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Texas' $117 Million Insurance Settlement Goes Back to Appellate Court
A challenge that has held up a $117 million settlement Texas state officials reached with Farmers Group Inc. in 2002 isn't over yet. The Texas Supreme Court held last week that the state's attorney general had a right to bring a class action in the state's dispute with the insurer but that the claims the AG asserted must meet statutory class action prerequisites. The court rejected the state's argument that the doctrine of parens patriae exempts the AG from meeting some state insurance code prerequisites.Dana Corp. Will Pay $26 Million To Law Firms, Advisers
A judge on Thursday authorized Dana Corp. to pay about $26 million to the cluster of law firms, restructuring consultants and financial advisers working on its bankruptcy reorganization.At the first annual "Bright Lights" intellectual property conference, Erich Spangenberg and Paul Ryan discussed their strategies.
The class, which includes a huge swath of U.S. industry, accuses CSX, Union Pacific, and others of fixing prices for fuel surcharges. Treble damages could run into the billions of dollars.
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'Bloch v. Frischholz': A Novel Approach to the Mezuzah Case
Ruskin Moscou Faltischek partner Benjamin Weinstock discusses the circuit split on whether the Federal Housing Act provides a cause of action for discrimination occurring after the purchase or rental of a residence, various legislative actions regarding the display of Mezuzot despite facially neutral hallway clutter rules, and how the U.S. Supreme Court's 1948 holding in 'Shelley v. Kraemer,' a landmark case that dealt with racial discrimination, could apply to a condo board's ban on Mezuzot.3rd Circuit Rejects Black Smokers' Civil Rights Suit Against Big Tobacco
Big Tobacco scored another significant win Thursday when a divided 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals court refused to revive a proposed class action civil rights suit brought by African-American smokers who say they were targeted in an aggressive marketing campaign. In Brown v. Philip Morris, the smokers claimed they were never warned of the increased health risks of mentholated cigarettes.Trending Stories
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