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February 9, 2012
Legal Newsline |
February 9, 2012
Whether state attorneys general should be allowed to hire private attorneys on a contingency fee to enforce federal law was debated last week before a House subcommittee.
Bloomberg Business Week |
February 9, 2012
BP Plc is negotiating with U.S. officials to settle pollution claims over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill that may leave the company liable for as much as $17.6 billion in fines, a person familiar with the talks said.
Am Law Litigation Daily |
February 9, 2012
Yet another class action has fallen victim to Walmart v. Dukes. This time, it was a group of disabled students in Wisconsin that saw their class claims against the Milwaukee Public Schools and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction go up in smoke.
Arizona Republic |
February 9, 2012
The Arizona Legislature is considering a tort-reform measure that supporters say could make the state more attractive to manufacturers and opponents say will protect companies whose products hurt or kill.
February 8, 2012
National Law Journal |
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February 8, 2012
Dimitrios Biller, the former in-house attorney for Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. who accused the automaker of discovery violations in products-liability cases, lost his appeal to overturn a $2.5 million arbitration award against him.
Legal Newsline |
February 8, 2012
For years defendants in tort cases have said that Philadelphia's courts are biased, but little in the way of empirical data was available to substantiate the claims. But, a new study indicates that the accusations of structural biases in favor of plaintiffs are justified.
February 7, 2012
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
February 7, 2012
When Solutia agreed to sell itself for $4.7 billion, its stock price jumped 41 percent and most investors seemed to think it was a good deal. Nine law firms are trying to convince them otherwise.
February 6, 2012
Amed News |
February 6, 2012
The economics are irrefutable, and the human evidence is sobering. The present medical liability situation in this country is adding to the already high cost of American medical care, driving physicians away from certain geographies and practice specialties -- and shortchanging patients in the process.
February 3, 2012
Los Angeles Times |
February 3, 2012
There’s a chess game afoot involving three distinct parties in the Honda Civic hybrid Small Claims Court case.
West Virginia Record |
February 3, 2012
Though a positive step forward, panelists at a legislative forum said revised rules of appellate procedure the state Supreme Court adopted a year ago don't go far enough in providing meaningful legal reform in West Virginia.
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