all - Opinion Summaries

SHIRE US INC. v. BARR LABS. INC.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Trade Dress
The district court did not clearly err in finding that plaintiff had failed to show that its pill configuration and color were non-functional and thus...

NAGEL v. TWIN LABS., INC.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, False Advertising
In a suit for violations of California's unfair competition laws and the Consumer Legal Remedies Act, a product's ingredients do not satisfy the first...

PHARM. RESEARCH & MFRS. OF AM. v. WALSH

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Benefits, Remedies
A preliminary injunction preventing implementation of a state program reducing prescription drug prices for state residents was improper, where an...

INVITROGEN CORP. v. BIOCREST MFG., L.P.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Because the district court incorrectly construed the claims of a patent involving DNA technology, its summary judgment finding that defendant did not...

IN RE VITAMINS ANTITRUST CLASS ACTIONS

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Drugs & Biotech
District judge did not abuse his discretion in finding that a party's neglect in failing to opt out of a settlement was excusable, thus an order...

TEDFORD v. WARNER-LAMBERT CO.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
In a suit against the maker of Rezulin that was removed to federal court, the removal statute's (28 U.S.C. - 1446(b)) one-year limit on removal is...

US v. ELLIS

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Drugs & Biotech
Sufficient evidence showed that defendant's failure to register a kitchen laboratory operated for GHB manufacture was with an intent to defraud or...

DESIANO v. WARNER-LAMBERT CO.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
Because plaintiffs' suit, for relief on behalf of all health benefit providers that paid for Rezulin, involves claims of damages that were caused...

IN THE MATTER OF SYNTHROID MARKETING LITIG.

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech
For each band of recovery after a class action alleging consumer fraud by a pharmaceutical company, consumer class counsel should recover at least as...

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO. v. RHONE-POULENC RORER, INC.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
The district court's holding that defendant committed inequitable conduct in obtaining a patent, involving a semi-synthesis of taxol, a cancer...