Where the parties’ contract stated that late payments were subject to 10% interest, that provision did not expressly apply to post-judgment interest. As such, the prevailing party was entitled only to the statutory post-judgment interest rate in 28 U.S.C. § ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although Cisco argued it was entitled to a new trial because a prior ruling ordering it to pay $1.9 billion for infringing a startup’s cybersecurity patents included new theories of infringement and damages not presented by the plaintiff, the infringement ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although Cisco Systems, which was sued for patent infringement, argued the trial judge should recuse himself after he discovered his spouse owned shares of Cisco and one of its competitors, the motion was denied because a reasonable person would not ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A company that demonstrated that Cisco Systems infringed four of its patents covering complex computer networking security functions was awarded over $755 million in damages. Because Cisco’s infringement was willful, this amount was multiplied 2½ times, resulting in a total ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the court could not conclude as a matter of law that a reasonable jury would not have a legally sufficient basis to find for the non-moving party, both sides’ motions for judgment as a matter of law were denied. ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Courthouse News Service prevailed in its suit alleging a lack of timely access to court records and was awarded nearly $2 million in attorneys’ fees and costs. Although the defendants argued the rates charged by Bryan Cave Leighton & Pasiner’s ...

Tagged with: Constitutional Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Two Virginia circuit court clerks have been ordered to pay nearly $2 million in fees and costs in a lawsuit filed by a news service seeking prompt access to newly filed lawsuits. The lawsuit in Norfolk federal court reportedly brought ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice fees Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The class – more than 576,000 individuals throughout the country who took out loans from a loan company with identical terms at unlawfully high interest rates– will share a $65 million cash payment and will receive $76 million in loan cancellation ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a licensee agreed to a reporting and royalty obligation related to sales of specific products, its incorporation of source code from one of those products without complying with the reporting and royalty obligation, was a breach of contract. This ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where police officers reasonably perceived their lives were in danger when a pickup truck accelerated in their direction, they were entitled to qualified immunity for an objectively reasonable use of deadly force. Because the use of force was justified, they ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District