On April 22, 2020, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals vacated and remanded an order certifying a class of direct purchaser plaintiffs in In re: Lamictal Direct Purchaser Antitrust Litigation, holding that the district court...more
4/30/2020
/ Antitrust Injuries ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Appeals ,
Burden of Proof ,
Class Certification ,
Delays ,
Direct Purchasers ,
FRCP 23 ,
FRCP 23(b)(3) ,
Generic Drugs ,
Manufacturers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Predominance Requirement ,
Remand ,
Reverse Payment Settlement Agreements ,
Vacated ,
Wholesale
Although courthouse activity has slowed over the past month due to COVID-19 social distancing efforts, federal courts continue to conduct business, even if remotely. Many judges have utilized this time to finalize decisions...more
4/7/2020
/ Antitrust Conspiracies ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Standing ,
Failure To State A Claim ,
Federal Pleading Requirements ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreign Defendants ,
FRCP 12(b)(2) ,
Libor ,
Motion to Amend ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Sherman Act ,
Standing
On September 26, 2018, Skadden hosted a webinar titled “US Supreme Court October 2018 Term.” Topics included some of the key business-related cases on the Supreme Court’s docket, including cases addressing antitrust, foreign...more
10/23/2018
/ Air and Liquid Systems Corp et al v Devries et al ,
America Invents Act ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Apple Inc v Pepper ,
Arbitrators ,
Atomic Energy Act ,
Business Litigation ,
Causation ,
Class Action ,
Class Arbitration ,
Class Certification ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Registration ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cy Pres Funds ,
Equitable Tolling ,
False Statements ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA) ,
Foreseeability ,
Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp v Wall-Street.com LLC ,
Frank v Gaos ,
FRCP 23(f) ,
Helsinn Healthcare SA v Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc ,
International Litigation ,
Jam v International Finance Corporation ,
Janus Capital Group Inc v First Derivative Traders ,
Lamps Plus Inc v Varela ,
New Prime v Oliveira ,
Nutraceutical Corp v Lambert ,
On-Sale Bar ,
Popular ,
Preemption ,
Product Defects ,
Republic of Sudan v Harrison ,
Right To Appeal ,
Rule 10b-5 ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Fraud ,
Service of Process ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Split of Authority ,
Standing ,
Virginia Uranium Inc v Warren
The Supreme Court will begin its new term on Monday, October 6, 2014. Although the Court has not yet accepted for review any headline-grabbing cases of the type we’ve seen in recent years in such areas as campaign finance,...more
10/2/2014
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Amtrak ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
CAFA ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Federal Railroad Administration ,
Libor ,
Popular ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Separation of Powers