NEXT
Sign in to follow

Law.com

Plaintiffs Culled, but Defect Claims Advance Against GM

A federal judge in New York has allowed a consolidated consumer class action to go forward against General Motors Co. over its ignition switch recalls—although on a limited basis.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

A&P, Wachtell Join Namenda Fight as Actavis Appeals Injunction

Less than a week after a judge blocked Actavis from forcing patients to switch to new version of its Alzheimer's drug Namenda, the company brought on new legal firepower from Arnold & Porter and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to take the case to the Second Circuit.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Judge Rules Safeway Breached Online Shopping Contract

A California federal judge has sided with online customers of Safeway Inc., who alleged in a class action that the store breached its contract by charging them more for groceries they ordered on the Internet than had they made the purchases in a store.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Targets Revises Junk-Fax Settlement to Please Judge

Target Corp. has suggested changes to make a proposed class-action settlement more palatable to a Minnesota federal judge, who had blocked a deal in the robotext litigation for, among other things, permitting much of the award to revert to the company.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Complaint: SeaWorld Overcharged for Annual Passes

Already battling animal-rights and securities litigation involving its treatment of killer whales, SeaWorld Entertainment Inc., now faces a proposed class action alleging the company is breaching its contract with annual pass holders.
3 minute read

Law.com

Judge Sets Stage for Boston Tobacco Trial Next Spring

A Boston federal judge has narrowed an eight-year-old class action filed by smokers who want cigarette maker Philip Morris to pay for early-stage lung cancer detection.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Cites 'Chutzpah' in Cutting Fee Request

A Southern District magistrate judge slashed the fees requested by two small law firms that sued debt collectors and settled, saying the fee application was "simply too greedy" and their "chutzpah" shouldn't be rewarded.
2 minute read

Law.com

Ruling Near on Dismissal Motion in Target Data Breach

A federal judge in Minnesota is set to decide whether to dismiss lawsuits filed by Target Corp.'s customers over its massive data breach last year.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Judge Refuses to Approve Whirlpool Pollution Settlement

Questioning whether prospective class members were well represented, an Arkansas federal judge has refused to certify a class action against Whirlpool Corp., and thus torpedoed a $2.9 million preliminary settlement between the company and property owners who claim pollution from Whirlpool's former plant has hurt property values.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

How Puffery Can Blow Up Into False Advertising Litigation

The rule that puffery is not actionable as false advertising is alive and well, but a closer look at recent cases reveals the dangers of making objective claims about products that are not definitively provable.
7 minute read

More from ALM

More from ALM

Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what’s happening in the legal industry.

Resources