Vioxx Settlement Payments Start Going Out Today

(Fort Worth Injury Lawyer Blog)
Last November, Merck reached a tentative settlement to resolve most of the outstanding claims it had against it due to the dangerous drug Vioxx. The settlement was contingent on the number of participants. Approximately 50,000 claimants registered for the settlement and earlier this month, Merck waived it right to walk away from the settlement. Today, the first payments are scheduled to be sent out by the administrator to the claimants' lawyers. It should be about 40% of the total payout for ...
August 28, 2008 11:03 am

Whistleblower Legal Malpractice?

(New York Attorney Malpractice Blog)
... pursue his false claims case against a contractor to the state's massive "Big Dig" highway project. According to the lawsuit for legal malpractice and breach of contract, the plaintiff claimed that he entered into a contract with Phillips & Cohen and attorney Peter W. Chatfield around June 2000. The plaintiff alleged that the firm failed to pursue his case for several years, also that he "did not discover that he had suffered any damages or losses resulting" from Phillips & Cohen's lack ...
August 28, 2008 10:57 am
Federal Shadow Attorney-General George Brandis has flagged that the coalition will seek to amend proposed changes to cover de facto and same sex couples so as to state clearly that those relationships cannot be equated with that of marriage, according to The Australian.
August 28, 2008 06:30 am
... changed the way that lawyers represent themselves to the public. Law firms are starting to get more and more solicitations asking attorneys to compete for a spot on the "best" list, another tactic for law firm marketing. Any lawyer will admit that the face of legal marketing has changed, and it is now more important than ever for attorneys to carve their names in the minds of the public and find a way to stand out against the other lawyers. Without the right kind of ...
August 28, 2008 06:02 am

Around the web, August 28

(Point Of Law Forum)
Should New York replace neurologically impaired infant litigation with no-fault fund? [Barringer/Berkowitz, NY Sun via Common Good] Fifth Circuit denies Paul Minor's request for prison release [YallPolitics] Federal judge sanctions attorney John Aretakis for "hijacking" pro bono tenant case...
August 28, 2008 05:05 am
... of potentially great significance for climate change disclosure and reporting issues, on August 27, 2008, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced (here) that Xcel Energy had entered a "binding and enforceable agreement" requiring the company ... lawsuits) seeking to hold companies and their directors and officers responsible. As today's announcement from the New York Attorney General's office demonstrates, climate change already is an important governance and disclosure issue. A myriad of ...
August 28, 2008 04:32 am
... E. coli O157:H7 infections after eating at restaurants. One person we are representing developed hemolytic uremic syndrome and is in a coma. Attorney Fred Pritzker spent two days in the intensive care unit with the family. Antibiotics and anti-diarrheal medicines are not recommended for treating E. coli ... . coli lawsuits, restaurant liability, or any other legal help, please contact our law firm: 1-888-377-8900 (toll-free) or email Fred Pritzker, managing attorney for our E. coli litigation cases.
August 28, 2008 04:21 am
... E. coli O157:H7 infections after eating at restaurants. One person we are representing developed hemolytic uremic syndrome and is in a coma. Attorney Fred Pritzker spent two days in the intensive care unit with the family. Antibiotics and anti-diarrheal medicines are not recommended for treating E. coli ... . coli lawsuits, restaurant liability, or any other legal help, please contact our law firm: 1-888-377-8900 (toll-free) or email Fred Pritzker, managing attorney for our E. coli litigation cases.
August 28, 2008 04:21 am
The lawyers who defeated Washington, D.C.'s handgun ban in the Supreme Court, successfully arguing that Americans have an individual right to arm themselves, want about $3.5 million for their trouble, according to a motion for attorney fees and costs filed...
August 28, 2008 04:08 am
Why didn't Washington State's Congressional delegation prevent the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act from granting a monopoly over the word "Olympic" without carving out a broader exception for Washington-based Internet sales? That's the question Seattle-area blogger Trish Wareing recently asked. I think it's a darn good one. As previously discussed, the statute excepts trade names and trademarks from the United States Olympic Committee's monopoly over the term when "it is evident from ...
August 28, 2008 03:36 am

Live-Blogging Joe Biden

(TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime)
I'm back home and Joe Biden is about to speak. His son, Attorney General of Delaware, Beau Biden, just gave a rousing speech for him. Thoughts and updates below. Update: Biden's family seems very nice. The best part was when he finished and Barack Obama came out. Obama looked really happy and relaxed. I think Michelle Obama is Biden's biggest fan. Your turn.
August 28, 2008 03:32 am
... for failing to register as a sex offender. It also mandates that he register as a sex offender, attend mental and sex offender counseling and have no contact with minors, plus other sex offender conditions, according to a U.S. Attorney's Office press released. LeTourneau's case was the first of its kind to go to trial in the Southern District of Texas under the revised Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act. LeTourneau previously made constitutional objections to SORNA, but after failing ...
August 28, 2008 03:25 am
... GSK matter until late Fall 2008, which is after the next election. Even if the Federal Circuit does hear the case late Fall 2008, no decision will be forthcoming until late Winter 2009 at the earliest, which means that by the time the Federal Circuit can agree with Judge Cacheris there will be a new President, a new Director of the Patent Office and a new Attorney General. So why continue with a losing appeal? Any fool could see the result. See more here: Tafas v. Dudas: The Continuation Wars
August 28, 2008 03:23 am
... graphic pornography. At the time, many saw the case against Extreme Associates as a prelude of things to come under then-Attorney General John Ashcroft. But in the five years since, the case has languished. There had been no entries in the ... across the country. "For all the sound and fury, what we saw was a handful of prosecutions," said Reed Lee, an attorney who specializes in the First Amendment. "There never was a grand onslaught people may have envisioned." The number of obscenity cases filed ...
August 28, 2008 03:19 am
Canadian attorney Howard Levitt has an interesting article published today on FinancialPost.com about trends in Canadian employment class action law. The article offers some practical preventative tips for employers, but also makes a few keen observations about the dynamics surrounding a recent increase in employment class actions in Canada, including this gem: It's a new phenomenon: Roving groups of lawyers searching for corporate conduct [...]
August 28, 2008 02:38 am

Another Theater Hears Us

(Hearing Loss Law)
... that an imperfect compromise made more sense than a "perfect" trial. There are still some details to be negotiated, but the attorneys for 5th Avenue have indicated that they don't believe those details will be insurmountable. Before suit ... CAP continues its focus on live theaters in Washington. We are continuing to work with The Paramount Theatre and with the various venues at Seattle Centre, where captioned performances have been offered in the past at our request. We will update this website as ...
August 28, 2008 02:11 am
... group of people important techniques to reduce their liability. You'll learn to: - Insulate your business - Buy the right insurance - Follow corporate formalities - And protect your family You'll get a one-hour interactive webinar with me, a licensed attorney. This includes a Q&A session where you can ask some questions about business liability. I'm offering this webinar for only $9. All registrants get the one-hour webinar and access to the video afterward, in case you want to review it ...
August 28, 2008 02:07 am
Jennifer Reisinger says the Sheboygan city attorney ordered her to remove from her Web site a link to the city's police department, in what she believes was retaliation for her support of recalling Mayor Juan Perez, according to the suit filed last week. (source) Her reaction, file a federal lawsuit against the City of Sheboygan. [...]
August 28, 2008 01:19 am

Are There Different Types of Alimony?

(New Jersey Divorce Lawyer Blog)
Are There Different Types of Alimony? YES There are several types of alimony with several different purposes. Permanent Alimony Rehabilitative Alimony Limited Duration Alimony Reimbursement Alimony Alimony pendente lite Carton and Rudnick family law Carton and Rudnick consumer law Carton and Rudnick
August 28, 2008 01:01 am
Still getting back into the swing of things at law school. I've got a rather large class load: Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Civil Trial Advocacy I, Insurance law, Food & Drug Law, and Administrative Law. My Civ Trial professor seems like a great and well-qualified guy, but I have to wonder: Why is it every "trial professor" I meet is a defense lawyer? Do plaintiffs' lawyers just not go into teaching? Vioxx plaintiffs' lawyers will get 32% of the settlement as their fee, not the usual 1/3rd ...
August 27, 2008 11:50 pm
 
 
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