During the last decade, the volume of disability litigation has grown immensely. To keep up with the ever-changing litigation in this area, West published a new product, Disability Litigation Reporter, an Andrews publication. The Disability Litigation Reporter offers comprehensive coverage of significant litigation involving all aspects of disability law, from...
There were two major developments in silica litigation in recent months. Though each is limited in scope, they do permit some cautious optimism that silica perhaps is not following the asbestos litigation path. This article covers emerging developments including: information on U.S. legal trends, commentary on assessing the ultimate cost...
This article explains synthetic analysis of the nature of class action and other large-scale litigation in the United States at the beginning of the new millennium, drawing on these and other data, and informed by the theoretical scholarship of colleagues in the legal academy. It also discusses varieties of large-scale...
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Litigation represents one avenue of dispute resolution - the last line of defense, if one wills. In dealing with conflict, there is a force continuum that people should follow: effective communication, direct negotiation, mediation, and finally litigation. Too often, people decide to skip steps and go directly for the lethal...
Winning or losing in the court of public opinion can be just as important as what happens in the halls of justice. Lawyers and their clients need to develop litigation media relations strategies as part of their overall litigation support weapons. This is especially true when lawyers are involved in...
This study is a comprehensive look at the dimensions of asbestos litigation today: How many claims have been filed? By whom? Against whom? For what kinds of conditions? At what cost? With what economic effects? If current trends continue, what will be the future costs of the litigation? The analysis...
A serious concern for every claim adjuster should be the rising cost of litigation. Managing the litigation process involves everything from determining a litigation budget to evaluating the strength of the case, evaluating the value of the case and assessing the marginal benefit of each cost related to litigation, from...
JAMESBURG, N.J. -- LG Electronics USA, leader in deployed iris recognition systems worldwide responded today to Iridian Technology's October 5th press announcement commenting on Iridian's litigation with EyeTicket Corporation which is, in LG Electronics' view, a misleading attempt to link Iridian's litigation with EyeTicket to its pending litigation with LG...
Article discusses about the claims of the debtor or estate, assignment of creditors' claims to the litigation trustee, limitations on the litigation trustee's pursuit of the transferred or assigned claims and litigation trustee under § 1123b(3) equal to a true trust. Article also concludes that the attempts by debtors and...
One of the least understood aspects of the litigation process is the litigation process. On the one hand, clients who ask that suit be filed against a defendant, believe that the case is inexorably and irrevocably going to end up at a trial at some point in the future. It...
Amexdrug Corporation (OTC BB: AXRX) announced today that it has settled the litigation filed against it in June 2003 in which the plaintiffs sought a finder's fee equal to 7.5% of the fully diluted shares of the Company and unspecified lost profits. Amexdrug paid $10,000 in exchange for a...
VALENCIA, Calif. -- 3D Systems Corporation (NASDAQ:TDSC) announced today that it has settled its litigation in Japan with Hitachi Zosen Information Systems K.K., a distributor of products produced by EOS GmbH. 3D Systems has agreed to pay Hitachi Zosen 40 million Japanese yen (approximately US $360,000) in settlement of all...
Expanding its Business Litigation Department in the Rochester office, Nixon Peabody LLP introduces two attorneys with experience in securities fraud cases and intellectual property litigation.
Article sums up that just as a trial lawyer will develop both a theory and corresponding trial strategy, so should the risk manager develop both a theory and strategy to control litigation costs. It suggests that by assessing a case from a cost/exposure perspective, establishing a realistic litigation budget, soliciting...
When the threat of litigation stymies strategic plans, companies quietly purchase insurance and leave legal concerns behind them. When plans for a big merger go bust, litigation from a rejected partner and/or angry shareholders is almost sure to follow. The article discusses how three companies together disposed of looming litigation...
McAfee & Taft named Clarise Ashworth an associate. Ashworth practices in the areas of general civil litigation, complex business litigation and environmental litigation.
IRVINE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 3, 1995--In June 1994, Platinum Software Corp. (NASDAQ:PSQL) agreed to settle certain consolidated class action litigation alleging violations of federal securities laws referred to as In Re: Platinum Software Securities Litigation.
The principle sources for workplace litigation are violence, sexual harassment of employees, vendors and customers, age, sex and racial discrimination, and workplace safety factors. Each of these sources will be examined in future issues of this magazine and will offer exhibitors suggestions on how to prevent these sources from being...
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