Settlement & Compromise

It's not just making it rain millions. For example, Jeffrey D. Forchelli, managing partner of the Uniondale law firm Forchelli, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo, Cohn & Terrana, presented a common scenario of how...

The Medicines Company (MDCO) has settled the lawsuits filed in the US district court for the district of Delaware relating to the Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) filed by APP Pharmaceuticals, LLC (APP)...

The estate of a client could not proceed with a legal malpractice lawsuit commenced by the client before her death, the Idaho Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment. The client received workers'...

A wide range of insurers have reached a settlement with the state to do a better job updating online physician directories. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said eight health insurers entered into the...

WYOMISSING, Pa. -- Penn National Gaming, Inc. (PENN: Nasdaq) announced today that its Chief Financial Officer, William J. Clifford, will participate in an audio webcast in conjunction with the Company's participation at the...

PHILADELPHIA -- Spector Roseman Kodroff & Wills, P.C., Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, and Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, co-lead counsel in the historic Converium/SCOR securities class action (the first such...

Even as teachers expressed concern over Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decision to tie school district funding to new teacher evaluation methods, the State University of New York system greeted the decision to hold the...

DALLAS -- North Texas-based tax resolution firm The Schlichting Group today extended a lifeline to U.S. clients abandoned by the dissolution of now-defunct tax firms headed by California's Roni Deutch and South Carolina's...

SAN DIEGO -- The following statement is being issued by Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP pursuant to an order of the United States District Court, Northern District of California: UNITED STATES DISTRICT...

PHILADELPHIA -- The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) has submitted its comments on "Remedies for Copyright Small Claims" to the U.S. Copyright Office. The Office asked for comments related to a study...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Norton & Melnik, APC, and Kitchin Legal announced they filed a class action lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court today against the California-based retailer, Forever 21. The lawsuit alleges Forever...

SALT LAKE CITY -- In January 2011, local technology innovator, eTAGZ, sued Primos, Inc, a Flora, Mississippi company that sells hunting-related products, for patent infringement. Primos denied the claims. In October 2011 eTAGZ...

A West Virginia jury awarded the son of a woman who died of severe dehydration after a brief stay in a nursing home $91.5 million, including an $80 million punitive damages award. The...

A Texas jury awarded $482 million to a radiologist on his claim that a medical stent manufacturer willfully infringed his patent. It took only two hours for the jury to deliberate and then...

- The Company recommences financing guaranteed structured settlements receivables - BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Imperial Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: IFT) ("Imperial"), a specialty finance company with a focus on providing liquidity solutions on individual...

Three more rail unions ratified five-year agreements with U.S.based freight railroads, leaving five unions still to complete the voting process and one union still in talks. Ratifications were announced in early January by...

A law firm's offer of settlement was insufficient to moot a lawsuit over its allegedly unfair debt collection practices, the 4th Circuit has ruled in reversing a dismissal. The plaintiff sued under the...

CHICAGO -- Corboy & Demetrio has secured a $2 million settlement on behalf of a Chicago woman who was hit by a garbage truck in the city's River North neighborhood. The truck was...

WYOMISSING, Pa. -- Penn National Gaming, Inc. (Nasdaq: PENN) announced today that it will release its 2011 fourth quarter financial results at 7:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, February 2, 2012 and will host...