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Latest News in Class Action
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May 20, 2019
FERC Is No Shield For $3.6B Utility Scheme, 1st Circ. Told
The doctrine barring courts from changing Federal Energy Regulatory Commission-accepted rates doesn't cover claims that Eversource Energy and Avangrid Inc. manipulated natural gas supplies and drove up New England electricity prices by $3.6 billion, customers told the First Circuit Monday.
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May 20, 2019
Drugmaker, Retailers Strike Deal In Loestrin Antitrust MDL
Lupin Pharmaceuticals cut a deal that will allow it to escape antitrust claims leveled against it by Walgreens, CVS and other retailers that it conspired with two other pharmaceutical companies to keep generic versions of birth control drug Loestrin off the market.
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May 20, 2019
UBS, Other Foreign Banks Dropped From Forex-Rigging Suit
A New York federal court on Friday trimmed the roster of foreign exchange dealers tied to the proposed class action alleging they manipulated the foreign exchange market, finding that it lacked jurisdiction over the foreign banks.
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May 20, 2019
Caremark Inks Deal To End Case Over HIV Status Disclosures
Caremark has told an Ohio federal court that it inked a tentative deal to resolve a proposed class action accusing it of divulging the protected health information of 6,000 Ohio residents by mailing letters in envelopes that revealed names and references to HIV diagnoses.
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May 20, 2019
SunCoke Energy Wants Investors' Merger-Stalling Suit Tossed
SunCoke Energy Partners LP told a Delaware federal judge that an investor suit seeking to hold up its merger with its general partner and majority owner "follows a familiar template" of asserting nondisclosure claims that courts routinely reject.
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