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Gaw | Poe LLP Obtains Seven-Figure Robinson-Patman Act Jury Verdict Against Manufacturer of Clear Eyes; Wins Third of Three Jury Trials Held in 2023
SAN FRANCISCO – December 15, 2023 – Gaw | Poe LLP announced today that it won a jury trial on behalf of its clients against Prestige Brands—a publicly traded company whose subsidiary owns and manufactures the popular Clear Eyes Pocket Pals redness relief eye drop product. Gaw | Poe’s clients were comprised of various convenience store wholesalers from California…
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Tobacco Co. Gets $10.8M In Fees For Breach Of Contract Win
By James Mills – November 20, 2023, 1:08 PM EST A California federal court on Friday awarded a tobacco company almost $11 million in attorney fees and distributions in a long-running antitrust dispute against rival tobacco company Swisher… Read more
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Gaw | Poe LLP Awarded Over $895,000 in Attorney’s Fees and Costs in Civil Rico Lawsuit
SAN FRANCISCO – October 5, 2023 – Gaw | Poe LLP announced today that it was awarded $862,314.32 in attorney’s fees and $33,410.48 in costs as the culmination of its’ clients civil RICO lawsuit against Tauler Smith LLP—the law firm that had sent numerous demand letters to various small retail stores accusing them of selling certain sexual enhancement pills…
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Tobacco Co. Calls Rival’s $10M Fee Bid A Waste Of Time
By Jonathan Capriel – August 30, 2023, 8:48 PN EDT Tobacco industry giant Swisher is needlessly taking up everyone’s time by filing a motion for $10 million in fees in a case that it lost on appeal, cigarillo company Trendsettah said in court documents, urging a California federal judge to consider its request for $11…
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Ex-USF basketball player awarded $750,000 in case against school, head coach Molly Goodenbour
By Ron Kroichick, Senior Sports Enterprise Reorter – Updated July 21, 2023, 1:49 PM A Superior Court jury ruled in favor of one former University of San Francisco women’s basketball player Thursday, awarding Marija Galic a total of $750,000 because of “intentional infliction of emotional distress” by head coach Molly Goodenbour. The jury ruled against…
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9th Circ. Partially Kicks Back 5-Hour Energy Antitrust Suit
By Lauren Berg – July 20, 2023, 11:21 PM EDT A split Ninth Circuit Thursday instructed a California federal judge to take another look at whether family-owned wholesalers proved competition with Costco in the wholesalers’ price discrimination suit against the maker of 5-Hour Energy, saying the judge erred in finding Costco and the wholesalers for…
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Gaw | Poe LLP Obtains a Civil Rico Jury Verdict Against Law Firm That Filed “Sex Pills” Lawsuits
SAN FRANCISCO – March 16, 2023 – Gaw | Poe LLP announced today that it has won a civil RICO jury trial on behalf of its clients. Gaw | Poe represented three small retail stores (“the Stores”) that had received demand letters accusing them of selling certain sexual enhancement pills in violation of the federal Lanham Act and federal…
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As the FTC Hints at Renewed Enforcement of theRobinson-Patman Act, the Usual (Dull) Knives Come Out
By Mark PoeJanuary 9, 2023 Over the last year, three of the four current FTC Commissioners (one seat is vacant) have indicated an interest in renewed enforcement of the Robinson-Patman Act as a potential means of policing anticompetitive conduct. The most robust support has been voiced by Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya, who delivered a speech on the…
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Gaw | Poe LLP Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Only Fans for Automatically Billing Customers’ Credit Cards
December 20, 2022 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE) The San Francisco-based law firm of Gaw | Poe LLP announced today that it recently filed a class action lawsuit against Fenix International Ltd., the parent company of OnlyFans.com. The lawsuit alleges that Fenix fails to comply with California law when it automatically renews…
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Justices Won’t Hear Appeal Of Long-Running Swisher Case
By Jonathan Capriel – December 5, 2022, 2:38 PM EST The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear tobacco company Swisher’s requets to overcome a $9.1 million jury verdict over claims of breach of contract made by a smaller rival, Trendsettah USA Inc… Read more