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Cigarette manufacturers ask the Supreme Court to bar state courts from using class actions to restrict their ability to defend themselves in litigation
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- February 11 2011
In May 1996, a federal appeals court decertified a nationwide class action by smokers against cigarette manufacturers, in part because of the predominance of reliance, causation, and other issues requiring individualized proof
Manufacturers ask the Supreme Court to decide whether the constitution bars governmental contingent fee agreements for prosecution of sovereign claims
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- December 6 2010
For the past decade, California cities and counties have been pursuing litigation against lead paint manufacturers
Florida federal court decision certifying statutory fraud class action highlights statutory fraud claims as a basis for class certification
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- November 12 2010
Allison Nelson filed a putative class action alleging that Mead Johnson violated the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act ("FDUTPA") by misrepresenting its Enfamil LIPIL infant formula as the only infant formula that contains DHA and ARA
U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether federal court’s denial of class certification precludes certification of the same class in state court
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- November 12 2010
In August 2001, George McCollins filed a putative class action in West Virginia state court against Bayer and other defendants
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals authorizes a broad injunction against re-litigation of class certification issues
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- November 12 2010
Steven Thorogood filed a putative class action in Illinois state court alleging that Sears had engaged in deceptive conduct by selling dryers with the words "stainless seal" imprinted on them and by advertising the dryers as having drums made of stainless steel when the dryer drums were not made entirely of stainless steel
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- Jurisdiction - USA
- Workarea - Product Liability
- Firm Name - Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
- Author - David M. Simon