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The Appellate Strategist
The Use of Principles of Aggregate Litigation by Courts: The Early Returns
By Vance Wittie
The American Law Institute gave final approval to the Principles of Aggregate Litigation in May, 2009. Drafts of the Principles had been published for several years before final approval, and…
Ad Law Access
Florida AG Announces Settlement Over Rebate Offers
Earlier today, the Florida Attorney General announced a settlement with Systemax and its subsidiaries, Tigerdirect and Onrebate, over allegations that the companies failed to pay rebates to consumers, as advertised.…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Best in Law Blogs : LexBlog Network : September 21, 2010
With 143 posts on the LexBlog Network today, we have some very solid entries for the roundup today: Rob Radcliff comments on Mark Hurd's settlement with HP, Scott Key highlights some lessons learned…
Marler Blog
Judge Approves Settlement of Peanut Corporation Salmonella Cases
By Bill Marler
According to press reports, late yesterday afternoon a federal judge recommended approval of a $12 million settlement for those sickened or killed in last year's salmonella outbreak tied to a…
Class Action Countermeasures
The Strategic Dilemma of Bad Settlements – Mirfasihi v Fleet Mortgage
By The Editors
When a defendant is faced with a class action complaint, sometimes the best strategy appears to be to settle quickly, before having to engage in costly litigation or burdensome discovery.…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Cooperative Effort Between State and Federal Judges in Settling Mass Tort
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
The Fulton County Daily Report describes the settlement in lawsuits over vitamin supplements: "DeKalb County State Court Judge Alvin T. Wong participated in the mass mediation at the request of…
Patents Post-Grant
Turning Off an Inter Partes Patent Reexamination
Can an Ongoing Patent Reexamination be Stopped?With most patent reexaminations now being conducted concurrent to a district court or ITC proceeding, a common question of such plaintiffs is "what becomes…
D.C. Medical Malpractice Blog
AstraZeneca Pays $198Mill To Settle 17,500 Lawsuits
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, founding member and senior attorney Bloomberg News (8/9, Feeley, Kelley) reports, "AstraZeneca Plc will pay about $198 million to settle 17,500 lawsuits, or…
NJ Family Legal Blog
"Settlement Anxiety" – An Effective Tool or an Unfair One?
Recently, I was at a mediation where the mediator, when telling us his assessment of my client's case, said that he was creating "settlement anxiety." I had never heard this…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
NYTimes Article on Plaintiff Disappointment with 9/11 Settlement
By joetort
The NY Times' Mireya Navarro has a long article today entitled "9/11 Settlements Bring Moment of Reckoning" about the disappointment of many plaintiffs in the WTC Disaster Site Litigation with…