Jury Awards Sierra Railroad $22M In Trade Secrets Case

Law360
March.31.2014

Orrick secured a jury verdict of more than $22 million in compensatory damages to Sierra Railroad Co., a short-line rail operator in Northern California, in its trade secrets misappropriation case against Patriot Rail Corp. The Orrick team was led by white collar and corporate investigations partner McGregor Scott and commercial litigation partner Michael Weed, and included litigation of counsel Jonathan Riddell and associates Katie DeWitt, Cameron Desmond, Stephanie Albrecht, David Spencer, Emmanuel Fua and Nick Horton.