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Cohen v. DIRECTV, Inc.

Class Actions, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
In subscriber's suit against defendant for disseminating false advertising to induce him and others to purchase more expensive high definition...

Laster v. AT&T Mobility LLC

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a class action claiming that a telephone company's offer of a "free" phone to anyone who signed up for its service was fraudulent to the extent the...

Sunstar, Inc. v. Alberto-Culver Co.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, International Law, Trademark
In a trademark infringement case involving interpretation of a trademark licensing agreement of defendant's "VO5" trademark and Japanese trademark...

In re: Diet Drugs Prod. Liability Litig.

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In multidistrict mass tort litigation concerning appetite suppressant drugs commonly known as fen-phen, district court's final award of attorneys'...

Nat'l Paint & Coatings Ass'n. Inc. v. S. Coast Air Quality Mgmt. Dist.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In plaintiff's action against an Air Quality Management District (district), challenging the district's 2002 amendments to its rule limiting the...

Hunter v. Philip Morris USA

Civil Procedure, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a product liability action against a tobacco company, the dismissal of the action on preemption grounds is reversed where the district court...

PAM, S.P.A. v. US

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Government Law, International Trade
United States Court of International Trade's (CIT) final judgment concerning pasta imported into the United States by an Italian producer and exporter...

Morgan v. AT&T Wireless Servs., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
In a consumer class action against defendant AT&T Wireless Services (AT&T) based on its marketing and sale of premium cell phones that...

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts v. AstraZeneca Pharm.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law
District court's judgment of liability for unfair and deceptive business practices in violation of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 93A against the...

Powers v. Pottery Barn, Inc.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law
In a consumer class action case against Pottery Barn, trial court ruling sustaining defendant's demurrer is reversed as the Song-Beverly Credit Card...