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Structured Settlements 4Real® Blog
Sovereign Funding Group Flip Flops in Answer to Woodbridge Structured Funding Complaint
By John Darer
THAT WAS THEN: "Sovereign Funding Group will purchase all or a portion of your annuity payments and pay you a lump sum amount of cash now". Source: Sovereign Funding website…
TortsProf Blog
Olson on Early Offers
Walter Olson has an op-ed on early offers in todays New York Post.--CJR
Health Law Prof Blog
Worth Reading This Week
Diana Winters, Not Sick Yet: Food-Safety-Impact Litigation and Barriers to Justiciability, SSRN/Brooklyn L.Rev.Mark Rothstein, Access to Sensitive Information in Segmented Electronic Health Records, SSRN/JLME David A. Asch et al, Automated Hovering…
SDNY Blog
Judge McMahon: Late Documents Can Extend Schedule or Preclude Evidence, But Not Both
A litigant complained to Judge McMahon that it received documents from another party long past the discovery cut-off, and sought (1) an extension of the summary judgment schedule and (2)…
E2 Law Blog
House Hearings on Litigation Costs Paid by the Government in Endangered Species Act Cases
By Kerri Barsh
Between March 2001 and September 2010, the U.S. Government reportedly paid out more than $21 million in attorneys fees and costs to successful litigants against it in ESA cases.
Food Poison Journal
First Lawsuit Filed in Asheville Salmonella Tempeh Outbreak
By Bill Marler
The first lawsuit has been filed against the North Carolina tempeh producer and the online spore culture retailer responsible for a Salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 89 people in…
Shigella Blog
Subway Settles Seventy Shigella Suits
Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm, settled 70 lawsuits against Subway for undisclosed sums. The Dupage County Health Department confirmed that at least 140 people have been culture confirmed…
MS Litigation Review & Commentary
Eaton’s Lead Outside Law Firm Withdraws in Frisby Litigation
It's official. Eaton canned lead outside law firm Quarles & Brady of Milwaukee in the Frisby litigation. Here is the motion to withdraw. This is not surprising. But why Eaton…
California Trust, Estate & Probate Litigation
When to Fight for your Right to Privacy: Part Two–Know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em
Part Two: When do you fight, and when should you not fight, for your Right to Privacy? (See Part One here.) In the words of Kenny Rogers, “you have to…
Food Poison Journal
Food Safety – June 14, 2 PM EDT Webinar – Producing Food is Risky Business: The Legal Consequences of Poor Food Safety
By Bill Marler
All presenter fees donated to University of California at Davis Western Center for Food Safety Register Now - http://www.foodseminarsinternational.com/Other-Discount-Marler.html Overview Bill Marler has been litigating foodborne illness cases for nearly…