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Settlement Negotiation
302 published works
Legal Ease Blog
Update on Previous Post and Reasonableness of Legal Fees
By Allison Johs
There has been an animated discussion about this case on the Solomarketing listserv over the past week, and in light of that discussion and Ben Glass' comment over the weekend,…
Litigation & Trial
Vioxx Settlement; Merck Thinks Ethics are a Tool for Leverage
As noted previously here, there's big news in the plaintiff's world as Vioxx has made a $4.85 billion settlement offer to thousands of plaintiffs. The WSJ Law Blog picks up…
EvidenceProf Blog
Compromising Position: Ninth Circuit Finds Rule 408 Inapplicable When Proving Reasonable Apprehension
By Colin Miller
In Rhoades v. Avon Products, Inc., 2007 WL 2983757 (9th Cir. 2007), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals applied Federal Rule of Evidence 408 in a way in which I…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Rule 408 Does Not Bar Inclusion To Show Awareness of Facts
In Baldwin v. Carmack, 2007 WL 2410377 (Del. Ch., Aug. 17, 2007), read opinion here, the Chancery Court, in connection with a motion for partial summary judgment, in a one-page letter ruling…
Legal Profession Blog
Duty To Communicate Settlement Offer
The Illinois Review Board has recommended a four month suspension of an attorney who has practiced for 34 years without any prior discipline. The attorney failed to communicate an offer…
The Contingency
Primary Owes Excess Carrier Duty to Settle, Sixth Circuit Says
The Sixth Circuit today guessed what the Supreme Court of Kentucky would do. It concluded that the Court would recognize a claim by an excess insurance carrier against a primary…
Construction & Transition Litigation Law Blog
UCIOA – A Wolf in Sheeps’s Clothing – Part 9
This is part 9 of Randy Sawyer's 16 Part series on UCIOA. You can read previous posts here. Section 87, subsection (i) '87(i) - The executive board shall, at least…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Birnbaum, Scruggs, and the Katrina Settlement
By joetort
An article by Anita Lee in yesterday's Sun Herald (Mississippi) -- Insurance Showdown: Here's the Inside Story of How Legal Titans Reached Settlement -- sheds light on the process by…
Louisiana Law Blog
Will Your Settlement Negotiations With LDEQ Be Published on the Web?
By Kean Miller
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) recently instituted a pilot program of making its Electronic Document Management System (“EDMS”) available on the internet for a six-month trial period. The EDMS is…
LawSites
Ethical guidelines for settlement negotiations
Download this 2002 special report from the ABA Section of Litigation: Ethical Guidelines for Settlement Negotiations.