Class Action Litigation Report® Index-Summary

VENUE

– Privacy claim against domain name registry is subject to forum selection clause in registration agreement (N.D. Cal.), 145
– Product liability

– – Antibiotic maker's motion to transfer suits to plaintiffs' home states denied (D. Minn.), 253; multidistrict litigation panel consolidates suits, 519
– – Asbestos, Canadian residents' suit dismissed for forum non conveniens (R.I.), 468

– Water pollution, Peruvian villagers' suit against Occidental Petroleum dismissed for forum non conveniens (C.D. Cal.), 341

VERMONT

– Monopoly, Honeywell round thermostat purchasers denied class certification (Vt. Super. Ct.), 448

VETERANS

See ARMED SERVICES

VIOXX

– False advertising suits filed by state attorneys general, settlement reached, 474
– Product liability, proposed settlement

– – Conferees discuss proposal, 74
– – Distribution of settlement funds, preliminary injunction to bar, denied (E.D. La.), 683
– – Enrollment of claimants exceeds threshold participation rate, Merck says, 201

– Securities fraud suit alleging Merck misrepresented safety profile of drug is reinstated (3d Cir.), 771