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McCarter and English LLP v. Jarrow Formulas, Inc

  1. July 29, 2024

    Firm, Ex-Client Brief Conn. High Court In Punitive Award Case

    McCarter & English LLP and ex-client Jarrow Formulas Inc. are weighing in as the Connecticut Supreme Court decides whether a federal court can award law firms punitive damages in suits for breach of contract, as the firm seeks a punitive payout after winning multimillion-dollar judgments in a contract dispute.

  2. May 08, 2024

    Conn. Justices To Hear McCarter & English Damages Demand

    The Connecticut Supreme Court has accepted a certified question from a federal district court judge in McCarter & English LLP's yearslong fee feud with a former client, agreeing to decide whether the firm can recover punitive damages after years chasing Jarrow Formulas Inc. and winning a jury verdict last year.

  3. April 02, 2024

    McCarter & English's Client Contract Win Heads To Mediation

    The law firm McCarter & English LLP will hold settlement talks in June with an ex-client who has already lost a jury trial over $2 million in unpaid legal bills and potentially faces $3.6 million in punitive damages after an anticipated decision by Connecticut's highest court, a federal magistrate judge ruled Tuesday.

  4. March 28, 2024

    McCarter & English Wins Extra $1.8M In Client Billing Suit

    A Connecticut federal judge has found that McCarter & English LLP is entitled to another $1.8 million on top of the $1.85 million it has already been granted as a prejudgment remedy in a contract dispute, saying the former client on the hook for the award must also disclose assets under oath that could support the total $3.65 million award.

  5. February 29, 2024

    McCarter & English Wants Ex-Client To Cough Up Extra $1.8M

    McCarter & English LLP on Thursday asked a federal judge in Connecticut to hike a prejudgment remedy order against a former client by $1.8 million, which would nearly double the original remedy of $1.85 million, arguing that interest on subsequent jury awards continues to add up as the dispute spills from federal court to the Connecticut Supreme Court.

  6. February 23, 2024

    Judge Nixes McCarter & English Client's Relief Bid In Fee Row

    A Connecticut federal judge rejected a bid for Second Circuit relief from a supplement company that lost a billing battle with its former lawyers at McCarter & English LLP, concluding Friday that the Connecticut Supreme Court should offer guidance on whether state law allows punitive damages awards in contract disputes.

  7. February 09, 2024

    Conn. Justices Asked To Rule On McCarter Damages Dispute

    A Connecticut federal judge has granted McCarter & English LLP more than $680,000 in prejudgment interest after the firm's victory on claims a former client refused to pay legal fees in an underlying suit.

  8. December 21, 2023

    Top Connecticut Cases Of 2023

    Courts in Connecticut rebuffed some major government and financial institutions in 2023, ruling against federal prosecutors in a high-profile criminal antitrust case against an RTX Corp. unit and sending Deutsche Bank AG back to the drawing board to pursue an enormous, decade-old judgment.

  9. November 08, 2023

    McCarter & English Wants $6.8M, Skewers Ex-Client's Words

    In a filing seeking interest and punitive damages, McCarter & English LLP lambasted the "exceptional use of pejoratives" in former client Jarrow Formulas Inc.'s attempt to avoid high rate calculations in a $6.8 million fee dispute the firm decisively won after a jury trial.

  10. October 18, 2023

    McCarter & English Urges Judge To Reject Ex-Client's Retrial

    A California dietary supplement company should not receive a new trial following a million-dollar loss before a Connecticut federal jury on breach of contract claims brought by its former counsel, McCarter & English LLP, the firm told the court, arguing issues contained in the retrial bid were already heard.