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Brown v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a case arising from tobacco manufacturers' allegedly deceitful marketing of -Lights- cigarettes, partial denial of manufacturers' motion for...

Sperry v. Crompton Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions
Because the treble damages provision in General Business Law section 340 serves as a penalty for purposes of CPLR 901(b), such damages are not...

In re: Cardizem CD Antitrust Litig.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech
In a class action alleging conspiracy to minimize competition among pharmaceutical companies, an order requiring an attorney for a party to pay costs...

Serrano v. 180 Connect, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
The structure of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) and the long-standing rule on proof of exceptions to removal dictate that the party...

Brandt v. Bd. of Educ. of City of Chicago

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a class action suit brought on behalf of 24 eighth graders at a public school after they were disciplined for conducting a protest that they claim...

Hadley v. The Illinois Dept. of Corrs.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Law
In a class action seeking to enjoin the Illinois Department of Corrections from charging indigent inmates a co-payment for nonemergency medical and...

Chesher v. Neyer

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action lawsuit against a county, county morgue employees, and a private photographer stemming from an "art project" he did at the morgue in...

Ligas v. Maram

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Health Law
In a class action suit under the ADA to require Illinois to provide community-based care for the class of institutionalized developmentally disabled...

Ross v. American Express Co.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Banking Law, Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In class action alleging conspiracy to fix fees for transactions in foreign currencies, motion to dismiss an interlocutory appeal from district...

Shannon v. Boise Cascade Corp.

Class Actions, Construction, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
In a case involving several homeowners' consumer fraud claims against a manufacturer of composite wood siding, a decision reversing summary judgment...