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Weils lawyer costs Microsoft $40million
21 August 2009
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A judge added $40million onto a $290million judgment after accusing a
Weil Gotshal
lawyer of misleading the jury on a point of law.
Partner Matthew Douglas Powers was acting for Microsoft in a patent dispute when Judge Leonard Davis admonished him for "misstating the law" to a jury. He pulled Powers aside and said whilst "
I don't want to embarrass you in front of the jury... I would appreciate it if you would clean that up
".
A lawyer attempts to mislead a juror yesterday
However, Douglas didn't correct himself so the judge added $40million to the $290million that Microsoft had already been ordered to pay for patent infringement.
A spokesman for Microsoft said they would appeal the verdict. Weils declined to comment.
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