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Top 10 Texas Settlements in 2002
Texas Blue Sheet, a weekly publication of The National Law Journal's Litigation Services Network and an affiliate of Texas Lawyer, ranked the top 10 settlements in Texas during 2002.For the first time, Bayer Crop Sciences has agreed to pay farmers who claim their rice crop was contaminated by an experimental strain of genetically modified rice. The deal involves only $290,000 for three farmers, but plaintiffs lawyers call it an important first step.
It was bad news for corporate advisers when the federal appeals court asked New York's highest court to decide whether the Refco trustee's claims against Refco's auditor fell under an exception to the doctrine that holds you can't blame someone else for wrongdoing if you're equally at fault. But now auditors should really be worrying: Delaware also wants to know when the exception applies.
In the first detailed examination of director and officer liability for subprime losses, Chancellor Chandler says shareholders can't hold boards responsible just because they're looking for someone to blame.
Bayer and its lawyers from Bartlit Beck are known for their smart approach to mass torts. How will this result affect the thousands of rice contamination cases to come?
Skimming scams, in which thieves install special equipment on point-of-sale debit card readers in order to steal customers' bank account and PIN information, are a nightmare for retailers and their customers. Whether or not the scams will turn out to be a blessing for class action plaintiffs lawyers is still an open question.
Did a group of plaintiffs lawyers shirk their responsibilities by letting Bank of America off on the cheap in derivative litigation related to BofA's Merrill Lynch acquisition? Or are the plaintiffs firms leading a parallel Delaware case just miffed that the deal leaves them behind?
A state court judge refuses to dismiss a tenants' suit seeking the retroactive application of last year's ruling that MetLife and Tishman Speyer improperly hiked rents.
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