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MDL Panel Asked To Centralize Januvia, Byetta, Victoza Pancreatic Cancer Cases
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Saying there will be hundreds or thousands of lawsuits involving claims that three incretin mimetic anti-diabetes drugs cause pancreatic cancer, two plaintiffs on April 5 asked the...
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ICSID Finds Moldova Breached Treaty In Dispute Over Duty-Free Stores
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A tribunal for the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on April 10 released its award in an investment dispute, finding that the Republic of Moldova...
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California Federal Judge Denies Dismissal In Camera Patent Dispute
LOS ANGELES - An Israeli digital camera company that does not sell directly to U.S. residents will nonetheless face patent infringement allegations in the United States, thanks to an April 8 ruling by...
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Questions Of Fact Exist On Insurer's Rescission Claim, Judge Concludes
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Questions of fact exist as to an insurer's rescission claim regarding potential coverage under a commercial general liability insurance policy for an underlying construction defect...
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Wisconsin Appeals Panel: New Trial Necessary For Medical Malpractice Case
WAUSAU, Wis. - The Wisconsin Court of Appeals on April 9 ordered a new trial in a medical malpractice case involving a man who alleges that he lost the sense of smell and taste after undergoing a...
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Federal Judge Grants Summary Judgment To FDIC In Loan Action
PORTLAND, Ore. - A federal judge in Oregon on April 10 granted a motion for partial summary judgment filed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. as the receiver for a failed bank in a loan suit,...
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Claims Were Prescribed, Panel Affirms; Remands For Insureds To Amend Petitions
GRETNA, La. - A Louisiana appeals panel on April 10 affirmed a lower court's ruling granting a homeowners insurer's exception of prescription but remanded the case to permit the insureds to amend their...
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Plan Administrator Didn't Breach Fiduciary Duties In Mental Health Parity Case
SEATTLE - A health plan administrator did not breach its fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by failing to modify its coverage certificates to reflect a court order that...
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Federal Judge Dismisses Breach Of Contract Claim From Loan-Participation Suit
MOBILE, Ala. - A federal judge in Alabama on April 10 dismissed a breach of contract claim against a certain defendant in a suit brought by a bank that acquired the participation interest in a loan...
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7th Circuit Reinstates Indianapolis Employee's Bias, Retaliation Claims
CHICAGO - A former Indiana city employee may proceed with her discrimination and retaliation claims because a reasonable jury could find that there was a causal link between the termination and the...
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FLSA Statute Of Limitations Doesn't Preempt Competition Law Claims,...
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The shorter statute of limitations in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does not require preemption of California unfair competition law (UCL) employment claims, a federal...
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'Misbranded Food Products' Case Misses Heightened Pleading Mark, Judge Says
SAN JOSE, Calif. - A woman's use of the phrase "misbranded food products" in her California unfair competition law (UCL) action falls short of the heightened standard for fraud allegations, a federal...
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Louisiana Court Reverses Judgment For Sellers Of Allegedly Defective Home
BATON ROUGE, La. - A Louisiana appeals court on April 10 reversed a decision that granted judgment in favor of the sellers of a home that contained water leaks and mold, finding that they failed to...
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Food Mislabeling Claims Against Costco Fall Short Of Rule 9, Judge Says
SAN JOSE, Calif. - While one of two plaintiffs has standing under Article III of the U.S. Constitution, their California unfair competition law (UCL) claims over the alleged mislabeling of food...
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Reader's Digest Amends Plan, Restructures More Than $513.62M In Secured Debt
NEW YORK - Bankrupt RDA Holding Co., the parent company of Reader's Digest, on April 11 filed an amended plan of reorganization that calls for the restructuring of more than $513.62 million in secured...
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Doctor's Experience-Based Opinion OK In Police Abuse Case, 11th Circuit Finds
ATLANTA - A trial court did not err in allowing an emergency room doctor to opine for the defense regarding injuries allegedly sustained by a plaintiff in an excessive force case, an 11th Circuit U.S....
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Judge Finds Apple's iPhones, iPads Do Not Infringe Wireless Technology Patents
WILMINGTON, Del. - In conjunction with a claims construction order issued the same day, a Delaware federal judge on April 9 concluded that Apple Inc. did not infringe two patents pertaining to the...
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Ohio Judge Severs Defendants In BitTorrent Copyright Case
TOLEDO, Ohio - A copyright infringement lawsuit brought against 25 John Doe defendants must proceed as 25 separate actions, according to an April 10 ruling by an Ohio federal judge (Night of the...
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Landlords Object To Bidding Procedures For Bankrupt Clothier Big M Inc.
TRENTON, N.J. - A group of landlords on April 10 filed a brief in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey objecting to bidding procedures proposed by bankrupt clothier Big M Inc., the...
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Vice Chancellor OKs Settlement Of Shareholder Suit Against Directors, Officers
WILMINGTON, Del. - A vice chancellor in a Delaware court gave final approval to the settlement of a shareholder lawsuit on April 10, finding that it was fair and adequate (In re Gen-Probe Inc....
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