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The Recorder

After Sanctions Row, DLA Piper Leads One Suit Against Bayer's Mirena IUD to Dismissal, as Identical Suit Is Filed

"Bayer is pleased with the plaintiff's decision to voluntarily dismiss these meritless claims against the Company in Sidhu and believes that the replicated claims raised in the Copeland filing are equally baseless," the company said in a statement. "The Company continues to stand behind the safety of the product that is supported by extensive scientific evidence."
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Law.com

Federal Judge Certifies Class Action Claiming $31M in CITGO Pension Underpayments

"We are very pleased the court granted class certification to more than 1,700 CITGO employees and pensioners in this important ERISA case," one of the plaintiffs' counsel, Michelle C. Yau, chair of Cohen Milstein's ERISA practice, said in a statement. "This ruling and the court's recent order denying summary judgment pave the way for the class claims to move forward to trial and affirm our confidence that our clients will prevail."
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Antitrust Class Actions Emerging Against Big Pharma for Alleged Misuse of Patents

"Teva stifled would-be generic competitors to QVAR because the drug laws do not allow for generic substitution of a given drug-device combination unless the generic is approved for that specific drug-device combination," the complaint alleged.
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Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: 'Completely Taken Aback' by Flint Judge's Sanctions Order; Girardi's Lawyers Want Juror Questionnaires to Stem Negative Bias

A federal judge in the cases brought over water contamination in Flint, Michigan, threatened sanctions and a gag order after a defendant's media campaign threatened a jury trial.
7 minute read

Litigation Daily

How One of the World's Largest Institutional Investors Approaches Litigation

Beata Gocyk-Farber, the lead litigation counsel for Norges Bank Investment Management, spoke about the Norwegian pension fund's "cautious but assertive" approach to securities litigation.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Collectible Maker Funko Wins Motion to Dismiss Securities Class Action

Funko's forward-looking statements fell under a "safe harbor" provision and were therefore not actionable as securities fraud, a Seattle federal judge said. The decision was a win for a team from Latham & Watkins.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

South Florida Attorney Behind Lawsuits Against Iconic Fast Food, Candy Brands

"The problem today is everything is profit over the quality of whatever you are doing," claimed Anthony Russo Jr., president of the Russo Firm.
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The Recorder

Google at the Center of a 'Perfect Storm' of Privacy Litigation

Dozens of plaintiffs filed a complaint against Google on April 9 in the Santa Clara County Superior Court of California. They alleged that Google violated the California Consumer Privacy Act by using features like Google Analytics and Google Ad Manager to collect users' data without their consent, even while browsing the internet in "Incognito mode."
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Control of Their Careers Has Been Hijacked': Voice Actors File Proposed Class Action Against AI Company

Plaintiffs say they did not know Berkeley, California-based Lovo, would be using their voices in its generated voice services and did not consent to such use.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Active Pa. Federal Judge Gene Pratter, 75, Dies

Pratter, who died May 17—a day after she issued two opinions in cases she was handling—was a 20-year veteran of the federal bench.
3 minute read

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