Thursday, March 15, 2018

Previously Undisclosed Market Share Apportionment Theory Stricken From Expert Report

The court overruled plaintiff's objections to the magistrate judge's order partially striking the report of plaintiff's damages expert. "⁠[Plaintiff] contends . . . all of the information [the expert] relied upon in forming his market share apportionment opinion was made known to [defendant] during fact discovery. To the extent [defendant] needed additional third-party discovery, [plaintiff] alleges it is [defendant's] fault for not seeking it earlier. The Court disagrees. Even if all the information [the expert] relied upon in forming his opinion was made known to [defendant], the market share apportionment theory itself was never disclosed prior to [his] report. Instead, [plaintiff] maintained only its two-player/product market theory, a theory that (at least in part) contradicts the newly-asserted market apportionment theory. That [defendant's] own discovery may have shown that the market was not a two-party/product market is not the issue."

Integra LifeSciences Corporation et al v. HyperBranch Medical Technology, Inc., 1-15-cv-00819 (DED March 13, 2018, Order) (Stark, USDJ)

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