By Amanda Bronstad | October 30, 2024
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan in New York dismissed key consumer claims in the multidistrict litigation against drugmakers of decongestants including Sudafed PE and NyQuil Severe Cold & Flu.
By Lisa Willis | October 30, 2024
"I have never spoken to or met former President Trump," Judge Aileen Cannon said in her respose for motion to recuse Tuesday."
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman | October 30, 2024
"This lawsuit is not about protecting competition; it's a bid by Plaintiffs to secure more money than they could through arm's-length negotiations," Latham & Watkins and Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick argued in court documents opposing a preliminary relief motion filed by Winston & Strawn.
By Allison Dunn | October 30, 2024
"Nothing in Rule 8(b) permits a party to refuse to respond to an allegation because it purportedly is a 'legal conclusion' or 'speaks for itself,'" wrote U.S. District Judge Gorton for the District of Massachusetts.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Saverio S. Romeo and Matthew D. Lee | October 30, 2024
Under the previous rule, a defendant who was convicted of one charge but acquitted of another could still face punishment for the acquitted conduct, so long as the government could convince the judge at sentencing that it was more likely than not that the defendant did in fact commit the crime.
By ALM Staff | October 30, 2024
This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decisions editors.
Delaware Business Court Insider
By Kaan Ekiner and Mark E. Felger | October 30, 2024
The Vice Chancellor's decision illustrates the court's discretion and, in this instance, common-sense approach to requiring a bond in the context of provisional relief.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Mark E. Felger and Simon E. Fraser | October 30, 2024
The court was careful to confine its ruling to precisely the foregoing, and expressed no opinion on plan releases other than nonconsensual ones. In particular, the court was careful to note, "Nothing in what we have said should be construed to call into question consensual third-party releases offered in connection with a bankruptcy reorganization plan."
By Cheryl Miller | October 29, 2024
"No matter how much California voters and the Legislature might try, cannabis cultivation and transportation are illegal in California as long as it remains illegal under federal law," wrote Presiding Justice Arthur Gilbert of the Second District Court of Appeal
By Amanda Bronstad | October 29, 2024
The Oct. 24 sanction banned Hurst, of Kirkland & Ellis, from presenting evidence or closing arguments for the remainder of the trial. "Mr. Hurst's professional conduct has been reasonably called into question," he wrote.
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