http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Hagens Berman Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135627 A federal appeals court panel has upheld a $24 million settlement in a class action that accused AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP of artificially inflating prices for the prostate cancer drug Zoladex. http://www.law360.com/articles/135627 http://www.law360.com/articles/134530 A federal judge has paved the way for a Texas pension fund to arbitrate employment, breach of contract and other claims asserted against KeyCorp’s investment management unit instead of having the case proceed as part of multidistrict litigation that accuses the company of channeling $186 million into Madoff feeder funds. http://www.law360.com/articles/134530 http://www.law360.com/articles/134303 A federal judge has tossed all claims against Hyundai Motor Co., and all but two state law claims against Hyundai Motor America, in a putative class action over allegedly defective subframes on Sonatas. http://www.law360.com/articles/134303 http://www.law360.com/articles/133329 Plaintiffs who claim Electronic Arts Inc.'s exclusive licenses with various football leagues have killed off competition for its hugely popular Madden NFL series, among other video games, have asked a judge to certify a class of potentially millions of people. http://www.law360.com/articles/133329 http://www.law360.com/articles/133446 A federal judge has dismissed fraud claims from a suit brought by a putative class of patients and Zurich Insurance Co. alleging that biotechnology company InterMune Inc. fraudulently promoted its drug Actimmune as a valid remedy for a lung disease it is not approved to treat. http://www.law360.com/articles/133446 http://www.law360.com/articles/133088 A federal judge has granted partial dismissal to a group of California title insurers led by Fidelity National Title Insurance Co. in an antitrust class action alleging they conspired to fix the prices of title insurance. http://www.law360.com/articles/133088 http://www.law360.com/articles/132806 Citing critical differences among the plaintiff blocs, a group of pension funds has urged a federal judge to reconsider a recent decision to consolidate actions accusing KeyCorp.’s investment management unit of channeling $186 million into Madoff feeder funds. http://www.law360.com/articles/132806 http://www.law360.com/articles/130769 Two former of counsel at Hagens Berman Sobol & Shapiro LLP accused of violating a $360,000 employment contract and refusing to divulge the identities of potential clients after the firm hired them to expand its practice are appealing a Washington district court's denial of their attempt to transfer the suit to Pennsylvania. http://www.law360.com/articles/130769 http://www.law360.com/articles/130404 A federal judge has tapped Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP and Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP to serve as co-lead counsel in multidistrict litigation accusing KeyCorp’s investment management subsidiary of blindly sluicing millions of dollars into the Madoff Ponzi scheme. http://www.law360.com/articles/130404 http://www.law360.com/articles/130452 A judge has given leave in part to a group of Charles Schwab Corp. investors to amend a class action complaint accusing the bank and several affiliates of committing securities violations by misrepresenting the risk profile of Schwab’s YieldPlus Fund and by improperly changing the fund’s investment policies. http://www.law360.com/articles/130452 http://www.law360.com/articles/129758 Postal workers have said they will appeal the dismissal of their claims against their employer, the U.S. Postal Service, which they had accused of unjust enrichment and privacy violations for allegedly selling personal information from their employee files to private marketers for profit. http://www.law360.com/articles/129758 http://www.law360.com/articles/129313 Members of the committees that oversaw Washington Mutual Inc.'s employee savings plan are challenging a judge's order denying their bid to toss a class action claim that they mismanaged the plan's assets by investing in the failed financial giant's own stock. http://www.law360.com/articles/129313 http://www.law360.com/articles/129021 The Federal Trade Commission has reportedly begun an investigation into whether Toys R Us strong-armed suppliers into stifling discounts by rivals, prompted by evidence in two pending civil antitrust cases against the toy retailer. http://www.law360.com/articles/129021 http://www.law360.com/articles/128820 A federal judge has dismissed a public nuisance lawsuit brought by the tiny Alaskan village of Kivalina against 24 energy and utility giants, breaking from a federal appeals court's take on whether companies can be held liable for historic greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming. http://www.law360.com/articles/128820 http://www.law360.com/articles/128563 Charles Schwab Corp. is facing a possible enforcement action by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over two mutual funds that invested heavily in mortgage-backed securities. http://www.law360.com/articles/128563 http://www.law360.com/articles/127959 A group of homeowners in Washington state is seeking class certification in a consolidated truth-in-lending suit accusing Countrywide Financial Corp. of misleading borrowers about the terms of their mortgage loans. http://www.law360.com/articles/127959 http://www.law360.com/articles/127486 Interstate Fire and Casualty Co. has asked a judge to dismiss a suit it filed over its duty to defend Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP in litigation related to the firm's wrangle with clients and co-counsel over the right strategy for false advertising suits against Nestle Waters North America Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/127486 http://www.law360.com/articles/126780 In a dispute over whether the agreement was unfair, a federal appeals court is considering whether to reject a $24 million settlement in a suit brought by consumers against AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP over alleged gross inflating of prices for prostate cancer drug Zoladex. http://www.law360.com/articles/126780 http://www.law360.com/articles/126696 The federal judge overseeing a consolidated putative class action brought by participants of Washington Mutual Inc.'s savings plan has dismissed JPMorgan Chase & Co. as a defendant, saying its acquisition of the failed financial giant's banking unit did not include the transfer of fiduciary liability. http://www.law360.com/articles/126696 http://www.law360.com/articles/125218 Eli Lilly & Co. is set to fork over $25.1 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the Connecticut Attorney General's Office for allegedly marketing its antipsychotic Zyprexa for unapproved uses and concealing the drug's serious side effects for more than a decade. 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