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Two Recent Negligence Settlements from Public Service Mistakes

Everyone makes mistakes, even those whose sworn mission is to protect and serve or to do no harm. Two settlements were announced this week that demonstrate exactly that. In Brooklyn,...

March 6, 2012

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The Latest BP Oil Spill Settlement

The big news this weekend was the announcement that BP has settled the set of civil suits by residents and businesses against the company. The settlement does not have a...

March 5, 201217

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Police Detective Wins Right to a Beard

A Las Vegas policeman has settled a lawsuit with the city for $40,000 and the right to wear a beard on the job. You read that correctly. Apparently, some police...

March 2, 201221

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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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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

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