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Ohio: Settlement Means You’re Done
Here's the latest in our series of cases which in effect say "when you settle, you're done."In State ex rel. Gideon v. Page, No. 2024-0573 (Oct. 10, 2024), the Ohio…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
A Pro Se Claim Falters on Voluntary Settlement
Getty v Schiavetta 2024 NY Slip Op 50697(U) [83 Misc 3d 1212(A)] Decided on May 18, 2024 Supreme Court, Westchester County Ondrovic, J. is a claim of legal malpractice and…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
NLRB Will No Longer Approve Consent Orders
By Jennifer G. Betts, C. Thomas Davis
Quick Hits A recent decision from the NLRB found that consent orders undermine the NLRB general counsel’s prosecutorial authority and fail to facilitate a mutual resolution of labor disputes. For…
Employment Law Watch
New SRA requirements for dealing with NDAs: Impact on settlement agreements
By Joanna Powis, Alison Heaton
Earlier this month, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) updated its warning notice on the appropriate use of non-disclosure agreements (NDA), creating increased regulatory obligations for lawyers advising on, drafting and…
Law Times News
Ontario Superior Court rules ‘no admission of liability’ clause as standard in settlement cases
$13,500 settlement in limbo as plaintiff refuses to sign
Law Times News
Ontario Court of Appeal dismisses attempt to overturn settlement agreement in personal injury case
The court is reluctant to interfere with settlement agreements without clear, overriding errors
Blaneys Appeals
COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (JULY 29 – AUGUST 2)
Jump To: Table of Contents | Civil Decisions | Short Civil Decisions Good afternoon. Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for…
Class Action Defense Blog
California Supreme Court Rules That Employers Facing Multiple Overlapping PAGA Lawsuits Can Settle With One PAGA Plaintiff Without Intervention By Another PAGA Plaintiff
By Eden E. Anderson, Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., and Shireen Wetmore Duane Morris Takeaways: The California Supreme Court issued its opinion in Turrieta, et al. v. Lyft, Inc., Case No.…
Drug & Device Law
MDL CPAP Plaintiffs Alleging Injuries Not Covered by Settlement Lacked Standing to Challenge or Rewrite Such Settlement
Many years ago an especially wise in-house lawyer (he is a reader of the blog, and we know he will understand that this reference comes from respect, not sycophancy) told…
Tort Talk
Trial Courts Are Not Rubber Stamps When It Comes To Requests to Seal a Settlement
No Rubber StampsIn the case of Moore v. JB Hunt Transport, Inc., No. 2024-CV-3773 (C.P. Lacka. Co. July 10, 2024 Nealon, J.), the court addressed the novel issue of a…