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FLOWERS v. FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Military Law
A bank's production of financial records to the U.S. Army, pursuant to an unlawful subpoena (issued in a proceeding under Article 32 of the Uniform...

YOUNG v. EQUIFAX CREDIT INFO. SERV., INC.

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a claim for publication of defamatory credit information, res judicata is not a per se bar to a suit based on publications occurring after final...

CONSUMER JUSTICE CENTER v. OLYMPIAN LABS, INC.

Consumer Protection Law, Health Law
Neither the Federal Trade Commission Act nor the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act preempts a suit against the makers and distributors of...

GENTRY v. EBAY, INC.

Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law, Sports Law
A claim, that an internet auction website violated California's Autographed Sports Memorabilia statute and unfair competition law, by failing to...

NOLEN v. NUCENTRIX BROADBAND NETWORKS INC.

Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
A claim on behalf of cable subscribers, for collection of unlawful debts in the form of late fees in violation of RICO, was properly dismissed where...

SUZUKI MOTOR CORP. v. CONSUMERS UNION OF US, INC.

Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action by an automobile manufacturer for product disparagement, based on a story in a consumer magazine that rated its vehicle "not acceptable",...

IN RE HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP ANTITRUST LITIG.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
In an antitrust class action charging price-fixing in violation of the Sherman Act, evidence showed that manufacturers of high fructose corn syrup...

YOUNG v. EQUIFAX CREDIT INFO. SERV., INC.

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a claim for publication of defamatory credit information, res judicata is not a per se bar to a suit based on publications occurring after final...

LOW v. GOLDEN EAGLE INS. CO.

Class Actions, Contracts, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability
An insurer shall not be required to provide a third party defense to a lawsuit for damages from diet products, where the underlying complaint is...

TUBOS DE ACERO DE MEXICO, SA v. AM. INT'L INV. CORP., INC.

Contracts, Consumer Protection Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In consolidated appeals in a commercial dispute arising from a lease of ultrasonic testing pipe inspection equipment, court issued multiple rulings on...