned by Caltech....more

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - September 2019

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/2/2019

This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between May and August 2019....more

Trade Secret Misappropriation and Employee Fiduciary Breach in ASML v. XTAL Results in Large Judgement

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 6/10/2019

On May 3, 2019, following a jury verdict rendered last November, a Santa Clara, California court entered a final judgment for $845 million in favor of semiconductor maker, ASML, in its suit against rival, XTAL, for stealing...more

New Jersey Jury Unanimously Finds Johnson & Johnson Not Liable in Latest Talcum Powder-Based Mesothelioma Litigation

White and Williams LLP on 3/29/2019

On Wednesday, March 27, 2019, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Middlesex County, cleared Johnson & Johnson (J&J) of liability in a lawsuit brought by Ricardo Rimondi, who alleged that asbestos in the company’s talcum powder...more

Apple Ordered to Pay $506 Million to the University of Wisconsin for Infringing its Computer Processor Chip Patent

Knobbe Martens on 8/11/2017

Patent Judgments & Awards - Wisconsin Alumni Research Found. V. Apple, Inc., No. 14-CV-062-WMC (W.D. Wisc.) On July 25, 2017, a federal court in Wisconsin ordered Apple to pay a whopping $506 million for infringement of...more

A Review of Recent Whistleblower Developments

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/25/2017

Whistleblower Developments is a periodic report covering significant cases, decisions, proposals, and legislation related to whistleblower statutes and how they may impact your business. ...more

Social Media Lesson for Employers: Recent $1.5 Million Retaliatory Discharge Verdict

Burr & Forman on 5/16/2017

On May 11, 2017, a federal jury in Charlotte, North Carolina awarded a former fire department employee, Crystal Eschert, a $1.5 million verdict in a retaliatory discharge lawsuit that teaches powerful lessons in today’s...more

"US Supreme Court Holds That Exporting One Component of Invention Abroad Does Not Suffice for Patent Infringement"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/26/2017

In a 7-0 decision issued on February 22, 2017, in Life Technologies Corp. v. Promega Corp., the U.S. Supreme Court held that exporting a single component of a multicomponent invention for combination abroad does not give rise...more

Ranbaxy and AstraZeneca Prevail in Nexium® Pay-For-Delay Case

Knobbe Martens on 12/5/2016

On November 21, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld a 2014 jury verdict for AstraZeneca (AZ) and Ranbaxy regarding a 2012 payment of $700 million from AstraZeneca for Ranbaxy to abandon its challenge...more

Startlingly Large Verdict Reminds Employers of the Perils of Workplace Safety Failings

Fisher Phillips on 2/17/2016

Never having to tell a wife or child that their loved one was killed at your worksite is reason enough to maintain a safe workplace, but businesspeople would be foolish not to also consider the legal costs of unsafe work...more

Patent Trolls – What’s the Verdict? A Look at the Impact of the Apple Case

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 2/5/2016

In what is potentially the largest “patent troll” verdict in history, Apple has lost a $625 million patent jury award to VirnetX, according to Reuters news service. The jury verdict in the Eastern District of Texas includes...more

Jury Sides with FedEx in ADA Failure to Accommodate Case

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 11/4/2015

For those of you who think the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) means you have to do whatever a disabled employee wants, I bring good news from of all sources, a jury in California. This case had it all—an employee...more

Apple Secures Its Permanent Injunction - Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

McDermott Will & Emery on 11/2/2015

Addressing the factors for granting injunctive relief in multifaceted, multifunction technology, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded the district court’s denial of Apple’s request for a...more

Sixth Circuit Affirms $250K Victory to SOX Whistleblower and Provides Broad Interpretation of SOX

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation on 6/12/2015

On May 28, 2015, the Sixth Circuit in Rhinehimer v. U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. affirmed a $250,000 jury verdict in favor of a former financial advisor for U.S. Bancorp Investments (“USBII”) who alleged that he had been...more

Religious Accommodations: May Be Required by Law, Unless the Request is Unlawful

Franczek P.C. on 2/10/2015

Several weeks ago, the EEOC secured a jury verdict of $150,000 in compensatory damages against an employer for failure to accommodate an employee’s religious objection to a workplace rule. But last week, the Sixth Circuit...more

Braun v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc: Opening the Door to Class Actions?

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 12/31/2014

In Braun v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a $187 million jury verdict in favor of class action plaintiffs. The rationale of the ruling raises the concern that Pennsylvania state courts may...more

Indiana Appeals Court Upholds Jury Verdict For Pharmacist’s Wrongful Use Of Patient Information

King & Spalding on 12/3/2014

A recent decision by the Court of Appeals of Indiana reinforces the peril faced by health care employers when employees authorized to access confidential information do so for improper purposes. In Walgreen Co. v. Hinchy, the...more

Greetings! Use of the PowerPoint Is Trade Secret Misappropriation

McDermott Will & Emery on 9/12/2014

Hallmark Cards, Inc. v. Monitor Clipper Partners, LLC - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision holding that a private equity firm had misappropriated confidential...more

The Evolution of Trade Secret Damages

Robins Kaplan LLP on 6/30/2014

There has been a notable uptick in the number and size of jury verdicts related to trade secrets. Over the past year, four of the top ten intellectual property verdicts have been related to claims of trade secret...more

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