Topic
Settlement Negotiation
302 published works
Broker- Dealer Law Corner
Settling with FINRA Can Be Ugly, But It Sure Beats the Alternative
By Alan Wolper, UB Greensfelder
I used to work for NASD (before it became FINRA). First as an attorney for the Department of Enforcement, and, later, as the Director of the Atlanta District office. Given…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Ethical Obligations in Superstorm Sandy Confidential Altered Documents Settlement Discussions
By Chip Merlin
My phone started ringing early yesterday as my firm's East Coast attorneys were abuzz about my friend, Steve Mostyn, filing of a letter which included a proposed Superstorm Sandy settlement…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Since You Asked: A Modest Wage & Hour Law Proposal
Yesterday on Twitter, a Connecticut legislator posted this: "There oughta be a law...!" Hey Connecticut, legislators have 5 days to submit ideas for bills. What new laws should the #CTLeg…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Settlement Negotiations Immune from Judiciary Law 487 Application
Judiciary Law 487 is the ancient attorney deceit law. It arose just years after the Magna Carta. During the period between 1267 and today, attorneys have constantly been negotiating cases…
Incontestable Blog
“Underhanded” Settlement Tactics Did Not Constitute Fraud
The Southern District of Indiana recently issued a decision reiterating the “steep mountain” plaintiffs must climb to successfully allege common law fraud or cancel a trademark registration based upon fraud.Read…
Incontestable Blog
“Underhanded” Settlement Tactics Did Not Constitute Fraud
The Southern District of Indiana recently issued a decision reiterating the “steep mountain” plaintiffs must climb to successfully allege common law fraud or cancel a trademark registration based upon fraud.Read…
Workplace Law & Strategy
Recovering wasted costs and combatting the “trial by media” litigation strategy
By Michael Tamvakologos, Henry Skene
An all too common feature of individual employee claims is to include salacious allegations designed to shame or embarrass management representatives. In many cases, such allegations are unrelated to the…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Can Judiciary Law 487 Apply to Settlement Negotiations?
Judiciary Law 487, the attorney-deceit rule, applies when an attorney attempts or succeeds at deceit of the court or to a party. That broad rule was undercut in Wailes v…
Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
Let your lawyer be the jerk, you should be nice
By Mike Helfand
One conversation that sticks out in my brain from my early days as an attorney was with an insurance adjuster. I started off my career working for a prominent Chicago…
Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
A new insurance company lie in Illinois
By Mike Helfand
I have a good friend that is a workers’ compensation lawyer in Florida. I have referred him cases and the ones that he’s able to take on he does a…