Business Law
Jul. 14, 2026
Hearing ordered on Playboy licensee's $1.5B damages claim
A Los Angeles judge ordered an evidentiary hearing to determine whether a former Playboy licensee's expert may present a $1.5 billion lost-profits opinion, while denying requests to seal records.
A Los Angeles judge overseeing a dispute between Playboy Enterprises and Advanced Vita Supplements Corp., a former licensee, ordered an evidentiary hearing to determine whether a $1.5 billion lost-profits opinion may be presented at an upcoming trial.
In an order issued Friday, Superior Court Judge James I. Montgomery partially granted Playboy's motion to exclude the testimony from Advanced Vita's damages expert, Scott Bosworth, finding the parties' competing evidence ...
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