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US Supreme Court hears oral arguments on federal Medicaid Act

JURIST

Marstiller on whether the “federal Medicaid Act provides for a state Medicaid program to recover reimbursement for Medicaid’s payment of a beneficiary’s past medical expenses by taking funds from the portion of the beneficiary’s tort recovery that compensates for future medical expenses.”

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“‘Totally Out of Control’ Attorney Fees in Mass Torts Dodge Appellate Review; U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, in a 2021 holding in the multidistrict litigation over Monsanto’s Roundup pesticide, called common benefit fees ‘totally out of control,’ sending shockwaves throughout the mass torts bar; But the Ninth Circuit, in a five-page unpublished opinion, found it lacked jurisdiction to review the order.”

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“‘Totally Out of Control’ Attorney Fees in Mass Torts Dodge Appellate Review; U.S. The post “‘Totally Out of Control’ Attorney Fees in Mass Torts Dodge Appellate Review; U.S. ” Amanda Bronstad of law.com has this report on a non-precedential ruling that the U.S.

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Thailand court’s dismissal of spyware misuse lawsuit spurs international concern

JURIST

Pai first brought the tort complaint in July 2023 based on a warning email sent by Apple and a 2022 joint report by Thai civil society groups and Citizen Lab. The report found that the Pegasus spyware attacked at least 30 people, most of whom were involved in the 2020-2021 protests for Thailand’s Pro-Democracy Movement.

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What’s New in Law Firm Ownership?

Attorney at Work

In January 2021, the state eliminated its Rule 5.4. It is a realistic prediction that we’ll live in a world where thousands of estate planning lawyers work for Fidelity, and hedge funds run the most significant plaintiff tort outfits. Australia and the United Kingdom already permit outside ownership of law firms.

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Tort Litigation against Transnational Companies in England

Conflict of Laws

This post is an abridged adaptation of my recent article, Private International Law and Substantive Liability Issues in Tort Litigation against Multinational Companies in the English Courts: Recent UK Supreme Court Decisions and Post-Brexit Implications in the Journal of Private International Law. Muir-Watt (ibid) 386).

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Covid-19 Shuts Down Tort and HCLA Trials in Tennessee in 2020-21

Day on Torts

Tennessee’s tort and health care liability action trials came near to a screeching half for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021. There were only 31 jury and 113 nonjury tort trials in twelve months, and only 1 jury and 7 nonjury health care liability cases tried during the same period. of cases). (We Dyer 1 (nonjury).

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COVID-19 Tort Cases Have Peaked, Report Says

Law 360

The number of COVID-related tort suits filed in federal court peaked in the first quarter of 2021 about a year into the pandemic and has been ebbing steadily in each quarter since, according to a new report by Lex Machina.

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