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U.S. District Judge Manuel Real approved a roughly $49 million settlement in the BAR/BRI class action Monday -- but only after rejecting incentive payments to five class representatives, claiming t
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National Arbitration Forum, the company that processes personal injury protection claims in New Jersey, infringed on a patent for computerized dispute resolution, a federal judge in Trenton, N.
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In dismissing a shareholder derivative suit after a company's special committee investigated the allegations, a Pennsylvania judge went beyond the principles outlined by the American Law Instit
By William Gwire | December 6, 2007
The landscape for litigating attorneys has changed dramatically over the 33 years that I've been in practice. Cases are more complex, stakes are higher, and competition is more intense. Judges and
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A Miami judge has agreed to stay a civil suit by the Securities and Exchange Commission against former Hamilton Bank Chairman Eduardo Masferrer while regulators consider a verbal settlement offer.
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Business negotiations regarding a commercial dispute have failed, and a GC and his or her company must now decide whether to file suit or demand arbitration. When, if ever, should a corporate
By Shannon P. Duffy | August 19, 2008
Five members of Philadelphia City Council have lost their bid to revive a federal lawsuit against the city and former City Solicitor Romulo Diaz for allegedly usurping the City Council's powers
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The corporate world has truly been turned upside down when the press-friendly dealmakers are edged out of the headlines in favor of more intellectually minded colleagues in financial services regul
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If there is one word that marks the federal criminal justice system of today, it is "cooperation." Regardless of whether it involves an individual or a corporation, cooperation with the Department
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A Kuwaiti military contractor being sued by the family of a dead American soldier has been "indignant and callous," a federal judge said, but he was compelled to vacate a a href="http://
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