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The Contingency
FTC Chips Away at Intel Dominance
The Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition enforces U.S. pro-competition laws in tandem -- and at times in competition with -- the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. Like its DOJ cousin, the…
Securities Law Prof Blog
AIG Plans Stock Offering to Pay Ohio Funds Settlement
How is AIG going to pay the $725 million settlement with the Ohio pension funds? According to AIG's 8-K Report:Under the terms of the Settlement, if consummated, AIG will pay…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Views on Goldman Settlement
The consensus on the SEC-Goldman settlement is that the bank got off easy (one headline described it as a "token" settlement), but it may have enhanced the SEC's reputation, so…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Novartis Sex Discrimination Class Action Ends in $175 Million Settlement
Female sales representatives at Novartis have agreed to accept $175 Million to settle their sex discrimination class action in the case of Velez v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., No. 04-9194 (S.D.N.Y.…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Press Conference on Goldman Settlement
Robert Khuzami, SEC Enforcement Division Director, emphasized the following points in his remarks at the press conference announcing the Goldman settlement:Largest penalty every -- $300 million, plus $250 million in…
Structured Settlements 4Real® Blog
Yanisse Adrian v Mesirow Structured Settlements, LLC-VIDEO Podcast
By John Darer
In this Legal Broadcast Network video, structured settlement and settlement planning experts John Darer and Mark Wahlstrom discuss the July 9, 2010 Federal court decision in Puerto Rico styled Yanisse…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
DePoorter on the Feedback Effect of Civil Settlements
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Prof. Ben DePoorter's essay, Law in the Shadow of Bargaining: The Feedback Effect of Civil Settlements, 95 Cornell L. Rev. 957 (2010), is now "in print" at the Cornell Law…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Judge Approves WTC Disaster Site Settlement
By joetort
Yesterday Judge Hellerstein held what the media is calling a "fairness" (in scare quotes) hearing on Wednesday and approved the settlement proposed for resolving the cases in the WTC Disaster…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
New Settlement Agreement for Ground Zero Workers
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
The New York Times reports here that a new settlement agreement has been reached that would compensate about 10,000 ground zero rescue and cleanup workers. This new settlement follows an…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
9/11 Lawyers Offer to Reduce Attorneys’ Fees in Settlement
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
A few months ago, the lawyers representing the first responders, recovery workers, and contractors at Ground Zero came to a draft settlement with lawyers for NYC, the captive insurer, and…