Last week I summarized upcoming District of Delaware jury trials.
With the COVID-19 numbers surging nation-wide, I wanted to keep an eye on these. All told, five of the six jury trials are still on. One trial was continued, and the parties in another filed a letter yesterday asking to delay the trial due to COVID-19 concerns.
Here are the updates:
- November 3: Judge Noreika's remote bench trial was canceled after the parties settled.
- November 16: Chief Judge Stark's criminal jury trial is still scheduled to go forward, although there is a status call set for 5pm tomorrow.
- November 30: Chief Judge Stark continued the civil jury trial scheduled in Guardant Health, Inc. v. Foundation Medicine, Inc., C.A. No. 17-1616-LPS-CJB, D.I. 487 (D. Del.) and cancelled the pretrial conference. I've heard this was not coronavirus-related but I haven't seen the transcript.
- December 7: Judge Andrews' patent jury trial remains scheduled in Blackbird Tech LLC v. ELB Electronics Inc., C.A. No. 15-56-RGA (D. Del.).
- December 14: The parties in Judge Noreika's jury trial in TRUSTID, Inc. v. Next Caller Inc., C.A. No. 18-172-MN (D. Del.) filed a joint letter yesterday asking for the trial to be delayed due to coronavirus concerns. The Court has not yet responded. Judge Stark also has a remote bench trial scheduled in Adverio Pharma GmbH v. MSN Laboratories Private Ltd., C.A. No. 18-73 (D. Del.).
- January 4: Chief Judge Stark still has a bench trial scheduled in H. Lundbeck A/S v. Alkem Laboratories Ltd., C.A. No. 18-88-LPS (D. Del.). Judge Andrews also has a jury trial scheduled in Ingevity Co. v. BASF Co., C.A. No. 18-1072 (D. Del.).
- January 11: Judge Andrews still has jury trials scheduled in Blackbird Tech LLC v. Feit Electric Company Inc., C.A. No. 15-58-RGA and M2M Solutions LLC, et al. v. Sierra Wireless Am. Inc., C.A. No. 14-1102-RGA (D. Del.). Judge Connolly also scheduled a additional patent bench trial for January 11, in Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. v. Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc., C.A. No. 18-823-CFC-JLH (D. Del.).
Note: The above list was updated on November 5, 2020 to include the Ingevity jury trial on January 4, and the Adverio remote bench trial on December 14.
If you enjoyed this post, consider subscribing to receive free e-mail updates about new posts.
