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Settlement
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Mass Torts Law Blog
Global Settlement Order Entered as Abilify Litigation Moves Forward
By Stefanie Colella-Walsh, Martin P. Schrama
In May 2018, Judge M. Casey Rogers, who is overseeing the federal Abilify litigation, entered an Order to establish the “initial parameters by which the global mediation of this matter…
Harvey & Binnall Insight & News
How a Settlement Can Lead to a Win-Win Outcome
If you are involved in the early-goings of a business dispute, then chances are that you’ve considered the possibility of a settlement (i.e., a negotiated compromise where both parties agree…
The Faculty Lounge
ABA and Cooley Nearing Settlement?
Back in April, I incorrectly surmised that Cooley and the ABA had reached a settlement in their lawsuit. How else to explain the ABA's decision to find Cooley back in…
Legal Profession Blog
Converted To Disbarred
The Georgia Supreme Court has disbarred an attorneyThe facts, as deemed admitted by Snipes’s default, are as follows. A client retained Snipes to represent him in connection with an automobile…
Drug & Device Law
Breaking News – Supreme Court Accepts Cy Pres Appeal
By Bexis
Last September, we criticized a 2-1 decision out of the Ninth Circuit, In re Google Referrer Header Privacy Litigation, 869 F.3d 737 (9th Cir. 2017), calling it a “poster child”…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
SCOTUS Cert Grant on Cy Pres Class Action Awards
Today the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Frank v. Gaos, which presents the question:Whether, or in what circumstances, a cy pres award of class action proceeds that provides no direct…
Healthcare Law Blog
CMS Rolls Out Provider Appeals Settlement Efforts
(as first posted in the Hospice Log Blog on April 12, 2018) This year CMS is rolling out two new programs aimed, finally, at helping to settle certain types of…
PrawfsBlawg
Naruto lives
Main Sunday, April 15, 2018Naruto livesNaruto v. Slater, the so-called "Monkey Selfie" case, lives. The Ninth Circuit denied the Joint Motion to Dismiss the Appeal and Vacate the Judgment, filed…
The Lien Zone
Are You Really Going to Cash That Check Marked “Paid in Full”?
By Alex Barthet
You are busy building an addition for a customer. You submit some change orders but the owner disputes your claim for extras. You explain that the scope of the contracted…
China Law Blog
Litigating or Arbitrating Against Chinese Companies: Settlement May Not be an Option
By Dan Harris
American and European companies often reach out to my law firm after having spent 4-6 months trying to reach a settlement with their Chinese counter-party and then given up. These…