June 08, 2018
Facebook told a California federal judge Thursday that Emerson Electric, which is facing a $30 million jury verdict for stealing BladeRoom Group Ltd.'s intellectual property, can't see a confidential deal that allowed the social media giant to exit the same litigation.
June 01, 2018
BladeRoom Group Ltd. urged a California federal court to order Emerson Electric Co. to pay $60 million in punitive damages — on top of a $30 million jury award — for “willfully and maliciously” stealing BladeRoom's trade secrets to build a massive Facebook data center.
May 17, 2018
Emerson Electric told a skeptical California federal judge Thursday it wants former co-defendant Facebook to disclose its confidential deal to exit BladeRoom Group Ltd.'s trade secret suit, saying any financial settlement could offset the $30 million a jury said it owes BladeRoom.
May 10, 2018
A California federal jury held Thursday that American manufacturing giant Emerson Electric Co. owes U.K.-based BladeRoom Group Ltd. $30 million for stealing trade secrets to build a massive Facebook data center.
May 09, 2018
BladeRoom Group called Emerson Electric a "wolf in sheep's clothing" that faked interest in acquiring the British company to steal its inventions and land a $200 million Facebook data center contract, while Emerson fired back during closing arguments Wednesday that its building didn't resemble BladeRoom's proposal.
May 02, 2018
A top Emerson Electric Co. executive defended the company Wednesday against BladeRoom Group Ltd.'s allegations that his company stole trade secrets to build a $200 million Facebook data center, testifying that the accusation made him "nauseous" because Emerson had marshaled its own substantial resources to win the coveted contract.
April 09, 2018
Facebook told a California federal judge Monday it had reached a mid-trial settlement of BladeRoom Group Ltd.'s $365 million data center trade secrets suit, prompting co-defendant Emerson Electric Co. to unsuccessfully seek a mistrial on grounds that Facebook's ongoing Cambridge Analytica scandal will bias jurors against it.
April 06, 2018
Facebook and Emerson Electric Co.'s attorneys on Friday pressed BladeRoom Group Ltd.'s CEO on whether trade secrets at the heart of its $365 million suit in California federal court were already public, pointing to patent documents, investor pitches and the British builder's website touting the inventions.
April 05, 2018
The founder of a British building design company suing Facebook for trade secret theft told a California federal jury Thursday that after pitching Facebook on an innovative way to erect a data center he was shocked to later see the tech giant claim his ideas.
April 04, 2018
Facebook and Emerson Electric Co. are arrogant behemoths that swiped BladeRoom Group Ltd.'s trade secrets for constructing the sophisticated data centers technology players require, BladeRoom's attorney told jurors at the start of a California federal trial Wednesday, while Facebook countered the suit is "sour grapes" over a multimillion-dollar contract BladeRoom didn't get.