Expert Witness, Evidence, Damages

En Banc Federal Circuit Cools Damages Award Because of Improper Expert Testimony

McDermott Will & Schulte on 5/29/2025

In an en banc decision in EcoFactor, Inc. v. Google LLC, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concluded that the district court abused its discretion by admitting testimony from a damages expert that a lump-sum...more

Federal District Court Holds Engineer Is Qualified Enough, and His Methods Are Reliable Enough, to Testify to Date Wind and Hail...

Zelle LLP on 2/20/2025

In Wings Platinum, LLC v. Westchester Surplus Lines Ins. Co., No. 3:23-CV-2145-D, 2025 WL 391388 (N.D. Tex. Feb. 4, 2025), a federal district court recently held that an engineer with one year and one month of experience...more

[Event] 21st Annual Life Sciences IP Summit - September 27th - 28th, Munich, Germany

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 8/16/2023

Hosted by C5 Group, the 21st Annual Life Sciences IP Summit returns for another exciting year with curated programming with speakers from the pharma, biotech and medical device industries that will provide practical insights...more

Normalize Your Damages: Five Ways

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message on 4/12/2019

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

Federal Court of Appeal dismisses Teva’s levofloxacin damages appeal

Smart & Biggar on 2/28/2018

On February 8, 2018, the Federal Court of Appeal issued public reasons for its decision dismissing Teva’s appeal relating to the damages and costs awarded against it for its infringement of Janssen’s patent for levofloxacin...more

No Mention Of Damages Is Permitted During Liability Phase Of Trial

Morris James LLP on 3/10/2016

Amgen Inc., et al. v. Sanofi, et al., C.A. No. 14-1317 – SLR (Consolidated), March 2, 2016 - Robinson, J. Order resolving pre-trial evidentiary issues. Plaintiffs seek to preclude defendants from relying on two...more