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National Law Journal

Tighter Indiana Law Applies to Sleeping Pill Claim

The manufacturer of a brand-name sleeping pill cannot be held liable for alleged injuries suffered by a business traveler who, after taking a generic form of the drug, acted erratically and lost his job, a federal judge has ruled.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Class Action Accuses Exxon of Selling Defective Gasoline

ExxonMobil Corp. has been slapped with a putative class action in Louisiana federal court that accuses the company of knowingly selling defective gasoline that caused damage to consumers' vehicle engines.
2 minute read

Law.com

Lawyers Clash Over Steve Jobs in Valley 'No Poach' Case

Accounts that Apple's late cofounder, chairman and CEO was volatile are hardly revelations, but they have become a battleground in the class action over Silicon Valley's no-cold-call pacts.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Settlement Reached in Class Action Against Packaging Companies

Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) has agreed to pay $17.6 million to settle an antitrust class action lawsuit filed against it and eight other North American manufacturers of containerboard that accused them of a conspiracy to fix and raise prices of their U.S. products.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Class Certification Denied in Case Against Smucker Co.

A federal judge has freed The J.M. Smucker Co. from facing a class action filed by consumers who challenged the truthfulness of the company's label claims that products were healthy.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

G.M. Airbag Manufacturer Named in New Class Action

A new consumer class action has been filed against General Motors Co. naming the manufacturer of the air bag system in its recalled vehicles as liable for defects linked to 13 deaths.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Drugstore and Drugmaker Seek Dismissal of Class Action

A proposed false advertising class action over two joint health supplements should be dismissed because the plaintiff failed to support her argument that the advertising was legally problematic, the defendants argued in court papers.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Remington Recalls Rifles Amid Trigger Concern

Remington Arms Co. has begun a voluntary recall of its most venerable and popular bolt-action rifle because it can fire even when the trigger is not pulled, an apparent defect that is the basis of a growing number of class action and individual complaints that claim the malfunction has led to injuries.
2 minute read

Law.com

Judge to Weigh Uber's ADR Mandate for Drivers—Again

U.S. District Judge Edward Chen has already deemed the arbitration agreement to be potentially misleading and coercive. But the company's lawyers aren't giving up.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Judge Names Committee to Audit BP Oil-Spill Claims

A federal judge overseeing the $9.2 billion Deepwater Horizon settlement has approved creation of a committee headed by a local law professor to audit oil-spill claims.
2 minute read

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