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Debtor’s Counsel Failed to Mitigate Attorneys’ Fees Incurred for § 362(k) Violation by Rejecting Settlement Offer; Proceeding to...

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Section 362(k) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code entitles an individual injured by a willful violation of the automatic stay to recover actual damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees, as well as punitive damages in appropriate...more

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Judge Salinger: Class Action Defendant Cannot Pick Off the Named Plaintiff by Tendering Full Damages

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In a case concerning alleged violations of the Massachusetts law governing the involuntary towing of motor vehicles, Judge Salinger concluded that the defendant’s “attempt to ‘pick off’ the named plaintiff did not moot [the...more

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Dietary Supplement & Cosmetics Legal Bulletin | May 2017

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Senators Call For Removal of Dioxane from Cosmetic Products - U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer (DN. Y.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (DN. Y.) have petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to prohibit detectable levels of 1,4dioxane...more

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The Duty to Follow-up Part II: When The Underlying Litigation Changes

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Last month, we discussed the duty to follow-up in the context of an offer to settle made by a tort claimant and how neglect of that duty cost an insurer dearly by converting a claim that could have been settled for $25,000...more

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Court Cannot Divide An Offer To Settle

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In Sugar Hut Group Ltd & ors v A J Insurance Service [2016] EWCA Civ 46, 3 February 2016, the Court of Appeal over-ruled the High Court’s judgment about how costs should be awarded where a claimant succeeds on only part of...more

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Product Liability Update: January 2016

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Supreme Court Holds Defendant Cannot Moot Putative Class Action by Making Unaccepted Offer of Judgment for Complete Relief to Representative Plaintiff - In Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, No. 14-857, 2016 U.S. LEXIS 846 (S....more

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Evolving Private Remedies for Competition Infringements in Europe: Class Actions in the U.K.

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Winds of change are blowing through Europe’s national courts, beginning with a new antitrust damages Directive requiring changes in national laws to facilitate private enforcement of competition law. This step was a major...more

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