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Lex Machina at LegalTech New York
March 12, 2014
At LegalTech, one of the more interesting panels featured Dan Katz of ReInvent Law and Josh Becker of Lex Machina. I tweeted...
March 12, 2014
At LegalTech, one of the more interesting panels featured Dan Katz of ReInvent Law and Josh Becker of Lex Machina. I tweeted...
An Update on Class Action Arbitration Waivers
March 12, 2014
There has been a great deal of litigation over the past couple of years regarding the validity of class action arbitration waivers. In a Special Focus article, Re-Revisiting AT&T v. Concepcion: Yes, We Hear You Now (Mostly), John Pitblado provides an update on some of the most recent appellate cases in this area. * * * Approaching its third anniversary, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in AT & T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion, --- U.S. ---, 131 S. Ct. 1740, 179 L. Ed. 2d 742 (2011)...
March 12, 2014
There has been a great deal of litigation over the past couple of years regarding the validity of class action arbitration waivers. In a Special Focus article, Re-Revisiting AT&T v. Concepcion: Yes, We Hear You Now (Mostly), John Pitblado provides an update on some of the most recent appellate cases in this area. * * * Approaching its third anniversary, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in AT & T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion, --- U.S. ---, 131 S. Ct. 1740, 179 L. Ed. 2d 742 (2011)...
Companies Make Room for General Counsel Turnover
March 12, 2014
Make way, here come the new general counsel. A forthcoming survey from BTI Consulting Group reveals that 10 percent of large companies started 2014 with new GCs at the helm of their legal departments. Although the BTI Benchmarking Corporate Counsel Management Strategies survey, now in its 13th year, has not yet been formally released, BTI shared some insights ahead of publication. The survey was assembled using interviews from more than 300 chief legal officers and general counsel at Fortune...
March 12, 2014
Make way, here come the new general counsel. A forthcoming survey from BTI Consulting Group reveals that 10 percent of large companies started 2014 with new GCs at the helm of their legal departments. Although the BTI Benchmarking Corporate Counsel Management Strategies survey, now in its 13th year, has not yet been formally released, BTI shared some insights ahead of publication. The survey was assembled using interviews from more than 300 chief legal officers and general counsel at Fortune...
Decision Diagnostics Takes Litigation Financing of Anti-Trust and False Advertising Claims Against J&J
March 11, 2014
Decision Diagnostics Corp. (OTCQB: DECN), the exclusive worldwide sales, service and regulatory processes agent for the popular Shasta GenStrip™, the unique Green Glucose Test Strip, specifically designed to work with the Johnson & Johnson's LifeScan Ultra family of glucose testing meters, today announced that that the Company has executed a Terms Agreement with a major east coast based litigation prosecution fund for the financing of the prosecution of DECN's countersuits brought against LifeScan,...
March 11, 2014
Decision Diagnostics Corp. (OTCQB: DECN), the exclusive worldwide sales, service and regulatory processes agent for the popular Shasta GenStrip™, the unique Green Glucose Test Strip, specifically designed to work with the Johnson & Johnson's LifeScan Ultra family of glucose testing meters, today announced that that the Company has executed a Terms Agreement with a major east coast based litigation prosecution fund for the financing of the prosecution of DECN's countersuits brought against LifeScan,...
UW Law Library’s List of Android Applications for Lawyers, Law Faculty and Law Students
March 11, 2014
Law librarians, and particularly Kris Turner, at the University of Wisconsin were hard at work compiling a new guide to Android. I’m...
March 11, 2014
Law librarians, and particularly Kris Turner, at the University of Wisconsin were hard at work compiling a new guide to Android. I’m...
For High Court, a Fantasy League of Their Own
March 11, 2014
In many ways, it's a fantasy league like any other, with players obsessing over mounds of data and minutia, teams sporting a variety of colorful names like "RISK It for the Biscuit" and projections that are bound to be way off. But in this fantasy league, it's not the NFL's Calvin Johnson or Peyton Manning who are the stars but a group known for its skills not on the playing field but in the courtroom: the nine justices on the U.S. Supreme Court. In FantasySCOTUS, participants try to predict...
March 11, 2014
In many ways, it's a fantasy league like any other, with players obsessing over mounds of data and minutia, teams sporting a variety of colorful names like "RISK It for the Biscuit" and projections that are bound to be way off. But in this fantasy league, it's not the NFL's Calvin Johnson or Peyton Manning who are the stars but a group known for its skills not on the playing field but in the courtroom: the nine justices on the U.S. Supreme Court. In FantasySCOTUS, participants try to predict...
FDIC Lawsuits Against Failed Banks Surged in 2013: Report
March 11, 2014
Director and officer litigation by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation against financial institutions that failed during the financial crisis spiked last year, according to a new report, due to the large number of failures in 2009 and 2010. And now, the outcome of those lawsuits could redefine the relative negotiating strength of the FDIC as well as the defendants going forward. Of the 297 financial institutions that failed in 2009 and 2010, nearly 40% have either been the subject of an FDIC...
March 11, 2014
Director and officer litigation by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation against financial institutions that failed during the financial crisis spiked last year, according to a new report, due to the large number of failures in 2009 and 2010. And now, the outcome of those lawsuits could redefine the relative negotiating strength of the FDIC as well as the defendants going forward. Of the 297 financial institutions that failed in 2009 and 2010, nearly 40% have either been the subject of an FDIC...
Cross-Border Litigation Is Big, Getting Bigger
March 11, 2014
Legal disputes that take place in multiple national jurisdictions or between parties based in different countries are posing challenges for corporate boards, chief executive officers and general counsel, according to a survey of about 150 global general counsel and chief legal officers. But these complex and costly cross-border disputes are expected to grow significantly in the coming years, according to "Global Currents: Trends in Cross-Border Disputes," conducted by Hogan Lovells. “More...
March 11, 2014
Legal disputes that take place in multiple national jurisdictions or between parties based in different countries are posing challenges for corporate boards, chief executive officers and general counsel, according to a survey of about 150 global general counsel and chief legal officers. But these complex and costly cross-border disputes are expected to grow significantly in the coming years, according to "Global Currents: Trends in Cross-Border Disputes," conducted by Hogan Lovells. “More...
RI: Medical Apology Bill Introduced
March 10, 2014
Attempting to join many other states, several state representatives in Rhode Island have introduced a medical apology bill. Like many of those states, including PA (where a bill introduced by my state senator, Pat Vance, passed unanimously in 2013), the bill would exclude expressions of benevolence, but not full admissions of fault. A copy of the short bill is here.
March 10, 2014
Attempting to join many other states, several state representatives in Rhode Island have introduced a medical apology bill. Like many of those states, including PA (where a bill introduced by my state senator, Pat Vance, passed unanimously in 2013), the bill would exclude expressions of benevolence, but not full admissions of fault. A copy of the short bill is here.
Effective Mediation and Settlement Techniques: How Do You Convince the Other Side It’s Wrong?
March 10, 2014
When each side is convinced it is right, how do you convince the other to settle for what you consider reasonable consideration,...
March 10, 2014
When each side is convinced it is right, how do you convince the other to settle for what you consider reasonable consideration,...
