Topic
Settlement
1,038 published works
TortsProf Blog
Burch on Zimmerman on the Corrective Justice State
Elizabeth Chamblee Burch (Georgia) has posted to SSRN Revisiting the Government as Plaintiff. The abstract provides:This is a symposium essay dedicated to the late Richard Nagareda and written in response…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
How Much Does It Cost To Make A Wage And Hour Case Go Away?
By Michael Fucci, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Authored by Laura E. Reasons Well, . . . it depends. A recent report, however, sheds some light on the subject. NERA Economic Consulting has once again published its Trends in Wage…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Due Process and Voluntary Case Settlement
Settlements including pleas to criminal charges are the linchpin of an orderly system of justice. As any prosecutor, and indeed, any litigator knows, only a very small portion of cases…
Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
Confidentiality agreements in workers’ compensation settlements
By Mike Helfand
A confidentiality agreement, as part of a settlement, is meant to prevent you from revealing the details of your settlement. Basically, the defendant (or respondent in Illinois work comp cases)…
Class Defense Blog
Supreme Court Denies Review—This Time—Of Challenge To Cy Pres Class Settlement
For weeks, class-action practitioners have been waiting to see whether the Supreme Court would grant review in Marek v. Lane, a case involving a challenge to the cy pres component…
Insurance Law Hawaii
One Insurer’s Settlement with Insured Does Not Bar Contribution Claim by Other Insurers
The New Jersey Supreme Court held that one insurer could seek contribution from another insurer who settled with and secured a release from the insured. Potomac Ins. Co. v.…
InsureReinsure
California Appellate Court Issues Bad Faith Duty to Settle Opinion
On October 7, the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, held that a liability insurer, in the absence of any demand or settlement offer from a third party claimant,…
Privacy & Data Security Law Journal
$3,000,000 Settlement Reached in Data Breach Lawsuit
By Al Saikali
How much of a headache can a couple of stolen laptops cause your organization? How about a $3 million headache?? That is the amount of a settlement proposed in an Unopposed…
California Employment Law Update
New IRS Guidance On Tax Treatment Of Attorney’s Fees
By Anthony DiBenedetto, Tony Oncidi
The IRS recently released a memorandum advising taxpayers on the proper tax characterization of attorney’s fee payments in connection with a settlement of or judgment in an employment dispute. Courts…
The Securities Edge
It was me! SEC to toss “neither admit nor deny” policy in certain cases
SEC Chair Mary Jo White has indicated that the SEC will require that, in certain cases, admissions be made as a condition of settling rather than permitting the defendant to…