An intermediate New York appeals court on Thursday opened the door for people who came through the juvenile delinquency system to bring Child Victims Act claims of negligent placement against the state government. The pivotal ruling by Appellate Division, Third Department Justice Sharon A.M. Aarons denied the office of New…

A federal judge in Pennsylvania rejected CVS Health’s “ploy” of claiming privilege and work-product protection over communications with a third party about flash freezing shipping processes in a qui tam action against the retail pharmacy chain. Concluding a majority of the communications did not pertain to any legal advice or questions that…

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, arguing posttrial against a jury finding that two of plaintiffs’ patents were valid, got an opposite finding, erasing a $107.5 million verdict. At conclusion of a five-day jury trial in May in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, a jury found AstraZeneca infringed on…

Despite slamming the brakes on its Combating Auto Retail Scams rule this summer pending legal challenges by auto dealers, the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday secured a $2.6 million settlement with an Arizona dealer chain for just the type of deceptive practices the regulation is meant to combat. But the…

Federal Judge Sanctions Pittsburgh Firm for ‘Campaign of Deception’ in Debt Collection Disputes | The Legal Intelligencer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2024/08/15/federal-judge-sanctions-pittsburgh-firm-for-campaign-of-deception-in-debt-collection-disputes/ U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon of the Western District of Pennsylvania. Courtesy photo NEWS “Counsel are well advised to heed one lesson from this experience in particular, among the…

Nasdaq filed a complaint Thursday accusing an unnamed Singaporean company of misappropriating its financial data feeds and reselling them at discount prices, undermining the New York-based company’s own business. The trade secrets complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division by Brian…