Georgette Castner

Third Circuit Affirms Denial of Injunction in Janssen-Samsung Stelara Biosimilar Dispute

The Third Circuit on Friday upheld a district court's refusal to enjoin Samsung Bioepis from supplying a Cigna subsidiary with a private-label version of the ustekinumab biosimilar Pyzchiva, holding that Johnson & Johnson and Janssen...

Chiquita Terrorism-Funding Suits Sent Back to New Jersey State Court as Forum-Defendant Rule Stands

A federal judge held that 826 Colombian plaintiffs suing Chiquita Brands International over alleged support for paramilitary terrorists did not waive the forum-defendant rule and that the company failed to establish CAFA jurisdiction, or...

CUBIDES RAMIREZ v. CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Chiquita Cannot Keep Colombian Terror-Funding Suits in Federal Court: Judge Rejects Forum-Defendant Waiver and CAFA Mass-Action Arguments

A New Jersey federal court has rejected Chiquita Brands International's bid to keep in federal court twelve state-law suits brought by 826 Colombian plaintiffs who allege the banana company funded, armed, and otherwise supported terroris...

SENA DE LEON v. CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.