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New Jersey Law Journal

Drug Makers Challenge Antitrust Class Certification in First Circuit

Even as a trial over alleged antitrust activity over drug patents gears up for March, drug makers are hoping that the First Circuit will unwind a district judge's decision to certify a class action of drug purchasers.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Class Certified in Challenge to Noncitizen Detentions

A Massachusetts federal judge has certified a class of immigrant detainees suing the federal government because they were held in custody for more than six months without bond hearings.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

5 Tips for Using Absent Class Member Discovery

When facing a consumer products class action, there are many benefits of absent class member discovery in motion practice and at trial.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

In re Fasteners Antitrust Litigation, PICS Case No. 14-0114 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 24, 2014) Surrick, J. (37 pages).

By | February 11, 2014
Price Fixing • Class Action • Approval of Settlement
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Frater v. Hemispherx, PICS Case No. 14-0110 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 23, 2014) Yohn, J. (26 pages).

By | February 11, 2014
Class Action • Motion to Dismiss • FDA
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Compromise Agreement Failed to Specify 'Related' Injuries

Failing to include medical treatments for related injuries in a compromise and release agreement will disqualify an injured worker from receiving payments for treatments allegedly causally related to the work injury, despite having received past payments for treatment of the condition, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Investors Group Weighs In on SCOTUS Securities Case

The Council of Institutional Investors says a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court could make it harder for investors to pursue securities fraud class action lawsuits.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Questions Over Telemarketing Act Class Actions

Elliot D. Ostrove, a partner with Day Pitney, and Clara Y. Son, an associate at the firm, write: Class actions are the preferred means of bringing an action under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by plaintiffs' counsel given the potential for a significant money judgment. However, the language: "may, if otherwise permitted by the laws…of a State" has resulted in differing opinions as to the reach and impact of state laws on TCPA claims.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Bar Considers Reinstating Hank Adorno

The Florida Bar was urged to reinstate Henry "Hank" Adorno, the former Coral Gables attorney whose law license was suspended in 2010.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

The High Cost of FLSA Wage and Hour Lessons

The Fair Labor Standards Act's wage and hour laws are designed to ensure that workers get their due. A recent class action filed against a Domino's Pizza franchisee illustrates how costly running afoul of the rules can be.
2 minute read

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