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National Law Journal

Organic-Milk Defendant Opposes Class Actions

Defendant WhiteWave Food Company wants oral arguments on motions to certify seven class actions over Horizon Organic Milk fortified with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

House Delays Vote on Legal Self-Help Sites

After an hour of intense debate on Thursday morning, lawmakers in the Georgia House of Representatives decided to postpone their vote on a bill that would protect legal self-help companies from claims they are engaging in the unlicensed practice of law.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Bill Protecting Online Legal Document Companies to be Debated Today

A hot debate is expected on the House floor today between supporters and opponents of legislation that would protect online legal document companies like LegalZoom from unlicensed practice of law claims.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Chase v. Brothers International Food Corp.

Food Firm Fails to Show Worker Lacked Good Faith Belief Conduct Violated Food Safety Law
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Customer Recordings Entered in Evidence in Nicor Suit

A state trial judge has allowed Nicor Gas Co. to submit a sample of recorded customer calls in an Illinois consumer class action after concluding that doing so would not violate an Illinois privacy statute.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Lawyer Bound by Fee Agreement He Never Signed

The absence of substantial objections by an attorney to a settlement's terms for distributing legal fees in a nationwide class action implied his assent, even though he never signed it, a federal appeals court has decided.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Plaintiffs Oppose Certification Hearing in Dial Suit

Plaintiffs alleging that Dial Corp. engaged in false advertising of its Dial Complete antibacterial foaming hand soap argued in court papers that a hearing on class certification is unnecessary.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Pfizer Quibbles With Effexor Discovery Common Fund

Pfizer Inc. has objected to two aspects of a proposed order to pay for discovery undertaken for the common benefit of plaintiffs who allege birth defects were caused by the use of the antidepressant Effexor.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Consumers to Benefit From DRAM Price-Fixing Case

Consumers who purchased computers or other electronic gadgets containing Dynamic Random Memory Access chips between 1998 and 2002 are eligible to seek price-fixing damages under a settlement announced Tuesday.
1 minute read

National Law Journal

Would Litigation Financing Improve Mass Torts?

One of the main problems with mass torts over asbestos, drugs and others is their mass, some critics say.
2 minute read

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