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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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