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Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Poaching Employees Landed Generator Maker into Hot Water

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In a recent trade secrets litigation in the United States District Court in the Northern District of California, a jury awarded the plaintiffs 40 million dollars, half of which was punitive damages. The Court also...more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

Protecting Your Business’s Confidential Information

A few weeks ago, an Ohio federal jury found that Goodyear Tire stole a European inventor’s ideas related to tires that can self-inflate, and awarded the inventor $61.2 million in punitive damages and $2.8 million compensatory...more

Winstead PC

The Texas Legislature Has Limited Discovery Of A Defendant’s Net Worth For Exemplary Damage Claims

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Plaintiffs in civil litigation often seek punitive or exemplary damages. “Exemplary damages” means any damages awarded as a penalty or by way of punishment but not for compensatory purposes....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Popular Insulated Cup Manufacturer In Hot Water Over Alleged Trade Secret Misappropriation

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Tervis Tumbler Company, the maker of the infamous insulated tumblers, has found itself in hot water with a former supplier, Trinity Graphic. ...more

Fisher Phillips

California Jury Punishes Former Employees for Unfair Play-Only Lawful Competition is Sacrosanct!

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Notwithstanding California's strong public policy in favor of lawful competitive behavior, California employees' duty of loyalty to their current employer reigns supreme. A violation of that duty can lead to costly jury...more

Mayer Brown

Texas Supreme Court Issues Important Decision On How To Calculate Ratio Of Punitive To Compensatory Damages In Multi-Defendant...

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Application of the Supreme Court’s excessiveness guideposts to cases involving multiple defendants is one of the more confounding problems that arises in punitive damages jurisprudence. The Supreme Court of Texas got the...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

4.5 Million Reasons to Abide by a Non-Solicitation Agreement

On September 9, 2016, the Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld an award of $4.5 million in punitive damages against several former employees, who violated non-compete/non-solicitation agreements with their former employers. In...more

Butler Snow LLP

Arbitration Agreements: Make Your Own Rules of Civil Procedure

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Generally, a party in litigation is constrained to follow the applicable State or Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as they navigate through each stage of the case. One of the perks of arbitration (in addition to the commonly...more

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