On Monday, April 25, a jury was empaneled in the third West Texas trial between VLSI Technology LLC and Intel. However, that trial was soon knocked off course for a familiar reason. The following morning, District Judge Alan D. Albright indicated in a docket entry that he had been notified of positive COVID-19 tests among “multiple” attorneys—as a result, ending the trial, discharging the jury, and stating that a new trial would be “set for a later date”.
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