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M & A Law Prof Blog
J. Crew sues shareholders
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
That's a real "man bites dog" headline, but it looks like J Crew has sued the shareholder plaintiffs who challenged the going private deal. You'll remember that the shareholder plaintiffs…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
Recent Trends in Wage and Hour Settlements: Big Money For Plaintiffs; Big Cost for Companies
Authored by Laura Reasons Recent Trends in Wage and Hour Litigation, a report recently released by NERA Economic Consulting, analyzes trends across 187 reported settlements of wage and hour cases…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Securities America Settlement — On or Off?
Yesterday it was reported that enough investors had accepted the $180 million settlement offer by Securities America and its parent Ameriprise to make it happen. The settlement involves claims of investors…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Nighthawk letter to counsel
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
A couple of weeks ago there was some talk of collusive settlements and forum shopping (here). In a case before the Delaware Chancery Court, Vice Chancellor Laster appointed a special…
Food Safety News
Publisher's Platform: Secrecy in Settlements
By Bill Marler
I took the time today to read again the Seattle Times article by Maureen O'Hagan, "Seattle lawyer turns into healthy food crusader," and I was struck by a discussion I…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Securities America Proposes to Settle Arbitration Claims
Readers of this blog know that I have been following the Securities America litigation that involves complicated questions about the relationship between litigation and arbitration claims when numerous investors are…
Re:Marks on Trademark and Copyright
Google Book Settlement Rejection
The District Court for the Southern District of New York has refused to approve the proposed settlement of copyright claims arising from Google's digitization of books and presentation of excerpts…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Judge Rakoff Challenges SEC Practice of Settling Defendants “Neither Admitting nor Denying”
Judge Jed Rakoff continues to poke and prod the SEC about how the agency negotiates consent judgments. In SEC v. Vitesse Semiconductor Corp.(Download SEC.VitesseSettlement), the Judge approved the settlement before…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Judge Chin Rejects Google Books Settlement
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Judge Chin (SDNY) rejected the settlement negotiated in the Google Books class action case. He worries that the settlement would be unfair to copyright owners and suggested that an opt-in…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Sale on Judges As Gatekeepers
Judges Who Settle, by Hillary A. Sale, Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract:This Article develops a construct of judges…