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Split 8th Circuit Panel Affirms Sprint Fidelis Preemption Ruling
Posted on 15 Oct 2010 by Tom Moylan

ST. LOUIS - A day after the parties announced a $268 million settlement and an end to the appeal, a split panel of the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Oct. 15 affirmed that the plaintiffs' claims involving the Medtronic Sprint Fidelis heart... Read More

Tags: Food , MDA , preemption , leads , heart device , personal injury , product liability , Sprint Fidelis , Wyeth v. Diana Levine , Medical Device Amendments , Medtronic , Buckman Co. v. Plaintiffs' Legal Committee , Donna S. Riegel v. Medtronic , implantable cardiac defibrillator , Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly , Litigation , 8th Circuit , Inc. , lawsuit , In Re: Medtronic , Drug and Cosmetic Act , ICD , U.S. Supreme Court , torts , Sprint Fidelis Leads Products Liability Litigation

Antitrust Lawsuit Against Inbev, Anheuser-Busch Falls
Posted on 31 Oct 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

ST. LOUIS - (AP) The latest quest by 10 Missouri beer consumers who tried to block InBev's $52 billion takeover of U.S. beer giant Anheuser-Busch fell flat Wednesday when an appeals court refused to resurrect their antitrust lawsuit. A three-judge... Read More

Tags: Antitrust , Coors , Molson , Justice Department , InBev , MillerCoors , brewer , Litigation , 8th Circuit , Katherine Barrett , lawsuit , beer , Anheuser-Busch , James Loken

Players Call NFL A 'Cartel' In Court Filing
Posted on 24 May 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

MINNEAPOLIS - (AP) NFL players who sued the league for alleged antitrust violations liken the league to a "cartel" in their latest court filing, again urging an appeals court to lift the lockout. In arguments filed in the 8th U.S. Circuit Court... Read More

Tags: Brady , Union , pro sports , NFL lockout , Antitrust , Brees , cartel , MLB , National Labor Relations Board , NHL , professional football , Litigation , 8th Circuit , lawsuit , NBA , NFL Players Association , football , NFL , Manning

High Court Won’t Stop Hormone Replacement Lawsuits
Posted on 12 Oct 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) The Supreme Court won't reconsider a decision to reinstate more than 100 lawsuits filed by women who claimed that hormone replacement therapy caused breast cancer. Full version available to lexis.com subscribers . Read More

Tags: Supreme Court , Wyeth , breast cancer , Litigation , 8th Circuit , Wyeth LLC v. Kirkland , lawsuit , hormone replacement therapy