2012 – Page 34 – Lawyer.com | Legal Blog

Indie Record Label Group Wins $10 Million Infringement Settlement

Limewire, the P2P file sharing software, has agreed to yet another settlement in copyright infringement litigation, this time with the indie label representative group Merlin. The software company, which allowed...

March 1, 20123

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Settlements

Verizon Settles Class Action “Cramming” Suit

In college I recall a time when a friend pranked another friend by secretly signing his cell phone up for one of those "joke a day" text message spam services....

March 1, 2012

2 minutes

Settlements

Injured? Should You Settle or Go to Trial?

Check out this excellent blog post about what "going to trial" in an injury lawsuit really means. Jerry H. Trachtman, an attorney out of Melbourne, Florida, writes a detailed rundown...

March 1, 2012

1 minute

Settlements

Blind Woman Struck by Car Receives $200,000 Settlement

The Star-Ledger reports today that a settlement has been reached for the blind Morristown, NJ woman who was hit by a car two years ago. Chistina Brino was walking her...

February 29, 2012

2 minutes

Settlements

Free Speech Lawsuit Settled for $75,000

The First Amendment guarantees the right to free speech to all people, even if you don't agree with what they're saying. The town of South Hadley in Massachusetts learned that...

February 28, 20123

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