Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Mar. 29, 2024
11th Hour strategy shift leaves Netflix lawyers on hook for fees
The plaintiff's counsel argued that the defense attorneys' actions were deceitful and forced them to waste trial preparation resources. U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner agreed.
Judge R. Gary Klausner
Defense lawyers at Willkie Farr and Gallagher LLP who represented Netflix in a patent infringement case have been ordered by a federal judge in Los Angeles to pay attorney fees to opposing counsel because the Netflix attorneys abandoned parts of their defense strategy at the Eleventh Hour and shared misleading information with the jury.
David M. Stein, a partner at Olson Stein LLP, represented GoTV Streaming against Netflix on patent claims...