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Extra Precautions Reduce Likelihood That a Will Contest Will Succeed
Estate planning attorneys should view each client's estate plan, from the initial client meeting through the will execution, as having potential for a will contest, regardless of whether any red flags are recognized during the estate planning process.D.C. Firm Goes West for Wage-and-Hour Offensive
Sanford Wittels & Heisler has filed its fourth wage-and-hour class action in California in the past three months after expanding a San Francisco office. On Aug. 19, the firm filed a $100 million class action against United Parcel Service on behalf of at least 5,000 account managers nationwide who allege routine denial of overtime compensation. The firm has filed similar class actions valued at between $50 million and $200 million against Costco Wholesale, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance and Valero Energy.Legislation Addresses Lawyers' Insurance Crisis
New Jersey's legal malpractice coverage is the costliest in the region and is increasingly becoming more expensive and harder to find. Now, the New Jersey Legislature is considering a proposal many in the legal community, including the state bar, say would address the problem.$7.8 billion BP settlement wins judge's preliminary OK
A federal judge gave preliminary approval to a settlement between BP PLC and individuals and businesses that suffered economic harm or medical costs associated with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and clarified that BP, and not the claimants themselves, would pay the lawyers who spearheaded the litigation.Practitioners Should Be Aware Of the Appellate Minefield
The monthly meeting of the Philadelphia Bar Association Workers� Compensation Section, held Sept. 20, featured Commonwealth Court Judge Rochelle Friedman and Daniel Schuckers, prothonotary of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, as its guest speakers.Emory's $540M Deal Capped Decade of IP Litigation
Emory University General Counsel Kent B. Alexander sat at his computer July 21 and watched $540 million go into Emory's account. The money was Emory's take from selling royalty interests in a promising new HIV drug, Emtriva, and its offspring Truvada. But the ease at which the payout -- considered the largest ever to an American university for intellectual property -- flowed into Emory's account belies more than a decade of complex legal battling for Emory to establish its rights to Emtriva.Daily Decision Alert: Vol. 5, No. 68 -- April 11, 1997
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