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Settlement
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South Carolina Appellate Law Blog
Court of Appeals issues opinion on 43k settlements
The following settlement was put on record just before trial:Your Honor, the settlement that’s been reached is that this case will be dismissed with prejudice by an order of dismissal…
Drug & Device Law
Bextra and Celebrex Cases Settled
By Bexis
We don't know any more than what we've read at Pharmalot, but the post there suggests that Pfizer has settled essentially all Bextra and Celebrex personal injury cases, along with…
TortsProf Blog
Settlement in Minnesota School Shooting
In March of 2005, a sixteen-year-old boy shot and killed seven students at Red Lake High School in Minnesota, injuring others, before killing himself. (He'd also killed his grandfather and…
Delaware Bankruptcy Update
Defending Avoidance Actions: The “Settlement Payment” Safe Harbor Receives Broad Interpretation Under In re Elrod Holdings
By Fox Rothschild LLP, Fox Rothschild LLP
When considering defenses to avoidance actions, ordinary course, new value and contemporaneous exchange often come to mind. A less common defense arises under 11 U.S.C. § 546(e), excluding from avoidance actions "settlement…
Aaron Morris' Business Law Alert
Bank of America taken to Woodshed over Mortgages
By Aaron Morris
Facing a lawsuit over deceptive mortgage practices, Bank of America Corp. is agreeing to pay more than $8 billion to modify hundreds of thousands of loans to keep people from…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Five More Firms Agree to Buy Back ARS
FINRA announced that it has reached agreements in principle with SunTrust Investment Services, Inc. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., both of Atlanta, GA, Comerica Securities, Inc. of Detroit, MI, First…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Credit Suisse Agrees to Buy Back ARS From Clients
NASAA announced that a settlement in principle has been reached between Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and state securities regulators, which will provide relief for the firm’s clients who have…
Litigation & Trial
How Can A Mediator Make Medium Size Cases Settle?
If you haven't been following, Victoria Pynchon at the Settle It Now Negotiation Blog and I have been having a running discussion about The Settlement Unicorn, which I originally defined…
Litigation & Trial
The Unicorn Rides Again: Early Settlement is the Result of External Factors
Victoria Pynchon at Settle It Now says she has spotted a settlement unicorn out in the wild. Indeed, she says she actually caught it and fully and finally released its…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Writer Takes Issue With Charities That Support Israeli Settlements
An interesting op-ed piece in the Palestine News Network takes issue with U.S. tax laws that allow charities to accept donations in support of Israeli settlors occupying disputed lands. According…