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Tello v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
In class-action, securities-fraud case, denial of defendants' motion to dismiss is reversed as the case was time-barred by both the former statute of...

Belizan v. Hershon

Class Actions, Securities Law
In suit brought by uncertified class of plaintiffs under sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 and under section 10(b) of the...

In re: WorldCom Sec. Litigation

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
Dismissal of plaintiffs' securities actions as time-barred is vacated where plaintiffs, who were members of a class designated in a class action...

Adams v. S. Farm Bureau Life Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In case arising from class action suit alleging defendant had engaged in fraudulent and deceptive conduct in connection with the marketing and sale of...

Petrone v. Malone

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Securities Law
In a class action on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased publicly traded securities of VERITAS Software Corp., an order of the district...

Bertrand v. Maram

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Benefits, Health Law
In a suit challenging Illinois rules for the provision of residential habilitation services, one plaintiff's appeal is dismissed as moot where a...

Arias v. Superior Ct. (Angelo Dairy)

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a case where an individual brought an action on behalf of himself and others under the Unfair Competition Law and the Labor Code Private Attorneys...

Nemer v. US Dep't of Veterans

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Government Law, Health Law, Judgement Enforcement
In a suit involving veterans of the Vietnam War who contracted diseases after exposure to Agent Orange, a district court clarification and enforcement...

Ball v. Rodgers

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
In an action brought by a certified class of elderly, physically disabled, and developmentally disabled Medicaid beneficiaries alleging Arizona is...

US ex rel. Bogart v. King Pharm.

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Government Benefits, Government Law, Remedies
In qui tam litigation brought against pharmaceutical companies, a district court's ruling rejecting plaintiff's claim for additional attorney's fees...