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Trasylol MDL Judge Sets Final Hearing As Litigation Nears Conclusion
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Florida federal judge overseeing the Trasylol multidistrict litigation conducted a final hearing April 9, saying a review of the docket indicates that the MDL is nearing...
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Integra LifeSciences Recalls Collagen Products After FDA Quality Warning Letter
PLAINSBORO, N.J. - Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. on April 10 announced a voluntary recall of certain collagen-based surgical products made at its Anasco, Puerto Rico, facility at various times...
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FDA: Dietary Supplement DMAA Potentially Dangerous After 60 Adverse Event...
SILVER SPRING, Md. - The Food and Drug Administration on April 11 said it is "using all available tools at its disposal" to get dietary supplements containing dimethylamylamine (DMAA) off the market in...
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Maritime Company In Asbestos MDL Files Chapter 7 Petition
NEW YORK - A New York steamship and maritime company that is a defendant in 28 cases in a multidistrict asbestos litigation filed a notice April 16 in a Pennsylvania federal court that it has filed a...
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Preliminary Approval Of Settlement In Autodialing Class Action Suit Denied
SAN DIEGO - A federal judge in California on April 15 denied a consumer's motion for preliminary approval of a class action settlement, ruling that the consumer failed to properly show how the...
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Referee Reports Approval Of Insurer's Liquidator's Claim Classification
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A referee appointed by a Pennsylvania trial court on April 15 recommended approval of an insurer's liquidator's classification of a reimbursement claim filed by the Alabama Insurance...
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Competition Law Claims Alleging Apple Double Bills Fall Short, Judge Finds
SAN FRANCISCO - Plaintiffs alleging that Apple Inc. violates the California unfair competition law (UCL) by double billing on iTunes purchases lack evidence of an unconscionable contract as a basis for...
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5th Circuit: Debtor Company's Principal Lacks Standing; Claims Properly...
NEW ORLEANS - A panel of the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 18 ruled that the claims made by a principal of a company that filed for bankruptcy were moot because they were derivative of...
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Judge Stays Patent Case Pursuant To America Invents Act
CLEVELAND - A pending Covered Business Method (CBM) review by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) should be allowed to proceed before infringement litigation, an Ohio federal judge ruled April 17...
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Federal Judge Dismisses Putative ATM Fee Class Action
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A federal judge in Tennessee on April 18 dismissed a putative class action alleging that a bank violated the ATM fee-notice requirements of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA),...
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Split U.S. High Court: Individual, Collective Claims Mooted By Judgment Offer
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Individual and collective claims by the sole named plaintiff in a wage-and-hour collective action were rendered moot once her employer offered judgment in an amount that represented...
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Supreme Court Denies Certiorari; Provider Can Sue For Avandia-Related Expenses
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court on April 15 denied a petition for writ of certiorari filed by GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK), leaving stand a decision allowing a Medicare Advantage provider to...
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Class Certification Vacated In Disability Education Suit; Reconsideration...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 12 vacated the class certification order in a lawsuit over the education provided to disabled children within the...
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Class Cert, Amended Complaint In Insurance Payment Suit Denied
HELENA, Ark. - An Arkansas federal judge on April 3 denied motions for class certification and an amended complaint in a lawsuit filed by an Arkansas woman alleging that her former insurance provider...
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Ariz. Federal Judge Certifies Class Of Cashiers Claiming Improper Wage...
PHOENIX - A senior Arizona federal judge on April 4 certified a class of grocery store cashiers claiming that various pay deductions resulted in pay that sometimes was below minimum wage (Jose Pablo...
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$142M Neurontin Verdict For Third-Party Payer Affirmed; Class Denial Reversed
BOSTON - A federal appeals court panel on April 3 affirmed a $142 million verdict against Pfizer Inc. for off-label marketing of Neurontin to a third-party payer, vacated summary judgment against...
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Texas Federal Judge Partially Certifies Class Of Security Guards In Wage Dispute
SAN ANTONIO - A Texas federal judge on April 8 agreed to partially certify a class of security guards seeking unpaid overtime wages they allege they were denied when they were improperly classified as...
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D.C. Superior Court Denies Class Certification In Water Contamination Suit
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The District of Columbia Superior Court, Civil Division, on April 8 denied class certification to a group of parents and children seeking damages from the D.C. Water and Sewer...
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Illinois Court Lacks Jurisdiction To Affirm Decertification Class Action
CHICAGO - The First District Illinois Appellate Court, First Division, on March 29 said it lacked jurisdiction to determine whether a trial court was correct in decertifying a lead exposure class...
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4th Circuit: School District Temps Have No Claim To Arbitration Award
RICHMOND, Va. - A Maryland school district's temporary employees are not members of the bargaining unit and are not entitled to any part of an arbitrator's award to the union that represents the...
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