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North Carolina Business Litigation Report
Wachovia Update: NY Dismissal Not a Harbinger for NC Litigation
By John Buford
Fervent followers of the Business Court may remember the case of Wachovia Bank, N.A. v. Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, L.P., which this blog has discussed before. Just over…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Enforces Settlement Reached in Court–After Parties Add Material Terms
Rizzo v. Joseph Rizzo & Sons Construction Company, Inc., C.A. No. 2551-VCS (Del. Ch. March 12, 2010), read letter decision here. Overview This short letter decision is useful for those…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
When Does Little Recovery Justify a Large Fee Award?
This is a little item about a large award of attorney’s fees in an ERISA case to a prevailing plaintiff in a case involving only several hundred dollars in actual…
TortsProf Blog
Introducing Guest Blogger Richard Nagareda
Monday's guest blogger is Richard Nagareda. Nagareda is Professor of Law and Director of the Cecil D. Branstetter Litigation Dispute Resolution Program at Vanderbilt University Law School. Nagareda joined…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Length and Cost of a Lawsuit
My friend Gene Lee wrote a good post about how long discrimination lawsuits can take. He refers to statistics showing that from start to finish, the average lawsuit will take…
The D&O Diary
Madoff Feeder-Fund Survives Dismissal Motion
An astonishing amount of litigation followed in the wake of the Madoff scandal revelations, as I have detailed here. But thought the litigation filings have surged, the question remains whether…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
The 10 best Academy Award related lawsuits
It's timely, fun and there may be some good writing hypos lurking in some of these. Courtesy of THR.com by way of Above the Law:Disney sues the Academy of Motion…
Other
Book Review: Litigation Logic- A Practical Guide to Effective Argument, by Paul Bosanac
Litigation Logic– A Practical Guide to Effective Argument is an interesting book. As stated in the introduction: This book is dedicated to presenting informal fallacies through legal arguments… The product description…
MS Litigation Review & Commentary
Book Review: Litigation Logic- A Practical Guide to Effective Argument, by Paul Bosanac
Litigation Logic– A Practical Guide to Effective Argument is an interesting book. As stated in the introduction: This book is dedicated to presenting informal fallacies through legal arguments… The product description…
Business and Commercial
Necessity shows the impossible is possible
By Patrick Lamb
"You have to decrease the size of your law department by 40%. I know it's at a time when the demand for in-house legal services will be going way up,…