/trials?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Trials Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Wed, 23 Apr 2025 18:17:48 +0000 /trials/articles/2328921?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2328921 A Pennsylvania chocolatier and her company can't get second chances in a lawsuit accusing them of stealing a rival and former spouse's recipe for Chocolate Moonshine fudge, after a federal judge ruled Tuesday that her ex had proved the value of his secret recipe and the court had not harmed the defense's case by blocking discussion of their divorce. Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:58:20 +0000 /trials/articles/2329187?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2329187 Nationwide cannabis company Trulieve Inc. has resolved a suit in Florida federal court by a former regional manager who alleged he was fired based on his age and in retaliation for assisting in another employee's discrimination charge. Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:08:20 +0000 /trials/articles/2324078?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2324078 A federal jury on Wednesday freed a railcar company from Norfolk Southern Corp.'s suit seeking a contribution to a $600 million settlement with individuals and businesses impacted by a train derailment and chemical spill in a small Ohio village two years ago.    Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:45:03 +0000 /trials/articles/2329092?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2329092 Harvey Weinstein's attorney told a majority-women jury in his sexual assault retrial Wednesday that the "casting couch is not a crime scene" and that he merely had "mutually beneficial" relationships with aspiring actresses who later accused him of rape and sexual violence. Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:25:17 +0000 /trials/articles/2329356?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2329356 A Massachusetts federal judge agreed to step aside Wednesday from the criminal bank fraud case of a former Allied Wallet executive after acknowledging that he had improperly inserted himself into plea negotiations. Wed, 23 Apr 2025 13:33:34 +0000 /trials/articles/2329369?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2329369 A federal judge said Wednesday that new videos appear to show former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley slipping — not being pushed — during a 2017 altercation with Madison Square Garden security, evidence MSG's lawyers say disposes of his assault claims. Wed, 23 Apr 2025 13:23:03 +0000 /trials/articles/2328244?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2328244 Texas' proposal to become the latest state to license paraprofessional providers of limited legal services could help firms expand their reach and improve access to justice, but consumers, attorneys and allied legal professionals would benefit even more if similar programs across the country become more uniform, says Michael Houlberg at the University of Denver. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 23:44:37 +0000 /trials/articles/2328846?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2328846 A group of nine displaced property owners started the latest trial Tuesday over 2020 wildfires during which PacifiCorp chose not to de-energize its power lines, telling an Oregon state jury that more than 39 years' worth of harm has been done when all the plaintiffs' sagas are considered together. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 23:00:53 +0000 /trials/articles/2327682?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2327682 The head of product for OpenAI's ChatGPT vouched Tuesday for the Justice Department's proposal to force Google to produce search data to rivals, telling a D.C. federal judge the suggested remedy for Google's monopolistic conduct could accelerate development of a tool capable of competing directly with Google search. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 22:13:09 +0000 /trials/articles/2328935?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2328935 A Georgia woman convicted of defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a case involving nearly $156 million in fraudulent contracts related to Hurricane Maria relief has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 22:07:44 +0000 /trials/articles/2328940?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2328940 During testimony in the Federal Trade Commission's monopoly case against Meta on Tuesday, the founder of Instagram said his company was "starved" after being acquired by Facebook as Mark Zuckerberg grappled with "a lot of emotion" over Instagram siphoning users away from its parent company's flagship platform. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 19:27:31 +0000 /trials/articles/2328945?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2328945 Railcar company GATX Corp. told a federal jury Tuesday that after three weeks of testimony, only a single witness had advanced Norfolk Southern's theory that a 2017 hurricane in Texas caused the hidden damage to a GATX-owned car that would eventually set off the 2023 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 19:06:03 +0000 /trials/articles/2327003?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2327003 A Delaware federal jury delivered a mixed patent infringement verdict late Monday in a surgeon's case against NuVasive over spinal implant products, although damages are up in the air because the judge already rejected his $61.8 million damages bid before the trial began. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 19:01:09 +0000 /trials/articles/2328813?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2328813 A Santa Ana jury on Tuesday found Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson guilty of second-degree murder in the August 2023 shooting death of his wife, convicting the judge in a retrial just weeks after a previous jury hung on the charges. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 18:50:19 +0000 /trials/articles/2328694?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2328694 A Wisconsin federal judge has enhanced the amount of damages KUS Technology Corp. must pay rival sensor company SSI Technologies LLC to more than $35 million, after a jury last year found it willfully infringed a patent for a fuel tank sensor. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 17:34:04 +0000 /trials/articles/2327989?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2327989 The Federal Circuit's decision in Wash World v. Belanger last month confirms the importance of fair notice to the district court when determining forfeiture of an argument on appeal in the context of patent claim construction, allowing appellants to better gauge the appropriate framing of arguments that may be presented, say attorneys at Knobbe Martens. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:43:08 +0000 /trials/articles/2328699?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2328699 U.S. District Judge Alan Albright said that any attorneys appearing before him in his Austin, Texas, courtroom who want a deadline extension no longer need to get his permission, according to a new standing order. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:23:36 +0000 /trials/articles/2326588?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2326588 The use of artificial intelligence in class actions holds promise for helping to analyze complex evidence, but attorneys and experts must understand how to use it correctly, and how to explain it clearly, say Simone Jones and Eric Mattson at Sidley and Anna Shakotko at Cornerstone Research. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:07:51 +0000 /trials/articles/2328335?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2328335 An owner of a pharmaceutical company has pled guilty in Florida to participating in a $60 million nationwide scheme to illegally distribute misbranded and adulterated HIV drugs to patients. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:48:59 +0000 /trials/articles/2328663?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2328663 A Manhattan federal jury on Tuesday rejected Sarah Palin's libel claims against the New York Times over a 2017 editorial linking her to political violence, finding the paper and its former opinion editor not liable for an error that was promptly corrected.