When Josh Brock was a detective with the Summerville Police Department in rural Georgia, he was involved in the creation of a Web site and a publication titled Uncle Wiggy's Secret Guide to Dealing With the Police , which provided criminal defendants... Read More
By Jennifer C. Jordan, Esq., General Counsel, MEDVAL LLC Now that those involved in personal injury settlements, whether workers' compensation or liability insurance based, have finally come to understand the Medicare Secondary Payer Act ("MSP"... Read More
The quest for greater transparency in the American civil justice system is the topic of a new book of essays illustrating how a balanced approach to increasing transparency can improve the civil justice system, raise public confidence and protect litigants'... Read More
During October, the attorney editors on the LexisNexis Jury Verdict team covered several notable personal injury verdicts and settlements from across the country. This informal list of top five cases captured our attention this past month, so we thought... Read More
By John Berringer and Jennifer Katz, Reed Smith LLP In In Re East 51st St. Crane Collapse Litigation , the New York Supreme Court permitted the primary insurance company to enter into a settlement which clearly was not "in the best interests of... Read More
During April, the attorney editors on the LexisNexis Jury Verdict team covered several notable personal injury verdicts from across the country. This informal list of top five cases captured our attention this past month, so we thought you might like... Read More
During the first part of 2014, the attorney editors on the LexisNexis Jury Verdict team covered several notable civil rights settlements and verdicts from across the country. This informal list of top five cases captured our attention, so we thought you... Read More
During January, the attorney editors on the LexisNexis Jury Verdict team covered several notable personal injury verdicts from across the country. We came up with an informal list of the top five cases from last month that really captured our attention... Read More
Largely as a result in the decline of the number of new credit crisis related cases, the number of new securities class action lawsuits filings is "on track to decline for a second successive year from their 2008 peak," according to a NERA Economic... Read More
During August, the attorney editors on the LexisNexis Jury Verdict team covered several notable personal injury verdicts and settlements from across the country. This informal list of top five cases captured our attention this past month, so we thought... Read More
During September, the attorney editors on the LexisNexis Jury Verdict team covered several notable personal injury verdicts and settlements from across the country. This informal list of top five cases captured our attention this past month, so we thought... Read More
LONDON - (AP) Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline said Thursday it expects to take a $2.36 billion charge against second-quarter earnings for the costs of settling court cases over the antidepressant Paxil and diabetes drug Avandia. The company said... Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) A teen-age girl whose father was killed in a 2008 commuter train crash in California took aim Thursday at a federal law that caps legal settlements involving rail accidents at $200 million. Fifteen-year-old Mackenzie Souser of... Read More
RADNOR, Pa. — Leading class action and corporate governance law firm Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check LLP has again been ranked among the nation's top five law firms of 2009 for highest investor recovery in securities class actions... Read More
Access to jury verdicts and settlements has been enhanced with the launch of Mega Jury Verdicts and settlements (Including IDEX), or VSMEGA, a new group file on lexis.com that brings together 900,000 verdicts and settlements. The file includes:... Read More