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Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
Talkin’ ERISA Litigation Trends
I will be presenting a seminar next week, on Wednesday January 14th, to the ASPPA Benefits Council of New England, entitled “ERISA Litigation: An Update from the Front Lines.” After…
InsureReinsure
UK: JP Morgan v Springwell: Costs Awarded on Indemnity Basis After Unsuccessful Investment Losses Claim
Springwell, the unsuccessful party in JP Morgan v Springwell, failed to establish a case that the investment bank was liable for Springwell's investment losses, and the High Court awarded costs…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
The Madoff Litigation Update
Kevin LaCroix of The D & O Diary provides a very useful update of the lawsuits that have been filed to date involving the Bernie Madoff ponzi scheme that is estimated to have…
South Carolina Injury Law Journal
My Friend’s Friend’s Baby Mama’s Uncle’s Girlfriend Said….
By Trey Mills
....her girlfriend got $100,000.00 dollars for an injury case just like mine. When I hear comments like that I often times think of Saturday Night Live when Seth Meyers & Amy Poehler …
TortsProf Blog
Mark Lanier Addresses Jon Hanson’s Torts Class
Mark Lanier, of Vioxx litigation fame, addressed Jon Hanson's Torts class at Harvard last month. He discussed the psychological aspects of tort law, focusing on communicating with juries. A summary…
Chicago IP Litigation
New Stanford Statistics Database Confirms Common Knowledge re Litigation Trends
The Stanford Law School launched its Intellectual Property Litigation Clearinghouse ("IPLC") earlier this month - click here to go to the site (registration required). The IPLC is a searchable database…
Alabama Employment Law Report
Companies predict increase in lawsuits in 2009
The Seattle Business Journal recently reported that in a survey of companies in the United States and Great Britain, corporate counsel expected the number of lawsuits filed against their companies to…
TortsProf Blog
Who Should Pay for Litigation Costs?
In today's Wall Street Journal, Dan Slater examines the question of who should pay the costs of litigation - a loser pays rule as in Canada, Germany and the U.K.,…
Litigation & Trial
How Not To Spend $120 Million In Hourly Fees On A Single Trial: A Few Questions for Robertson v. Princeton
Yesterday we discussed the outrageous attorneys fees in the Robertson v. Princeton suit, which amounted to $80 million in pre-trial litigation costs and $40 million in projected trial costs. Based…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Winston & Strawn’s Bradley Lerman to Become Pfizer’s Senior VP of Litigation
By joetort
As reported by the Wall Street Journal Law Blog and on Yahoo Finance.BGS