Opinion ID: 2403365
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 11

Heading: Post-trial rulings and entry of final judgment

Text: On April 20, 2009, the district court issued an order and memorandum decision addressing various post-trial motions. The district court concluded, in pertinent part, that (a) the jury's findings in favor of ClearOne on its misappropriation of trade secrets claims against Yang and Chiang effectively preempted ClearOne's claims against Yang and Chiang for breach of fiduciary duty (since these latter claims were based on the same theft of ClearOne's trade secret), (b) ClearOne was not entitled to prejudgment interest on the damage awards, (c) an award of exemplary damages against each of the Defendants [wa]s appropriate, id. at D17554, in an amount equal to two times the compensatory damages awarded against each of the WideBand defendants, id. at D17558, and in an amount equal to the sum of its compensatory and unjust enrichment damages with respect to Biamp, id. at D17561, and (d) ClearOne was not entitled to judgment against defendants Yang, Chiang, Lonny Bowers, or Versatile for unjust enrichment damages. The district court also calculated exemplary damages for each defendant, denied without prejudice ClearOne's request for an order pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1963 allowing it to register and enforce the final judgment in other jurisdictions, and denied various pro se motions filed by defendant Lonny Bowers. On that same date, a clerk's judgment was entered for attorney fees and related nontaxable expenses in the amount of: $983,879.90 in favor of ClearOne against Biamp, Versatile, WideBand, Chiang, Yang and Lonny Bowers, jointly and severally; $118,025.00 in favor of ClearOne against Biamp; and $907,645.87 in favor of ClearOne against Chiang, Yang, Lonny Bowers, WideBand, and Versatile, jointly and severally. On April 21, 2009, the district court entered judgment in favor of ClearOne and against the defendants. The judgment stated as follows: IT IS ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that judgment be entered in favor of the plaintiff against (1) Andrew Chiang in the amount of $1,912,000.00 (jointly and severally with all six of the Defendants) and individually liable for $637,332.00 in exemplary damages; (2) against Jun Yang in the amount of $1,912,000.00 (jointly and severally with all six of the Defendants) and individually liable for $637,332.00 in exemplary damages; (3) against Lonny Bowers in the amount of $1,912,000.00 (jointly and severally with all six of the Defendants); (4) against Wide[B]and Solutions in the amount of $1,912,000.00 (jointly and severally with all six of the Defendants) and individually for $951,000.00 for unjust enrichment and $2,539,332.00 in exemplary damages; (5) against Versatile DSP in the amount of $1,912,000.00 (jointly and severally with all six of the Defendants) and individually liable for $637,332.00 in exemplary damages; and (6) against Biamp Systems Corp. in the amount of $1,912,000.00 (jointly and severally with all six of the Defendants) and individually liable for $694,000.00 for unjust enrichment and $1,012,666.00 in exemplary damages. Id. at D17588.