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• April 09, 2026

  Fuel Executive Gets 5 Years For $4.5M Navy Fraud Scheme

  A Florida federal judge sentenced a former fuel executive to five years in prison after a jury found him guilty of defrauding the U.S. Department of Defense of more than $4.5 million.

• April 08, 2026

  Juror Nondisclosure Can't Trigger Crash Retrial, Panel Says

  A car crash plaintiff who sought $1 million in damages but was awarded only $20,000 can't get a new trial because of juror misconduct, a Florida state appeals court ruled Wednesday, saying a juror's lengthy legal history could have been easily uncovered online.

• April 08, 2026

  Samsung Wants New Trial After $78.5M Patent Verdict

  Samsung is seeking a new trial after an Eastern District of Texas jury said it owed $78.5 million for infringing patents covering automatic content recognition technology for commercial advertising, calling the first trial "fundamentally unfair."

• April 08, 2026

  Fed. Circ. Zeroes In On Ecobee Jury Instruction Beef

  Judges on the Federal Circuit suggested that a lower court's jury form and instructions could undo at least some of an $11.5 million award against ecobee Technologies in a smart thermostat infringement row with Ollnova Technologies, particularly in light of the Federal Circuit's 2025 decision in a fight between Optis and Apple.

• April 08, 2026

  Mich. Justices Told Youth Murder Sentence Cruel And Unusual

  An attorney for a man sentenced to 50 to 75 years in prison for second-degree murder told the Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday that the "de facto life sentence" was cruel and unusual because someone convicted of the more serious crime of first-degree murder would be eligible for parole decades earlier.

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