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The Recorder

Consumer Surveys at the Complaint Stage: The Latest Tactic in Consumer Class Actions

The better reasoned cases recognize that consumer survey allegations do not drive the analysis on a motion to dismiss.
11 minute read

Daily Report Online

Class Certified in Suit Alleging GM Engine Defect

"We are pleased that the court recognized the severity of this serious engine problem and GM's attempt to cover up the defect," said Dee Miles, head of Beasley Allen's consumer fraud section.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court Tackles Direct Wine Deliveries Amid COVID-19 Shutdown in Its First Livestreamed Session

"This may sound silly: Do you want us to stand up in our own houses when [the judge] comes on screen?" asked one of the lawyers in the case, which dealt with wine businesses who say they have no way to deliver products because of the Pennsylvania "stay at home" order.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

New State Laws Set National Standards for Privacy and Data Security

This month's column on cybersecurity topics summarizes new state privacy laws that will have a broad national reach including the prospect of "CCPA 2.0"
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Superior Court Backs New Trial for Pelvic Mesh Defense Verdict

The frontline appeals court said there is nothing a party can do before a verdict to preserve a weight-of-the-evidence claim, rejecting Ethicon's view that the plaintiffs' failure to object to jury instructions waived its grounds for relief.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Anti-Price-Gouging Enforcement in the Age of COVID-19

Widespread reports of price gouging following the COVID-19 outbreak have brought price-gouging regulation back into focus. In their Antitrust Trade and Practice column, Karen Hoffman Lent and Kenneth Schwartz discuss how state and federal officials have begun taking measures to combat it.
11 minute read

Daily Business Review

Attorneys Work to Close $525M Video Game Deal on Time Despite Pandemic

Swedish video game holding company Embracer Group acquires World War Z game developer Saber in a $525 million deal executed during the coronavirus shutdown.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

FDA Action on Zantac Shows 'Lack of Confidence' in Drug's Safety, Say Lawyers Eyeing Suits

According to Jason Zweig of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, the science linking Zantac and the carcinogenic molecule has been clear, so even without the FDA's recent move, causation would be solid.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Litigation Environment in the Vape Industry

The industry should anticipate more lawsuits and investigations from attorneys general and local municipalities.
8 minute read

Law.com

Prominent Plaintiffs Firms Preparing COVID-19 Lawsuits

Class actions by DiCello Levitt Gutzler and Bursor & Fisher were filed Friday over membership fees at 24-Hour Fitness and room and board fees at Arizona State University.
5 minute read

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