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Pay or Play
Baphomet Gets Some Credit
This post is authored by Fox Rothschild partner Christopher P. Beall: The much ballyhooed case involving copyright and trademark claims against the producers of the Netflix television series The Chilling Adventures…
Food Poison Journal
Settlements Happen in Hawaii Hepatitis A Outbreak
By Bill Marler
On August 15, 2016, the Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) identified raw scallops served at Genki Sushi restaurants on Oahu and Kauai as a likely source of an ongoing hepatitis…
Food Poison Journal
Settlement Reached in California Botulism Outbreak
By Bill Marler
As many as 10 sickened with 1 death. Marler Clark represented 5 sickened in confidential settlement. The outbreak of foodborne botulism originating from the Valley Oak Food and Fuel gas…
Hague Law Blog
Think of the Long Game, Part 2 — The case isn’t over until the plaintiff gets a check.
By Aaron Lukken
[caption id="attachment_4053" align="alignright" width="293"] "Worried People," Pedro Ribeiro Simões, via Wikimedia Commons[/caption] [See also Think of the Long Game, Part 1 — Making Sure You’re In the Right Forum.] Plaintiffs’…
Legal Profession Blog
New Jersey Rejects Trump Mitigation Argument
An attorney's disbarment in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York led to reciprocal disbarment in New Jersey.The attorney settled an employment discrimination case for…
NJ Family Legal Blog
How Not to Settle Your Case
Several years ago I did a post on this blog of the same name and then updated it some time later. The list then, as re-compiled below, are things to do…
Legal Secrets
61% of the time Trial Verdicts Are Usually the Same as a Pre-Trial Settlement Offers
In an article by Sanford Gage, who is a very good mediator, 9,000 California settlement decisions were analyzed over 41 years comparing rejected pretrial settlement offers and actual trial results.…
California Employment Law Update
Attorneys Were Not Liable For Breach Of Confidential Settlement Agreement
By Tony Oncidi
Monster Energy Co. v. Schechter, 26 Cal. App. 5th 54 (2018) The attorneys for two individuals who had sued Monster Energy Company signed and approved as to “content and form”…
Louisiana Law Blog
Louisiana Court Rejects Insurers’ Arguments that Act 312 Requires Settlement Funds of All Oilfield Legacy Lawsuits to be Placed in the Court’s Registry
Insurers in oilfield legacy lawsuits often argue they are not responsible for their insureds’ settlements with landowners because La. R.S. 30:29 (“Act 312”) requires the settlements to be deposited into…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
Proposed Changes to Class Action Rules Covering Notice, Settlements, Objections, and Appeals Awaiting Approval of Congress
By Michael Reed, Ryan A. Glasgow
The Supreme Court recently approved substantial changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, including amendments to Rule 23, which covers federal class actions. The amendments to Rule 23 seek…