Despite efforts by appellate heavyweight Lisa Blatt of Arnold & Porter to engineer a reversal, Western Digital Corp. came up short again on Wednesday in its bid to undo a blockbuster arbitration victory for Seagate Technology plc.
Capping three years of roller-coaster appellate litigation, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that an arbitrator didn’t exceed his authority by imposing sanctions on Western Digital and former employee Sining Mao for fabricating evidence. The sanctions led to a $525 million award for Seagate in a trade secrets arbitration against its rival hard drive maker. Seagate said Wednesday that the award is now worth roughly $800 million with interest.
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