http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Richardson Patrick Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/134364 Asserting that the plaintiffs have failed to allege monopolistic practices despite ample discovery time, banks and credit unions in First Data Corp.’s Star electronic payment network have asked a judge to snuff out a long-standing proposed class action accusing the companies of fixing ATM service charges. http://www.law360.com/articles/134364 http://www.law360.com/articles/129599 Bausch & Lomb Inc. has asked a federal judge to toss 348 plaintiffs' product liability suits from multidistrict litigation over allegations that the company's ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens solution caused eye infections, in light of the August dismissal of the plaintiffs' sole expert witness. http://www.law360.com/articles/129599 http://www.law360.com/articles/128974 A putative class of consumers has hit First Data Corp. and the banks in its ATM network with an amended antitrust complaint alleging a conspiracy to fix interchange fees, this time saying consumers can't escape the "supracompetitive" fees by taking their business elsewhere. http://www.law360.com/articles/128974 http://www.law360.com/articles/125048 Ten years after the case was filed, a federal judge has thrown out the only remaining class claim against Alcoa Inc. and St. Croix Alumina LLC, which St. Croix residents accused of letting a “red mud” aluminum refining byproduct blow onto their homes during Hurricane Georges and other storms. http://www.law360.com/articles/125048 http://www.law360.com/articles/123746 The plaintiff in a suit against Lucent Technologies over an asbestos-related death has accused Lucent and its counsel of deliberately obstructing the suit's progress. http://www.law360.com/articles/123746 http://www.law360.com/articles/121644 The judge in an antitrust MDL accusing several major moving companies, including Mayflower Transit LLC and United Van Lines LLC, of fixing the prices for fuel surcharges imposed on customers has ruled that the movers do not have statutory immunity from antitrust laws. http://www.law360.com/articles/121644 http://www.law360.com/articles/120943 A federal judge has opted to certify two classes while rejecting a third in a case brought by a group of older employees that accuses Duke Energy Corp. of implementing a retirement plan that favors younger workers in violation of federal law. http://www.law360.com/articles/120943 http://www.law360.com/articles/120924 A federal judge has dismissed a putative antitrust class action over fees charged by financial institutions in First Data Corp.’s ATM network, ruling that the plaintiffs failed to identify a proper relevant market but giving them room to amend their claims. http://www.law360.com/articles/120924 http://www.law360.com/articles/119172 Bausch & Lomb Inc. has won a bid to exclude opinions by a plaintiffs' expert that its ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens cleaning solution was capable of causing infections other than Fusarium keratitis, a rare fungal infection at the center of hundreds of lawsuits against the company in recent years. http://www.law360.com/articles/119172 http://www.law360.com/articles/118480 A federal judge has dismissed a case brought by the Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources against The Dow Chemical Co. and Vulcan Materials Co. alleging dry cleaning chemicals made by the two companies contaminated an aquifer in the Virgin Islands. http://www.law360.com/articles/118480 http://www.law360.com/articles/117963 Eli Lilly & Co. has agreed to pay $22.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the West Virginia Attorney General's Office over the drugmaker's promotion and marketing of the antipsychotic Zyprexa. http://www.law360.com/articles/117963 http://www.law360.com/articles/108716 A judge has dismissed a proposed class action accusing Dell Inc. of fraudulently marketing an ink-jet printer feature to dupe customers into replacing ink cartridges that don't need to be replaced. http://www.law360.com/articles/108716 http://www.law360.com/articles/107308 Formerly bankrupt moving company Sirva Inc. and three affiliates have received court approval to pay $3 million to settle multidistrict litigation accusing them of price-fixing fuel surcharges. http://www.law360.com/articles/107308 http://www.law360.com/articles/104105 Bausch & Lomb Inc. has reportedly shelled out about $250 million over the past year to lay to rest nearly 600 lawsuits over the company's allegedly defective ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens cleaning solution. http://www.law360.com/articles/104105 http://www.law360.com/articles/103504 Airline passengers have filed a putative class action alleging that Delta Air Lines Inc. colluded with AirTran Airways Inc. by agreeing to start charging at the same time $15 for the first piece of checked baggage. http://www.law360.com/articles/103504 http://www.law360.com/articles/96880 A federal judge has blocked the testimony of four expert witnesses who sought to link St. Croix islanders' injuries to spillage of red mud, as a 10-year-old class action accusing aluminum refiners of liability in connection with the ravages of Hurricane Georges makes its way through court. http://www.law360.com/articles/96880 http://www.law360.com/articles/96504 A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit against Ameriprise Financial Inc. over mutual fund fees after finding the lower court improperly applied the benchmark decision Gartenberg v. Merrill Lynch Asset Management Inc. to toss the case. http://www.law360.com/articles/96504 http://www.law360.com/articles/95800 Two months after plaintiffs in a putative antitrust class action over ATM fees abandoned naked price-fixing allegations, a federal judge has signed off on the stipulated dismissal of JPMorgan Chase & Co. while a slew of other banks have asked the court to drop the plaintiffs' latest complaint over charges in First Data Corp.'s network. http://www.law360.com/articles/95800 http://www.law360.com/articles/90108 A federal magistrate judge in charge of discovery in the multidistrict litigation over Eli Lilly & Co.'s anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa has denied the drugmaker's motion for sanctions against West Virginia's attorney general, saying the state's failure to produce a usable Medicaid database was neither in bad faith nor willful. http://www.law360.com/articles/90108 http://www.law360.com/articles/89051 In one of the first rulings applying the filed rate doctrine to regulated cable television rates, a federal appeals court has tossed a proposed class action against Time Warner Cable Inc. that accused the cable television provider of double-billing. http://www.law360.com/articles/89051