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In re Midland Ins. Life Ins. Co Annuity Sales Practices Litig.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
District court's order denying an intervenor's motion to unseal judicial records in an underlying class action cases involving claims for RICO...

Aguilar v. Goldstein

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Securities Law
In a shareholders' suit against the defendants, a provider of managerial and administrative staff to hospitals, claiming that defendants breached...

Gould v. BIM Intermobiliare SGR

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
In a securities action, district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants is vacated and remanded as triable questions of fact...

Hester v. Vision Airlines, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Government Contracts, Military Law, Transportation
In plaintiff's suit against his former employer on behalf of a class of pilots and flight crew employees to recover "hazard pay" which was established...

In Re: K-Dur Antitrust Litigation

Class Actions, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an antitrust suit, arising from the settlement of two patent cases alleging unlawful agreements to delay the entry into the market of a generic...

Dennis v. Berg

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law
In a class action suit involving claims of false advertising, district court's approval of the settlement is reversed, vacated and remanded, as the...

In Re: Boston Scientific Corp. Securities Litigation

Class Actions, Securities Law
In a class action on behalf of a proposed class of shareholders of a large publicly traded company that makes and sells medical devices, alleging...

Reynolds v. Barrett

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Evidence
In a suit against individual state officials brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983 for intentional racial discrimination at Elmira Correctional...

Schlessinger v. Valspar Corp.

Class Actions, Commercial Law, Contracts
In a putative class action alleging breach of contract and unfair trade practices, contending that plaintiffs purchased furniture maintenance...

Galiano v. Fidelity National Title Insurance Co.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a putative class action, alleging that title insurance company defendants sold title insurance at improperly inflated rates as a result of illegal...