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Motion To Strike Fraud

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Fifth Circuit affirms district court’s striking of class allegations and dismissal of inadequately alleged fraud-based claims

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Takeaway:  We have written several articles about motions to strike class action allegations. See, e.g., Motions to strike: Eighth Circuit reverses district court refusal to strike class allegations (July 29, 2021).  In a...more

Proskauer - Advertising Law

Jury Tests the Limits in AndroGel False Ad Verdict

In late July, an Illinois jury came to a bizarre verdict in a case over an alleged link between heart attacks and AndroGel, a gel product used for treating low testosterone (or “low T”). The jury found that AbbVie, Inc., the...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Avatar Wins Against Another Copyright Owner… in an Unusual Manner

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A recent decision from the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, ended the hopes and dreams of a copyright owner from receiving a share of the $2.8 billion earned by James Cameron’s Avatar film. In this...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Class Action Chronicle - Spring 2014

This is the third edition of The Class Action Chronicle, a quarterly publication that provides an analysis of recent class action trends, along with a summary of class certification and Class Action Fairness Act rulings...more

Orrick - Finance 20/20

Ally Financial’s Motions to Dismiss FHFA Claims Granted in Part

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On December 19, 2012, Judge Denise Cote of the federal district court for the Southern District of New York decided motions to dismiss FHFA’s action against Ally Financial and underwriters of Residential Capital securities....more

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