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  1. August 26, 2016

    Ugly IP Feud Results In Sanction Call For Counsel

    Witness-coaching by a New York lawyer and repeated instances of bad deposition conduct in a combative trade secrets case violated a court order and justify sanctions, a California magistrate judge said in a Thursday decision.

  2. July 29, 2016

    Tech Co. Urges $1.25M Sanctions In 'Scorched-Earth' IP Feud

    An Italian technology company urged a federal court Thursday to slap a Silicon Valley startup and its counsel with $1.2 million in fee reimbursement sanctions, calling the company's trade secrets fight a baseless case that's devolved into bad-faith "scorched-earth litigation."

  3. July 26, 2016

    Venable Atty's Charges In Coffee Scrap False, Counsel Says

    A New York litigator involved in a coffee-fueled kerfuffle with a Venable LLP lawyer during a factious deposition accused her opposing counsel Monday of provoking her and then lying to the federal judge overseeing the trade secrets case.

  4. July 22, 2016

    AI Startup Calls Sanctions Bid 'Desperate' Move In IP Row

    A Silicon Valley artificial intelligence startup in a heated trade secrets fight with a former CEO who decamped to a rival urged a California federal court Thursday to reject $1.25 million in proposed fee reimbursement sanctions against it and counsel, calling the move a "meritless" attempt by the rival to escape liability.

  5. July 20, 2016

    Venable Atty Steamed At Counsel's 'Violent' Coffee Caper

    Accusations poured out again about who did what at an overheated trade secrets deposition as a Venable LLP attorney on Wednesday accused his opposing counsel of a "violent, expletive-laden rant" and an assault with a cup of coffee.

  6. July 18, 2016

    AI IP Dispute Escalates To 'Harassing' Deposition, Atty Says

    Litigation between two artificial intelligence firms locked in a trade secrets dispute in California federal court got heated Friday when the plaintiff's attorney accused a opposing Venable LLP attorney of "harassing questions," "disrespectful language" and faking coffee burns during a deposition.

  7. July 05, 2016

    Calif. AI Firm Loses Chance To Sanction Ex-CEO

    A California artificial intelligence firm that failed to choose between two sanctions against a former CEO for her failure to properly respond to questions and document requests must now go home empty-handed in the discovery squabble, a federal magistrate judge ruled Monday.

  8. February 29, 2016

    Atty Threatened With Sanctions Over Trade Secrets Deposition

    A California federal judge Monday threatened to sanction an attorney for an artificial intelligence company accusing its former CEO of sharing trade secrets with her new employer, if the lawyer continues her allegedly inappropriate conduct from the deposition of the company's co-founder.

  9. February 26, 2016

    AI Company Says Venable Atty Lying In Trade Secrets Row

    Squabbling between opposing counsel in two artificial intelligence companies' dispute over stolen trade secrets intensified Friday as one attorney accused her opponent at Venable LLP of lying to the court when defending himself from accusations that he engaged in improper contact.

  10. February 24, 2016

    Orrick Can Keep Internal Docs In AI Trade Secret Row

    A California federal court ruled Wednesday that attorney-client privilege protects certain Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP internal documents generated after it became aware it was representing two artificial intelligence companies at odds over a former CEO's alleged trade secrets theft, but before it dropped one of the clients.

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