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United States Third Circuit, 04/04/2011
Landsman and Funk PC v. Skinder-Strauss Assoc., No. 09-3105
In a class action dispute involving whether the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. section 227(b), confers federal, diversity jurisdiction for private causes of actions, judgment of district court dismissing action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is reversed where on the language, structure, and legislative history of the statute, Congress did not divest the federal courts of diversity jurisdiction over private causes of action under the TCPA. Read more...

California Court of Appeal, 04/05/2011
In re Tobacco Cases, No. D056589
In a dispute involving an alleged breach of a consent decree by defendants and the award of attorney fees under Civil Code section 1717 judgment of the trial court is reversed where section 1717 applies to the relevant consent decree and the court used an incorrect legal standard in determining the prevailing party under Hsu v. Abbara. Read more...







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