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News & Analysis as of May 22, 2013

Road to class certification gets bumpier

by Jarod Bona on 4/3/2013

The road to class certification for an antitrust plaintiff just got bumpier. Over the past several years, the US Supreme Court has persistently chipped away at the path's once-smooth surface. The latest hazard for...more

Updates

by Dechert LLP on 3/26/2012

Here are a few updates to some of our previous posts. First, we posted about In re Aspartame Antitrust Litigation, ___ F. Supp.2d ___, 2011 WL 4793239 (E.D. Pa. Oct. 5, 2011), as we considered the case a promising...more

Some Restrictions Apply: Ninth Circuit Restricts Scope of Nationwide False Advertising Claims

by Foley Hoag LLP - Trademark, Copyright &... on 2/1/2012

In a ruling that may restrict the future viability of false advertising class actions, the Ninth Circuit recently overturned a lower court decision certifying nationwide class status to individuals who purchased or leased...more

Product Liability Update - May 2009

by Foley Hoag LLP on 5/22/2009

IN THIS ISSUE: *United States Supreme Court Holds State Law Failure-to-Warn Claims Involving Prescription Drugs Not Preempted by FDA Approval of Warnings Absent Clear Evidence FDA Would Have Rejected Plaintiff’s Proposed...more

Did the California Supreme Court Put Out A "Welcome Mat" For Consumer Class Actions?

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 5/18/2009

We wish the expression “only in California” hadn’t become so clichéd, but there are times when nothing less will do. This is such a time. On May 18, the California Supreme Court got its chance in In re Tobacco II Cases,...more

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