Cognizant’s Punitive Award in Trade Secrets Case Cut Again

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. and its subsidiary are owed nearly $70 million in compensatory damages and another roughly $140 million in punitive damages in a decade-long trade secret and copyright dispute with two Atos SE units.

Syntel Inc. and Syntel Sterling Best Shores Mauritius Ltd. owe the roughly $210 million in damages after the US District Court for the Southern District of New York amended the punitive damages award and affirmed the compensatory damages award, Judge Lorna G. Schofield said in an opinion and order March 27. The amended punitive damages are dependent on Cognizant and the Trizetto Group Inc. ...