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Settlement
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San Antonio Employment Law Blog
O’Reilly Out at Fox News
Well, Bill O'Reilly is out at Fox News. His show was cancelled after the settlements surfaced. I wrote about those settlements here. The news report refers to the settlements as…
The Trade Practitioner
ZTE Corporation Enters Into US$1.19 Billion Settlement
On 7 March, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and Treasury jointly announced a US$1.19 billion settlement with China-based telecommunications company ZTE Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates (together ZTE) for…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Rave on MDL Closure Provisions
Teddy Rave has posted on SSRN his article, Closure Provisions in MDL Settlements, 85 Fordham L. Rev. 2175 (2017). Here’s the abstract:Closure has value in mass litigation. Defendants often insist…
SDNY Blog
Judge Furman: Parties Cannot Circumvent Approval of FLSA Settlements with Rule 68 Offer of Judgment
In an opinion yesterday, Judge Furman weighed in on -- and certified for interlocutory appeal -- an issue that has divided judges in the Southern District: whether the requirement that…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Civilizing Criminal Settlements”
Main April 1, 2017"Civilizing Criminal Settlements"The title of this post is the title of this interesting new article authored by Russell Gold, Carissa Byrne Hessick and F. Andrew Hessick now…
Consumer products law blog
Do California 998 settlement offers have legs in class actions?
If you litigate in California, chances are you have come across the CCP 998 settlement offer. Presenting the proverbial “carrot and stick,” 998 offers force plaintiffs to effectively “bet” on…
Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
Terrible Chicago Work Comp Firm Puts Wrong Body Part On Settlement Contracts
By Mike Helfand
There's one firm in Chicago who handles workers' compensation claims head and shoulders worse than everyone else. I say this because at least once a week I get a call…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Zimmerman on Bellwether Settlements
Adam Zimmerman has posted on SSRN a draft of his article, The Bellwether Settlement, which will appear in the Fordham Law Review. Here’s the abstract:This Article examines the use of…
TortsProf Blog
Levmore & Fagan on the Confidentiality Settlements
Saul Levmore & Frank Fagan have posted to SSRN Semi-Confidential Settlements in Civil, Criminal, and Sexual Assault Cases. The abstract provides:Settlement is more likely if parties are free to set…
Drug & Device Law
More Cy Pres Abuse in California Class Action Litigation
By Bexis
We can’t stand “cy pres” distributions of class action settlement funds to non-litigants. We’ve blogged about this benighted doctrine many times. We fought against cy pres at in the ALI,…