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  • Cooley Secures $80+ Million Damages Award for Inovio Pharmaceuticals in Contract Dispute

    • Cooley Secures $80+ Million Damages Award for Inovio Pharmaceuticals in Contract Dispute

    October 20, 2026

    Cooley secured a significant damages award for Inovio Pharmaceuticals in a commercial litigation matter against VGXI/GeneOne in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Following a September 9, 2026, ruling against the defendants on their counterclaims, the court awarded Inovio $61,750,789 in compensatory damages, along with $18,665,312 in attorneys’ fees and costs, bringing the total judgment to $80,416,101, plus post-judgment interest. The matter is Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. GeneOne Life Science Inc. and VGXI, Inc. The Cooley team was led by Mike Klisch and included Joshua Siegel, Dee Bansal, Natalie Pike, Marjory Marquardt, Rebecca Ferrari, Deepika Singh, Courtney Fisher, Hilarie Laing, and Erin Combs.

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    Mike Klisch
    Partner, Washington, DC
    Joshua Siegel
    Special Counsel, Washington, DC
    Dee Bansal
    Partner, Washington, DC
    Rebecca Ferrari
    Associate, Washington, DC
    Deepika Singh
    Associate, Boston
    Courtney Fisher
    Senior Paralegal, Washington, DC
    Hilarie Laing
    Paralegal Specialist, Washington, DC
    Erin Combs
    Senior Paralegal, Washington, DC

    Related Practices & Industries

    Commercial Litigation
    Life Sciences IP Litigation
    Intellectual Property Litigation

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