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D.C. District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras limited evidence in a case where NortonLifeLock Inc. is accused of overcharging agencies on a General Services Administration contract, ahead of the trial’s Feb. 28 start date.
According to court documents, Contreras struck some “previously undisclosed opinions” from the Arizona-based cybersecurity software company’s demonstrative exhibits, at the federal government’s request, while denying the company’s cross-motion that would have allowed both parties to disclose exhibits only 72 hours before use.
The federal government; California; Florida and Lori Morsell, on behalf of New York, accuse Norton, formerly known as Symantec Corp., of violating the False Claims Act by misrepresenting the software prices and discounts available to agencies between 2007 and 2014. Norton’s contract required such disclosures and included a price reduction clause should private customers receive a better deal its software, as was the case.
Contreras agreed to exclude certain evidence in August offered by a Norton expert detailing which software sales should be included in damages and criticizing a government expert’s assumption that liability for damages should be tied to resellers’ and distributors’ sales. Both parties revised their exhibits accordingly in September, but the...
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