By Scott Graham | June 17, 2021
Jurors awarded $6.7 million in compensatory damages and $23.3 million in punitives. It's the third in-person jury trial win for Kirkland partners Adam Alper and Michael De Vries during the pandemic era.
By Scott Graham | June 16, 2021
In closing arguments Tuesday, Kirkland & Ellis partner Michael De Vries told jurors that [24]7.ai was so brazen about its theft of competitor LivePerson's rules and data that it even referred internally to "the LivePerson rules." O'Melveny partner Darin Snyder argued there was nothing improper about that because LivePerson assigned all the IP generated on customer websites to its customers.
By ALM Staff | June 15, 2021
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
By Jordan Coyle | June 14, 2021
Now, instead of being in trial nine to 10 months after the filing of a complaint, parties could be in trial in half that time on a discrete issue that ends the investigation entirely or dramatically tips the scale in one direction.
By Ross Todd | June 11, 2021
Bill Burck and AJ Merton of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan won $8.8 million in damages for PPG Industries, Inc. and the maximum amount of exemplary damages allowed under trade secrets Pennsylvania law in a suit accusing a Chinese competitor of conspiring to pilfer a proprietary process for manufacturing a new type of commercial aircraft window.
By Ross Todd | June 11, 2021
Bill Burck and AJ Merton of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan won $8.8 million in damages for PPG Industries, Inc. and the maximum amount of exemplary damages allowed under Pennsylvania's trade secrets law in a suit accusing a Chinese competitor of conspiring to pilfer a proprietary process for manufacturing a new type of commercial aircraft window.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Justin T. Kelton | June 9, 2021
This article examines Judge Jed Rakoff's analysis in 'Zurich American Life Insurance v. Nagel', which provides an important reminder that not all misconduct involving a trade secret qualifies as "misappropriation" under the DTSA.
Texas Lawyer | Commentary|Expert Opinion|Research
By Edgar Gonzalez | May 31, 2021
Regardless of your strategy to protect your intellectual property, the content and timing of notice letters are important issues to consider before giving notice to potential infringing competitors.
By Scott Graham | May 27, 2021
Kirkland and O'Melveny are litigating the protectability of rules and data that AI machines use to keep customers engaged on e-commerce websites. The case is one of the first in-person civil jury trials in the Northern District of California in the last year.
Texas Lawyer | Commentary|Expert Opinion
By Gary B. Solomon | May 24, 2021
Because of the speed of competition with consumer products, intellectual property assets need to be protected earlier in the product life cycle for maximum protection.
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