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The Interplay: Key Decisions at the Intersection of Antitrust & Life Sciences - April 2024

WilmerHale on 5/7/2024

This week, the FTC continued its intense regulatory focus on pharmaceutical patents listed in the FDA’s Orange Book. As reported in earlier editions of The Interplay, the FTC issued a policy statement in September 2023,...more

The Class Action Chronicle - August 2023

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 8/18/2023

Post-TransUnion, A Closer Examination of Threshold for Article III Standing- Class action trials are rare. The potential magnitude of an adverse verdict, even when improbable, makes the risks of trial unpalatable for...more

Wit Redux: Ninth Circuit Issues New Superseding Opinion in Landmark Mental Health Case

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 2/8/2023

The Ninth Circuit has issued a new opinion in the long-running Wit v. United Behavioral Health litigation that changes the legal landscape for ERISA class actions. The Ninth Circuit’s opinion includes significant holdings on...more

2022 Securities Litigation Year in Review

Jones Day on 2/8/2023

During 2022, securities case filings fell for the fourth consecutive year and were down slightly from 2021. The number of announced settlements rose substantially last year, as did total settlement amounts. The 2022...more

Northern District of California Denies Summary Judgment to, and Certifies Class in Case Against, Bank Alleged to Have Aided and...

King & Spalding on 1/26/2023

On December 16, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Northern California denied Umpqua Bank’s motion for summary judgment and granted class certification in a case asserting investors’ claims that certain bank employees...more

Appeal of Certification of Nationwide Class in ERISA Lawsuit

Goodwin on 12/21/2022

On December 1, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated and remanded a district court’s decision to certify a class of more than 200,000 retirees alleging that collateralized loans serviced by the...more

Crypto Litigation Claims, Defenses Industry Should Watch

Bilzin Sumberg on 8/12/2022

Cryptocurrency companies face a steadily growing number of lawsuits, adding to a list of recent headaches for their industry. That list includes steep recent declines in investment value and a high probability of new...more

District Court Partially Grants Certification of Consumer Data Breach Class Action

Troutman Pepper on 5/11/2022

On May 3, Judge Grimm of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued a class certification decision in a consumer data breach multidistrict litigation case against an international hotel and resort management...more

Recent Court Decision Sheds Light on Cryptocurrency Treatment Under Securities Law

Tonkon Torp LLP on 1/12/2022

A recent class certification decision (Williams v. Kucoin et al.[1]) from a magistrate judge in the Southern District of New York provides insight on how courts view those who enable trading in cryptocurrencies and...more

Class Certification Analysis in a Cryptocurrency Case: Williams v. Kucoin

Foley & Lardner LLP on 12/8/2021

A recent class certification decision out of the Southern District of New York provides insights on how courts will analyze the requirements for class certification, at least at the initial stage, in cases involving...more

SCOTUS Grants Certiorari to Decide Whether Automatic Discovery Stay Applies to Securities Act Cases in State Court

Goodwin on 7/29/2021

SCOTUS Grants Certiorari to Decide Whether Automatic Discovery Stay Applies to Securities Act Cases in State Court; Delaware Court of Chancery Dismisses Stockholder Suit Against FedEx for Failure to Make Pre-Litigation...more

Business or Residential? Ambiguity Surrounding Number on Do Not Call Registry Can Defeat Class Certification

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 5/4/2021

In an interesting decision from the District Court of Oregon, United States Magistrate Judge Youlee Yim You recommended granting a motion to deny class certification where uncertainty about the appropriate classification of a...more

Learning from the Past to Combat the “Entrepreneurial Model” of Class Actions

Butler Snow LLP on 4/16/2021

The meteoric rise in class actions over the past decade has been well-documented. Nowadays even mac & cheese is under attack, with two proposed nationwide class actions filed this month alone claiming labels such as “The...more

Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Update

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/22/2021

On December 8, 2020, Skadden held the fourth and final installment of its annual Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Update, “Developments and Trends in Securities Litigation: A Year-End Update for 2020 and a...more

Uber Denial of Class Action – Alberta Court Denies Certification of Privacy Class Action

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 2/19/2021

In an era where data has become increasingly valuable, the protection of confidential personal data and cybersecurity has risen to the forefront for many corporations. The pace of data growth has been exponential, with...more

Seventh Circuit Vacates Decision To Certify Class, Holding That District Court Must Consider Sufficiency Of Defendants' Evidence...

A&O Shearman on 7/21/2020

On July 16, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit unanimously vacated the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division’s decision to grant class certification to plaintiffs bringing securities...more

Defendants Successfully Disqualify Bankrupt Wholesaler Rochester Drug Co-Operative From Representing Class of Purchasers in...

Haug Partners LLP on 7/13/2020

On July 8, 2020, Judge Alison Burroughs granted-in-part Defendants Shire and Actavis’s motion to decertify a direct purchaser plaintiff class in an alleged reverse payment antitrust case pending in the Federal District Court...more

“Untagging” From Photo Privacy Lawsuit: Facebook Settles Its Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Litigation For $550 Million

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/31/2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 29, 2020, Facebook announced that it had reached a settlement with plaintiffs in a class action brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (the “BIPA”) in the U.S. District...more

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