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Ninebot Inc.'s attorney rebutted a $3.5 million lost-profit calculation Tuesday during the trial of electric unicycle maker Inventist Inc.'s patent infringement claims, calling it "grossly misleading" because it lumps in sales of Ninebot models that the court had already said did not infringe a utility patent.

A Washington federal judge overseeing the trial of Inventist Inc.'s patent infringement claims over Ninebot Inc.'s electric unicycles on Monday expressed little sympathy for the scheduling requests of China-based witnesses, saying they must be available to testify regardless of the local time, and defense can "give them some No Doz" if need be.

The parents of two teens who killed themselves with sodium nitrite bought on Amazon.com told a Washington federal judge to give their product liability suit another chance, saying new emails and messages allegedly show the ecommerce giant was studying the dangers of children buying the deadly chemicals online when one of the teens made her purchase.

The founder of a food and supplements startup known for its butter-filled, so-called bulletproof coffee has sued investors Trinity Ventures and CAVU Venture Partners in Washington state court, alleging they cooked up a scheme to force him off the board, dilute his ownership interest and sell the company.

A Seattle jury ruled Friday that Monsanto should pay $72 million in damages to two people who alleged that exposure to PCB contamination from a school's old fluorescent light fixtures caused chronic neurological injuries, but the panel deadlocked on another five plaintiffs after nearly a week of deliberations.

Monsanto urged a Seattle jury Monday to determine it was not to blame for claims of PCB contamination in classroom light fixtures during closing arguments in the latest trial involving teachers and students who allege they are plagued by chronic neurological and other medical problems at a Seattle-area school.

A German pipe manufacturer urged a Washington state jury Wednesday to determine it wasn't to blame for a cascade of leaks that threatened security at Seattle's jail and led to costly repiping, arguing that the county's improper pipe installation and a poorly designed and operated system caused the plumbing fiasco.

A Washington cattle rancher sentenced to 11 years in prison for defrauding Tyson Foods and another company out of more than $244 million in a "ghost cattle" scam has agreed to pay $1 million to settle claims he violated the Commodity Exchange Act in relation to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures market.

Microsoft agreed Monday to pay $20 million to settle a complaint from the federal government accusing the tech giant of illegally collecting personal data of children under 13 on Xbox Live without obtaining parental consent and putting the data at risk, according to a proposed order filed in Washington federal court.

Attorneys from Edelson PC were awarded nearly $121.5 million in attorney fees on Thursday by a Washington federal judge, who also approved a $415 million class settlement against social casino game developers over claims that their games amount to unlawful gambling.