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Update: Insulet Corp.’s Trade Secrets Jury Award Reduced From $452 Million to $59.4 Million to Avoid Double Recovery

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Following a recent trend to reduce large damages awards in trade secret misappropriation cases, a federal judge in Massachusetts cut Insulet Corp.’s damages award from $452 million to $59.4 million to avoid impermissible...more

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The Seventh Circuit Narrows AKS Scope for 1099 Marketers and Advertisers

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On April 14, the Seventh Circuit in United States v. Sorensen issued a decision reversing a jury conviction and narrowing the scope of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) as applied to marketers and advertisers....more

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Insulet Corp. May Have to Choose Between $452 Million Jury Award or Permanently Blocking Competitor From Utilizing Its Trade...

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After receiving a jury verdict awarding $452 million in damages against a rival company for misappropriation of trade secrets, the prevailing party, Insulet Corp., may have to choose between portions of the damages award or...more

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Substantial Trade Secret Verdicts Continue with $452 Million Decision Against South Korean Company

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US civil juries have returned a number of substantial trade secret verdicts against defendants over the past decade. In December 2024, a company from South Korea became the most recent defendant on the receiving end of a...more

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Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms District Court’s Partial Dismissal of Complaint for Breach of Distributor Agreement by...

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The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed a district court’s dismissal of two claims brought by distributors against the medical-device manufacturer Zimmer Biomet. It also affirmed a jury verdict in favor of the...more

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Healthcare Law Update: April 2021

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William F. Gould In United States v. Merino, No. 19-50291, 2021 WL 754589 (9th Cir. Feb. 26, 2021), the court of appeals reversed the conviction of Marina Merino of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud in violation of 18...more

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Firefighter Awarded $1.2 Million Due to IVC Filter Injuries

Due to a failure to warn doctors and patients of the complications of IVC filter usage, Houston firefighter Jeffrey Pavlock was awarded $1.2 million in a jury verdict against Cook Medical after experiencing blood vessel and...more

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CardiAQ - An IP Success Story

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At the recent ACC-Socal Double Header Event, Knobbe Martens presented, "CardiAQ - An IP Success Story." ...more

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Jury Awards $10.4 Million in Damages to Philips for ZOLL’s Infringement of Defibrillator Patents

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Patent Judgments and Awards - On August 3, 2017, a Boston jury awarded Philips $10.4 million in damages for ZOLL’s infringement of three patents relating to automated external defibrillators. This represents only a...more

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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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Fourth Circuit Excludes FDA Evidence in Transvaginal Mesh Products Liability Case

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In the Southern District of West Virginia, Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary, Ethicon, Inc., were sued for defective design and failure to warn for their transvaginal mesh TVT-O, in addition to a loss of consortium claim....more

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Lessons Emerging from Pinnacle Hip Bellwether Trials

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In a staggering verdict, a Texas jury recently awarded over $1 billion against Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) and its subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. (“DePuy”) (collectively referred to as “Defendants”) to six California...more

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$1 billion verdict in lawsuit against maker of metal-on-metal hip replacements

The pain and suffering that a flawed medical device can cause can last a long time. A Dallas jury provided a timely reminder of that, deciding six California plaintiffs should be paid more than $1 billion for the harm they...more

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Jury Sides with Defendant in Whistleblower's Suit Alleging Defendant "Caused" False Claims

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Abbott Laboratories recently won a jury verdict in a high profile qui tam lawsuit alleging that Abbott “caused” health providers to submit false Medicare payment claims for off-label use of biliary stents. U.S. ex rel....more

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