LATEST SUMMARIES

ANTITRUST & TRADE REGULATION, CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, MANUFACTURING, TRANSPORTATION
• In Re: New Motor Vehicles Canadian Export Antitrust Litig.

CIVIL RIGHTS, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, ELECTIONS, GOVERNMENT LAW
• Perez-Sanchez v. Pub. Bldg. Auth.

CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW, EDUCATION LAW, INJURY AND TORT LAW
• Rodi v. S. New England Sch. of Law

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, EVIDENCE
• US v. Novak

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, SENTENCING
• US v. Rodriguez-Ferreira

ERISA, INSURANCE LAW, LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW
• Stamp v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

LATEST SUMMARIES

ANTITRUST & TRADE REGULATION, CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, MANUFACTURING, TRANSPORTATION
In Re: New Motor Vehicles Canadian Export Antitrust Litig., No. 07-1990
In a putative class action lawsuit brought under section 1 of the Sherman Act claiming that defendants-manufacturers conspired in a price collusion to restrict free automobile trade, dismissal of plaintiffs' complaint is affirmed where, as indirect purchasers, plaintiffs lacked standing to sue under section 4 of the Clayton Act. Read more...

CIVIL RIGHTS, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, ELECTIONS, GOVERNMENT LAW
Perez-Sanchez v. Pub. Bldg. Auth., No. 07-1869
For claims regarding discrimination on basis of political affiliation, 42 U.S.C. section 1985(3) provides no remedy for animus on the basis of political beliefs. Read more...

CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW, EDUCATION LAW, INJURY AND TORT LAW
Rodi v. S. New England Sch. of Law, No. 07-1770
In a lawsuit filed against plaintiff's alma mater legal institution claiming that the school's deans fraudulently misrepresented the school's prospects for ABA accreditation upon which he detrimentally relied upon, summary judgment for law school is affirmed where no rational jury could find plaintiff's reliance upon weak predictions of accreditation to be reasonable. Read more...

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, EVIDENCE
US v. Novak, No. 07-1826
Recordings of phone calls made between a prisoner-client and his attorney may be introduced as evidence without violating the Fourth Amendment when the client clearly consented to the monitoring of those calls. Read more...

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, SENTENCING
US v. Rodriguez-Ferreira, No. 06-2176
Sentence pursuant to defendant's guilty plea to conspiring to distribute drugs is affirmed where defendant did not meet the requirements for safety-valve relief by providing morsels of information functionally equivalent to artful manipulation and an avoidance of truthful disclosure. Read more...

ERISA, INSURANCE LAW, LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW
Stamp v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., No. 07-1061
Plan administrators of an employee benefits plan governed under ERISA may reasonably conclude that an insured, killed in a one-car collision with a tree while driving with BAC of 3 times the legal limit, did not die as a result of an "accident" for purposes of his Accidental Death and Dismemberment life insurance policies. Read more...