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WilmerHale Helps Achieve Largest Ever Individual Wrongful-Conviction Verdict

BUFFALO, NY - On November 19, 2025, a WilmerHale pro bono trial team secured an $80 million jury verdict for the Estate of Darryl Boyd, the largest wrongful conviction award ever granted to an individual plaintiff in U.S. history. The...

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Intel Convinces Texas Jury That Fortress Controls VLSI

AUSTIN, TX - After just one hour of deliberation on the third day of trial before U.S. District Judge Alan Albright, a Texas federal jury found that Fortress Investment Group controls both VLSI Technology and Finjan Holdings. Intel’s defense emphasized...

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WilmerHale Secures $28 Million Judgment for Wrongly Convicted Member of the Buffalo Five

BUFFALO, NY - WilmerHale achieved a major pro bono victory when a unanimous federal jury awarded $28 million to its client, John Walker Jr., a member of the Buffalo Five who was wrongfully convicted of a 1976 murder and spent...

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Intuitive Surgical Wins High-Stakes Antitrust Trial Regarding da Vinci Surgical System

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - After a three-and-a-half-week jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, law firm Paul, Weiss, secured a significant legal victory for Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (“Intuitive”) when Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguin granted the...

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Axonics defeats Medtronic lawsuit in spine-stimulation patent trial

SANTA ANA, CA - Following an eight-day trial in California federal court, medical device maker Axonics has convinced a jury that it did not violate rival Medtronic's patents related to its bladder and bowel control device. Axonics CEO Raymond Cohen...

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Perkins Coie Clients Win Another Favorable Determination of No Violation in Section 337 Investigation Before U.S. International Trade Commission

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Earlier this week, a Perkins Coie trial team won a favorable ruling of no violation for a group of eleven clients before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). This complaint was brought by The NOCO Company, Inc.,...

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