Antitrust & Trade Reg.,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Aug. 3, 2022
Qualcomm asks 9th Circuit to block pared down antitrust claim
Several plaintiffs’ firms, including Susman Godfrey LLP and Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP, filed a slimmed-down complaint after a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected a nationwide lawsuit because common issues of the law did not predominate.
Attorneys for Qualcomm Inc. hope to squelch a smaller version of an antitrust class action against their client.
Robert A. Van Nest, who represents the San Diego company, argued in a Monday evening filing that the claims in a revised complaint “continue to mirror those that the 9th Circuit rejected as a matter of law” in a decision that dismissed a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit.
Several plaintiffs’ firms, in...
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