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How to Avoid Getting Shot Down – A Primer on Shotgun Pleadings

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The Eleventh Circuit recently reaffirmed its stance on shotgun pleadings, reiterating in Barmapov v. Amuial that district courts are within their discretion to dismiss with prejudice a shotgun pleading filed by a litigant...more

Smart & Biggar

Ontario Court of Appeal allows Sanofi and Schering to plead that Federal Court ramipril patent invalidity decision was flawed due...

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In an action by Apotex for compensation from Sanofi and Schering under the Ontario Statute of Monopolies, U.K. Statute of Monopolies and the Trade-marks Act, the Ontario Court of Appeal has overturned a motion judge’s...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Philadelphia Law Prohibiting Salary History Inquiries Survives Legal Challenge … For Now

A Pennsylvania federal district court has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to declare unconstitutional a Philadelphia ordinance making it unlawful for employers to inquire into a job applicant’s wage history during the hiring...more

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If At First You Don’t Succeed, Plead, Plead Again…

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In Wynn, et al. v. The New York City Housing Authority 14 Civ. 2818 (S.D.N.Y. July 29, 2015), several employees (who were either African-American or Hispanic) alleged that their employer, the New York City Housing Authority...more

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