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$15 Million False Ad Verdict Boosts Damages In Probiotic IP Dispute

On November 20, 2018, a years-long dispute before Judge Theodore Chuang in the District of Maryland over probiotics culminated in a gut-wrenching $18 million jury verdict against defendant pharmaceutical companies.  The case is De Simone v. VSL Pharmaceuticals, Inc. et al., No. 8:15-cv-01356. The dispute involved numerous claims and counterclaims, including both a claim and a … Continue Reading

Court Puts a Cork in Billionaire’s Punitive Damages Award In Counterfeit Wine Case

On March 31st, a federal judge in the Southern District of New York slashed a $12 million dollar punitive damages award to billionaire and oenophile William Koch in his lawsuit over counterfeit wine, finding the award – which amounted to more than 33 times the compensatory damages award – to be “so exorbitant that it is … Continue Reading
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