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Kaufman & Canoles

K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - July 2024 #5

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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has granted a limited appeal in Pittsburgh’s challenge to a Pennsylvania court ruling that the city’s tax on visiting athletes and performers is unconstitutional. ...more

Troutman Pepper

Minnesota Court Denies Substitution Motion: Implications for Litigation Funders

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A new decision may cut back on attempts by third-party litigation lenders to control settlements. Earlier this month, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota refused to permit the substitution of a legal...more

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Attorneys Collect $23.3M Payday in EDVA Antitrust Settlement

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On October 18, Judge Rebecca Beach Smith of the Eastern District of Virginia approved a $70 million settlement in an antitrust case, with more than $23.3 million awarded to the plaintiffs’ attorneys. This case helpfully...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Overruled: Court Denies Relator’s Objection to False Claim Act Settlement

Significant work goes into settling a False Claims Act action. Defendants may spend months negotiating with the government to reach an agreeable settlement — often even longer if the defendant pursues the arduous...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Close Scrutiny for Class Settlements Where Plaintiff Attorneys Take Lion’s Share

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Two recent US antitrust class action settlements drew additional scrutiny from federal judges, showing that the allocation of settlement funds between a proposed class and their attorneys will be carefully reviewed for...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Sutter Health Settles California Attorney General Antitrust Case With Cash and an Agreement to Make Significant Changes to its...

The terms of a settlement that resolved antitrust litigation between the State of California and Sutter Health, the largest health system in Northern California, have now become public, almost two months after the settlement...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

N.D. Cal. Releases Comprehensive Procedural Guidance for Class Action Settlements

On November 1, 2018, the Northern District of California updated its Procedural Guidance for Class Action Settlements, requiring increased disclosures for settlement preliminary and final approval, and more transparency in...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Surviving Settlement Provisions in Joint Defense Agreements

Anyone who watches Survivor or Game of Thrones knows that alliances are critical. And while they may be necessary to endure from one day to the next, alliances are inevitably broken. Co-defendants in antitrust cases...more

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