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Major Victory for Chevron Over Claims in Ecuador

NEW YORK, NY - Following a six-week bench trial, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan (SD-NY) ruled in favor of Chevron Corporation and invalidated a $9.5 billion judgment issued in Ecuador against the oil giant for environmental damage in the South...

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Jury Rules Medtronic Violated Patent, Awards $392.5 Million

WILMINGTON, DE – In this patent infringement case, a federal jury determined that Medtronics, Inc. willfully infringed on Edwards Lifescience’s trans-catheter heart valve patent and issued a verdict that will cost the medical device maker more than $392 million. Partners...

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Citigroup Wins Injunctive Relief in $383 Million Arbitration Case

NEW YORK, NY – After determining there was no agreement to arbitrate the dispute, a federal judge granted Citigroup, Inc. an injunction preventing the arbitration of a case brought by a Saudi investor who claimed Citigroup and its affiliates wiped...

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Second Mistrial for Former Vitesse CEO and CFO in Conspiracy Case

NEW YORK, NY – The prosecution of two former Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. executives ended with a second mistrial after the jury deadlocked on the charge that the pair conspired to misstate earnings at the chipmaker. U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty...

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Verizon Wins Ruling in $9.5 Billion Lawsuit over Idearc Spinoff

DALLAS, TX – In a bench trial conducted to determine the value of Idearc, Inc. at the time of its spin-off from Verizon in 2006, U.S. District Judge A. Joe Fish ruled that Idearc had a value of at least...

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Victory for Sex Abuse Victim

NEW YORK, NY – In a case that drew widespread attention, federal court Judge Robert Patterson, Jr. found 53rd Street Partners and one of its restaurant managers liable for discrimination on the basis of sex against a former employee and...

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