Two Austin-based complex business litigators secured a civil damages verdict against a St. Tammany Parish sheriff’s deputy who in 2020 threatened to shock with a Taser a 14-year-old boy who was recording his mother’s arrest. A jury in the U.S. District for the Eastern District of Louisiana awarded $185,000 to De’Shaun Johnson…

A group of five scientists facing an $849 million breach-of-contract suit from their former employer won a $26.6 million verdict on their counterclaims against the plaintiff. The plaintiff, Sigmapharm Laboratories LLC, accused its former employees of stealing trade secrets and setting up competing drug companies. But attorneys for the defendants…

A Philadelphia judge violated a host of conduct rules by making politically charged posts on Facebook, the Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline ruled May 3. In a matter of first impression, the court determined that the posts made by Judge Mark Cohen of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, while not…

Activision Blizzard owes Silicon Valley tech incubator Acceleration Bay $23.4 million in damages for patent infringement, a Delaware federal jury determined Friday, ending a trial that’s been in the works for nearly nine years. The May 3 verdict stated Activision had infringed on two Acceleration Bay patents related to networking and…

Republican states challenging federal regulations providing for time off for an abortion under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act will face a substantial hurdle as the rule mirrors well-established practice under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, employment attorneys said Monday. When drafting the PWFA, Congress used the phrase “pregnancy,…

As the number of climate change-related lawsuits increases, judges across the country should educate themselves on the science behind global warming to help with effective decision-making, a state supreme court justice and others in the legal community said May 3. “As a judge, I have an obligation, as all judges…