The court recently extended its stay of the proceedings in Amarin Pharma Inc.’s suit against the FDA challenging threatened agency action concerning t
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Court of Appeals Considering Significant Mass Tort Settlement Issue
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When a defendant settles a mass tort, it wants to achieve peace; one of the worst things that can happen is for plaintiffs to attempt to pursue claims…
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Medical Monitoring Class Actions
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Last week I spoke at a CLE seminar on “Chemical Products Liability & Environmental Litigation.” The seminar was ably co-chaired by Ted R…
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Injunction Issued in Protracted Dryer Litigation
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We have posted before about the ongoing Thorogood v. Sears Roebuck & Co. litigation, when the 7th Circuit rejected the proposed class action; when…
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Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Class Action Preclusion Case
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This week, we are going to explore some of the more interesting cases pending before the Supreme Court. In Smith v. Bayer Corp., No. 09-1205 (U.S., or…
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Seventh Circuit Sticks to Its Criticism of CopyCat Class Action
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Last month we posted about a class action decision from the Seventh Circuit, in which the court of appeals approved an injunction against copycat liti…
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Court of Appeals Enjoins Copycat Class Actions
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The Seventh Circuit has held that a “copycat” class action suit cannot go forward in federal court in California after a similar class actio…
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Drywall Litigation Update
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The Georgia Superior Court has preliminarily approved a $6.5 million settlement between the Lowe’s home improvement stores and a nationwide proposed c…
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