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Lakin and Freed-Weiss class action battle for fees and control continues in N.J,
9/2/2010 8:57 AM By Steve Korris

Lakin

NEWARK, N.J. - Brad Lakin of Wood River and Paul Weiss of Chicago, who apparently resolved a public battle in 2008, waged it in secrecy this year.

Carr

Rex Carr claims financial ruin in court fight with Tillery group
8/18/2010 7:34 AM By Steve Korris
EAST ST. LOUIS - Rex Carr, "immensely successful" in the words of an appellate court, pleads financial ruin and old age in a bid to escape a $635,171.23 sanction.
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Lueckenhoff

Lawyers want to add drugs in Bayer contraceptive class action
8/12/2010 3:26 PM By Steve Korris
EAST ST. LOUIS - Lawyers leading national litigation against Bayer over oral contraceptives Yasmin and Yaz seek to inject two new drugs into the proceedings.
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Brown

Reagan denies LakinChapman's motion to strike in H&R class
8/12/2010 12:44 PM By Steve Korris
EAST ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Michael Reagan has denied a motion from the LakinChapman firm to strike six affidavits and 50 exhibits H&R Block submitted after a class certification hearing.
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St. Eve

St. Eve upheld by 7th Circuit in dismissing Shell gas class
8/12/2010 8:45 AM By Steve Korris
CHICAGO - U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve of Chicago correctly denied a class action over gasoline prices, Seventh Circuit appeals judges ruled on July 30.

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Bader

Tobacco settlement survives another challenge, appeal coming
8/11/2010 8:00 AM By John O'Brien
NEW ORLEANS - A federal appeals court decided Tuesday that 1998's Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement is constitutional, ruling against a challenge by the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
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Herndon

Bayer produces 10 million documents for 'Yaz' claimants; Plaintiffs claim faulty page breaks
7/29/2010 9:12 PM By Steve Korris
EAST ST. LOUIS - Bayer drug companies have yielded more than 10 million pages of documents to women suing over oral contraceptives Yasmin and Yaz, yet some of the lawyers for the claimants haven't completed simple fact sheets.
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Amended complaint filed in federal trademark infringement case against Syngenta
7/27/2010 2:53 PM By Amelia Flood
The plaintiff in a federal suit filed against a Swiss agricultural products company has filed an amended complaint less than a month after entering his first complaint.
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Brown

H&R Block claims plaintiffs introduced new theories in 8-year old class action
7/15/2010 10:54 AM By Steve Korris
EAST ST. LOUIS - Class action lawyers complain that H&R Block Tax Services introduced new evidence in an old case, and Block's lawyers insist they did it because the class action lawyers introduced new theories.
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Brown

Reagan considers certifying 13-year old H&R Block class action
6/24/2010 7:12 AM By Steve Korris
EAST ST. LOUIS - Mark Brown of LakinChapman claims H&R Block Tax Services tricked customers into paying extra for "peace of mind" guarantees they didn't need, but about 100,000 customers who bought it wound up needing it.
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Robreno

Federal magistrate rejects doctors' reports in CSX asbestos suits
6/18/2010 11:00 AM By Steve Korris
PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Magistrate Judge Faith Angell rejected reports from two former doctors in 173 asbestos exposure suits against CSX Transportation.
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