/trials?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Trials Copyright 2025 Â鶹´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 06 Jun 2025 23:59:15 +0000 /trials/articles/2350669?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2350669 The FTC on Friday urged a Washington, D.C., federal judge to reject Meta's bid to strike testimony the agency's lead economics expert gave during the antitrust trial over Meta's purchase of Instagram and WhatsApp, scoffing at the allegation the New York University School of Â鶹´«Ã½ professor is biased. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 22:14:13 +0000 /trials/articles/2350240?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2350240 A Michigan federal jury on Friday ruled that a migrant farmworker contractor engaged in forced labor, finding in favor of five farmworkers who said they were coerced into working long hours without pay. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 21:39:15 +0000 /trials/articles/2350517?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2350517 Clifford "T.I." Harris and Tameka "Tiny" Harris have urged a California federal judge to reject MGA Entertainment's motion to reverse a jury's $71.4 million verdict finding the company infringed the trade dress and publicity rights of the OMG Girlz pop group, saying the rehashed arguments fall flat. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 21:03:07 +0000 /trials/articles/2349496?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2349496 Johnson & Johnson health tech unit Biosense Webster's bill in an antitrust trial was upped from $147 million to $442 million after a California federal jury found it stifled competition by conditioning the provision of cardiac mapping services on purchases of cardiac catheters. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:28:08 +0000 /trials/articles/2350551?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2350551 Washington appellate judges expressed skepticism on Friday regarding an ambulance company's stance that qualified immunity shielded it from a patient estate's $2.3 million jury verdict over a mid-transport crash, while also casting doubt on the family's contention that the defendant had forfeited its appeal rights. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 19:54:22 +0000 /trials/articles/2350579?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2350579 The Texas Supreme Court on Friday closed a "gaping jurisdictional loophole" that allowed defendants to challenge jurisdiction in just about any case involving multiple plaintiffs, saying the mere presence of multiple plaintiffs is not enough to invoke appellate review. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 17:24:17 +0000 /trials/articles/2350596?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2350596 The Ninth Circuit declined to upend an order applying the federal rate instead of a higher Washington state rate when calculating prejudgment interest that a federal jury awarded to a worker in his lawsuit accusing a manufacturer of firing him for taking leave, saying his federal claim guided his litigation strategy. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 17:23:28 +0000 /trials/articles/2350272?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2350272 Counsel representing two female teachers should receive nearly $218,000 in costs following a jury trial in which the workers were awarded $165,000 over claims that a Pennsylvania school district paid them less than men, the teachers told a federal court. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:04:00 +0000 /trials/articles/2342370?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2342370 As the administration targets diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and law firms consider pulling back from their programs, lawyers who care about racial equity and justice can employ four strategies to create microspaces of justice, which can then be parlayed into drivers of transformational change, says Susan Sturm at Columbia Â鶹´«Ã½ School. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:15:55 +0000 /trials/articles/2350228?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2350228 A divided Texas First Court of Appeals won't disturb a split decision that revived a dispute between an attorney and a former attorney over a fee-sharing agreement in tobacco litigation, rejecting a litigation finance company's en banc request to keep its trial court victory and prevent the case from being remanded. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 12:32:43 +0000 /trials/articles/2350471?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2350471 A onetime Cramer & Anderson LLP partner was sentenced Friday to a seven-year prison term after being convicted of first-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting an attacker in the parking lot of his rural Litchfield, Connecticut, law firm, although his incarceration will be suspended after 2½ years. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:10:40 +0000 /trials/articles/2350082?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2350082 Counsel for OneTaste co-founder Nicole Daedone on Thursday told a Brooklyn federal jury that Daedone's provocative teachings involving "orgasmic meditation" don't matter to the forced labor conspiracy charges she and her deputy face, unlike the free will of those who say they were victimized. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 23:51:20 +0000 /trials/articles/2349585?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2349585 A New York federal judge has refused to throw out a jury's verdict finding that lighting fixture company Lutron Electronics infringed a window shade patent owned by GeigTech, finding that Lutron owes $5.3 million in damages rather than the initial $2.7 million amount awarded by the jury. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:48:13 +0000 /trials/articles/2346264?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2346264 Gambling technology company IGT faced hurdles Thursday as it argued to the Federal Circuit that mobile game maker Zynga should have been stopped from challenging one of its patents due to an earlier dispute, as the judges questioned whether the issue is appealable. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:56:53 +0000 /trials/articles/2350015?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2350015 An Indiana state appeals court Thursday upheld a defense win in a medical malpractice trial despite a juror's post-verdict revelation that she had previously heard of a defense expert witness. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:51:41 +0000 /trials/articles/2349945?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2349945 A California judge has affirmed a jury verdict awarding $50 million to a gig economy driver who suffered a severely burned penis after scalding hot tea spilled in his lap due to a Starbucks worker's negligence, saying the verdict was not excessive given his "horrific injuries." Thu, 05 Jun 2025 19:27:11 +0000 /trials/articles/2350003?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2350003 A former Virginia city assistant attorney's Family and Medical Leave Act suit against the chief city prosecutor will head to trial, a federal judge said Thursday, ruling that there is an open question over whether firing the attorney was a pretext to not grant a leave request. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 19:03:33 +0000 /trials/articles/2349971?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2349971 The Georgia Court of Appeals on Thursday struck down $65 million in punitive damages awarded to a doctor who was defrauded of his investments in a series of restaurants, ruling that the verdict was "grossly excessive" at more than 100 times the value of the compensatory damages awarded by a state court jury. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:10:39 +0000 /trials/articles/2349816?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2349816 New Jersey justices have agreed to weigh in on personal injury suits against Walmart and a Garden State health clinic involving an overturned $1.3 million verdict in one case and the immunity of medical nonprofits in the other, according to a pair of court orders. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:23:57 +0000 /trials/articles/2349876?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2349876 Tom Girardi's son-in-law pled guilty to criminal contempt Thursday in Illinois federal court, admitting he knew the once-celebrated plaintiffs lawyer failed to pay millions of dollars in plane crash settlement funds they had been ordered to distribute to their clients "as soon as practical."