https://www.law360.com/trials?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Trials Copyright 2025 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Thu, 01 May 2025 23:44:47 +0000 https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2333755?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2333755 A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday suggested that he may grant all or part of a crypto trader's motion for acquittal or a new trial over allegations that he defrauded Mango Markets investors out of $110 million by manipulating the price of the exchange's native token, in a ruling that would likely center on issues involving mixed swaps or venue. Thu, 01 May 2025 22:06:00 +0000 https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2333179?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2333179 A California federal judge presiding over a damages trial over how much Israeli spyware-maker NSO Group owes for hacking 1,400 WhatsApp users' devices ruled Thursday NSO's counsel violated multiple pretrial orders, finding corrective instructions are warranted and barring counsel from making the "outlandish" claim Meta Platforms' spyware-attack remediation was trade secret theft. Thu, 01 May 2025 22:00:22 +0000 https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2333090?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2333090 A Florida appellate panel ruled in favor of a condominium association in a lawsuit over a noise dispute between a family caring for their autistic son and a neighbor, finding no evidence that the family faced discrimination in violation of housing laws. Thu, 01 May 2025 21:13:16 +0000 https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2333553?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2333553 An academic testifying for Google on Thursday told a D.C. federal court that the data sharing provisions being proposed as a fix in the search monopolization case would allow rivals to reverse engineer Google search and if not match the results, at least mimic them. Thu, 01 May 2025 20:46:31 +0000 https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2332772?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2332772 The Federal Circuit's argument calendar for May includes appeals of two nine-figure patent verdicts — one against Apple and one against Medtronic — and Roku's bid to revive its remote control patent suit at the U.S. International Trade Commission after a loss tied to the commission's domestic industry requirement. Thu, 01 May 2025 20:10:26 +0000 https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2332952?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2332952 A Georgia jury heard in closing arguments on Thursday that C.R. Bard's medical sterilization plant wantonly polluted the air with ethylene oxide and caused a man's cancer, while the company said the man's exposure was nowhere near danger levels. Thu, 01 May 2025 18:48:36 +0000 https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2333137?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2333137 Open Artificial Intelligence said key questions in a trademark dispute with OpenAI should go before a jury, arguing there were too many factual issues for the ChatGPT developer to obtain a ruling in its favor in the fight. Thu, 01 May 2025 17:54:34 +0000 https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2332978?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2332978 A Texas federal judge on Thursday shot down USA Football's bid to escape claims from USA Flag in a simmering feud over the national leadership of flag football within the U.S., saying there are many factual issues that need to be put in the hands of a jury. Thu, 01 May 2025 17:50:08 +0000 https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2333074?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2333074 A Johnson & Johnson talc unit has asked a New Jersey federal court to reinstate its libel suit over a scientific article linking talcum powder to mesothelioma, arguing that newly discovered evidence shows statements in the article are false. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:08:53 +0000 https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2332715?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2332715 The Eleventh Circuit said a Georgia-based tobacco importer will remain on the hook for a $1.1 million verdict for selling counterfeit rolling papers, rejecting the company's arguments that the Lanham Act damages levied against it needed to bear close relation to the actual damages suffered by the papers' manufacturer. Thu, 01 May 2025 14:47:28 +0000 https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2332882?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2332882 Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced Thursday that it has hired a former Boies Schiller Flexner LLP litigator with experience as a law firm partner, in-house attorney and federal prosecutor. Thu, 01 May 2025 12:54:01 +0000 https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2332483?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2332483 The Fourth Circuit found no error in a former cryptocurrency executive's conviction for fraud and conspiracy related to his time working at a foreign currency and cryptocurrency trading investment firm that the panel said was actually just a Ponzi scheme that never made any trades. Thu, 01 May 2025 10:21:44 +0000 https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2305667?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2305667 Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:04:56 +0000 https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2332372?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2332372 Meta Platforms engineers testified Wednesday during a California federal jury trial over how much Israeli spyware-maker NSO Group owes Meta for hacking 1,400 WhatsApp users' devices that they spent days working around-the-clock to combat NSO's "unprecedented" spyware attack. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:31:16 +0000 https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2332654?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2332654 The chief judge for the Delaware federal court has turned down a bid from Pfizer and BioNTech to invalidate patent claims asserted against their blockbuster COVID-19 vaccine, in a case set to go before a jury later this year. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:18:32 +0000 https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2332493?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2332493 A former Levi Strauss executive who claims she was skipped over for a senior marketing director role after announcing her pregnancy told a California federal jury on Wednesday that her boss said the position was given to a colleague because the other woman had more "capacity" to "take on more work." Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:55:16 +0000 https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2331458?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2331458 Google CEO Sundar Pichai testified Wednesday that the Justice Department's proposed monopolization fixes amount to a "de facto divestiture" of the company's entire search intellectual property, only for the D.C. federal judge to wonder how rival search engines could hope to match its financial resources. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:50:18 +0000 https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2332431?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2332431 SuperValu urged an Illinois federal judge Tuesday not to overturn its defense win on whistleblower claims of systematic prescription overbilling, saying the whistleblowers are now making "kitchen sink arguments" with little basis. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:41:35 +0000 https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2332553?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2332553 The former mother-in-law of slain Florida law professor Dan Markel asked Wednesday to delay her trial on charges she helped orchestrate his murder, citing copious discovery produced in recent weeks by the prosecution. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:43:26 +0000 https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2332053?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/2332053 Two former executives of On Point Global LLC urged the Eleventh Circuit to reverse a civil contempt sanction of $102 million for violating a prior injunction, arguing that the lower court should have held a hearing to allow them to present evidence in their favor.