Trials

  • September 03, 2024

    Monsanto Keeps Trial Win In Missouri Roundup Cancer Suit

    A Missouri appeals panel on Tuesday let Monsanto Co. keep a trial court win in a suit by a man alleging he contracted non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma through exposure to glyphosate in the company's Roundup weed killer, finding the trial court rightly excluded one of his experts from testifying.

  • September 03, 2024

    HQ Specialty Looks To Fix Patent Flaws After Delaware Trial

    HQ Specialty Pharma Corp. said Tuesday that it will correct flaws in its patent for an injectable calcium supplement that led a federal jury in Delaware to find it partially invalid last week and then will seek a court order to stop generic-drug maker Fresenius Kabi USA LLC from selling its allegedly infringing product.

  • September 03, 2024

    Texas Justices Will Review $116M Trucking Wreck Award

    Trucking company Werner Enterprises Inc. will get a chance to upend a $116 million jury verdict that found it liable for a crash that killed a 7-year-old and paralyzed a 12-year-old, after the Texas Supreme Court said it would take up the company's appeal.

  • September 03, 2024

    Aesthetic Laser Co. Tells Jury Of Rival's 'Corporate Raid'

    Medical aesthetic business Cynosure told a Boston federal jury Tuesday that two former employees and an industry rival launched a "calculated corporate raid" by poaching dozens of sales and marketing personnel, violating a host of noncompete and non-solicitation agreements while the departing workers pocketed trade secrets on their way out the door.

  • September 03, 2024

    Simplot Wins Fry Design Patent Trial, Gets $0 In Damages

    After a seven-day trial in Idaho federal court, a jury found that McCain Foods USA Inc. willfully infringed its frozen french fry rival J.R. Simplot Co.'s design patent and that McCain Foods' own fry design patent was invalid, but also found that J.R. Simplot should not collect any damages from the infringement.

  • September 03, 2024

    NBA, Warner Bros. Eye April 2025 Trial In Media Rights Spat

    The NBA and Warner Bros. Discovery have told a New York state judge they want to complete an expedited discovery process in their broadcasting rights dispute, with a targeted trial start date in April.

  • September 03, 2024

    Criminal Lawyers Group Backs YSL Atty In Contempt Appeal

    The American Board of Criminal Lawyers told the Georgia Supreme Court that one of its fellows, an attorney defending rapper Young Thug in a racketeering trial, shouldn't have been held in contempt for refusing to divulge to a state judge how he learned about the judge's improper meeting with prosecutors and a key witness.

  • September 03, 2024

    4th Circ. Affirms Father-Son Duo's COVID Fraud Conviction

    The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday refused to walk back the convictions of a father-son duo who were found guilty of fraudulently obtaining $1.7 million in COVID-19 relief funds, finding there was sufficient evidence to bolster the guilty verdicts and the trial court did not otherwise make a mistake in allowing their prior counsel to be questioned at trial.

  • September 03, 2024

    NFL Sunday Ticket Subscribers Appeal $4.7B Verdict Reversal

    The subscribers to the NFL's Sunday Ticket broadcast package whose $4.7 billion class action jury award was thrown out and antitrust claims erased by a federal judge last month are appealing the rulings to the Ninth Circuit.

  • September 03, 2024

    Atty's Use Of AI Didn't Taint Rapper's Trial, Judge Says

    A D.C. federal judge has rejected a host of arguments by Fugees rapper Prakazrel "Pras" Michel seeking a new trial on charges of assisting a Malaysian billionaire in illegally diverting funds, including claims that he was prejudiced by his former attorney's use of generative artificial intelligence to craft his closing argument.

  • September 03, 2024

    Trump Loses Renewed Bid To Take Hush Money Case Federal

    A New York federal court on Tuesday denied former President Donald Trump's bid to move the state's hush money case against him to federal court, ruling that the U.S. Supreme Court's July holding laying out grounds for immunity did not sway his opinion that the payments were "unofficial acts."

  • August 30, 2024

    Pa. Court Affirms Ex-Eagle's $43.5M Knee Injury Verdict

    Former Philadelphia Eagles team captain Chris Maragos gets to keep the $43.5 million he won in a medical malpractice trial over doctors' treatment of a knee injury that ended his playing career, after a state appeals panel on Friday ruled that the jury verdict was supported by the evidence.

  • August 30, 2024

    Flint Water Firm Wants To Keep PR 'Sideshow' Out Of Trial

    One of the last remaining defendants in Flint water crisis litigation urged a Michigan federal judge to exclude from an upcoming bellwether trial evidence about its public relations efforts, which included an alleged smear campaign against the lawyer for Flint children that led to another attorney getting referred to the California bar.

  • August 30, 2024

    Judge Asks Why Hytera Didn't Seek Help To Avoid Contempt

    As Hytera Communications said Friday that its massive radio redesign was enough to show it shouldn't be held in contempt for allegedly continuing to use stolen Motorola Solutions trade secrets, an Illinois federal judge interrupted to ask why Hytera didn't ask the court for more guidance to better target its efforts. 

  • August 30, 2024

    Md. Supreme Court Reinstates Adnan Syed Murder Conviction

    A divided Maryland Supreme Court on Friday reinstated the decades-old murder conviction of Adnan Syed, whose case received renewed attention after being featured on the "Serial" podcast.

  • August 30, 2024

    Cisco Hit With $65.7M Verdict For Infringing Paltalk Patent

    A Western District of Texas jury hit Cisco Systems with a $65.7 million verdict on Thursday for directly infringing Paltalk's patent related to hybrid audio servers, finding that Cisco infringed and failed to prove certain claims were invalid.

  • August 30, 2024

    Convicted NC Insurance Mogul Puts Off 2nd Criminal Trial

    A North Carolina federal judge has pushed back convicted insurance mogul Greg Lindberg's latest criminal trial on charges he lied to state insurance regulators and defrauded policyholders, setting a new trial date for the November term.

  • August 30, 2024

    Ex-NC Sheriff's Deputies Win $1M In Retaliation Case Trial

    A North Carolina federal jury has awarded two former Wake County deputies $1 million, finding former Sheriff Gerald Baker fired them for speaking up about homophobic and racially charged language in a training session.

  • August 30, 2024

    Favre Cites Palin-NYT In Push To Reverse Defamation Ruling

    Attorneys for former NFL quarterback Brett Favre asked the Fifth Circuit to consider a recent ruling granting Sarah Palin a new libel trial against the New York Times when it considers reviving his case against fellow NFL great turned sports pundit Shannon Sharpe.

  • August 30, 2024

    Giuliani Pretends To Live In Fla. To Shield Condo, Suit Says

    The Georgia election workers who secured a $148 million judgment against former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in D.C. federal court hit him with a new lawsuit Friday, saying he is "pretending" to live in Florida in "a brazen attempt to shield his luxury Palm Beach condo" from them.

  • August 30, 2024

    Experts Give Karen Read's Double Jeopardy Claim Slim Odds

    Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman whose murder case garnered national attention before ending in a mistrial, could struggle to convince a state appellate court that jurors coming forward to say they unanimously voted to acquit her on some charges is enough to trigger double jeopardy, experts told Law360.

  • August 30, 2024

    Trump's Bid To Move Hush Money Case Could Backfire

    Donald Trump's renewed bid to persuade a federal court to intervene in the Manhattan district attorney's hush money prosecution faces slim odds and could ultimately be deemed a frivolous filing that exposes his attorneys to potential sanctions, experts told Law360.

  • August 29, 2024

    Would-Be Michael Bloomberg Killer Guilty In Worker Kidnap

    A Wyoming federal jury has convicted a Colorado man of kidnapping a woman in 2022 who worked as a housekeeper at Michael Bloomberg's Colorado ranch after coming onto the property intending to kill the businessman and former New York City mayor, federal officials announced.

  • August 29, 2024

    Jury Clears Ore. Hospital That Implanted FDA-Flagged Mesh

    A state jury cleared an Oregon hospital system and a surgeon of liability Wednesday over a patient's claims that prolapse mesh was implanted almost two weeks after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ordered its maker to stop selling it.

  • August 29, 2024

    Samsung Nabs Costs After Beating Staton Techiya IP Case

    A Texas federal judge on Thursday awarded Samsung $108,674 in court costs stemming from a patent infringement suit filed by the company's former in-house patent attorneys — a case he tossed earlier this year based on unclean hands — and asked for more information on costs still in dispute.

Expert Analysis

  • Opinion

    Now More Than Ever, Lawyers Must Exhibit Professionalism

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    As society becomes increasingly fractured and workplace incivility is on the rise, attorneys must champion professionalism and lead by example, demonstrating how lawyers can respectfully disagree without being disagreeable, says Edward Casmere at Norton Rose.

  • Series

    Serving In The National Guard Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My ongoing military experience as a judge advocate general in the National Guard has shaped me as a person and a lawyer, teaching me the importance of embracing confidence, balance and teamwork in both my Army and civilian roles, says Danielle Aymond at Baker Donelson.

  • Big Business May Come To Rue The Post-Administrative State

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    Many have framed the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decisions overturning Chevron deference and extending the window to challenge regulations as big wins for big business, but sand in the gears of agency rulemaking may be a double-edged sword, creating prolonged uncertainty that impedes businesses’ ability to plan for the future, says Todd Baker at Columbia University.

  • Opinion

    Post-Chevron, Good Riddance To The Sentencing Guidelines

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of the Chevron doctrine may signal the end of the U.S. sentencing guidelines, which is good news given that they have accomplished the opposite of Congress’ original intent to bring certainty, proportionality and uniformity to sentencing, say attorneys Mark Allenbaugh, Doug Passon and Alan Ellis.

  • A Midyear Forecast: Tailwinds Expected For Atty Hourly Rates

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    Hourly rates for partners, associates and support staff continued to rise in the first half of this year, and this growth shows no signs of slowing for the rest of 2024 and into next year, driven in part by the return of mergers and acquisitions and the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence, says Chuck Chandler at Valeo Partners.

  • Opinion

    States Should Loosen Law Firm Ownership Restrictions

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    Despite growing buzz, normalized nonlawyer ownership of law firms is a distant prospect, so the legal community should focus first on liberalizing state restrictions on attorney and firm purchases of practices, which would bolster succession planning and improve access to justice, says Michael Di Gennaro at The Law Practice Exchange.

  • How Attorneys Can Reduce Bad Behavior At Deposition

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    To minimize unprofessional behavior by opposing counsel and witnesses, and take charge of the room at deposition, attorneys should lay out some key ground rules at the outset — and be sure to model good behavior themselves, says John Farrell at Fish & Richardson.

  • Best Text Practices In Light Of Terraform's $4.5B Fraud Deal

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    Text messages were extremely important in a recent civil trial against Terraform Labs, leading to a $4.5 billion settlement, so litigants in securities fraud cases need to have robust mobile data policies that address the content and retention of messages, and the obligations of employees to allow for collection, say Josh Sohn and Alicia Clausen at Crowell & Moring.

  • Tricky Venue Issues Persist In Fortenberry Prosecution Redo

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    Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry was recently indicted for a second time after the Ninth Circuit tossed his previous conviction for improper venue, but the case, now pending in the District of Columbia, continues to illustrate the complexities of proper venue in "false statement scheme" prosecutions, says Kevin Coleman at Covington.

  • Series

    Solving Puzzles Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Tackling daily puzzles — like Wordle, KenKen and Connections — has bolstered my intellectual property litigation practice by helping me to exercise different mental skills, acknowledge minor but important details, and build and reinforce good habits, says Roy Wepner at Kaplan Breyer.

  • Texas Ethics Opinion Flags Hazards Of Unauthorized Practice

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    The Texas Professional Ethics Committee's recently issued proposed opinion finding that in-house counsel providing legal services to the company's clients constitutes the unauthorized practice of law is a valuable clarification given that a UPL violation — a misdemeanor in most states — carries high stakes, say Hilary Gerzhoy and Julienne Pasichow at HWG.

  • In Memoriam: The Modern Administrative State

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    On June 28, the modern administrative state, where courts deferred to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes, died when the U.S. Supreme Court overruled its previous decision in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council — but it is survived by many cases decided under the Chevron framework, say Joseph Schaeffer and Jessica Deyoe at Babst Calland.

  • Opinion

    Justices' Malicious-Prosecution Ruling Shows Rare Restraint

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon, Ohio, declining to limit malicious-prosecution suits, is a model of judicial modesty and incrementalism, in sharp contrast to the court’s dramatic swings on other rights, says Steven Schwinn at the University of Illinois Chicago Law School.

  • Opinion

    Trump Immunity Ruling Upends Our Constitutional Scheme

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s Trump v. U.S. decision elevates the president to imperial status and paves the way for nearly absolute presidential immunity from potential criminal prosecutions — with no constitutional textual support, says Paul Berman at the George Washington University Law School.

  • High Court Paves Middle Ground For Proceedings Obstruction

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Fischer sensibly leaves the door open for prosecutors to make more nuanced assessments as to whether defendants' actions directly or tangentially impair the availability or integrity of anything used in an official proceeding, without criminalizing acts such as peaceful demonstrations, say attorneys at Perry Law.

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