Loop AI Labs, Inc. v. Gatti et al

  1. February 27, 2017

    'Preposterously Late' Filing Blocked In AI Trade Secrets Row

    A California federal judge refereeing a combative trade secrets suit struck a "preposterously late" motion Monday from a New York attorney representing artificial intelligence startup Loop AI, reprimanding the attorney for "pervasive" unprofessional conduct.

  2. January 27, 2017

    Venable Atty Gets $250 From Rival Lawyer In Coffee Clash

    An attorney who spilled — or perhaps threw — a cup of iced coffee on a Venable LLP lawyer during a deposition must pay him $250 to cover his damages, according to a California federal judge who on Thursday scolded both attorneys for their behavior in a contentious trade secrets case.

  3. January 26, 2017

    Loop Says Judge Erred In Orrick Herrington Subpoena Quash

    Artificial intelligence startup Loop AI on Wednesday asked a federal judge for relief from a recent order deeming hundreds of communications between Almawave and its former Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP lawyers privileged, saying many of the documents were in Italian and incomprehensible to the magistrate who issued the order.

  4. January 11, 2017

    Loop Says Italian Tech. Co. Can't Duck Discovery Violations

    Counsel for artificial intelligence startup Loop AI slammed a federal magistrate's decision not to sanction a rival in a bitter trade secrets suit for alleged discovery violations, telling a California federal court on Tuesday that the ruling allows the company to escape without consequences for its misconduct.

  5. October 31, 2016

    Venable Atty Seeks Sanction For Coffee Spill In IP Suit

    A Venable LLP attorney told a California federal judge during a hearing Monday that opposing counsel should be sanctioned and removed from an acrimonious trade secrets case for spilling iced coffee on him during a deposition, and denied assertions that he told his wife to call the attorney after the incident.

  6. October 25, 2016

    Loop AI Atty Calls Judge's Sanction Threat Baseless

    The lawyer representing artificial intelligence startup Loop AI on Monday told a California judge overseeing an acrimonious trade secrets case that his sanction threat against her was based on communications with another judge that were never reflected in the court record, violating her right to due process.

  7. October 24, 2016

    Loop Atty Presses Calif. Judge to Retract 'Retribution' Order

    A New York litigator engaged in a bitter trade secrets case has doubled down in a filing in misconduct allegations against a California magistrate judge and her clerk.

  8. October 19, 2016

    Atty's Judicial Misconduct Claims May Lead To Sanctions

    Counsel for an artificial intelligence company in a heated trade secrets fight against a former CEO who decamped to a rival was upbraided Tuesday for her conduct in the litigation, when a federal judge said sanctions are in order if she cannot substantiate recent "astonishing" misconduct allegations against a magistrate.

  9. September 27, 2016

    SF Startup Says Italian Tech Cos. 'Subverted' Secrets Row

    A San Francisco-based startup in a heated trade secrets fight with a former CEO who decamped to a rival urged a California federal judge Monday to award it default judgment against the rival's Italian parents, arguing the companies' discovery stonewalling "subverted the integrity" of the suit.

  10. September 09, 2016

    Lawyer Says Sanction 'Unfair' In Trade Secret Fracas

    A lawyer sanctioned in the "he-said, she-said" squabble dogging a Silicon Valley trade secrets case complained Friday that the magistrate's order against her was "unfounded and unfair."

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