Madisonville, Hartford & Eastern R. R. v. Thomas

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• holding that a rate of $150 1 per hour for a paralegal was commensurate with market rates in the Western District of 2 Washington
• imposing 12 $15,695.00 Rule 37(b)(2)(C) sanctions jointly and severally upon defendants and their 13 counsel
• awarding $50,000 per violation where “Plaintiffs' evidence with respect to [profits and losses was] patchy at best”
• awarding $50,000 to authors of children’s books against a book publisher in breach of publishing agreement
• awarding $50,000 statutory damages for infringement flowing from a breached publishing agreement where the plaintiff demonstrated thousands of dollars in lost royalties and the defendant had at least some verifiable sales of the books
• “The second and third Eitel factors . . . are often analyzed together.” (citation omitted)

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