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IN RE VITAMIN CASES

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech
Code of Civil Procedure section 384 does not bar settlement of a class claim alleging price-fixing by vitamin product manufacturers, as neither that...

BIO-TECH. GEN. CORP. v. DURAMED PHARM., INC.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement dispute over a patent for an oral contraceptive regimen, plaintiff provided evidence of menstrual shift evidence adequate to...

HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE, INC. v. PROMEGA CORP.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Regarding a DNA polymerase chain reaction invention, the district court did not clearly err in 1) finding that the inventors misrepresented the prior...

ZILIAK v. ASTRAZENECA LP

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Plaintiff failed to demonstrate the existence of a triable question of fact as to whether a warning accompanying an inhaled asthma medication was...

IN RE: ABBOTT LABS. DERIVATIVE S'HOLDERS LITIG.

Commercial Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Securities Law
A shareholder derivative suit alleged that a diversified health care company's board of directors' actions fell outside the protection of the business...

FRIEDMAN v. MERCK & CO., INC.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
A strict ethical vegan has not stated a cause of action for negligence, negligent infliction of emotional distress, or negligent misrepresentation in...

ABBOTT LABS. v. NOVOPHARM LTD.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
The district court did not err in granting summary judgment of noninfringement in favor of defendant, for no genuine issue of material fact exists in...

US v. YEAGER

Commercial Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Remedies
Proof of reasonable reliance is not a necessary component of a federal mail fraud conviction. Under U.S.S.G. section 2F1.1, profits made on the open...

UNITED PHOSPHORUS, LTD. v. ANGUS CHEM. CO.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Drugs & Biotech, International Trade
The Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act, 15 U.S.C. section 6a, limiting application of the Sherman Act, is jurisdictional and does not state an...

CONSUMER CAUSE, INC. v. ARKOPHARMA, INC.

Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
Liquid products containing herbal, botanical, floral, and similar extracts are not fit for beverage purposes and they are not "alcoholic beverages,"...