Class Action Litigation Report® Index-Summary

JAILS

JOB BIAS

JOURNAL

– Ed. Note: A list of upcoming conferences and meetings appears at the end of selected issues.

JUDGMENTS

– Declaratory judgments

– – Insurer suit to determine duty to defend or indemnify Telephone Consumer Protection Act defendant, court declines to hear (S.D. Ohio), 69
– – Retiree health benefits, employer suit for right to amend dismissed (7th Cir.), 544

– Summary judgment for pension plan sponsor invalid when court notified of settlement of fiduciary breach suit (9th Cir.), 149

JURISDICTION

– Copyrights, electronic republication of freelance writers' articles, federal court lacked jurisdiction to approve settlement (U.S., rev sought), 638
– Health insurer sued over retired local coverage determination, suit dismissed for lack of jurisdiction (D.D.C.), 140
– Product liability, foreign makers have sufficient contacts with forum (N.D. Cal., S.D. Tex.), 456
– Removal jurisdiction

See REMOVAL JURISDICTION

– Securities fraud claims of foreign investors dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction (S.D.N.Y.), 459