U.S. District Judge Alan D. Albright has been asked to triple a $13.2 million jury award against cash register manufacturer NCR Corp. and to tack on attorney fees based on the company's conduct during a case that "earned rebukes from both the clerk and the court."
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Fed. Circ. Won t Stay Bose Case, Citing Albright s Pledge
Law360 (May 25, 2021, 4:10 PM EDT) The Federal Circuit said Tuesday it won t force U.S. District Judge Alan D. Albright to pause headphone maker Koss Corp. s patent infringement suit against rival Bose Corp. while the Texas federal court decides the Massachusetts-based defendant s bid to move the case to the Bay State.
The three-judge panel s order denying Bose s request to have the Texas federal judge halt briefing shows that despite its prior reprimands of Judge Albright s transfer policies, it will give him leeway to stick to his word in a recent order pledging to decide questions regarding venue before other substantive case issues.
In a recent written opinion, a federal judge sided with the family of a Killeen man who died during a no-knock in 2019, saying that the officers who fired shots should not be able to use âqualified immunityâ to be shielded from liability.
The officers objected to the judgeâs report, saying they should not be held liable for a claim of excessive force because it has not been revealed whose bullet actually struck and killed James âScottieâ Reed.
Reed, 40, was killed on Feb. 27, 2019 during a no-knock SWAT raid at his house at 215 W. Hallmark Ave.
The family alleges that multiple officers fired shots into the house and that Reed was armed but did not fire his handgun.
Display Technologies, LLC, an entity affiliated with prolific inventor and frequent plaintiff Leigh M. Rothschild, has pushed the number of defendants in its sole litigation campaign past 50.