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The Schoenefeld Decision and an Examination of Bona Fide Office Requirements in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut Tri-State Area

By David Dugan, Esq. In Schoenefeld v. State of New York , [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ] the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York held that New York Judiciary Law § 470 was unconstitutional because

Published Wed, Dec 28 2011 1:30 PM by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

Hung Jury Results In Mistrial In New Jersey Accutane Case Alleging Bowel Injury

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A New Jersey state court Accutane trial ended Dec. 22 with a hung jury, a source told Mealey Publications ( Chetan P. Tanna, et al. v. Hoffman-La Roche Inc. , No. ATL-L-3366-04, N.J. Super., Atlantic Co.). The source said that Judge

Published Fri, Dec 23 2011 2:09 PM by Tom Moylan

Countrywide Agrees To Pay $335 Million To Settle Government's Discriminatory Lending Claims

LOS ANGELES - Countrywide Financial Corp. has agreed to pay $335 million to settle claims by the U.S. government that the lender and its subsidiaries engaged in discriminatory lending practices by steering African-American and Hispanic borrowers toward

Published Fri, Dec 23 2011 1:56 PM by Shane Dilworth

E*TRADE Announces $79 Million Settlement Of Subprime Claims In Securities Lawsuit

NEW YORK - (Mealey's) E*TRADE Financial Corp. has agreed to a $79 million settlement with investors to settle claims that it misrepresented the risk associated with its investment in subprime mortgage-backed securities in violation of federal securities

Published Fri, Dec 23 2011 1:34 PM by Timothy Raub

Former BLMIS Controller Pleads Guilty To Role In Massive Ponzi Scheme

NEW YORK - (Mealey's) The former controller of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (BLMIS) has pleaded guilty to criminal counts and agreed to cooperate with the U.S. government in its ongoing investigation into the fraud committed at BLMIS, according

Published Thu, Dec 22 2011 11:37 AM by Timothy Raub

The Week in Securities Litigation: SEC Makes 3 Unusual Moves

The SEC took three unusual steps this week. First, in a high stakes move, the agency appealed the refusal of Judge Rakoff to approve its proposed settlement in a market crisis case with Citigroup. A loss in the Second Circuit could substantially injure

Published Sat, Dec 17 2011 1:14 AM by Thomas O. Gorman

BP Announces Settlement Of Claims Related To Deepwater Horizon Accident

BP LLC today announced that it has reached a $250 million agreement with the designer and manufacturer of the Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer to settle all claims between the companies related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident and oil spill in

Published Fri, Dec 16 2011 12:35 PM by Christopher Bauer

Duane Morris: Nevada Supreme Court Imposes Duty To Warn On Pharmacists

On November 23, 2011, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled in Klasch v. Walgreen Co . , Nev. No. 54805, 1123(11), that a pharmacist who has knowledge that a patient may be at risk with respect to specific prescription drugs may be liable for failing to warn

Published Thu, Dec 15 2011 3:20 PM by Duane Morris LLP

Williams Mullen: 4th Circuit Rules Retirement Plan Trustees' Failures Must Have Causal Link to Plan Losses to Hold Trustees Liable

By Mark S. Thomas and Robert W. Shaw Plasterers' Local Union No 96 Pension Plan v. Pepper , No. 10-1364 (4th Cir., December 1, 2011) The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ruled that retirement plan trustees cannot be held liable for failures

Published Thu, Dec 15 2011 2:04 PM by Williams Mullen

Parties In Defective Chinese Drywall Litigation Propose Class Action Settlement

NEW ORLEANS - (Mealey's) Parties in the Chinese drywall multidistrict litigation in a Louisiana federal court on Dec. 15 announced a proposed class action settlement that would potentially resolve thousands of claims involving defective drywall manufactured

Published Thu, Dec 15 2011 11:18 AM by Christopher Bauer

LexisNexis Top Torts Law Blog WINNER

Your votes have been counted and the results are in for the LexisNexis Top 25 Tort Law Blogs of 2011. Congratulations to the Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog , which received the most votes for Top Tort Law Blog for 2011 on the LexisNexis Litigation

Published Wed, Dec 14 2011 11:25 PM by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

U.S. High Court Will Hear Chapter 11 Case Dealing With Secured Creditor Rights

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 12 said it will hear a case in which a debtor hotel chain is seeking to pursue Chapter 11 bankruptcy in which it proposes to sell its assets free of liens without allowing the secured creditor

Published Wed, Dec 14 2011 4:56 PM by James Cordrey

Google Disclaims Any Relation with Carrier IQ

Although Google's Android smartphone operating system has been associated with Carrier IQ, Eric Schmidt ( Google's Executive Chairman) told an Internet freedom conference in the Dutch city of The Hague about Carrier IQ that "It's a key-logger, and it

Published Fri, Dec 9 2011 10:17 AM by Peter S. Vogel

Patentability Of Medical Treatment Claims Debated Before Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- One year after vacating and remanding a Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals determination that medical treatment protocol steps are patentable, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument on Dec. 7 in the same case ( Mayo Collaborative

Published Thu, Dec 8 2011 2:18 PM by Melissa Ritti

Pennsylvania Jury Awards $72.6 Million To 3 Women In HRT Breast Cancer Case

PHILADELPHIA - (Mealey's) A Pennsylvania state court jury on Dec. 6 awarded $72.6 million to three women who say they developed breast cancer after taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) drugs made by subsidiaries of Pfizer Inc. ( Susan Elfont, et al

Published Wed, Dec 7 2011 3:22 PM by Tom Moylan