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Alexander v. Cahill

Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law
In a First Amendment challenge to attorney advertising rules issued by the New York Appellate Division barring, inter alia, testimonials from clients...

Pfizer v. Sup. Ct.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
In plaintiffs' action against Pfizer, the manufacturer of Listerine mouthwash, pursuant to the Unfair Competition Law (UCL) and False Advertising Law,...

Thorogood v. Sears Roebuck & Co.

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
In plaintiff's class action lawsuit claiming that defendant-company sold dryers that were misrepresented as containing stainless steel drums in...

Total Call Int'l Inc. v. Peerless Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, False Advertising, Insurance Law
In plaintiff's action against its insurance company claiming that it had improperly declined to defend plaintiff in litigation arising out of its...

Steroid Hormone Product Cases

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, False Advertising, Government Law
In a class action lawsuit against General Nutrition Companies (GNC) involving over-the-counter sales of products containing anabolic steroids, brought...

Cellphone Termination Fee Cases

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law
In a class action lawsuit against Sprint alleging that cell phone handsets sold by the defendant-company secretly had been locked with programming...

Nightingale Home Healthcare, Inc. v. Anodyne Therapy, LLC

Civil Procedure, Contracts, False Advertising
In plaintiff's action against defendant claiming that it fraudulently claimed that a lamp designed to relieve pain and improve circulation was...

Wong v. PartyGaming Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, False Advertising, Gaming Law
In plaintiffs' suit against a Gibraltar-based company which hosts online poker games alleging breach of contract, misrepresentations, and violation of...

In re Vioxx Class Cases

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, False Advertising, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an action against Merck, the manufacturer and marketer of Vioxx, seeking recovery for the difference in price between what the plaintiffs paid and...

Cunningham v. Nat'l City Bank

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, False Advertising
In plaintiffs' putative class action against defendant for breach of contract, violation of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), and violation of the...