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Coloradans among plaintiffs in suit accusing big airlines of price collusion
2015-07-09 05:58:46| Airlines - Topix.net
Airline customers - including two Coloradans - filed a lawsuit in Dallas today against four major airlines, citing antitrust law violations and airfare inflation. United Airlines and Southwest Airlines - the two biggest carriers operating at Denver International Airport - along with American Airlines and Delta Air Lines are named in the suits, which accuse the carriers of limiting airplane capacity to increase prices.
Plaintiffs, GSK Disagree Over Thalidomide Client Interviews
2015-05-28 11:12:55| Biotech - Topix.net
While GlaxoSmithKline and the plaintiffs firm leading dozens of thalidomide injury suits against the company have largely agreed on the dismissal of 31 of those claims against GSK, the pharmaceutical company is now diverging from the law firm on an attorney-client privilege issue before the Third Circuit.
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Class Action Plaintiffs Continue Attack on Residential Rent Late Fees
2015-05-27 11:30:42| Real Estate - Topix.net
Plaintiffs' lawyers have recently taken aim at REITS and other owners and managers of multi-family property portfolios - filing class action lawsuits seeking damages and to invalidate late fee charges imposed under residential leases. In September 2014, Equity Residential was sued by tenants in East Palo Alto claiming that a $50 late fee was an illegal penalty.
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Judge rules against teenage plaintiffs in climate change lawsuit
2015-05-11 23:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Register-Guard: A Lane County judge today rejected arguments made by two Eugene teenagers who sought a court order that would force state lawmakers to work harder on a plan to reduce carbon emissions and help stave off climate change. Circuit Court Judge Karsten Rasmussen issued a written ruling in favor of the state, whose attorneys have asserted that Oregon has a strong track record of passing regulations that work to protect the environment. Government lawyers also have argued that a judge lacks authority...
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Arkansas Plaintiffs Want Order Dismissing Exxon Oil-Spill Lawsuit Vacated
2015-04-17 20:44:37| Chemicals - Topix.net
Plaintiffs are urging a federal judge in Little Rock, Ark., to vacate his order dismissing a class-action lawsuit against Exxon Mobil, claiming the oil giant suppressed evidence in the case. The lawsuit, filed over a 2013 oil spill in a Mayflower subdivision, was dismissed last month by the judge.
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