Defendant Kolon Industries, who lost a multi-million dollar suit filed by plaintiff DuPont alleging misappropriation of trade secrets involving DuPont’s KEVLAR aramid fibers, loses its post-trial recusal motion in Richmond U.S. District Court contending the presiding judge, a former law ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In plaintiff company’s show cause proceeding alleging defendant software company is violating an injunction plaintiff won to prevent defendant from making, using or selling certain product configurations and services, the Richmond U.S. District Court declines to allow defendant to “claw ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Following a jury verdict awarding plaintiff  $919.9 million in compensatory damages for defendant’s willful and malicious misappropriation of 149 trade secrets, the Richmond U.S. District Court awards plaintiff $350,000 in punitive damages:  Virginia’s Uniform Trade Secrets Act caps punitive damages ...

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In an action for misappropriation of trade secrets, the Richmond U.S. District Court denies defendant foreign corporation’s motion for a protective order to prevent deposing three employees in Richmond, Virginia: Defendant’s counterclaim qualifies as a claim under Local Rule 30(a) ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Richmond U.S. District Court accepts a magistrate judge’s recommendation to deny remand of this suit for contract damages for an alleged defective title search, as plaintiff has not demonstrated the suit is for less than the jurisdictional threshold of ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Dennis Dohnal Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In addition to holding defendant Sprint Communications liable in damages for breaching its contract with CenturyLink, a Richmond U.S. District Court also orders Sprint to pay plaintiffs prejudgment interest of $2,979,487, but declines to order Sprint to pay CenturyLink’s attorney’s ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this litigation involving patents-in-suit relating to electronic sourcing systems, which allow prospective buyers to locate items to buy from multiple electronic catalogs, a Richmond U.S. District Court grants plaintiff’s motion for a permanent injunction. Trial commenced on Jan. 4, ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this litigation involving patents-in-suit relating to electronic sourcing systems, which allow prospective buyers to locate items to buy from multiple electronic catalogs, a Richmond U.S. District Court denies defendant software company’s motion for a stay of permanent injunction. The ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In a mortgage lender’s suit against an insurance company that declined to cover losses on certain kinds of mortgage loans, a Richmond U.S. District Court grants the lender’s motion to preclude the insurance company from introducing parol evidence to support ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An injured crew member who elected to sever his admiralty claim to preserve his a punitive damages claim is not entitled to a federal jury trial after recovering a $538,152 jury verdict in his state court negligence action, the Richmond ...

Tagged with: Admiralty Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District