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Proskauer - Trade Secrets

$30 Million Message: Jury Awards Substantial Punitive Damages for Trade Secret Theft

A nearly decade-long legal battle in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently concluded with a significant jury verdict, underscoring the potentially severe consequences of trade secret theft...more

Alston & Bird

Georgia’s Tort Reform Bill Could Dampen “Nuclear” Verdicts, but There’s Still a Long Way to Go

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Our Industrials & Manufacturing and Products Liability Groups discuss a bill introduced in Georgia that aims to rein in “nuclear” verdicts that juries award in tort cases in Georgia’s courts....more

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Account for a Jury’s Purpose on Damages

Something that we see over and over again in mock trials has now occurred in an actual trial. A recent jury in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania entered a defense verdict in favor of Johnson & Johnson, answering “No” to the...more

Goldberg Segalla

Pittsburgh Jury’s Attempt to Award $22 Million in Johnson & Johnson Talc Case Highlights Trial Complexities

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On Jan. 6, a Pittsburgh jury concluded a month-and-a-half long trial involving a suit asserting that decedent Michaeleen Lee developed mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos-containing talcum powder products made by Johnson &...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Connecticut Court Awards Punitive Damages in Recent Asbestos Trial

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The Estate of Nicholas Barone trial in Bridgeport Superior Court in Connecticut before Judge William Clark concluded with a $15 million plaintiff’s verdict on 5/16/2024. The jury also awarded punitive damages, the exact...more

IMS Legal Strategies

The Water’s Fine? Navigating Water Contamination Litigation

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Perhaps one of the most quintessential concerns for corporate defendants in the last decade is that of nuclear verdicts. In just a decade, from 2013 to 2022, there were 115 verdicts of $100 million or more. The Institute for...more

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

The Punishment Profile: Know the Situational Triggers

From the time we were kids, most of us swiftly learned what was likely to get us punished: a spanking or — for more recent generations — a time out. Usually, that was brought out by something we did, or by the situation we...more

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Learn What Motivates Punitive Damages

As a legal category, punitive damages are not very common in U.S. civil trials, being available and awarded in just six percent of cases. But in the broader sense of “punitive,” the motivation to punish or to correct behavior...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

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Remember, With Damages It’s the Message and Not Just the Math

In the long-running legal battle between mobile phone titans Apple and Samsung, the former just received a verdict of $539 million for the latter’s infringement of five design and utility patents. After spending days on the...more

Knobbe Martens

Tiffany Wins the Generic Battle, and the Spoils of War are Significant (Updated)

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Update: U.S. District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain has awarded Tiffany & Co. $11.1 million in treble profits and $8.25 million in punitive damages. Judge Taylor Swain wrote in her opinion that Costco’s management “displayed...more

Baker Donelson

Autozone's Predicament: A $185 Million Punitive Damage Award

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The record $185 million punitive damage award by a California jury in November 2014 against AutoZone has been widely reported. This huge verdict raises immediate questions: How did this happen? What circumstances led the jury...more

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