Doctor Argues Against Petition Seeking Class Application Of Bristol-Myers

Mealey's (December 21, 2020, 1:46 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court should deny a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by a Delaware company accused of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act that is seeking a ruling on whether the high court’s ruling in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court applies to out-of-state absent class members in class actions filed in federal court under a federal statute as there is no circuit split on the question and the case is a poor vehicle for high court review, an Illinois physician argues in her Dec. 16 respondent brief (IQVIA, Inc. v. Florence Mussat, No. 20-510, U.S. Sup.)....