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Napoli Shkolnik Blog
¿CUÁL ES LA DIFERENCIA ENTRE UN ACUERDO POR LESIONES PERSONALES Y UNA SENTENCIA JUDICIAL?
Técnicamente, no hay diferencia entre una sentencia judicial y un acuerdo extrajudicial. El juez debe aprobar tanto el veredicto de un jurado como un acuerdo extrajudicial. Sin embargo, como se…
Roberts Disability Law Blog
Eleventh Circuit Holds ERISA Does Not Impede Multi-District Antitrust Class Settlement Between Blue Cross and Member Plans
In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litig. MDL 2406, No. 22-13051, __F.4th__, 2023 WL 7012247 (11th Cir. Oct. 25, 2023), is a case involving multi-district litigation (MDL) of consolidated…
IHWLaw Blog - Business Law and Litigation
The Chess of Pre-Litigation Dispute Resolution: Mastering Strategy with Seasoned Counsel
Summary: Navigating the complex landscape of pre-litigation dispute resolution is akin to engaging in a well-executed game of chess, requiring foresight, strategy, and the sage counsel of an experienced player.…
Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
Recall Litigation Report: Philips Reaches Settlement in CPAP/BiPAP MDL
More than two years after consumers across the country first started filing suit against Philips Respironics (Philips) over certain recalled sleep apnea devices, the company announced that it has reached…
Drug & Device Law
Of MDLs, Settlements, and Common Benefit Contracts
By Bexis
Our immediate reaction to In re Bard IVC Filters Products Liability Litigation, ___ F.4th ___, 2023 WL 5441793 (9th Cir. Aug. 24, 2023) (hereafter, “Jones” (the plaintiff’s name)), was “popcorn…
Tobacco Law Blog
Iowa Reaches MSA Settlement with Tobacco Manufacturers, Ending 18-Year Legal Dispute
By Troutman Pepper Locke Tobacco Practice, Christina Sava, Bryan Haynes, Agustin Rodriguez
Last summer, we wrote about the Iowa Attorney General’s $133 million suit against the tobacco manufacturers that are signatories to the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). Brought in Iowa state court,…
A Lawyer's Blog
SETTLEMENT AND CPLR 5003-A
JDT v. CHAIMOWITZ, 2023 NY Slip Op 3940 - NY: Appellate Div., 2nd Dept. 2023:"Under CPLR 5003-a(a), "[w]hen an action to recover damages has been settled, any settling defendant .…
Litigation Finance Journal
Legal-Bay Pre-Settlement Funding Reports Johnson & Johnson’s Latest Attempt at Bankruptcy has Failed
By John Freund
Legal-Bay, The Pre Settlement Funding Company, announced today that Johnson & Johnson’s efforts to put a hold on the numerous lawsuits they are facing by filing bankruptcy have failed. Judge…
Environmental Law & Policy Monitor
Plaintiffs and 3M Given August 28 Deadline to Respond to State AGs’ Opposition to $12.5B Settlement in the PFAS Multidistrict Litigation
By Troutman Pepper Locke State Attorneys General Team
Public water utilities and 3M have until August 28 to respond to the bipartisan coalition of 22 state attorneys general (AGs) that opposes their proposed $12.5 billion class action settlement…
Regulatory Oversight
Plaintiffs and 3M Given August 28 Deadline to Respond to State AGs’ Opposition to $12.5B Settlement in the PFAS Multidistrict Litigation
By Troutman Pepper Locke State Attorneys General Team
Public water utilities and 3M have until August 28 to respond to the bipartisan coalition of 22 state attorneys general (AGs) that opposes their proposed $12.5 billion class action settlement…