Yet another appeals court has rejected the idea that so-called parens patriae lawsuits - in which a state government sues on behalf of its citizens - are just class actions in disguise.
January 11, 2013 at 12:00 AM
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Yet another appeals court has rejected the idea that so-called parens patriae lawsuitsin which a state government sues on behalf of its citizensare just class actions in disguise.
In a 19-page decision issued on Jan. 9, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit refused to hear an appeal by Purdue Pharma in a case that the Kentucky attorney general brought against Purdue Pharma over its marketing of the painkiller Oxycontin.
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