By Scott Graham | July 11, 2018
Issued patents are only presumed valid, so owners are on notice of potential invalidity proceedings, the government contends before the Court of Federal Claims.
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By Max Mitchell | July 11, 2018
Overconfident statements Walgreens officials made as its proposed merger with Rite Aid began to show signs of crumbling possibly misled shareholders, a federal judge has ruled in declining to dismiss a shareholder class action suit against the pharmacy company.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 11, 2018
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's history of dialing back the prerogatives of federal agencies could be a harbinger of a restrictive approach to class actions, some lawyers say.
By Tom McParland | July 11, 2018
A federal judge in Delaware has granted preliminary approval to a proposed $210 million settlement in a shareholder class action accusing Wilmington Trust of hiding hundreds of millions of dollars in bad loans from regulators and investors.
By Charles Toutant | July 10, 2018
Ruling on an issue of first impression, a New Jersey Superior Court judge has allowed claims lodged under the state Law Against Discrimination to move forward in a putative class suit alleging sexual abuse of inmates by employees at New Jersey's only prison for women.
By Charles Toutant | July 9, 2018
The appeals court, in a precedential ruling, said the plaintiffs were not entitled to a preliminary injunction halting implementation of the law.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 6, 2018
The ruling is another setback for plaintiffs lawyers in the low-testosterone multidistrict litigation.
By Charles Toutant | July 6, 2018
The suit seeks to recover damages on behalf of named plaintiff Isrel Dillard and a proposed class of detainees who were strip-searched at the Camden County Correctional Facility after being arrested on nonindictable offenses.
By Mike Scarcella | Ryan Lovelace | July 2, 2018
Warren Postman, a former Jones Day associate and Justice David Souter law clerk, had held litigation roles at the U.S. Chamber since 2014. His partnership at Keller Lenkner puts him on the plaintiffs side advocating for class actions, not fighting them.
By Scott Flaherty | June 29, 2018
After a special master tapped to review overbilling in a $75 million legal fee award in a securities class action settlement faulted Labaton Sucharow and its co-counsel, the firm fired off criticisms of its own.
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