FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. AP – A judge Thursday ordered Motorola Inc. to pay $22.9 million in attorneys fees and costs to lawyers for a now-defunct technology company, months after a trade secrets lawsuit ended in a hung jury.
Circuit Judge Leroy Moe ruled that the law firm headed by famed attorney Willie Gary was due money based on Motorola’s alleged poor conduct during the trial against SPS Technologies Corp. But the award was much less than the $200 million in fees, costs and restitution sought by Gary’s firm, and the judge did not even address the issue of restitution or sanctions in his ruling.
