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In Re: Safeco Ins. Co. of America

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Insurance Law
In plaintiffs' class action lawsuit against defendant-automobile insurance providers, defendant's petition for permission to appeal is granted and the...

Indiana State Dist. Council of Laborers & Hod Carriers Pension & Welfare Fund v. Omnicare, Inc.

Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Securities Law
In plaintiff-investors' lawsuit against defendant, nation's largest provider of pharmaceutical care for the elderly, district court's dismissal is...

Alvarez v. Midland Cred. Mgmt., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Debt Collection
In plaintiffs' appeal from a denial of a motion to remand in a case removed pursuant to the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), the appeal is dismissed...

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'...

Gelman v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law, Insurance Law
In plaintiff's putative class action against State Farm under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FRCA) arising from an allegedly improper disclosure of...

Murray v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Insurance Law
In an action alleging fraud in connection with the demutualization of defendant life insurance company, disqualification of defense counsel on the...

Arctic Slope Native Ass'n, Ltd. v. Sebelius

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Indian Law
In plaintiffs' Contract Disputes Act (CDA) claims against the Indian Health Service (IHS), the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals' dismissal of...

Young v. Johnson & Johnson

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech
In a class action lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies claiming that they unfairly and deceptively inflate drugs' average wholesale prices (AWPs),...

Ricketts v. McCormack

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Property Law & Real Estate
In a putative class action lawsuit against the County of Los Angeles and its registrar-recorder claiming failure to fulfill the statutory duties under...

In re: Pharm. Benefit Managers Antitrust Litig.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
In one of six similar antitrust actions challenging the practices of prescription benefits managers, that was transferred by the Judicial Panel on...