Trials

  • March 06, 2024

    Ohio Neurologist Can't Shorten His Drug Kickback Sentence

    An Ohio federal judge ruled an imprisoned neurologist cannot shorten his 30-month sentence for conspiring to collect illegal kickbacks for prescribing Nuedexta, a drug used to treat patients who have uncontrollable fits of laughter or crying, stating that his victims' vulnerability exempts him from his requested reduction.

  • March 06, 2024

    'Manipulated' DA Checks Out Of 'Hotel California' Trial

    The Manhattan District Attorney's Office cited newly produced evidence Wednesday to drop criminal charges midway through a trial over the sale of the Eagles' 1976 album "Hotel California," with a judge saying the prosecution had been "manipulated" by band frontman Don Henley and his attorneys.

  • March 05, 2024

    'Oh No': Surprise Document Roils $7B Real Estate Trial

    A man facing potentially billions in punitive damages for a California jury's verdict that he froze his brothers out of a lucrative real estate business pulled out a paper while testifying Tuesday and tried to hand it to the judge, saying it would help prove he is not a billionaire.

  • March 05, 2024

    4th Circ. Affirms Med Mal Trial Win For Md. Patient

    A clinic and gynecologist can't evade a $1 million judgment over claims they botched a surgery, causing a patient's infection and ultimately the removal of part of her large intestine, a Fourth Circuit panel ruled, saying there was sufficient evidence for a jury to find them liable.

  • March 05, 2024

    Fed. Circ. Grills Both Sides In Toyo Tire IP Dispute

    Federal Circuit judges had pointed questions Tuesday about a $10.1 million award — slashed from $110 million — that a small tire maker won against Toyo Tire for unfair competition and other claims, and about Toyo's bid to revive its trade dress case against the rival, Atturo Tire.

  • March 05, 2024

    Parents Can't Get Redo Of Youth Soccer Concussion Suit

    A Maryland appeals court won't upend a win for a youth soccer club and others in a suit over a 14-year-old's concussion during practice, saying even if they violated state law by failing to provide information about concussions, the parents haven't shown any proof that this failure caused the injury.

  • March 05, 2024

    App Store Users Tell 9th Circ. To Reject Class Cert. Appeal

    Consumers pressed the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to not take up Apple's appeal of the certification of millions of App Store users, arguing the class action raises none of the issues justifying immediate intervention before trial on allegations targeting the technology giant's iron grip over app distribution on iPhones.

  • March 05, 2024

    Trump Says $83M Libel Trial 'Infected' By Malice Instruction

    Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday asked a New York federal judge for a new trial after a jury held he must pay $83.3 million for calling writer E. Jean Carroll a liar in response to her sexual abuse allegations, saying the jury received erroneous instructions and the damages are excessive.

  • March 05, 2024

    Pharmacist Takes Deal In Mich. Over Fatal Meningitis Outbreak

    The founder of a Massachusetts drug compounding center that was the source of a deadly meningitis outbreak has pled no contest to 11 counts of manslaughter brought by Michigan state prosecutors, the latter state's Department of Attorney General announced Tuesday.

  • March 05, 2024

    Ex-Ill. Chief Justice Urged Leniency For Former Madigan Aide

    Former Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Kilbride and a sitting state appellate justice were among more than a hundred politicians, legislative staffers and state government employees who urged an Illinois federal judge to go light on former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's longtime chief of staff ahead of his perjury sentencing, according to letters unsealed Tuesday.

  • March 05, 2024

    Magnolia Medical Again Sues Kurin Over Sepsis IP

    Magnolia Medical has accused Kurin of continuing to infringe patents covering its diagnostic tests for sepsis and other bloodstream infections after Kurin lost a jury trial in 2022 over a different patent, claiming its rival has a "predatory business model."

  • March 05, 2024

    NJ Jury Says Drug Co. Owes Ex-Worker $1M Over Accent Bias

    A New Jersey state jury said a pharmaceutical technology company should pay $1 million to a Romanian former employee over allegations that she was ridiculed by her supervisor and demoted because she spoke with an accent.

  • March 05, 2024

    DA Defends Cohen's Credibility In Trump Hush Money Case

    The Manhattan district attorney has told a New York state judge presiding over Donald Trump's hush money case that the presidential candidate's former attorney Michael Cohen will tell the truth at trial, despite his past perjury.

  • March 05, 2024

    NY Giant Appealed Too Late To Contest $800K Arbitral Award

    A New Jersey appeals court on Tuesday refused to let a former New York Giant appeal an $800,000 arbitration award to the estate of a man who died in his basement, saying he missed the 30-day deadline to demand a new trial.

  • March 05, 2024

    Ga. Justices Say Rap Video's Use Dooms Murder Conviction

    In a split decision Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Georgia tossed out the murder conviction of a man accused of shooting a nightclub security guard on the grounds that a music video that prosecutors made a "focal point" of the trial was "highly prejudicial" and inadmissible evidence.

  • March 05, 2024

    Avadel Told To Pay Jazz Pharma $234K Over Narcolepsy Drug IP

    A Delaware federal jury found Monday that a specialty drugmaker owes nearly $234,000 to drug manufacturer Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. for using a patented process behind its newer narcolepsy drug, launched last year to sales of over $28 million.

  • March 05, 2024

    CryptoQueen's Brother Avoids More Prison For OneCoin Fraud

    A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday allowed the younger brother of fugitive OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova to avoid additional prison time for his role in the $4 billion, global cryptocurrency scam, after he testified for the feds at a high-profile trial.

  • March 05, 2024

    'Rust' Defense Opens By Pinning Blame On Producers, Police

    The fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of "Rust" was the fault of the Western film's producers and culminated in a shoddy law enforcement investigation, jurors heard Tuesday in the involuntary manslaughter trial of armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed.

  • March 05, 2024

    ADI Can't Recoup Full Quinn Emanuel Bill In IP Theft Case

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday compared Analog Devices Inc.'s pricey hiring of a Quinn Emanuel attorney to monitor its former engineer's trade secrets trial in person to paying "a brain surgeon to pop a pimple" in an order denying restitution for those costs.

  • March 05, 2024

    Fla. Attorney Asks 11th Circuit To Toss Extortion Conviction

    A former criminal defense attorney on Tuesday asked the Eleventh Circuit to overturn his conviction for extorting a client for cash, arguing that the instructions sent to the jury on the Hobbs Act charge were improper.

  • March 05, 2024

    Ill. Atty Tells 1st Circ. Feds Botched Venue For Scam Case

    An Illinois lawyer convicted of receiving proceeds from business email compromise schemes orchestrated by others told the First Circuit on Tuesday that Massachusetts was the wrong place for him to have been tried, urging the appeals court to dismiss the charges underlying the guilty verdict. 

  • March 05, 2024

    Monsanto Nabs 1st Win In Philly's Roundup Trial Blitz

    A Philadelphia jury on Tuesday cleared Monsanto of liability in a Pennsylvania cancer patient's suit alleging he developed his illness after using the weed killer Roundup, handing the company its first win in the venue where plaintiffs have won more than $2.5 billion in damages on tort claims over the Bayer AG unit's signature product.

  • March 05, 2024

    Willis Faces New Claim On Romance Timing From Trump Ally

    An ally of former President Donald Trump told a Georgia state court that she has even more evidence that Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis began seeing a special prosecutor romantically before hiring him to help prosecute the Georgia election interference case, citing alleged testimony of a former law partner of Willis' paramour.

  • March 05, 2024

    J&J Trial Over Doctor's Cancer Death Ends In Hung Jury

    A Florida state judge declared a mistrial Tuesday after jurors said they were "hopelessly deadlocked" over whether Johnson & Johnson's baby powder caused the cancer that killed a Miami anesthesiologist.

  • March 05, 2024

    Trials Group Of The Year: Irell

    Irell & Manella helped client VLSI convince a jury to award $949 million against Intel in a tech patent trial and secured a $303 million win for a second tech patent client, earning the trials practice group a spot among Law360's 2023 Trial Practice Groups of the Year.

Expert Analysis

  • SDNY Ruling Warns Parties To Heed Amended Disclosure Rule

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    A Manhattan federal court’s recent ruling in U.S. v. Mrabet forewarns both prosecutors and defense counsel that amended expert witness disclosure obligations will be rigorously enforced by judges, and gives some insight into how courts may deal with related constitutional challenges, say John Siffert and Brandon Davis at Lankler Siffert.

  • Lessons From This Year's Landmark Green Energy IP Clash

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    In this year's Siemens v. General Electric wind turbine patent dispute, a Massachusetts federal court offers a cautionary tale against willful infringement, and highlights the balance between innovation, law and ethics, as legal battles like this become more frequent in the renewable energy sector, say John Powell and Andrew Siuta at Sunstein.

  • Series

    The Pop Culture Docket: Judge D'Emic On Moby Grape

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    The 1968 Moby Grape song "Murder in My Heart for the Judge" tells the tale of a fictional defendant treated with scorn by the judge, illustrating how much the legal system has evolved in the past 50 years, largely due to problem-solving courts and the principles of procedural justice, says Kings County Supreme Court Administrative Judge Matthew D'Emic.

  • Series

    Performing Music Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The discipline of performing live music has directly and positively influenced my effectiveness as a litigator — serving as a reminder that practice, intuition and team building are all important elements of a successful law practice, says Jeff Wakolbinger at Bryan Cave.

  • Tips For Defeating Claims Of Willful FLSA Violations

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    As employers increasingly encounter wage and hour complaints under the Fair Labor Standards Act, more companies could face enhanced penalties for violations deemed willful, but defense counsel can use several discovery and trial strategies to instead demonstrate the employer’s commitment to compliance, say Michael Mueller and Evangeline Paschal at Hunton.

  • Breaking Down High Court's New Code Of Conduct

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    The U.S. Supreme Court recently adopted its first-ever code of conduct, and counsel will need to work closely with clients in navigating its provisions, from gift-giving to recusal bids, say Phillip Gordon and Mateo Forero at Holtzman Vogel.

  • Trump NY Fraud Trial Shows Civil, Criminal Case Differences

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    Former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial currently unfolding in New York provides a reminder that civil bench trials can be just as damaging, if not more so, than criminal prosecutions, due to several key elements of civil litigation procedure, says retired attorney David Moskowitz.

  • How New Expert Rules Are Already Changing Court Decisions

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    Though not formally effective until last week, some courts have been relying for several years on amended federal rules clarifying judges’ gatekeeping role, so counsel should be prepared to justify their expert witnesses’ methodologies and expect additional motion practice on expert testimony admissibility, say Colleen Kenney and Daniel Kelly at Sidley.

  • Opinion

    Legal Profession Gender Parity Requires Equal Parental Leave

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    To truly foster equity in the legal profession and to promote attorney retention, workplaces need to better support all parents, regardless of gender — starting by offering equal and robust parental leave to both birthing and non-birthing parents, says Ali Spindler at Irwin Fritchie.

  • Series

    Writing Thriller Novels Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Authoring several thriller novels has enriched my work by providing a fresh perspective on my privacy practice, expanding my knowledge, and keeping me alert to the next wave of issues in an increasingly complex space — a reminder to all lawyers that extracurricular activities can help sharpen professional instincts, says Reece Hirsch at Morgan Lewis.

  • What Lawyers Must Know About Calif. State Bar's AI Guidance

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    Initial recommendations from the State Bar of California regarding use of generative artificial intelligence by lawyers have the potential to become a useful set of guidelines in the industry, covering confidentiality, supervision and training, communications, discrimination and more, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Industry Must Elevate Native American Women Attys' Stories

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    The American Bar Association's recent research study into Native American women attorneys' experiences in the legal industry reveals the glacial pace of progress, and should inform efforts to amplify Native voices in the field, says Mary Smith, president of the ABA.

  • How Color Psychology Can Help Tell Your Trial Narrative

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    Research shows that color is a powerful sensory input that affects memory and perception, so attorneys should understand how, when and why to use certain shades in trial graphics to enhance their narrative and draw jurors’ focus, says Adam Bloomberg at IMS Consulting.

  • Understanding Discovery Obligations In Era Of Generative AI

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    Attorneys and businesses must adapt to the unique discovery challenges presented by generative artificial intelligence, such as chatbot content and prompts, while upholding the principles of fairness, transparency and compliance with legal obligations in federal civil litigation, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

  • Asserting 'Presence-Of-Counsel' Defense In Securities Trials

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    As illustrated by the fraud trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, defense attorneys in securities trials might consider arguing that counsel had some involvement in the conduct at issue — if the more formal advice-of-counsel defense is unavailable and circumstances allow for a privilege waiver, say Joseph Dever and Matthew Elkin at Cozen O'Connor.

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