One practical aspect of disclosure-only settlements that has received little attention is the practice of providing lengthy individual mailed notice of the disclosure-only settlement to class members, which results in additional (and largely unnecessary) costs that, depending on the number of beneficial owners requiring notice, can exceed tens of thousands of dollars.
On Feb. 24, 2014, the Rent Stabilization Association, Community Housing Improvement Program, and certain property owners filed a lawsuit i challenging the constitutionality of the numerous amendments that the DHC promulgated to the RSC and TPR on Jan. 8..
The Ninth Circuit recently issued an opinion in the case of Garcia v. Google, arising out of an actress' performance in a highly controversial film entitled The Innocence of Muslims.
In-depth analysis of a case involving vested rights.
What are the obligations of an employer when an employee puts it on notice that he has a disability? A look at a recent court ruling.
An in-depth look at several important rulings.
Federal Circuit Focuses on Burdens Of Proof in Travatan Z' Case
History of Patent Litigation May Establish Justiciable Controversy
Federal Circuit Holds a Reexamined Patent is 'Same Patent' as Original For Claim Preclusion
The amount of a first-party insurance claim may be subject to varying valuation approaches, often depending upon whether the policyholder repairs or replaces the damaged property, and the range of valuation options will be established by the policy language,
Rights in pre-Feb. 15, 1972, sound recordings ' which are protected by state law, rather than federal copyright law ' are hotly litigated in the digital music era. On April 17, for example, major record labels sued the music-streaming service Pandora in New York Supreme Court in Manhattan. The suit alleges common-law copyright infringement and unfair competition from Pandora's use of pre-1972 recordings.
