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... class action often hope that agreeing to settle the suit will bring an end to litigation over a product or component. However, Sony's settlement in 2008 of a class action regarding Optical Block ... a 21% premium over the value of plaintiffs' counsels' services if computed under the lodestar method (which computes attorneys fees on a hours x hourly rate basis). ( ... filed December 8, 2008); Crystal Markee, et al. v. Hitachi Home Electronics (America) Inc., et al., Case No. 08CV-2314 (filed December 12 ...

... for conduct clearly permitted by the legislature. Congress has declared that "[i]t shall be lawful throughout the United States of America to employ the weights and measures of the metric system," and California law provides that contracts can't be objected ... (though he alleges he wouldn't have paid as much for this one had Hitachi disclosed the binary capacity). Plaintiff alleged that he relied on the product packaging, and argued that reasonable consumers would only care about binary capacity ...

... India: Is the Indian Drug Controller participating in the ACTA negotiations?: (Spicy IP), Latin America: Merck Serono signs distribution agreement with Bristol-Myers Squibb for portfolio of established ... case Lorillard Tobacco Co v Elston Self Service Wholesale Groceries, Inc: (Chicago IP Litigation Blog), Merit Industries - Merit wins $1.6M ... registered after first infringement: Derek Andrew, Inc v Poof Apparel Corp: (IP Law Observer), Pressure Products Medical Supplies - Jury finds infringement ...