Apr

4

United States Denied Motion To Dismiss Crop Loss Suit For Herbicide Crop Damage

April 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment

POCATELLO, Idaho – A lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho by a group of six Idaho farmers who allege reduced sugar beet, wheat and potato yields because of sulfonylureas herbicide drift from Bureau of Land Management land survived a defense motion to dismiss; the presiding judge denied the statute [...]

Mar

20

Decertified Class Of IPhone Users’ Motion To Certify For Appeal Partly Denied

March 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment

SAN FRANCISCO – A California federal judge on Feb. 1 denied in part a motion to permit interlocutory appeal by a class of iPhone purchasers in their antitrust claims against Apple Inc. and AT&T Mobility Inc. (ATTM), holding that the controlling contract required resolution of the claims by individual arbitration rather than a class action [...]

Nov

1

Motion To Dismiss In Oppenheimer Securities Class Action Substantially Denied

November 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment

DENVER – Lead plaintiffs in a multidistrict litigation have failed to plead their claim under Section 13(a) of the Investment Company Act, but have properly pleaded all other federal securities law claims, a federal judge in Colorado ruled Oct. 24 in substantially denying defendants’ motions to dismiss (In re Oppenheimer Rochester Funds Group Securities Litigation, [...]

Sep

5

Ecuadorian Plaintiffs Denied Judgment On Pleadings In $ 18 Billion Pollution Suit

September 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment

NEW YORK – Representatives of the Lago Agrio, Ecuador, plaintiffs (LAP) joined in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York litigation by Chevron Corp. for an injunction declaring an $ 18 billion judgment for alleged contamination of the Amazon basin unenforceable were denied judgment on the pleadings on Aug. 31 by [...]

Jun

8

119 Motions To Quash, Dismiss By Alleged File Sharers Denied In ‘Hurt Locker’ Case

June 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A District of Columbia federal judge on May 12 denied motions to quash discovery and to dismiss copyright infringement claims by 119 putative Doe defendants in a case concerning claims involving illegal online sharing and duplication of the film “The Hurt Locker” (Voltage Pictures LLC v. Does 1-5,000, No. 1:10-cv-00873, D. D.C.). [...]