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By Amanda Bronstad | January 23, 2019
As a Jan. 31 date when federal courts are projected to run out of money looms, multidistrict litigation is beginning to feel the effects of the partial government shutdown.
By Amanda Bronstad | January 16, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday looked at a closely-watched case about the jurisdictional scope of the Class Action Fairness Act and how to untangle its procedural puzzles.
By Amanda Bronstad | January 9, 2019
In oral arguments Monday, Merck made its case for federal preemption before the U.S. Supreme Court, saying there was "clear evidence" that the FDA would have rejected language in a warning label proposed for its osteoporosis drug Fosamax.
By Amanda Bronstad | January 2, 2019
Also up, a look at a law school attempt to diversify MDL appointments.
By Amanda Bronstad | December 19, 2018
In a lengthy Atlanta courtroom appearance, lawyers from 400 class actions stemming from Equifax's massive breach last year made their case as to why the suits should be dismissed.
By Amanda Bronstad | December 12, 2018
Consumer Education Foundation's Laura Antonini says the EU's incorporation of "the loser pays principle, together with the new prohibition on contingency fees" in its class action proposal "slams shut the courthouse doors" for plaintiffs bringing "legitimate" cases.
By Amanda Bronstad | December 5, 2018
For lawyers, the Marriott breach "hits close to home," says Whitfield, Bryson & Mason's Gary Mason, himself a Marriott member, who is repping another attorney in a class action against the hotel chain.
By Amanda Bronstad | November 28, 2018
As NASA landed a vehicle on the surface of Mars, two U.S. Supreme Court justices spun a hypothetical during oral arguments that involved a 'Martian invasion.'
By Amanda Bronstad | November 14, 2018
Litigation over banks' pricing of currency trades involved several hundred attorneys working over the course of five years, resulting in what the plaintiffs claim is the third largest antitrust class action settlement in history.
By Amanda Bronstad | November 7, 2018
A look at this week's happenings in the world of class actions and mass torts.
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