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High Court to Decide on Statutory Tolling Issue and the Practice of Filing Successive Class Actions

On Dec. 8, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court granted China Agritech's certiorari petition in Resh v. China Agritech, 857 F. 3d 994 (9th. Cir. 2017). In accepting certiorari, the Supreme Court will decide whether a class action filing tolls the limitations period for putative class members who wish to file additional class actions—an issue that fundamentally impacts the often-criticized practice of filing successive class action litigations.
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Daily Business Review

Magdalena v. Toyota — A Missed Opportunity to Deter Purely Foreign Litigation in Florida?

The Third District Court of Appeal addresses an issue of importance to many Florida litigators with international aspects to their practice: Litigants' entitlement to costs after a case is dismissed for forum non conveniens.
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Daily Business Review

Ted Leopold Takes On Corporate America

The Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll attorney is usually out-resourced and out-manned, but that hasn't stopped him from using the law to win high-stakes, multi-million dollar cases brought against some of the world's largest companies.
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New York Law Journal

Defending Civil Claims Involving Allegations of Criminal Culpability

Elizabeth A. Fitzpatrick, Chair of the NYSBA Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section, writes: Defending a civil suit involving criminal claims presents unique challenges to the parties and an understanding of the effect a plea or conviction in the criminal matter may have, not only on the civil lawsuit itself, but also on the availability of insurance coverage to cover any damages, is important.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Still Accepting Nominations for New Midsize Firm-Focused Awards

Our goal at ALM is to serve the entire legal community, and as part of that, we're adding new wrinkles to our annual Professional Excellence Awards to make sure we get a chance to highlight the great work and achievements across the full breadth of the Pennsylvania legal community.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Firefighters' Hearing-Loss Suits Consolidated as Multicounty Litigation

Suits claiming firefighters suffered hearing damage from exposure to sirens are proliferating around the country, prompting an order from the Superior Court of New Jersey for centralized management of suits against siren manufacturer Federal Signal Corp.
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New York Law Journal

NY Judge Opens Door to Pesticide-Injury Suit Filed Out-of-State

A federal judge in Manhattan has ruled that personal injury claims by a group of Central and South Americans who say they were sickened by pesticides used at banana plantations decades ago but who were absent from a similar case filed in 1993 were not barred by New York's statute of limitations.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Trial Judge Throws Out $28M Verdict in Xarelto Case

The nearly $28 million verdict awarded last month in the first Xarelto case to be tried in state court has been reversed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Metes Out Punishment to Xarelto Attorneys Over Courtroom Photos, Use of '#killinnazis' Hashtag

Two lawyers involved in the Xarelto litigation were punished on Tuesday for taking courtroom photographs that were later used on social media, one of which included the hashtag #killinnazis.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Superior Court Opens Door for Punitive Damages Claims in Risperdal Mass Tort

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has opened the door for plaintiffs in the Risperdal mass tort to seek possible punitive damages. The ruling significantly raises the stakes of the litigation, which currently involves more than 6,000 pending cases in Philadelphia.
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