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05-18-2026
Jury rejects Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI, Sam Altman, and Microsoft
Following a three-week trial, a federal jury in the Northern District of California returned a verdict in favor of Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, OpenAI, and Microsoft. The jury found for all defendants on question one relating to the statute of…
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04-28-2026
Texas Jury Clears Cisco Of Chip Infringement Claims
MARSHALL, TX – A federal jury in the Eastern District of Texas returned a verdict in favor of Cisco Systems Inc., finding that Intel and, as a result, Cisco, did not infringe the ’777 patent asserted by EireOg Innovations Ltd.…
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04-15-2026
Jury Finds Ticketmaster and Live Nation Maintained an Anticompetitive Monopoly
NEW YORK, NY – After a five-week jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York before the Honorable Arun Subramanian, the jury found that Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster illegally maintained monopoly power…
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03-27-2026
Netflix Beats Infringement Claims In Video Patent Trial
LOS ANGELES, CA – After a week-and-a-half long trial in Los Angeles, a California federal jury has cleared Netflix of allegations that it infringed on DivX’s patents regarding video compression technology. The jury found that Netflix did not infringe on…
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02-06-2026
Judge denies Compass's injunction against Zillow's listing policy
NEW YORK, NY – In a huge win for Zillow, U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas in Manhattan said Compass was unlikely to succeed on the merits of its claims, making a preliminary injunction unwarranted. The Antitrust lawsuit centers on Zillow’s…
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12-31-2025
Cumulus Media Scores Landmark Victory Over Nielsen
NEW YORK, NY – In a significant legal setback for Nielsen, a federal judge has ruled in favor of Cumulus Media and granted a preliminary injunction halting the ratings giant’s controversial Network Policy. Impact congratulates our clients at Hogan Lovells…
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11-21-2025
WilmerHale Helps Achieve Largest Ever Individual Wrongful-Conviction Verdict
BUFFALO, NY – On November 19, 2025, a WilmerHale pro bono trial team secured an $80 million jury verdict for the Estate of Darryl Boyd, the largest wrongful conviction award ever granted to an individual plaintiff in U.S. history. The…
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07-10-2025
SDNY Jury Finds Trump Liable for Sexual Abuse and Defamation
NEW YORK, NY - A Manhattan federal jury on Tuesday found Donald Trump responsible for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll in 1996 and then defaming her, awarding her $5 million in damages. After a two-week trial, the jury had…
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Intel Convinces Texas Jury That Fortress Controls VLSI
AUSTIN, TX – After just one hour of deliberation on the third day of trial before U.S. District Judge Alan Albright, a Texas federal jury found that Fortress Investment Group controls both VLSI Technology and Finjan Holdings. Intel’s defense emphasized…
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WilmerHale Secures $28 Million Judgment for Wrongly Convicted Member of the Buffalo Five
BUFFALO, NY – WilmerHale achieved a major pro bono victory when a unanimous federal jury awarded $28 million to its client, John Walker Jr., a member of the Buffalo Five who was wrongfully convicted of a 1976 murder and spent…
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01-22-2025
Intuitive Surgical Wins High-Stakes Antitrust Trial Regarding da Vinci Surgical System
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – After a three-and-a-half-week jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, law firm Paul, Weiss, secured a significant legal victory for Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (“Intuitive”) when Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguin granted the…
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09-20-2024
Axonics defeats Medtronic lawsuit in spine-stimulation patent trial
SANTA ANA, CA – Following an eight-day trial in California federal court, medical device maker Axonics has convinced a jury that it did not violate rival Medtronic’s patents related to its bladder and bowel control device. Axonics CEO Raymond Cohen…
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