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Settlement Agreements
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Bill Madden's Blog
Abuse: Appeal regarding an application to set aside a settlement agreement (Victoria).
By Bill Madden
Trustees of the Marist Brothers v Barclay [2025] VSCA 297 (Link to Jade). The primary judge had set aside the whole of a settlement agreement in relation to historical sexual…
Free Movement Articles
Briefing: the implications of the “earned settlement” proposals and what they might mean in practice
It seems it’s currently the Labour government’s turn to fervently and endlessly push the “fixing immigration once and for all” boulder up the very tall hill of British politics, as…
Knowledge Centre
Earned Settlement: What the 10-Year Proposal Means
The post Earned Settlement: What the 10-Year Proposal Means appeared first on Richmond Chambers.
FCA Now
Judge Rejects FCA Settlement Deal: No Rubber Stamping and Bromides Won’t Do
By Chris DeLong
A recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to reject a proposed $57 million settlement in a False Claims Act (FCA) litigation highlights the…
Bill Madden's Blog
Abuse: Order to set aside Deed in part.
By Bill Madden
Mooney v Trustees of the Christian Brothers [2025] VSC 602 (Link to JADE). In July 2016, the plaintiff accepted an offer of settlement from the defendant, the Trustees of the Christian Brothers, for…
Southern California Appellate News
Good faith settlement appealability
The 3d publishes Fennesy v. Altoonian, which details the split of authority on whether "good faith settlement determination can be reviewed only through a petition for writ of mandate pursuant…
Commercial Case Notes
Exchange of E-Mails Agreeing to Settle Did Not Create Binding Agreement Because of Failure to Agree to Material Terms
By John Lundin
On September 2, 2025, Justice Reed of the New York County Commercial Division issued a decision in CoPilot Travel, Inc. v. Magstar Capital, LLC, 2025 NY Slip Op. 51388(U), holding…
Government Contracts Featured Insights
Doctrine of Accord and Satisfaction in Federal Contracts
In government contracts, the doctrine of accord and satisfaction is an affirmative defense that discharges a claim because some performance different from that which was claimed to be due is…
Legal Theory Blog
Bachar on Coercive Settlements
Gilat Juli Bachar (Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law) has posted Coercive Settlements (93 George Washington Law Review 733 (2025)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Can…
Commercial Case Notes
Legal Malpractice Claim Barred by Favorable Settlement
By John Lundin
On June 27, 2025, the Fourth Department issued a decision in Claude Mayo Constr. Co., Inc. v. Barclay Damon LLP, 2025 NY Slip Op. 03897, holding that a legal malpractice…