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Settlement
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Zachar Law Blog
What is a release in a personal injury settlement?
By Chris Zachar
A Release is a form that we use when a personal injury case is settled. In exchange for paying money, the insurance company wants assurance that the case is over…
FCPA Professor
I’m Not Sure Why A Law Firm Actively Marketed This “Favorable” Settlement
By Mike Koehler
As highlighted in prior posts here and here, the recent Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement action against Juniper Networks was an $11.7 million joke. For starters, the company was under FCPA…
Justice Pays
Your Case Probably Won’t Go To Trial (And That’s A Good Thing)
The vast majority of legal cases, both civil and criminal, never go before a jury. Instead, the two parties settle on a reasonable compromise that everyone can accept. In criminal…
Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
Is Your Lawyer Fighting For The Best Result Possible?
By Mike Helfand
One of the problems injured workers have when they are hurt on the job in Illinois is that they usually have no idea what their case is worth and have…
Consumer Finance Monitor
CFPB and NYAG file response and reply briefs in RD Legal
The CFPB and the New York Attorney General have filed their response and reply briefs in the Second Circuit, where the CFPB and NYAG filed appeals from the district court’s…
Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
How A $475,000 Settlement Put Over $800,000 In The Pocket Of A Client
By Mike Helfand
A couple of years ago a potential client called me with a major injury case. It was in central Illinois and you don't want a Chicago attorney for a downstate…
ERISA Litigation
Plaintiffs Increasingly Push for Non-Monetary Concessions from Plan Fiduciaries in ERISA Fee Settlements
Court filings made this week show that Johns Hopkins has settled its ERISA fee case on proposed terms that include making a $14.5 million settlement payment, the second highest settlement…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra Issues Dissent on Facebook Settlement
By Odia Kagan
"The decision to impose documentation requirements, rather than bright line rules, represents a significant departure from how the government traditionally aims to protect the public. It is akin to if…
Drug & Device Law
Judicial Involvement in the Settlement Process
Judges should ... judge. They should decide legal issues. But some judges think their primary role is to “manage” litigation. It turns out that such management often means strong-arming parties…
Archer Estate & Trust Litigation Law
When a Refunding Bond is Required
In the Matter of the Estate of Dorothy Dreher, No. A-4800-17T3, 2019 WL 1512720 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. April 8, 2019). Dorothy Dreher had two children, David and Rebecca.…