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ABBOTT LAB. v. CVS PHARMACY, INC.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law
Claim by appellant, a retail chain that opted out of a class action against manufacturers and wholesalers of prescription drugs, was not blocked by a...

IN RE: BRAND NAME PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ANTITRUST LITIGATION

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Health Law
In an action for price-fixing under the Sherman Act, plaintiffs, retail sellers of prescription drugs, failed to adequately show that the drug...

MASSACHUSETTS MUT. LIFE INS. CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY (KARGES)

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Insurance Law
In order to establish liability for a nondisclosure under either California's Unfair Competition Law or Consumer Legal Remedies Act, plaintiffs need...

MICHIGAN PAYTEL JOINT VENTURE v. CITY OF DETROIT

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Rights, Government Contracts, Public Utilities
City is immune from antitrust liability in a suit over the bidding process for provision of pay telephone service to city facilities, because...

PARKHILL v. MINNESOTA MUT. LIFE INS. CO.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Claims for breach of contract, breach of good faith and fiduciary duties, and under Minnesota Deceptive Trade Practices Act were barred by six-year...

KARL STORZ ENDOSCOPY-AMERICA, INC. v. SURGICAL TECH., INC.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Intellectual Property
Medical instrument manufacturer presented a triable issue of fact as to whether defendants, who refurbished the instruments and left plaintiff's mark...

CASHMERE & CAMEL HAIR MFRS. INST. v. SAKS FIFTH AVE.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law
Reasonable factfinder could conclude that defendants' material mislabeling of garments deceived the consuming public, enabled defendants to lower...

SOUTH ATLANTIC LTD. P'SHIP OF TENN., LP v. RIESE

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In consolidated appeals arising out of a failed business relationship between real estate developers who assert myriad claims against one another,...

CIRCUIT CITY STORES, INC. v. AHMED

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
On remand from the Supreme Court, in accordance with identical arbitration issues in Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams, 121 S. Ct. 1302 (2001), the...

FRASER v. MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER, L.L.C.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Sports Law
Claims of monopolization and its attempts require a showing that a market is subject to monopoly power, and because the market alleged by plaintiffs...