Kendall v. Hoffman La Roche
Apr 3, 2008
Kamie Kendall's colon was removed as a result of inflammatory bowel disease allegedly resulting from the use of the acne medication Accutane (Isotretinoin). Plaintiff attorney Mike Hook told the jury that Ms. Kendall's condition caused her "to go...
Mar 31, 2008
The Plaintiffs, former shareholders of SinglePoint, which merged into a subsidiary of Cofiniti, Inc. in 2000, bring this action for breach of fiduciary duty against its two directors. They challenge, as an unwarranted dilution of their equity inte...
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Mar 28, 2008
A series of proceedings involving lawsuits combined into the federal multi-district Zyprexa liability litigation. The September 21, 2009, hearing involved two issues: the finality of any judgment entered (whether the court would retain jurisdictio...
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Mar 27, 2008
A series of proceedings involving lawsuits combined into the federal multi-district Zyprexa liability litigation. The September 21, 2009, hearing involved two issues: the finality of any judgment entered (whether the court would retain jurisdictio...
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Kelley v. Ferraro
Mar 25, 2008
Widow of deceased law firm partner sought dissolution of law firm and division of its assets.Lynn Kelley, a former Cleveland Heights municipal judge, was the widow of Michael Kelley. Michael Kelley and James Ferraro founded an asbestos litigation...
Mar 20, 2008
A series of proceedings involving lawsuits combined into the federal multi-district Zyprexa liability litigation. The September 21, 2009, hearing involved two issues: the finality of any judgment entered (whether the court would retain jurisdictio...
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Mar 10, 2008
IACs Barry Diller wants to spin off IAC into a five different parts, and switch to a single tier voting structure. This move would effectively halve Liberty Medias voting power in IAC, which is currently 62%. As a result of previous dealings, Di...
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Mar 5, 2008
Alaska sued Eli Lilly to recover the Medicaid funds Alaska spent to treat the side effects of Lilly's drug Zyprexa. Alaska claimed that Lilly failed to properly report that Zyprexa could cause hyperglycemia and diabetes. Alaska also asserted tha...
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In Re Loral
Mar 3, 2008
The Shareholder Derivative Litigation arose out of the Company's sale of $300 million of preferred stock to funds affiliated with MHR Fund Management LLC ("MHR") pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement dated October 17, 2006, as amended and ...
Feb 26, 2008
Tropicana Entertainment, LLC and Tropicana Finance Corp. acquired the Tropicana Atlantic City Casino by issuing $960 million in bonds. Wilmington Trust Co. is the indenture trustee and delivered a notice of default on behalf of the majority of hol...
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Feb 4, 2008
Age Discrimination case; retrial from an overturned jury verdict awarding the Plaintiffs $27.5 million. A mistrial was declared on the start of the second day.
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Feb 1, 2008
Malone's Liberty Media Corp., which holds a 30 percent of IAC's shares and 62 percent of its voting power, asked the court to let it oust Diller and six directors from IAC's board. Liberty, owner of the QVC and Starz channels, wants to name three ...
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