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New Jersey Law Journal

Court OKs Arbitration Clause Minus Ban on Treble Damages

A New Jersey appeals court held Sept. 8 that an arbitration clause should be enforced in a state Consumer Fraud Act case, even though it conflicts with the statutory provision for treble damages.
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The Legal Intelligencer

No Fees for Non-Admitted Lawyer in Debt Collection Case

While the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act provides for attorney fees if a debt collector violates the law, those fees can't be paid to a non-admitted attorney who, while claiming to have acted in only a consulting capacity, did more than local counsel, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

Psych Association Wins Reversal in Fee Class Action

In a setback for the American Psychological Association and its lawyers at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, an appeals court has revived an unusual class action alleging that the APA duped psychologists into paying extra annual fees to support its lobbying wing.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

W.V. Jury Awards $3.27M in Pelvic Mesh Suit Against Ethicon

A West Virginia jury has awarded $3.27 million to a woman who underwent surgery to remove a pelvic mesh device made by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon Inc.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

SEC Names First Ombudsman

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday named its first-ever ombudsman, Tracey McNeil, a former Hunton & Williams lawyer who is a senior counsel in the SEC's Office of Minority and Women Inclusion.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Winners and Losers: September 8, 2014

By | September 04, 2014
Winners and losers from around the state for the week of Sept. 8.
1 minute read

National Law Journal

Google to Pay $19M to Settle FTC Unfair-Billing Charges

Google Inc. will pay at least $19 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company unfairly billed consumers for millions of dollars of unauthorized charges incurred by children using mobile apps from the Google Play app store.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Move to Consolidate Cymbalta Side-Effect Litigation

More than two dozen lawsuits have been filed by patients who allege that they suffered from dizziness, electrical sensations in the brain and other side effects after they stopped taking the prescription drug Cymbalta.
2 minute read

Litigation Daily

Judges Smile on Vermont, Chide Nebraska in Patent Troll Cases

When it comes to fighting the infamous patent troll MPHJ Technology Investments, Nebraska attorney general Jon Bruning must envy his counterpart in Vermont, Bill Sorrell.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Argument Is Whether Off-Label Drug Claims Were Truthful

The federal government has filed a rebuttal to the Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America's argument that drug companies face liability for engaging in truthful speech about “off-label” uses of drugs.
2 minute read

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