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Thorogood v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Product Liability
In a class-action suit claiming deceptive advertising by defendant of clothes dryers with stainless-steel drums, certification of a class under the...

Williamson v. Mazda Motor of America, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a matter concerning a regulation promulgated under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act which authorized automobile manufacturers to...

Hi-Tech Pharm. v. Crawford

Administrative Law, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate
In a claim brought after government seizure of plaintiff-manufacturer/seller's dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids, alleging that...

Hewlett-Packard Co. v. Superior Court of Santa Clara County

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
In an action alleging that petitioner-Hewlett Packard's Pavilions series notebook computers suffer from a manufacturing defect, petition for writ of...

Shisler v. Sanfer Sports Cars, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Transportation
If a trial court grants a motion to quash service of summons due to lack of personal jurisdiction over a foreign defendant, such court does have...

US v. Able Time, Inc.

Commercial Law, Government Law, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Trademark
In an suit involving allegedly counterfeit watches seized by Customs and the resulting civil penalties imposed, grant of summary judgment for...

Broadcom Corp. v. Qualcomm Inc.

Communications Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a suit over three patents for baseband processor chips used in 3G mobile telephone handsets, jury findings of infringement and issuance of a...

In Re: Diet Drugs Prods. Liab. Litig.

Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action to claim payments from a settlement trust established as a result of a class-action suit over the drugs fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine,...

Drygel, Inc. v. US

International Trade
In a case involving the tariff classification of a breath-freshening product imported by plaintiffs, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where:...

Nycomed US Inc. v. Abbot Labs.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Remedies
In a dispute arising from defendant's supplying of a defective batch of an ingredient used by plaintiff to manufacture an ointment, partial summary...