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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

Proskauer - Trade Secrets

Jury Awards $452 Million After Trade Secrets Trial

On December 3, 2024, a U.S District Court for the District of Massachusetts jury awarded Plaintiff Insulet Corporation $452 million in compensatory and punitive damages after finding Defendants willfully misappropriated...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Los Angeles County Court Rules $900 Million Jury Verdict “Shocked the Conscience” In Workplace Sexual Assault Case; Reduces It To...

As we previously reported, a Los Angeles jury awarded one of the largest verdicts in history in a sexual assault case in June 2024, doling out a massive $900 million verdict in favor of a plaintiff in a suit against...more

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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

Perkins Coie

Large Jury Verdicts in Hog Nuisance Cases Signal CAFO Litigation Is Rising

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A federal jury last week returned a $473.5 million verdict against the world’s largest pork producer for nuisances caused by three industrial-scale hog farms. The verdict is the largest of three matching verdicts against...more

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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

Intellectual Property Cases Dominate 2016 Verdict Awards

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According to the annual Top 100 Verdicts report by ALM’s VerdictSearch, five jury verdicts for Intellectual Property cases cracked the top 10 with a sixth breaking into the top 25 verdicts of 2016. While the amounts do not...more

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Change in How SC Supreme Court Views Conspiracy Claims May be Coming

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As our various courts decide cases, we watch to see if there are any trends that seem to be developing or whether a case signals that the courts are beginning to change how they view a particular issue or type of case. We've...more

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