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Transparency rules for funders in tort mass cases, and how funding affects the "business model" of plaintiff mass tort litigaiton
By Edward T. Kang | January 25, 2018
Who in civil litigation does not love a good RICO claim? Its boundaries are seemingly endless, and in the case of Harvey Weinstein—perhaps one of the most vilified defendants on the planet right now—there is the possibility of catastrophic implications, as if being the face of an entire movement (#MeToo) is not bad enough.
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By Erica Rutner | January 23, 2018
On Dec. 8, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court granted China Agritech's certiorari petition in Resh v. China Agritech, 857 F. 3d 994 (9th. Cir. 2017). In accepting certiorari, the Supreme Court will decide whether a class action filing tolls the limitations period for putative class members who wish to file additional class actions—an issue that fundamentally impacts the often-criticized practice of filing successive class action litigations.
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By Allen Pegg and Zachary Lipshultz | January 22, 2018
The Third District Court of Appeal addresses an issue of importance to many Florida litigators with international aspects to their practice: Litigants' entitlement to costs after a case is dismissed for forum non conveniens.
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By Monika Mesa | January 19, 2018
The Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll attorney is usually out-resourced and out-manned, but that hasn't stopped him from using the law to win high-stakes, multi-million dollar cases brought against some of the world's largest companies.
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By Elizabeth A. Fitzpatrick, Chair, NYSBA Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section | January 19, 2018
Elizabeth A. Fitzpatrick, Chair of the NYSBA Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section, writes: Defending a civil suit involving criminal claims presents unique challenges to the parties and an understanding of the effect a plea or conviction in the criminal matter may have, not only on the civil lawsuit itself, but also on the availability of insurance coverage to cover any damages, is important.
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By The Legal Intelligencer | January 17, 2018
Our goal at ALM is to serve the entire legal community, and as part of that, we're adding new wrinkles to our annual Professional Excellence Awards to make sure we get a chance to highlight the great work and achievements across the full breadth of the Pennsylvania legal community.
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By Charles Toutant | January 16, 2018
Suits claiming firefighters suffered hearing damage from exposure to sirens are proliferating around the country, prompting an order from the Superior Court of New Jersey for centralized management of suits against siren manufacturer Federal Signal Corp.
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By Andrew Denney | January 11, 2018
A federal judge in Manhattan has ruled that personal injury claims by a group of Central and South Americans who say they were sickened by pesticides used at banana plantations decades ago but who were absent from a similar case filed in 1993 were not barred by New York's statute of limitations.
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By Max Mitchell | January 10, 2018
The nearly $28 million verdict awarded last month in the first Xarelto case to be tried in state court has been reversed.
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By Max Mitchell | January 9, 2018
Two lawyers involved in the Xarelto litigation were punished on Tuesday for taking courtroom photographs that were later used on social media, one of which included the hashtag #killinnazis.
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