Settlement, Attorney's Fees, Discovery

Strike 3 Holdings stipulates to dismiss, but no attorney fees for Defendant?

Vondran Legal on 5/28/2025

There are times when Strike 3 cannot prove its case and may be forced to dismiss the case. In these instances, the defendant may well be deemed the "prevailing party" in the case, which can support an award of costs and...more

REMICADE Antitrust Settlement Receives Final Approval

Goodwin on 4/13/2023

In 2017, three indirect-purchaser antitrust class actions were filed against Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Biotech, Inc., alleging that they engaged in anticompetitive conduct relating to the sale and marketing of J&J’s...more

A District Court’s Discretion to Sanction Is Broad, “But For” a Causal Limitation

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 7/5/2017

Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court clarified in Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Haeger that even a district court’s exercise of broad discretion to impose a civil sanction for a litigant’s bad faith conduct has to be limited by a...more

The Supreme Court - April 18, 2017

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 4/19/2017

Coventry Health Care of Missouri, Inc. v. Nevils, No. 16-149: The Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”) is authorized under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act of 1959 (“FEHBA”), 5 U.S.C. §8901 et seq., to contract...more

Congressional Overhaul of Class Action Procedure Pending Senate Consideration

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 4/17/2017

As class action litigation has continued to proliferate, we have seen efforts to rein in the perceived abuses of the system on multiple fronts. Over a decade ago, Congress passed the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA)...more

Big Changes Could Be Coming in Class Action Litigation

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/23/2017

On February 10, 2017, U.S. Rep. and House Judiciary Committee Chairman, Bob Goodlatte (R-Va), introduced a new version of his Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017 (H.R. 985) (the "Act"). The Act, while bearing the...more