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Gelman v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law, Insurance Law
In plaintiff's putative class action against State Farm under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FRCA) arising from an allegedly improper disclosure of...

Young v. Johnson & Johnson

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech
In a class action lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies claiming that they unfairly and deceptively inflate drugs' average wholesale prices (AWPs),...

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...

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts v. AstraZeneca Pharm.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law
District court's judgment of liability for unfair and deceptive business practices in violation of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 93A against the...

AT&T Inc. v. FCC

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law
Petition for review of a decision rejecting AT&T's claim that the FCC could not lawfully release documents pursuant to the Freedom Of Information...

Powers v. Pottery Barn, Inc.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law
In a consumer class action case against Pottery Barn, trial court ruling sustaining defendant's demurrer is reversed as the Song-Beverly Credit Card...

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...

Fleming v. Heaton

Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law
In an action under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) alleging an improper debt collection lawsuit, judgment on the pleadings for...

In re: Ins. Brokerage Antitrust Litig.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In class action cases claiming a vast conspiracy between some of the nation's largest insurance brokers and insurance carriers involving bid rigging...

Nat'l Ass'n of Chain Drug Stores v. First DataBank, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
On appeal from class action settlements involving actions brought by purchasers of pharmaceutical drugs against publishers of drug pricing data, the...