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: Civil Procedure Prof BlogDecision of Interest: Twombly/Iqbal and Affirmative Defenses
Full post as published by Civil Procedure Prof Blog on March 16, 2011 (boomark / email).
California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid
Stock Market Losses
alleging bad financial advice and conflicts of interest.
JP Morgan Chase & Co
Faces Lawsuit Over Hikes in Credit Card Interest Rate
Tax Discrepancies
Northwest Airlines pays IRS $12.6 million settlement for taxes and interest.
Teachers Paid
LA School District pays 8% interest to teachers for payroll problems.
Auto Financing
Credit Acceptance Corp. agrees to $52.1 million class action settlement after overcharging consumers for fees and interest on automobile installment contracts.
Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin.
The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...

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