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Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The California Supreme Court Shrugs Off a Settlement to Provide Important Guidance on Admissibility of Former Deposition Testimony...

We reported back in December [California Supreme Court Set to Decide How Defense Counsel Approach Defending Company Witness Depositions] on a case then pending before the California Supreme Court, Berroteran v. Superior...more

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Breast Implant Multidistrict Litigation Claims Pared Down by New Jersey Federal Court

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In a mass tort product liability, class action and consumer fraud consolidated litigation involving Allergan's Biocell textured breast implants and tissue expanders, Allergan moved to dismiss plaintiffs' complaints on...more

Hogan Lovells

International products law review 2020: Issue 78

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On 18 February 2020, the French Ministry of Economy and Finance announced the launch of a new online platform called SignalConso, an easy-to-use public service enabling individuals to report any consumer law issue they may...more

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New Jersey Supreme Court Finds Products Liability Act Does Not Bar Consumer Fraud Act Claims Alleging Express Misrepresentations

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In responding to the question of law certified by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit pursuant to Rule 2:12A-3, the New Jersey Supreme Court answered in the affirmative that a claim under the New Jersey...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Product Lines - Toxic Torts and Products Liability Insights: Issue 2, 2020

Welcome to 2020's second edition of Product Lines, our e-newsletter that focuses on toxic torts and product liability issues. For this edition, we are reporting on several important and timely legal issues. As you will...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

A Failure of Leakage Linkage: The District of New Jersey Sinks a Proposed Class Action under Tennessee and California Laws over...

A New Jersey federal judge recently applied Tennessee and California law in dismissing a proposed class action concerning allegedly leaky water heater sensors/valves (valves) made by Honeywell International Inc. The decision...more

King & Spalding

Northern District of California Dismisses Consumer Fraud Class Action Based on Failure to Allege Affirmative Misrepresentations,...

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On October 11, the Northern District of California dismissed a sprawling 14-state, 46-count putative class action in which the plaintiffs alleged that Apple computers were defective. ...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Closing the Door on Hybrid Product Defect-Fraud Claims

On April 13, 2017, in Azoulai v. BMW of N. Am. LLC (Case No. 16-cv-00589), the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a proposed consumer fraud class action against BMW of North America LLC...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Class Dismissed

Closing the Door on Hybrid Product Defect/Fraud Claims

On April 13, 2017, in Azoulai v. BMW of N. Am. LLC (Case No. 16-cv-00589), the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a proposed consumer fraud class action against BMW of North America LLC...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"The Class Action Chronicle - Winter 2016"

This is the 14th 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 issued...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"The Class Action Chronicle - Fall 2016"

This is the 13th 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 issued...more

Alston & Bird

Class Action Round-Up: Fall 2015

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Where the (Class) Action Is - Moving into the second half of 2015, there is no shortage of interesting cases across the spectrum of class action issues and claims. In this edition of the Round-Up, courts continue to...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

11th Circuit: Rule 23 Trumps State Law Limitation on Class Actions

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Dealing a blow to defendants facing consumer fraud litigation in the 11th Circuit, the court of appeals for that circuit has reinstated a class action under the Alabama Deceptive Trade Practice Act (ADTPA), despite that the...more

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