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Illinois Federal Court Dismisses Price Discrimination Claims for Failure to Plead Relevant Geographic Market

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A federal court in Illinois granted Juul Labs, Inc. and HS Wholesale, Ltd.’s motion to dismiss Power Buying Dealers USA, Inc.’s claims of price discrimination. Power Buying Dealers USA, Inc. v. Juul Labs, Inc., 2025 WL...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Courts Rule on Financial Services Antitrust Suits

Although courthouse activity has slowed over the past month due to COVID-19 social distancing efforts, federal courts continue to conduct business, even if remotely. Many judges have utilized this time to finalize decisions...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

District of Massachusetts Grants Dismissal of Threadbare ATDS Claims

The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts recently granted a TCPA defendant’s motion to dismiss, in part, because the plaintiff failed to allege plausible facts supporting an assertion that the defendant,...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Florida Federal Court Rejects ATDS Allegations, Grants Motion to Dismiss

In a text message case, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida recently granted Atlantic Coast Enterprise, LLC’s (“Ace”) motion to dismiss upon finding that the plaintiff had failed to plausibly allege...more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

Pleading “Sufficient Particularity”: Technical Trade Secrets Require More

It’s common sense that, to protect a trade secret, the information must remain secret. However, when trade secret misappropriation claims arise and litigation ensues, the court and the parties involved need to understand at...more

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Plausibility Requirement for Pleading in FCA Cases Remains a Viable Defensive Tool

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The recent federal court opinion issued in United States ex rel. Integra Med Analytics, LLC v. Baylor Scott & White Health, et al, illustrates the continued importance of examining the plausibility of allegations made in qui...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Third Circuit Holds FTC Must Show Defendants Are ‘About to Violate’ the Law for Injunctive Relief and Disgorgement

On February 25, 2019, in FTC v. Shire ViroPharma, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit confirmed that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) cannot plead its way into federal court via Section 13(b) of the FTC...more

A&O Shearman

New Jersey District Court Dismisses Putative Securities Fraud Class Action For Failure To Plead Scienter

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On January 31, 2019, Judge Madeline Cox Arleo of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey granted with leave to amend defendants’ motion to dismiss a putative securities fraud class action against a...more

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Nalco Company V. Chem-Mod, LLC

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Federal Circuit Summaries - Before Moore, Schall, and O’Malley. Appeal from the Northern District of Illinois. Summary: A plaintiff need not prove its case of patent infringement at the pleading stage. To the extent a...more

Mintz - Securities Litigation Viewpoints

Lending Club Decision Provides Guidance For Bringing Section 11 Claims Based on Weaknesses in Internal Controls

We have been following defendants’ motions to dismiss in the In re Lending Club Securities Litigation class action, No 3:16-cv-02627-WHA, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (“the...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Non-Use Agreement Need Not Precede Disclosure of Confidential Information

A Pennsylvania federal court held yesterday that an agreement not to use confidential inside information for trading purposes need not precede the receipt of that information in order to create liability under the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Courts Are Taking Materiality Seriously Post-Escobar

In the three months since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Universal Health Services v. United States ex rel. Escobar, lower court decisions suggest a trend of strict interpretation of the high court’s...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Fourth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of FCA Complaint Alleging Contracting Fraud

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In an unpublished decision issued on Thursday, August 13, 2015, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reemphasized Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b)’s “stringent particularity requirement” when it affirmed a lower court’s...more

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