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Hunton Retail Law Resource
Supreme Court Denies Review of Second Circuit Decision Compelling Court or DOL Approval of FLSA Settlements
By Robert T. Quackenboss, Katie Cole
As reported on the Hunton Employment and Labor Law Blog, the United States Supreme Court has denied a restaurant manager’s petition seeking review of whether parties may stipulate to the…
Mortgage Crisis & Financial Services Watch
Citibank Breaks the Ice with a $23 Million Settlement in LIBOR Class Action
Citibank, N.A. has asked a federal district court to bless its $23 million settlement in a class action lawsuit alleging a wide-ranging conspiracy among banks to fix yen-denominated London Interbank…
Wiley Executive Summary
Court Holds Insurer Can Allocate Settlements
A federal district court in Pennsylvania has upheld an insurer’s right to allocate settlements between covered and non-covered amounts and affirmed the insurer’s substantive allocation of two settlements. United Nat’l…
Consumer Class Defense Blog
Picked Off: The Supreme Court Rejects The Mooting Effect of Unaccepted Offers of Judgment and Settlement
A seemingly innocuous recruitment text message from the United States Navy has led to the official unraveling of a tactic long-used and widely-favored by defendants to escape a class action…
International Law Prof Blog
Concern Over Israel’s Claim of “State Land” in the Occupied West Bank
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for “substantial policy changes on the ground” by Israel, voicing deep concern at reports that the Government has declared of 370 acres in…
Business Litigation Blog
Goldman Sachs Announces $5 Billion Settlement With DOJ
Goldman Sachs announced yesterday that it has agreed in principle to a $5.06 billion settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), which would resolve claims stemming from several state…
Life Sciences Legal Update
UPDATE: Pacira Pharmaceutical Inc. v. FDA Lawsuit Settled
By Lisa Baird
The Pacira Pharmaceutical Inc. v. FDA lawsuit has been a frequent topic of discussion on the blog, and now, in breaking news, the case has been settled. Pacira will be…
Ad Law Access
Wyndham Agrees to Settle FTC Data Security Case
After four years of litigation, this past Wednesday, Wyndham Worldwide Corporation and three of its subsidiaries (collectively, “Wyndham”) settled the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) allegations that the global hospitality company…
The Policyholder Perspective
365 Days Later: Lessons Learned from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
By Mike Sampson, Brian Himmel, Andrew Muha, Traci Rea
One year ago today, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued the first two of four important insurance-coverage law opinions that it would hand down in 2014 and 2015. Those four decisions…
Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
Do you have to be paid a settlement?
By Mike Helfand
A nice woman called me after undergoing successful carpal tunnel surgeries to both of her hands/wrists. She had post surgery therapy and is back to work on a full duty…