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The Federal Circuit upheld on Monday a win secured by British pharmaceutical firm GW Pharmaceuticals in a patent suit brought by cannabis giant Canopy Growth, which accused the former of pinching its extraction process so it could make its flagship CBD drug Epidiolex.

A Georgia doctor urged the full Eleventh Circuit to not let Monsanto "avoid responsibility" for its failure to warn about the cancer risk associated with its Roundup weedkiller, saying federal law doesn't preempt failure to warn claims and "every appellate judge to consider the issue all agree."

A Japanese convenience store chain asked a California federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action brought by a woman who claims she suffered a violent allergic reaction due to its mislabeled cookies, which contained nuts, arguing she doesn't have standing because it recalled the products.

The maker of Polaner jellies has asked a federal judge to toss a woman's false advertising lawsuit over ingredients in its "All Fruit" spreads, saying she packed her suit with "quintessential examples of 'conclusory statements' and 'legal conclusions.'"

The city of Berkeley, California, has been on the losing end of its own fight regarding the line between state and federal law when it comes to regulating radiofrequency levels, and it wants the U.S. Supreme Court to step into another case to prevent the Ninth Circuit from leaning too hard toward preemption.

Mazda Motor Corp. must face strict liability claims in a suit brought by the mother of a Miami man who was killed after his Mazda was rear-ended and burst into flames, a Florida appeals panel ruled on Wednesday in a split decision, saying the trial judge was "eminently correct" when finding state courts have jurisdiction over the Japan-based company.

The Hershey Company has urged a California federal judge to dismiss a suit claiming its chocolate contained toxic substances, arguing that it "never promised, in words or substance, that its products were utterly lead- and cadmium- free," just that they were safe to consume.

A California federal judge has refused to toss a proposed class action accusing Apple of selling defective MacBook computers with screens that are easily damaged, saying the buyers had fixed deficiencies with their previous complaint.

A woman has asked an Illinois federal judge not to toss her false advertising suit against a Procter & Gamble subsidiary that claimed its tampons were "100% organic" when they contained noncotton and nonorganic components, saying her counsel's previous losses don't apply here.

Tesla Inc. has asked a California federal court to toss a proposed class action that claims the door handles on the Model S become unusable within a few years, arguing that a Florida driver has no standing in the West Coast courts.