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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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