Monster Wins Additional $43 Million From Rival Drink-Maker Bang

Monster Energy Co. won $27.6 million in attorneys’ fees and costs and an additional $15 million in damages in the energy drink maker’s false adverting and trade secrets case against its now-bankrupt rival Bang Energy.

A Los Angeles federal judge added the extra fees on top of Monster’s existing $293 million verdict, one of the largest ever awards under federal false advertising law. A jury last year found that Bang maker Vital Pharmaceuticals Inc. and CEO Jack Owoc misled consumers about Bang’s “super creatine” branding and stole trade secrets.

The attorneys’ fees were acceptable because the jury unanimously ...