Public Justice represented PLoS Medicine, a medical journal published by the non-profit Public Library of Science, in its effort to intervene in this case to gain access to discovery materials that allegedly demonstrate that Wyeth Pharmaceutical Company engaged in medical ghostwriting to promote its hormone…
Amicus brief addressing the scope of state-law claims preempted by the Home Owners Loan Act, (HOLA) and HOLA regulations promulgated by the Office of Thrift Supervision. Amicus brief addressing the scope of state-law claims preempted by the Home Owners Loan Act, 12 U.S.C. §§ 1461…
Challenge to proposed no-opt-out class action settlement of all claims against the University of Cincinnati, the U.S. government, and others for conducting human radiation experiments on hospital patients. We helped stop and improve the proposed no-opt-out class action settlement In Re Cincinnatti Radiation Litigation of…
This case presented the question of whether, in a case in which the uncontroverted evidence establishes that a company’s class action ban would effectively preclude a party from vindicating his substantive statutory rights, a court could refuse to enforce the arbitration clause notwithstanding the U.S….
We handled this appeal of a ruling that common-law claims that a 1990 Volvo sedan was defective because its rear-center seat was equipped with a two-point lap belt, instead of a three-point lap/shoulder belt, are preempted by the governing federal regulatory option. Public Justice Attorney…
Challenge to federal preemption defense on behalf of family of a train passenger who developed Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and died while on a train ride from Chicago to Los Angeles. Opposition to federal preemption defense on behalf of family of a train passenger who…
Part of a set of cases against HMOs in Maryland charges that the HMOs violated Maryland law by practicing subrogation. Part of a set of cases against HMOs in Maryland charging that the HMOs violated Maryland law by practicing subrogation. In the state courts, after…
Challenge to proposed Bank of America national consumer class action settlement that would have paid the class $2 million, class counsel $5.4 million, and barred some class members from opting out. We stopped and improved the proposed Bank of America national consumer class action settlement…
We filed amici briefs joined by more than two dozen public interest groups and practitioners, urging the California Supreme Court to uphold the “catalyst theory” as a basis for seeking attorneys’ fees under a California statute that permits fee awards for successful private attorneys general.
Public Justice filed an amicus brief, joined by Public Citizen, in support of the Plaintiff-Appellant’s Opposition to MBNA’s Petition for Rehearing. This amicus brief argues that the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) does not preempt the remedies provisions of the California Consumer Credit Reporting…
