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In re Pharm. Indus. Average Wholesale Price Litig.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, False Advertising
Approval of a settlement in a class action lawsuit involving claims that AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals published artificially inflated prescription drug...

Princess Cruise Lines, Ltd. v. Sup. Ct.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In plaintiffs' suit against the defendant-Cruise Line brought under the California's Unfair Competition Law (UCL), the False Advertising Law (FAL),...

Schering-Plough Healthcare Prod., Inc.

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Drugs & Biotech, False Advertising, Health Law, Intellectual Property
In plaintiff's Lanham Act suit against defendants involving an oral laxative and over-the-counter versions of the drug manufactured by defendants,...

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...

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...

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...

Cho v. Seagate Tech. Holdings, Inc.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
In a class action lawsuit against a manufacturer for falsely overstating in advertising and packaging the storage capacity of computer disc drives...

Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Neiswonger

Judgement Enforcement, Remedies, Sanctions, Asset Forfeiture, Commercial Law, False Advertising
District court's entry of a civil contempt order against defendant for violations of a prior permanent injunction enjoining him from using deceptive...

Yeager v. Blue Cross of California

False Advertising, Health Law
In an action for unfair competition and false advertising involving a group health care plan, trial court's grant of summary judgment for defendant is...