By Charles Toutant | May 2, 2024
Since 2020, Omar Khouri has amassed more than $120,000 in claims against telemarketers who call him. In 2022, he used part of the proceeds to buy a bar in his hometown of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, which he named "The Wrong Number." The menu features drinks called "Debt Relief," "Student Loan" and "Car Warranty."
By Rhys Dipshan | May 2, 2024
Western Alliance Bank's "2024 Digital Payments in Class Actions and Mass Torts" report found that fraud grew regardless of whether claims were paid via digital payment or paper checks, though digital payments are fast becoming the norm.
By Colleen Murphy | May 2, 2024
The new online application tool for legal organizations is required as paper applications will no longer be accepted, and submissions will be accepted beginning May 16.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 2, 2024
The inaugural Class Action Litigation Report, released on Thursday by Lex Machina, a division of LexisNexis, found class action filings steadily increased from 2014 to 2020, dipped 10% in 2021, then started rising again in 2022. Last year, class action filings jumped 4% to 9,705.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Iram P. Valentin | May 2, 2024
"The entry of summary judgment in New Jersey civil cases is very rare. Should that be the case, though?" writes Iram P. Valentin of Kaufman Dolowich.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 1, 2024
Wednesday's proposed plan immediately got pushback from lawyers representing ovarian cancer victims: "This is not a done deal," Beasley Allen's Andy Birchfield told Law.com. "There is substantial opposition to this."
By ALM Staff | May 1, 2024
Have you, or someone you know, recently been involved in a major verdict or settlement?
By Colleen Murphy | May 1, 2024
The $8 million settlement was reached on the first day of trial with the assistance of Judge David H. Ironson.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By David N. Cinotti | May 1, 2024
"A judgment-debtor should reasonably expect to be haled into court to satisfy a judgment where it has assets," writes David N. Cinotti of Pashman Stein Walder Hayden.
By Charles Toutant | April 30, 2024
U.S. District Judge Christine O'Hearn wrote that the works that the plaintiff sought to protect, as is often the case in reality television shows, were "rife with unprotectable ideas and scènes à faire."
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