SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - (AP) A federal appeals court in the United States has ordered gated communities across Puerto Rico to grant access to Jehovah's Witnesses so they can engage in their First Amendment right to proselytize. The ruling comes nearly... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. solicitor general will be allowed to argue March 19 that design defect claims involving generic drugs are preempted by federal law, the U.S. Supreme Court decided March 4 in granting the federal government's... Read More

BOSTON - (Mealey's) A panel of the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 2 affirmed a $21 million generic drug injury verdict, finding that a 2011 Supreme Court ruling about generic drug injury claims does not preempt design defect claims ( Karen... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 30 said it will review a First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that a defective design claim involving a generic drug is not preempted by federal law, placing in jeopardy a $21 million... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 agreed to hear an appeal of a First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling in a shareholder derivative lawsuit and determine whether the Circuit Court abused its discretion in determining... Read More

In two decisions last week - one in the Sixth Circuit and one in the First Circuit - federal appellate courts set aside lower court dismissals of securities class action lawsuits. Although the two cases are different and the two appellate opinions address... Read More

As a result of the First Circuit's January 20, 2011 opinion, the plaintiffs in the Nomura Asset Acceptance Corporation mortgage-backed securities lawsuit have managed to revive a slender portion of their case, albeit on a rather precarious basis.... Read More