Pilots’ union settles united fliers’ suit for $44M

The Air Line Pilots Association International agreed to pay $44 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a group of United Airlines pilots claiming the organization didn’t adequately represent their interests while the carrier’s corporate parent was in bankruptcy. View...

Justices to rule in ‘relation back’ case

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure allow a plaintiff to amend a complaint to add a party and have the amendment relate back to the date of the original pleading. The Court will review an 11th Circuit ruling that...

Schering-Plough enters $165M Clarinex accord

Schering-Plough Corp., the drugmaker acquired by Merck & Co., won a U.S. judge’s approval of a $165 million settlement to resolve lawsuits over alleged fraudulent statements to investors about the Clarinex allergy medicine. Continue reading here: Schering-Plough...

Expert can’t be excluded as discovery sanction

A product liability expert should not have been excluded as a sanction for the plaintiff’s failure to comply with a discovery deadline, the 1st Circuit has ruled in reversing a summary judgment. The plaintiff filed a product liability lawsuit after he lost three...