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Akkerman v. Mecta Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, False Advertising, Health Law
Order denying motion for class certification in action under the Unfair Competition Law for deceptive advertising against defendant, the manufacturer...

Price v. Philip Morris, Inc.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
In a class action against a tobacco manufacturer, the action was dismissed based on a finding that the defendant-manufacturer engaged in advertising...

Vax-D Med.Techs., LLC v. Texas Spine Med. Ctr.

Civil Procedure, False Advertising, Intellectual Property
In suits alleging patent and trademark infringement and false advertising, dismissal lack of personal jurisdiction is reversed where proper service...

Cent. Admixture Pharm. Servs., Inc. v. Advanced Cardiac Solutions, P.C.

Drugs & Biotech, False Advertising, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a infringement case involving a patent for a chemical solution used during heart surgery, summary judgment finding defendant liable to plaintiffs...

ITC Ltd. v. Punchgini, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, False Advertising, Intellectual Property, International Law, Trade Dress, Trademark
Summary judgment for defendants on claims of trademark infringement, unfair competition, and related false advertising is reversed in part pending...

Alan v. Am. Honda Motor Co., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
In an action brought against Honda involving timing belts which allegedly required costly periodic repairs, dismissal of an appeal from an order...

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...

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...

Morgan v. Gay

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
Under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), the party seeking to remove the case to federal court bears the burden to establish that the amount in...

Rollins, Inc. v. Butland

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, False Advertising
An order granting class certification in a class action complaint for claims arising from defendant's contractual undertakings related to the control...