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Guest Post: Third-Party Litigation Funding: Disclosure to Courts, Congress, and the Executive

Patently O

Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] 5] Insurance options are suddenly plentiful, [6] funders are expanding and multiplying, [7] and new deal commitments are on the rise. [8] Guest post by Jonathan Stroud.

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Beasley Allen Slams J&J's DQ Bid 'Check-Up' In Talc Tort

Law 360

The Beasley Allen Law Firm and Johnson & Johnson continue to spar over the firm and attorney Andy Birchfield's role in the long-running federal and state mass torts over talcum powder injuries, with the firm calling J&J out on Tuesday for "prodding" the New Jersey courts to boot the lawyers from the litigation.

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The Texas Two-Step and Big Pharma

Fordham Law News

They all used bankruptcy to try to get out of mass tort claims. [1] 7] The first step is to create a new corporation, usually in a business friendly state like Texas or Delaware. [8] 8] The second step is to then transfer the tort liabilities into the new corporations. [9] ” [20] What’s next? .”

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Liability for undelivered mail and the chilling effect of subpoenas

SCOTUSBlog

Konan sued the USPS under the Federal Tort Claims Act, asserting claims under Texas law for nuisance, tortious interference, conversion, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. In an unusual move, Konan, reprented by the Stanford Law School Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, has filed a conditional cross-petition ( Konan v.

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Red states urge Supreme Court to block suits against big oil

SCOTUSBlog

City of Englewood, New Jersey , 23-1189 Issues : (1) Whether the City of Englewoods speech-free buffer zones, including zones outside an abortion clinic, violate the First Amendment; and (2) whether the court should overrule Hill v. California , 22 Orig. CVSG: 12/10/2024 (Relisted after the Jan. 17 conference.) Relisted after the Jan.

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In a slew of new cases, the justices take in closer look

SCOTUSBlog

New Jersey , [o]ther than the fact of a prior conviction, any fact that increases the penalty for a crime beyond the prescribed statutory maximum must be submitted to a jury, and proved beyond a reasonable doubt. Judicial factfinding for restitution Under Apprendi v. Relisted after the Jan. 10 conference.) Relisted after the Jan.

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February 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE LITIGATION CHART. Wikimedia Commons. and non-U.S. City of Hoboken v.