Federal Circuit Reinstates $82M Damages Ruling Against Ford In Trade Secret Case

( May 27, 2026, 1:53 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held that a Michigan federal judge wrongly barred a technology company from seeking unjust enrichment damages against Ford Motor Co. and wrongly vacated a jury’s award of breach of contract damages; the panel also affirmed a finding that Ford had misappropriated the company’s trade secrets related to software used in vehicle development....