( March 4, 2026, 3:43 PM EST) -- PASADENA, Calif. — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel found that a lower court abused its discretion by basing its lodestar calculation in part on the size of the law firm that represented the prevailing parties after a jury found that a manufacturer of eye drops violated state and federal law by providing the drops to large retailers at an impermissibly lower price than smaller wholesalers....