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Legal Profession Blog
Immediate Suspension
The New York Appellate Division ordered the immediate suspension of an attorney based on the following findings of fact:In June 2008, the Committee received a complaint against respondent from a…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
“If You Don’t Quit (and Sign a Release), You’re Fired”: Court Upholds Agreement; Says It Is Not “Undue Influence”
From time to time, employers are faced with a quandary: When an employee has not been following the rules, do I fire the employee straight up? Or do I give the…
New York Injury Cases Blog
Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Saga in NY: After 13 Years, Doctors Lose Two Trials, Fail to Enforce a Favorable Settlement Agreement and Must Pay $1,405,000
It’s not an uncommon situation in the ever-uncertain world of jury deliberations in personal injury and medical malpractice cases in New York and nationwide. After years of litigation, months of trial preparation…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
Clean Air Act Settlement
By Greg Russell
U.S. EPA has published notice of a proposed consent decree with WildEarth Guardians and San Juan Citizens Alliance filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
Fortuna Settlement
By Greg Russell
WCAX is reporting that Fortuna Energy, Inc., has settled with the State of New York and agreed to renegotiate lease terms with landowners over claims that it improperly extended its…
Marler Blog
Secrecy in Food Poisoning Settlements – Is it Time for Transparency?
By Bill Marler
I took the time today to read the Seattle Times article by Maureen O’Hagan, “Seattle lawyer turns into healthy food crusader,” and I was struck by a discussion I had…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Issacharoff & Klonoff on The Public Value of Settlement
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Professor Samuel Issacharoff (NYU School of Law) and Dean Robert H. Klonoff (Lewis & Clark Law School) have posted "The Public Value of Settlement" on SSRN. This paper will be published…
NJ Family Legal Blog
Musings On Principle vs. Litigation
I have a matter now that will likely go to trial in the early part of the new year. It appears inevitable. Sometimes there are just those cases where a client…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Amended Settlement Agreement in Google Book Class Action
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
As covered earlier here, the FRCP 23(e) fairness hearing on the controversial settlement in the Google Book class action -- originally scheduled for last month -- was postponed by U.S.…
The Contingency
Will $1.25B Intel/AMD Deal Prompt Chip Buyers to Sue?
You could put an eye out with that gavel. Intel Corporation has made peace with Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., the companies announced in IDENTICAL press releases today (here and here). …