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Settlement
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Triage Health Law
Government rewards biopharma by declining penalty
By Thomas Zeno
In a settlement this week, the government rewards prompt action of a biopharma company by declining a penalty. Although an enforcement action by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the approach corresponds to a recent announcement…
SDNY Blog
Judge Carter Vacates Ruling at Both Sides’ Request To Facilitate Settlement
In a case concerning a loan default, Judge Carter agreed today to vacate a prior ruling finding that the borrower (the National Bank of Liberia) had waived sovereign immunity. Judge…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Changes at the NLRB–Will New Representation Rules Be Altered?
With the new Republican majority at the NLRB, changes from the prior Board were to be expected and now we're beginning to see that pay out. For instance, yesterday, by…
Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
What Your Lawyer Should Do Before Settling Your Case
By Mike Helfand
In 99% of cases you'll get more money for settling your case with a lawyer than without. Sadly I learned about the 1% recently where you won't. A caller to…
Declassified
Reverse Auction Ploy by Competing Class Counsel Creates Right of Intervention by Class Members Whose Settlement Demands Were Underbid
By Darrell C. Tucker II, Michael R. Pennington
In a case that reveals the darker aspects of what can sometimes be an ugly competition for the class counsel role, the Eleventh Circuit rendered an opinion last week finding…
Wiley Executive Summary
Insured Fails to Allege Bad Faith Damages When Settlement Was Funded by Another Insurer
A California federal district court has held that an insured did not suffer damages sufficient to support a bad faith claim for failure to indemnify because another excess insurer during…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
CFTC Clarifies That Variation Margin Constitutes Settlement
By James M. Brady, Kevin M. Foley
The Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued an interpretive letter clarifying that payments of variation margin, price alignment amounts and other payments…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Winship & Robbennolt on SEC Settlements
Verity Winship and Jennifer K. Robbennolt have posted An Empirical Study of Admissions in SEC Settlements on SSRN with the following abstract:Transparency and accountability were the announced aims of the Securities…
Tax Controversy 360
Tax Court Holds Payment from Qualified Settlement Fund is Includable in Taxpayer’s Gross Income
By Gale E. Chan
In Ritter v. Commissioner, TC Memo. 2017-185 (September 19, 2017), the Tax Court held that a taxpayer’s receipt of a payment from a section 468B qualified settlement fund (QSF) was…
Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
One Reason Your Lawyer May Be Eager To Get A Settlement Offer
By Mike Helfand
Everyone wants to settle their Illinois workers' compensation case if they can. It's how you get paid, it's how we get paid and it brings closure. Of course, you don't…