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Substitute Version of Bill in Ohio House That Could Dramatically Change Eminent Domain Law Recently Accepted by Committee

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Update - February 2024: We have been following the progress of House Bill (“HB”) 64 in Ohio’s 135th General Assembly (formerly HB 698 in the 134th General Assembly) (the “Bill”), which proposes numerous changes to Ohio’s...more

DRI

Well, That’s Settled . . . Or Is It?

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Key Issues Every Litigator Should Remember about Settlement Agreements - Finally settling a hard-fought case can be one of the great pressure release valves that a trial lawyer can experience, ranking only behind a favorable...more

Lathrop GPM

Kentucky Federal Court Questions Proposed $5 Million Settlement in Anti-poaching Class Action

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Refusing to rubber-stamp a proposed $5 million anti-poaching class action settlement, a federal court in Kentucky has directed the plaintiff to provide additional information to allow proper consideration of the factors...more

Kaufman & Canoles

Credit Union Client Alert - NC Process for Settlement of a Putative Class Action Dispute

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NC Process for Settlement of a Putative Class Action Dispute: Terri Moose vs. Allegacy Federal Credit Union - Sometimes, the short-cut turns out to be the long way around. A North Carolina Business Court opinion by Judge...more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

It’s About Listening, Not Only About the Law: 5 Compelling Reasons for Professional Mediators

In the realm of dispute resolution, mediation has emerged as a viable alternative to litigation. I believe that mediation offers us an opportunity to reach a consesus without the court making decisions on our behalf. While...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Do I believe in Settlement? Well, It’s Not Like Sasquatch…

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Recently, I was at a meeting, and the person across the table from me asked me a very thoughtful question: “Do you believe in settlement or is your philosophy to litigate, litigate, litigate?” Well, it’s not like...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Making an Offer That They (Perhaps Shouldn’t) Refuse: A Closer Look at Offers of Judgment Under Rule 68

Rule 68 has a reputation of being “among the most enigmatic” and “underutilized” of  the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.  An attorney’s failure to understand and effectively use Rule 68 could be costly.  ...more

Cozen O'Connor

Eleventh Circuit: Jury Instruction About Notice to Insured of Settlement Demand Was Required (Florida)

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In its recent decision, Brink v. Direct General Ins. Co., 38 F.4th 917 (11th Cir. 2022), the Eleventh Circuit ruled 2-1 that the Florida district court erred when it failed instruct a jury that an insurer not only owed a duty...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week at The Ninth: Offers and Offsets

This week, the Ninth Circuit examines whether a Rule 68 offer of judgment overrides a non-final order granting summary judgment, and explores the applicability of the Government Pension Offset to spousal Social Security...more

JAMS

Judge Gail Tusan’s Five Top Tips for Successful Mediations

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1. Unpack the emotional barriers to consensus building early in the process. Confidential breakout rooms provide the mediator with the opportunity early in the mediation to assess and work through a party’s emotional...more

BCLP

Sanctioned offer made at an early stage of the proceedings - unjust to impose costs consequences?

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It is well known to dispute resolution practitioners that an important matter is to turn your mind to putting in place costs protection, and to do so as at early stage of the dispute. In Hong Kong litigation, a plaintiff...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

Death Claim Series – How are the Benefits to be Distributed?

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Over the past several weeks, I have released a series of articles on North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Death Claims. The series has addressed the following five overarching issues...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

SC Supreme Court Clarifies Statutory Cap on Punitive Damages

The South Carolina Supreme Court recently decided Garrison v. Target Corporation in which it interpreted South Carolina’s statutory cap on punitive damages....more

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

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

Bilzin Sumberg

Florida State Courts Limit Parties’ Abilities to Recover Attorneys’ Fees

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In a pair of recent decisions, Florida state courts reined in multiple statutes that allow for the recovery of attorneys’ fees. In one decision, the Florida Supreme Court adopted a relatively narrow reading of Florida’s...more

Butler Snow LLP

Disagreement of the minds? Texas Supreme Court hears arguments on implied revocation contracts doctrine.

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“Meeting of the minds” is a phrase that every lawyer remembers spoken in the voice of their 1L contracts professor. Amid the explanation of offer, acceptance, and the ever-perplexing concept of consideration, the objective...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

Take Your Time Before Agreeing to Settle in Principle

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You have gone back and forth with an adversary via email several times and keep getting closer to a monetary settlement. Finally, the other side makes an offer that is over your bottom line, and you want to put the matter to...more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

Bracketology: Using Conditional Offers To Settle Your Case at Mediation

It’s mid-afternoon. Mediation has been dragging on for hours, and the clients are getting frustrated. Both parties feel as though they have been making good moves, but the other side is being unrealistic and unreasonable. The...more

JAMS

Mediating and Settling Real Property Cases

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Just as there are a myriad of real property interests, there can be disputes involving any of those interests. Controversies regarding rights and interests in property include circular priority among lienholders, boundary...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Ninth Circuit Rejects Proposed False Advertising Settlement Agreement Seeking Disproportionate Attorneys’ Fees

Earlier this month, the Ninth Circuit reversed approval of a class action settlement, finding several indications that the proposed settlement was the result of collusion between the parties and did not adequately serve the...more

Rumberger | Kirk

11th Circuit Reaffirms Insurers Can Still Prevail as a Matter of Law in Post-Harvey v. Geico Landscape

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On June 1, 2021, theEleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a summary judgment granted in favor of an insurer in a third party bad faith claim. The case, Eres v. Progressive American Insurance Company, Case No. 20-11006,...more

Burr & Forman

Second Circuit Holds Debt Collector Did Not Need to Include Interest Disclosure in Settlement Offer

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In its 2016 decision in Avila v. Riexinger & Associates, LLC, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that an attempt to collect a debt that states the current balance owed but does not disclose whether interest and fees are...more

Butler Snow LLP

The Beginning of the End for the Class Representative Incentive Award? (Part I)

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Time and time again this scenario repeats itself and necessarily begs the question: Who is supposed to be protecting the interests of the absent class members in these settlements—class counsel who is taking more than 30% of...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Proposed Grubhub False Advertising Settlement Challenged By Plaintiffs In Competing Lawsuit

A proposed class action settlement pending in the District Court of Colorado involving Grubhub, Inc. has been called into question by would-be intervenors from a similar action against Grubhub pending in the Northern District...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

W.Va. Consumer Law Changes Offer Help For Finance Cos.

On March 29, in a development that provides some measure of relief to businesses operating in West Virginia, particularly within the financial services industry, Gov. Jim Justice signed into law amendments to the West...more

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