Topic
Civil Settlement
8 published works
China Justice Observer
The First Time Australia Recognizes Chinese Civil Settlement Statements
By Publisher
Key takeaways: In June 2022, the New South Wales Supreme Court of Australia ruled to recognize two Chinese civil settlement statements, marking the first time that Chinese settlement statements…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Colorado City Makes Public Apology & Pays $3 Million to Settle Lawsuit Over Violent Takedown and Arrest of Older Woman
In May of 2021, we linked to emerging information about a June 2020 arrest of a 73 year-old woman with dementia in Loveland Colorado. The family of the older woman, Karen…
PrawfsBlawg
Proof Discontinuities and Civil Settlements (by Mark Spottswood)
Main Wednesday, May 13, 2020Proof Discontinuities and Civil Settlements (by Mark Spottswood)Posted on behalf of Mark Spottswood as part of the Legal Discontinuities Online Symposium:Few areas of the law involve…
Legal Profession Blog
Ohio Opines
Two new opinions of the Board on Professional Conduct are described in this staff report on the web page of the Ohio Supreme CourtThe Ohio Board of Professional Conduct has…
The Nickel Report
DOJ Directive May Squeeze the Life Out of Supplemental Environmental Projects
By J. Tom Boer, Todd S. Mikolop
A new policy directive issued earlier this week by the Department of Justice (Justice) has raised concern among regulated industry that the availability of Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs) in civil…
Subject to Inquiry
New FCPA Guidance – civil settlements and opinion procedures – what can the UK learn from the US?
By Government Investigations Group
Our proposal at the Bribery Library is that the US DOJ opinion procedure should be adopted in a similar way in the UK.
Subject to Inquiry
SFO civil settlement with Macmillan: cooperation and cost shifting assists the SFO
By Government Investigations Group
At a time when many are questioning the SFO's budget and ability to fund and pursue multiple large scale corruption investigations, the settlement with Macmillan demonstrates that SFO investigations can…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Government Gets $130 Million in Civil Case
By Ellen Podgor
The U.S. Attorneys Office in the Southern District of New York announced in a press release here, that it reached a civil settlement with Mario Gabelli for $130 million. This…