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The U.S. Supreme Court grants certiorari in a cancer gene patent dispute for a second time, and, the high court says it will review a preemption of generic drug design defect claim. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys or www.lexisnexis.com/community. (Please visit the site to view this media)

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules on affirmative defenses in product liability actions, and, the U.S. high court denies a stay of a union vote in American Airlines' Chapter 11 case. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys or www.lexisnexis.com/community. (Please visit the site to view this media)

A judge orders tobacco companies to advertise the risks of smoking, and, a Pennsylvania federal judge dismisses a challenge to the contraception mandate in the Affordable Care Act. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys or www.lexisnexis.com/community. (Please visit the site to view this media)

A group of feeder funds will pay close to $220 million to settle Madoff Ponzi scheme fraud claims, and the U.S. Supreme Court finds the Little Tucker Act does not waive the government#39;s sovereign immunity. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys or www.lexisnexis.com/community. (Please visit the site to view this media)

A $7.25 billion antitrust credit card fee settlement receives approval, and, a California judge denies certification of a statewide class of women who received mispackaged birth control pills. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys or www.lexisnexis.com/community. (Please visit the site to view this media)

The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a debt collection case over costs awards, and, a number of merchant plaintiffs oppose approval of a $7.25 antitrust credit-card-fee settlement. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys or www.lexisnexis.com/community. (Please visit the site to view this media)

A California jury awards $6 million in punitive damages against Kaiser Gypsum, and, the Virginia Supreme Court finds no insurance coverage owed for Chinese drywall claims. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys or www.lexisnexis.com/community. (Please visit the site to view this media)

The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in an antitrust class certification case, and, a jury awards a woman more than $10 million in a case involving Novartis Pharmaceuticals' Zometa. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys or www.lexisnexis.com/community. (Please visit the site to view this media)

A pharmaceutical firm will pay $95 million to settle off-label and kickback claims in a civil suit, and, 3 pharmaceutical companies are named in lawsuits filed in Missouri over drug expiration dates. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys or www.lexisnexis.com/community. (Please visit the site to view this media)

The Justice Department files a $1 billion lawsuit against Bank of America over its involvement in a mortgage program, and, the Illinois Supreme Court finds a general contractor did not have a duty to preserve evidence following a bridge collapse. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys or www.lexisnexis.com/community. (Please visit the site to view this media)

Merchants, Visa, Mastercard and numerous banks seek approval of a $7.25 billion antitrust settlement, and, a Florida appeals court reverses itself and reinstates a $1.9 million tobacco verdict. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys or www.lexisnexis.com/community. (Please visit the site to view this media)

The 7th Circuit finds a motion to consolidate lawsuits over the anti-seizure drug Depakote triggers Class Action Fairness Act jurisdiction, and, the Supreme Court will not review a challenge by ear candle makers of an FDA action. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys or www.lexisnexis.com/community. (Please visit the site to view this media)

A Kentucky appeals court vacates $130 million drug-pricing verdicts, saying the state was "complicit" and, a class action has been filed against the compounding company in the fungal meningitis outbreak. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys or www.lexisnexis.com/community. (Please visit the site to view this media)

The Supreme Court requests a brief from the United States in a suit over workplace rights of employees of a contractor under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and, the government will weigh in on a copyright case before the Supreme Court. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys or www.lexisnexis.com/community. (Please visit the site to view this media)

A Florida federal judge finds tobacco companies fail to bar punitive damages in federal injury litigation, and, the operator of a fansite consents to Child Online Protection Act compliance with the Department of Justice. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys or www.lexisnexis.com/community. (Please visit the site to view this media)

The U.S. Supreme Court grants a farmer's petition in a seed patent dispute, and, 41 Facebook IPO lawsuits will be heard in New York federal court. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys or www.lexisnexis.com/community. (Please visit the site to view this media)

Class certification is granted in a lawsuit alleging injuries from secret weapons tests, and, a Pennsylvania federal judge denies dismissal of a class action filed by a group of periodontists over dirty dental scalers. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys or www.lexisnexis.com/community. (Please visit the site to view this media)

An MDL judge dismisses claims stemming from the stigma of the Gulf oil spill, and, the JPMDL refuses to centralize suits over force-placed insurance. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys or www.lexisnexis.com/community. (Please visit the site to view this media)

Bank of America will pay more than $2.4 billion to settle a securities class action lawsuit, and, American Express Bank will pay $112 million to settle deceptive practices claims. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys or www.lexisnexis.com/community. (Please visit the site to view this media)

Two classes of female workers have been certified in a case alleging a retailer discriminates against them, and, the ACLU sues the Department of Justice over information about the use of automatic license plate readers. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys or www.lexisnexis.com/community. (Please visit the site to view this media)

The U.S. Department of Justice moves to intervene in a class action over conditions at a Louisiana prison, and, a man fined $478 million for fraud in a get-rich-quick scheme files for bankruptcy. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys or www.lexisnexis.com/community. (Please visit the site to view this media)

The 9th Circuit finds design defect and warning claims by the parents of a child who died after getting vaccinated are preempted by the federal vaccine law, and, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal in a market timing case. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys or www.lexisnexis.com/community. (Please visit the site to view this media)

A Taiwan-based company is fined $500 million and its executives receive prison sentences for conspiracy, and, three states join in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Dodd-Frank Act. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys or www.lexisnexis.com/community. (Please visit the site to view this media)

A jury in Denver awards $7.2 million to a man who alleged butter-flavoring lung disease, and, a judge says a tobacco ban violates the religious rights of native American inmates. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys or www.lexisnexis.com/community. (Please visit the site to view this media)

A judge finds the Department of Homeland Security properly withheld documents, and, an Arizona judge says the family of a shooting victim can have an officer's training reports and emails. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys or www.lexisnexis.com/community. (Please visit the site to view this media)