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Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Vioxx Settlement Discussion Panel
By joetort
The American Enterprise Institute hosted a two hour long panel discussion about the Vioxx Settlement last Monday. Panelists included Andy Birchfield (attorney), John Calfee (American Enterprise Institute), George Cohen (UVA),…
InsureReinsure
Massachusetts Insurance Regulations Now Require Written Notice to Third-Party Liability Claimants of Settlement Payments Sent to Claimant’s Counsel
The Massachusetts Commissioner of Insurance Nonnie S. Burnes released a Division of Insurance Bulletin on December 20, 2007, which requires that any licensed insurer must, upon the payment of $5,000…
Drug & Device Law
Proposed Changes to Vioxx Settlement
By Bexis
On Monday, we used our little blog to link to an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal. We're sure the Journal noticed the huge spike in traffic. Today, we're…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Settlement in HealthSouth and MD Case
By Ellen Podgor
A press release of DOJ states, "HealthSouth Corporation and two physicians have agreed to pay the United States a total of $14.9 million to settle allegations that the Birmingham, Ala.-based…
M & A Law Prof Blog
URI Trial Delayed By One Day
Well -- I was all set to post up a pre-trial preview when I read this morning that the parties had agreed to postpone the trial date by one day…
Marler Blog
More E. coli lawsuits settled
According to the Salinas Californian, six lawsuits stemming from the September 2006 E. coli outbreak linked to Central Coast spinach were settled with Dole, Natural Selection Foods and Mission Organics…
TortsProf Blog
Sebok & Zipursky on Vioxx Settlement
In this week's Findlaw Writ column, Tony Sebok joined by Benjamin Zipursky address the recent Vioxx settlement. Sebok and Zipursky do not comment on the end result (a $4.85 billion…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Sebok and Zipursky on Vioxx Settlement Ethics
By joetort
Excellent FindLaw column today by Tony Sebok and Ben Zipursky -- Getting With the Program: The Vioxx Settlement Agreement. One of their central points is that Vioxx plaintiffs need advice…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Conference on Vioxx Settlement
By joetort
That was fast. Mealey's is hosting a conference on the Vioxx settlement at the Ritz-Carlton in New Orleans on Dec. 10-11, 2007. Plaintiffs' lawyers only. According to the Mealey's marketing…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Cox, Thomas & Bai on Securities Class Action Settlements
There are Plaintiffs and... There are Plaintiffs: An Empirical Analysis of Securities Class Action Settlements, by JAMES D. COX, Duke University School of Law; RANDALL S. THOMAS, Vanderbilt University -…