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Jury awards semiconductor manufacturer $40M in trade secrets case against rival

JURIST

A jury for the US District Court for the Northern District of California awarded Comet Technologies $40 million in damages on Wednesday, finding that a rival company had misappropriated trade secrets on equipment used in the manufacturing of semiconductor chips. Comet had sought compensatory damages of $32.5

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Federal appeals court affirms $25 million judgment in Bayer’s Roundup cancer case

JURIST

In 2019, the jury found that the manufacturer was negligent, and the design on Roundup lacked sufficient cancer warnings. The jury awarded Hardeman $75 million in punitive damages, but the federal judge overseeing the trial reduced the punitive damages to $20 million.

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US Justice Department finds Pennsylvania courts discriminate against opioid users

JURIST

This year, the US Supreme Court agreed to hear a case regarding a doctor’s liability for prescribing opioids, and drug manufacturers and distributors paid large settlements and faced liability for their contributions to the opioid crisis. ” The landscape of opioids and litigation in the US continues to change.

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Los Angeles announces lawsuit against Monsanto for PCB contamination

JURIST

The public nuisance lawsuit alleges that Monsanto knew the industrial chemical they manufactured, polychlorinated biphenyl (“PCB”), was highly toxic and would produce environmental contamination and risks to animal and human health, yet they continued to promote and sell these products and publicly deny their danger.

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Linda Evangelista Files Products Liability, Fraud Suit Over Cosmetic Procedure That Destroyed Her Quality of Life

The Fashion Law

In addition to compensatory damages in the amount of $50 million, Evangelista claims that she is also entitled to “punitive and/or exemplary damages for the wanton, willful, fraudulent, reckless acts of ZELTIQ which demonstrated a complete disregard and reckless indifference for the safety and welfare of the general public and to Ms.

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FDA Safety Communications: A Potential Provider Pitfall

FDA Law Blog

25, 2022), [link] , considered whether a provider’s use of a medical device that is the subject of an FDA safety communication constitutes per se evidence of wanton disregard, which would warrant punitive damages. The Court’s analysis also leaves open the possibility that other FDA communications could result in punitive damages.

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Reviving the Permanent Injunction Inquiry: Federal Circuit Rejects a Categorical Rule Against Injunctions for Licensing Patentees

Patently O

59(e) order setting aside the damages verdict — meaning that although the patentee proved infringement, it will receive $0 in compensatory damages. Pylon Manufacturing Corp. , In its decision, the Federal Circuit also affirmed the district court’s R.59(e) In 2020, Seal4Safti, Inc. 3d 1142, 1152-55 (Fed.