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Settlement
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California Employment Law Update
Employer Can Recover $90,000 In Costs From Employee Who Rejected Multiple Settlement Offers
By Tony Oncidi
Sviridov v. City of San Diego, 2017 WL 3493855 (Cal. Ct. App. 2017) Aleksei Sviridov, a former police officer for the City of San Diego, was terminated from his job…
Credit Chronometer
Mortgage Settlements Surpass $158B, Lawsuits Could Persist for Years to Come
Joseph Cioffi was quoted in an S&P Global Market Intelligence article, “Mortgage Settlements Surpass $158B, Lawsuits Could Persist for Years to Come.” Click here to view the full article.
Wage & Hour Law Update
Pre-Litigation FLSA Settlements Don’t Require Court or DOL Approval, New York Federal Court Holds
In a case of first impression in the Second Circuit, a court in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has held private settlements under the…
Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
Illinois Work Comp – There Are No Side Agreements In Settlements
By Mike Helfand
I got a call from a guy who had a question about his Illinois workers' compensation case settlement. His boss told him that if he settled the case he'd allow…
Consumer Finance Monitor
Federal district court denies state AGs’ request to redirect unused CFPB settlement funds to NAAG
By Juliana D. Gerrick, Ballard CFS Group
We previously reported that the Connecticut Attorney General, on behalf of himself and the Attorneys General of Indiana, Kansas and Vermont (the “state AGs”), had filed a joint motion to…
Consumer Finance Monitor
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair seeks DOJ rescission of settlement payments to third parties
Earlier this month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memorandum in which he prohibited DOJ attorneys from entering into settlement agreements on behalf of the United States that require a…
Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
Our Settlements From 2017 Should Not Impress You
By Mike Helfand
That's right, I'm telling you don't be impressed by the work we've done. Here are some of the settlements we've gotten this year on cases we've been a part of:…
Consumer Finance Monitor
Attorney General bans DOJ settlements conditioned on payments to “special interest groups” or “political friends”
On June 7, 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memorandum directing that "Department attorneys may not enter into any agreement on behalf of the United States in settlement of…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Kmart Breach Settlement of $6.9M With Banks Approved by Court
Kmart's proposed settlement with banks that had to reimburse customers following Kmart’s 2014 data breach was approved by an Illinois federal judge last week with one caveat: he wants to…
Consumer Finance Monitor
CFPB and DOJ file submissions opposing state AGs’ proposal to redirect unused settlement funds to NAAG
By Juliana D. Gerrick, Ballard CFS Group
We previously reported that the Connecticut Attorney General, on behalf of the Attorneys General of Indiana, Kansas and Vermont, (the “state AGs”) had filed a joint motion to intervene in…