A Question of Efficiency
Will quick review of a final judgment in just one of many cases that make up a large multi-district litigation bog the MDL process down — or make it work better?
Defense lawyers insist that consolidation of cases before a single district judge (by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation) changes
Get ready for the Supreme Court to resolve a question that has divided courts of appeals for years:
Whether and in what circumstances is the dismissal of an action that has been consolidated with other suits immediately appealable?
If that doesn't sound sexy enough for you, consider that the issue arises in massive litigation over
Apple settles
Apple has settled up to $841 million of antitrust claims by state attorneys-general and a nationwide class of consumers who bought e-books from Apple and its publisher co-conspirators.
The pact comes almost a year after U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in New York held Apple civilly liable for conspiracy to fix prices, a
Foreign firms lose billions
Every year, non-U.S. firms overpay billions and billions of dollars for goods and services as a result of price-fixing, collusive market-splitting, and other restraints of trade. But many of the firms can get no relief in a U.S. court.
The reason? A U.S. statute — the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act (FTAIA) – generally exempts from
A Chance to Shine
How often do fourth-year associates get an opportunity to argue before a U.S. court of appeals?
That sort of thing occurs a lot at the place where Blawgletter has worked since 1985.
It happened most recently to Amanda Bonn, an associate in Susman Godfrey's Los Angeles office. Let us tell you the story.
Get ready, folks, for a new wave of cases under the Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act of 1970 — RICO, for short. The Second Circuit ruled this week that a case by the European Community and EC member states may proceed with a RICO case against RJR Nabisco for money laundering and worse. European Community v. RJR
Do federal judges protect their own?
Before Blawgletter suggests an answer, let’s look at the case that raises the question.
The Fourth Circuit upheld a summary judgment for E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., ruling that the South Korean plaintiff, Kolon Industries Incorporated, failed to raise a fact issue either as to DuPont’s “monopoly
You need to make it sound more like ditch-diggin'.
Anthony Bolognese, relating advice to an economist on his performance as a testifying expert.
A 9-0 Supreme Court today ordered a federal district court to remand a case seeking restitution for all Missippians who overpaid for liquid crystal displays (LCDs) back to state court.
The lawsuit, by the Attorney General of Mississippi, accused LCD makers of conspiring to fix prices, in violation of Mississippi antitrust and consumer protection statutes.
The manufacturers removed
In 2001, the two biggest sources of the milk that you buy at Stop-n-Shop, Whole Foods, Von's, and the like agree to merge.
A sluggish Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice okays the deal but tacks on a proviso that the dairy dukes — Dean Foods and Suiza — must divest a few