Ben is a partner in Dorsey’s trial group who has represented clients in federal and state court proceedings, as well as administrative proceedings, across a wide range of industries, including construction, real estate, financial services, banking, education, health care and technology. He has also provided internal investigative assistance to companies regarding suspected violations of Federal Law.
Though litigants routinely enter into stipulated protective orders in the course of discovery that may involve sensitive company information (or even trade secrets), a recent ruling is a cautionary tale on the potential consequences of failing to abide by a protective order. In Allstate Ins. continue reading...
Last month, Vital Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Vital”), the manufacturer of the Bang energy drink, fell short in its post-trial challenge to a “monster” jury award in favor of Monster Energy Company (“Monster”). After nearly five years of litigation in the Central District of California, Monster’s Lanham continue reading...
Earlier this month, a federal court judge in the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss a plaintiff’s amended complaint for, among other claims, trade secret misappropriation, based on a theory of inevitable disclosure in the continue reading...
In a recent trade secrets litigation in the United States District Court in the Northern District of California, a jury awarded the plaintiffs 40 million dollars, half of which was punitive damages. The Court also subsequently issued a permanent injunction enjoining the use of the continue reading...
A federal court judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently denied the prevailing Defendants’ motion for $11.6 million in attorneys’ fees in a trade secret misappropriation case between two large competitors providing translation services. Despite the Court indicating continue reading...
A federal magistrate judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, in a trade secrets dispute involving CBD-based pain cream, recently granted summary judgment in favor of all but one defendant. The Court’s ruling is a useful illustration of why continue reading...
Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a $66 million dollar judgment against beauty industry giant L’Oréal for patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and a related breach of a non-disclosure agreement. While the Court remanded for a trial on continue reading...
Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a $66 million dollar judgment against beauty industry giant L’Oréal for patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and a related breach of a non-disclosure agreement. While the Court remanded for a trial on continue reading...
As you may recall from our prior posts regarding the advisory jury verdict and subsequent district court ruling in the 5Pointz litigation (Cohen et al v. G&M Realty LP et al.), in 2018, Judge Block in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York continue reading...
Earlier this month, a federal magistrate judge in the Northern District of Illinois granted a defendant’s request for a protective order to avoid in-person depositions of its experts, by requiring that the depositions instead be conducted remotely in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The court’s continue reading...
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