Defendants in a fracking toxic tort case last week petitioned the Colorado Supreme Court to overrule an appeals court decision which had struck down a
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D.C. Circuit Applies Comcast Guidance to Class Certification
Readers will recall our posts about Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, 133 S. Ct. 1426 (2013), and the majority’s ruing that Rule 23 requires proof that damage…
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Another “Natural” Food Claim Falls to Common Sense
A federal district court recently dismissed a putative class action alleging the defendant food company mislabeled its Florida’s Natural products as 1…
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Class Denied for Failure to Show Common Injury
A federal court recently denied class certification in the MDL coordinating claims over an alleged defect in hybrid vehicles’ braking systems. S…
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Mold Economic Injury Claim Rejected
The issue of mold-related litigation remains of interest to our readers, perhaps even more so in the aftermath of the widespread damage from Sandy. Re…
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“Go” Power Defeats Proposed Class Action
We have posted several times on the disturbing trend of plaintiffs seeking to turn virtually every advertising claim, label statement, or good old fas…
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Court of Appeals Rejects RICO Claim in Drug Case
One of the things we like to do here at MassTortDefense is keep an eye on the non-traditional claims plaintiffs concoct — to evade the requirements o…
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Fracking Toxic Tort Case Dismissed Per Lone Pine Order
Readers will recall our earlier postings on “fracking”; natural gas from shale rock promises to provide cleaner, abundant energy for the U.S…
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Dismissal of Actimmune Proposed Class Action Affirmed
The Ninth Circuit late last month upheld the dismissal of a proposed class action concerning alleged off-label marketing of the drug Actimmune. In re:…
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Coffee’s On: Claims Dismissed in Single-Cup Brewing Class Litigation
A federal court last week dismissed the claims in a case accusing Green Mountain Coffee Roasters of misrepresenting the performance quality of its sin…
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