Litigation-Business
Rhode Island Firm Wins $25 Million Jury Verdict Against Rhode Island Hospital
NEWS
The state’s largest hospital admitted that seven doctors and two nurses were negligent in caring for a patient who sought treatment in for a head injury in 2009.
DaVita Will Pay $495 Million to Settle Atlanta Whistle-Blower Case
NEWS
Doctor and nurse said they noticed that DaVita was throwing out good medicine and then billing Medicare and Medicaid for it.
Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals Wins $40 Million Appeal Against FTC
NEWS
Hi-Tech says the lower-court ruling has caused concern in the industry that the FTC was trying to force double-blind, placebo clinical trial standards on the entire supplement industry.
Battle With Insurers Over Sandy Claims Ends With Big Settlement
NEWS
A utility spokesman said the total amount of insurance recovery is $264 million, most of which is for damage to PSEG Power’s generation plants.
Alleged Price-Fixing Results in $99 Million Settlement with Eva Airways
NEWS
The settlements are for significant percentages of defendants’ relevant sales of air cargo shipping services to and from the United States.
Chesapeake Agrees to Pay $25 Million to Settle Michigan’s Charges
NEWS
The settlement also addresses complaints that Chesapeake defrauded hundreds of private citizens by fraudulently canceling their oil and gas leases in 2010.
Supplier Price-Fixing Civil Settlements Exceed $260M
NEWS
Civil settlements recently have exceeded $260 million in federal litigation stemming from the ongoing U.S. criminal antitrust investigation into supplier price fixing, reports Automotive News.
High Court Allows State Law Antitrust Claims to Proceed Against Interstate Pipelines
White Paper
The court considered whether the Natural Gas Act pre-empts state law antitrust claims when the challenged conduct affects both federally regulated wholesale natural gas prices and non-federally regulated retail natural gas prices, reports Mintz, Levin.
Plain Packaging: Undermining the Power of Brands?
White Paper
Balancing the interests of potential trademark owners who wish to market their goods and services under vulgar signs and those who might be offended by such marks has raised wider concerns about unnecessary restrictions on free speech.
Supreme Court Opens Door to Increased Role for State Courts, Regulators in the Energy Sector
NEWS
The decision upheld a lower court decision that allowed a greater role for state courts in regulating the energy sectorfinding that state laws may apply to conduct that affects both wholesale and retail transactions provided those laws do not conflict with FERC regulations.
Accounting Expert Witness – Selecting The Best
White Paper
An expert witness with the skills and training of an accountant can be an essential part of any case, providing answers and insights into the intricacies of company balance sheets or the value of personal property.
Make Sure Your Agreement Addresses the Availability of Class Arbitration
White Paper
Companies could find themselves facing unfavorable, but reviewable, court determinations in some jurisdictions, while being more tightly bound in other jurisdictions by arbitrator determinations subjecting them to class arbitration against their will.
Delivering Successful Ediscovery Projects Across the Globe
On-Demand
E-discovery is approached differently in almost every country around the world, and international ediscovery best practices are evolving quickly in response to international litigation and investigations
Federal Circuit Decision Highlights Important Takeways for Contractors
White Paper
Is the amount of LDs “reasonable for the particular agreement at the time it is made”? If so, the LDs clause is most likely enforceable.
Electronic Signatures in Court
Contracts
Silanis Inc. has posted a free white paper that answers the questions that arise when companies bring bring processes online. It also outlines how organizations can leverage electronic signatures in settlement when contested, and, failing settlement, effectively prepare for court.
Practical and Ethical Issues in Compensating Fact Witnesses
Event: April 22, 11 a.m. CDT
Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP presents a complimentary CLE webinar, “Practical and Ethical Issues in Compensating Fact Witnesses: Are the Benefits Worth the Headache?”, presented by Fitch Even partner Eric L. Broxterman.
Make Sure Employees Transfer IP Ownership Before Parting Ways
White Paper
An article published by Zuckerman Spaeder describes a case that illustrates how easy it is to blur the line between an employee’s intellectual property and that of an employer.
CFPB Takes Action Against ‘Bad Check’ Debt Collector
NEWS
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has taken action against a nationwide debt collection operation and its chief executive officer for allegedly using deceptive threats of criminal prosecution and jail time to intimidate consumers into paying debts for bounced checks.
When Does a Company Have the Choice to Waive its Attorney-Client Privilege in the USA?
White Paper
Two Cozen O’Connor lawyers discuss in a white paper the waiver policies of U.S. federal enforcement agencies overseeing the financial services industry, including the DOG, the SEC Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Wisconsin Court Confirms Importance for Businesses to Timely Report Insurance Claims
Whit9e Paper
The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently issued a decision that drives home the importance for businesses and individuals, as policyholders, to immediately report claims to their insurance company.
