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Settlement
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Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Pereyra and Sunshine on Settlement Rates After Twombly and Iqbal
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Victor Abel Pereyra and Benjamin Sunshine, of University of Illinois College of Law, have posted on SSRN their paper Access-to-Justice v. Efficiency: An Empirical Study of Settlement Rates After Twombly and…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Sen. Warren Asks Fed, DOJ & SEC for Analysis on Settling without Admission of Guilt
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) posed this question to Ben Bernanke, Eric Holder and Mary Jo White in a May 14 letter: Have you conducted any internal research or analysis on…
Subject to Inquiry
During Testimony on SEC’s Budget, Mary Jo White Comments on “No Admit, No Deny” Policy
By Government Investigations Group
In testimony to the House Appropriations Committee, recently appointed SEC Chairman Mary Jo White stated that she continues to support the SEC’s practice of settling cases without requiring defendants to…
Wage & Hour Law Update
5-4 Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Collective Action Based on Employer’s Settlement Offer
Issuing its second sharply divided procedural opinion in as many months with ramifications for wage-and-hour practitioners, the Supreme Court yesterday ruled that a Pennsylvania nursing facility’s “offer of judgment,” which…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Judge Marrero Approves $600 Million SAC Insider Trading Settlement, Conditioned on Disposition of Citigroup Appeal
On March 15, 2013 the SEC filed an amended complaint against CR Intrinsic Investors, Mathew Martoma and Sidney Gilman and five relief defendants, alleging that CR Intrinsic participated in an insider trading scheme that caused hedge fund…
SDNY Blog
Judge Rakoff Denies Madoff Trustee’s Attempt to Halt NYAG Settlement With Feeder Fund
In an opinion yesterday, Judge Rakoff rejected a motion from the trustee of Bernard Madoff’s securities firm to void a $410 million settlement between the New York Attorney General and…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Grimmelman on Future Conduct and Class Actions
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
James Grimmelman (New York Law School) has posted Future Conduct and the Limits of Class-Action Settlements to SSRN.This Article identifies a new and previously unrecognized trend in class-action settlements: releases…
Minnesota Employer
Considerations for Settlement of Employment Lawsuits
There are many potential factors that employers may need to consider when deciding whether or not to offer a settlement in an employment lawsuit. While every case is different, here…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Erichson on Settlement Class Actions
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Professor Howard Erichson (Fordham) has posted on SSRN adraft of his article, The Problem of Settlement Class Actions.Here’s the abstract:This article argues that class actions should never becertified solely for…
Delaware Chancery Law Blog
Attorneys’ Fees Awarded in Disclosure Only Settlement
In the case of In re: Paetec Holding Corp. Shareholders Litigation, C.A. No. 6771-VCG (Del. Ch. Mar. 19, 2013), the Court of Chancery awarded attorneys’ fees in the amount of…