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MDL Court Rejects Plaintiffs’ New Causation Experts

By Sean Wajert on February 9, 2015
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Consumer Products, Toxic Tort

The MDL judge in the Denture Cream Products coordinated litigation has rejected all of plaintiffs’ general causation experts. See In re Denture Cream …
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Supreme Court Issues General Jurisdiction Opinion

By Sean Wajert on January 21, 2014
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

The U.S. Supreme Court rued last week that defendant DaimlerChrysler Corp. could not be sued in in California over an Argentine subsidiary’s all…
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Supreme Court Hears Argument in CAFA Case

By Sean Wajert on November 7, 2013
Posted in Articles, Class Action

The U.S. Supreme Court heard argument in a case raising the issue whether a parens patriae group action by a state attorney general — a class-like li…
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Supreme Court Takes CAFA Parens Patriae Issue

By Sean Wajert on May 29, 2013
Posted in Articles, Class Action

The U.S. Supreme Court granted cert last week to address whether a state attorney general’s parens patriae antitrust action is removable as a mass act…
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Drug Maker Defeats AG Motion to Dismiss Action Challenging Private Contingency Counsel

By Sean Wajert on January 7, 2013
Posted in Articles, Consumer Fraud, Drug and Device

We have warned readers before about the dangerous and growing practice of governmental agencies delegating state police powers to private (plaintiff) …
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Supreme Court Decides Two Personal Jurisdiction Cases

By Sean Wajert on June 29, 2011
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

At the end of the term, the Supreme Court decided two important personal jurisdiction cases, J.McIntyre Machinery Ltd. v. Nicastro, U.S., No. 09-1343,…
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State Appeals Court Finds Personal Jurisdiction Over Foreign Part Maker

By Sean Wajert on April 18, 2011
Posted in Articles

An Illinois appeals court recently held that Illinois courts may exercise jurisdiction over a French manufacturer of helicopter parts. Russell v. SNFA…
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Update on Jurisdiction Cases Pending in Supreme Court

By Sean Wajert on November 24, 2010
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

We alerted readers recently that the Supreme Court had granted review in two product liability cases that raise cutting edge personal jurisdiction iss…
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Federal Court Rejects Nicastro Analysis of Personal Jurisdicition

By Sean Wajert on November 1, 2010
Posted in Articles

We don’t often post on orders denying a motion for reconsideration, but it’s worth noting that a federal trial court recently reaffirmed its earlier r…
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