March 18, 2022
The automation giant Emerson Electric Co. says it should be allowed to see a settlement deal Facebook reached with one of its top competitors in 2018 as the companies eye a new trial in their long-running dispute over allegations of stolen trade secrets.
April 06, 2020
A California federal judge on Monday awarded BladeRoom most of the $24.5 million in attorney fees and costs it sought after it won a $77.4 million trial verdict over Emerson Electric's use of stolen trade secrets to win a lucrative Facebook contract, while also ordering a minor reduction and recalculation.
March 26, 2020
Emerson Electric told a California federal judge Thursday that BladeRoom doesn't deserve $24.5 million in attorney fees and costs, arguing that the data center manufacturer has gotten more than enough from a $77.4 million verdict in their favor over Emerson's use of stolen trade secrets to win a lucrative Facebook contract.
August 12, 2019
A California federal judge on Monday ruled that Emerson Electric Co. owes BladeRoom $77.4 million for using its stolen trade secrets to land a $200 million Facebook data center contract, tacking on an additional $17.4 million in interest to a $60 million damages award.
August 08, 2019
A California federal judge said Thursday he'll appoint a special master to review BladeRoom's billing records and decide whether Emerson Electric Co. owes the data center manufacturer $21 million in attorney fees after a jury found the company used stolen trade secrets to land a $200 million Facebook contract.
May 14, 2019
Data center manufacturer BladeRoom asked a California federal judge Monday for $21 million in attorney fees and $3.5 million in costs following a jury verdict that Emerson Electric stole trade secrets and used them to land a $200 million Facebook contract.
March 13, 2019
A California federal judge awarded data-center manufacturer BladeRoom prejudgment interest, attorneys fees, and $30 million in exemplary damages, doubling a $30 million award from a jury that found its rival Emerson stole its business info to win Facebook's bid for a data center.
November 26, 2018
A California federal judge ruled Monday that Emerson Electric was not entitled to view former co-defendant Facebook's confidential deal to exit data-center manufacturer BladeRoom's trade secrets suit, rejecting its claims that the $30 million jury verdict against it should be offset by the social media giant's payments.
August 06, 2018
A California federal judge refused to tinker with a jury's $30 million award to data-center manufacturer BladeRoom regarding competitor Emerson's theft of business info that allowed it to win Facebook's business for a data center in Sweden.
June 22, 2018
Emerson Electric has fired back at a motion for judgment on unfair competition claims in a suit alleging it stole BladeRoom Group Ltd.'s trade secrets, arguing that BladeRoom cannot seek additional damages based on evidence that had already been presented to a jury that rendered a $30 million verdict against Emerson, according to a filing in California federal court Thursday.