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Shroyer v. New Cingular Wireless Servs., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a class action suit alleging plaintiffs suffered injuries as a result of the 2004 merger between Cingular Wireless and AT&T, an order...

Pennsylvania Employees Benefit Trust Fund v. Zeneca Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, False Advertising, Remedies
In an action against a drug maker alleging it engaged in deceptive conduct in the advertising of its new drug Nexium, dismissal of the complaint with...

People ex rel. Brown v. PuriTec

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Health Law
California statutes prohibiting the seller of a water treatment device from making performance or benefit claims that the device affects health or the...

Sony Elecs., Inc. v. Guardian Media Techs, Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an action seeking declaratory judgment that two of defendant's patents, relating to the V-Chip, were not infringed by the plaintiffs, invalid, and...

Gaydos v. Guidant Corp.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech
In a multidistrict litigation involving defective medical devices, dismissal of plaintiffs' claims for failure to comply with pretrial orders is...

Cole v. Gen. Motors Corp.

Class Actions, Contracts
In a suit over defective side-impact airbags, certification of a nationwide class is reversed and remanded with instructions to deny the...

Harnden v. Ford Motor Co.

Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Evidence
In a suit over an allegedly defective recreational vehicle, summary judgment for defendant-manufacturer is affirmed where: 1) the admission of a...

Cosmetic Gallery, Inc. v. Schoeneman Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law
In a civil antitrust suit alleging a group boycott of plaintiff's hair care products by defendant distributors, summary judgment for defendants is...

Central Mfg., Inc. v. Brett

Intellectual Property, Sports Law, Trademark
In a suit for trademark infringement and unfair competition against a baseball bat manufacturer and a prominent former baseball player, summary...

Christoff v. Nestle USA, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In case involving use of plaintiff's image on Taster's Choice instant coffee label without plaintiff's consent, multi-million-dollar jury award of...