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Caudill Seed and Warehouse Company, Inc. v. Jarrow Formulas, Inc.
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August 13, 2024
Conn. Trial Attys Back McCarter's Bid For Punitive Award
The Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association has asked the state Supreme Court for permission to file a friend-of-court brief supporting McCarter & English LLP's bid for a punitive payout after winning multimillion-dollar judgments in a contract dispute with a former client.
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July 29, 2024
Firm, Ex-Client Brief Conn. High Court In Punitive Award Case
McCarter & English LLP and ex-client Jarrow Formulas Inc. are weighing in as the Connecticut Supreme Court decides whether a federal court can award law firms punitive damages in suits for breach of contract, as the firm seeks a punitive payout after winning multimillion-dollar judgments in a contract dispute.
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May 08, 2024
Conn. Justices To Hear McCarter & English Damages Demand
The Connecticut Supreme Court has accepted a certified question from a federal district court judge in McCarter & English LLP's yearslong fee feud with a former client, agreeing to decide whether the firm can recover punitive damages after years chasing Jarrow Formulas Inc. and winning a jury verdict last year.
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February 09, 2024
Conn. Justices Asked To Rule On McCarter Damages Dispute
A Connecticut federal judge has granted McCarter & English LLP more than $680,000 in prejudgment interest after the firm's victory on claims a former client refused to pay legal fees in an underlying suit.
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November 08, 2023
McCarter & English Wants $6.8M, Skewers Ex-Client's Words
In a filing seeking interest and punitive damages, McCarter & English LLP lambasted the "exceptional use of pejoratives" in former client Jarrow Formulas Inc.'s attempt to avoid high rate calculations in a $6.8 million fee dispute the firm decisively won after a jury trial.
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July 25, 2023
Ex-Client Owes McCarter & English $1M For Bills, Jury Finds
McCarter & English LLP won a clean sweep of a multipart verdict in Hartford federal court on Tuesday when a jury awarded the law firm more than $1 million in its suit against a former client, which failed to pay a batch of legal bills after an adverse outcome in a trade secrets case in Kentucky.
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July 11, 2023
Client Hailed McCarter & English Before Malpractice Claim
A former client of McCarter & English LLP repeatedly praised his attorneys in the run-up to a civil trial in Kentucky, but soon after losing, accused them of malpractice and decided to fire the legal team, a Connecticut federal jury heard Tuesday.
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July 10, 2023
McCarter & English Client Didn't Notice Rate Hikes, Jury Hears
A dietary supplement company founder battling McCarter & English LLP over a $2 million legal bill admitted to a Connecticut federal jury Monday that he didn't thoroughly read the firm's invoices, but also refuted the firm's claim that he was verbally informed about the rate hikes at the heart of his counterclaim.
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July 07, 2023
Trial Loss Spurred McCarter & English Fee Spat, Jury Told
McCarter & English LLP partner Mark D. Giarratana testified in Connecticut federal court Friday that over the course of 23 years, he "never" informed an ex-client in writing that the hourly rates it was expected to pay were rising, but the bills were always settled up without complaint until the ex-client was slammed with a multimillion-dollar judgment.
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July 05, 2023
Openings In McCarter & English Fee Trial Set For Thursday
Opening statements are scheduled for Thursday morning in Connecticut federal court in a civil dispute between law firm McCarter & English LLP and a former client that was ordered to pay more than $2.4 million in an underlying Kentucky trade secrets suit.