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Tag Archives: Trial Lawyers

Top News Clips for the Week of April 30-May 6

May 6, 2016News, Recent NewsClass Actions, Outrageous Lawsuits, TCCWNA, Trial LawyersNJCJI

A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of April 30-May 6. Continue reading →

Top News Clips for the Week of February 13-19

February 19, 2016News, Recent NewsArbitration, CFA, Employment Law, New Jersey Legislature, Outrageous Lawsuits, Trial LawyersNJCJI

A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of February 13-19.

 

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Trial Attorneys Are Not All Selfless White Knights

February 19, 2016News, Top StoriesTrial LawyersNJCJI

Trial Lawyers Inc.The Manhattan Institute has released the 20th installment of its groundbreaking, investigative series Trial Lawyers Inc. The most recent report, like the many that have come before it, reaffirms the fact that not all attorneys are practicing because they believe in fighting for justice. Some attorneys are simply in the business because it is good business.

 

Although the lawsuit industry is massive, information on it can be scarce: Law firms, unlike publicly traded corporations, do not disclose business and financial results in 10-Ks or proxy statements. The Manhattan Institute’s reports—stylized as annual reports of the plaintiffs’ bar, which it calls Trial Lawyers, Inc.—are intended to help fill that gap by shedding light on the size, scope, and inner workings of the lawsuit industry.

 

Click here to read the full report.

 

Top News Clips for the Week of February 6-12

February 12, 2016News, Recent NewsOutrageous Lawsuits, Trial LawyersNJCJI

A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of February 6-12. Continue reading →

Christie Vetoes Bill that Would Have Enriched Attorneys at the Expense of Injured Workers

January 11, 2016News, Top StoriesEmployment Law, Governor Christie, New Jersey Legislature, Trial LawyersNJCJI

Veto stampOn December 11, Gov. Christie used his veto pen to strike down S374/A3403, which would have awarded more money to workers’ compensation attorneys at the expense of their injured clients. Gov. Christie should be applauded for stopping this bad bill from becoming a law. Continue reading →

Fraud and Abuse Abound in Asbestos Cases

November 20, 2015News, Top StoriesBankruptcy Trust, Damages, Double Dipping, Legal Reform, Trial LawyersNJCJI

Last year’s eye-opening decision in the case In re Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC was shocking. We had long suspected that asbestos plaintiffs and their attorneys were gaming the system in order to increase their recoveries, but we had no idea just how big of a problem it was. Garlock showed that mitigating evidence had been withheld in almost all the cases brought against it over the past decade, but was the same thing happening in cases brought against other defendants? Continue reading →

Top News Clips for the Week of October 31-November 6

November 6, 2015News, Recent NewsClass Actions, New Jersey Courts, Outrageous Lawsuits, SCOTUS, Trial LawyersNJCJI

A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of October 31-November 6. Continue reading →

Don’t Give Plaintiffs’ Lawyers a Free Pass

November 6, 2015News, Top StoriesTrial LawyersNJCJI

In a recent article detailing some of the fraud that has been uncovered in the BP oil spill settlement claims, Reuters’ Alison Frankel makes a great point: plaintiffs’ attorneys should not be given a free pass to behave badly and flout the rules just because they are representing the “little guy.” Continue reading →

Top News Clips for the Week of October 24-30

October 30, 2015News, Recent NewsClass Actions, Legal Reform, Outrageous Lawsuits, Trial LawyersNJCJI

A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of October 24-30.

 

Halloween Special: Must Home Sellers Disclose That A Home Is Haunted?

Kyle White | Abnormal Use Blog

In a recent Charlotte Agenda article, the author, Mary F. Gross, reports on a home that her friend recently purchased – a 1920’s “bootlegger house” which came with historical character, secret compartments for stashing booze, and . . . a ghost? The buyers were apparently notified for the first time at the closing that the home also came with a “mischievous spirit.” In the piece, the author remarks that she would have “ripped up every single document in front of me and accused the owner of breaking some sort of ghost-disclosure law.” This got us thinking. Since it is the week of Halloween, we thought it appropriate to examine what type of “ghost disclosure law” there might be.

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How Much Can You Scare Children on Halloween Before You Get Sued?

Eric Mandel | MyNorthwest.com

For anyone planning to terrorize unsuspecting trick-or-treaters, you may want to ask yourself: Is it worth a potential lawsuit?

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The Coming Age Of Kickstarter Class Actions

Keith Lee | Associate’s Mind

If you’ve been out of the loop the past few years, crowdfunding has become a major force in how capital is raised – outside of vcs, angels, banks, and the like. Crowdfunding is the process by which business, causes, and people raise monetary contributions from a large number of people, typically via the internet. It allows anyone with an idea or project to bypass the traditional financial apparatus of funding.

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Bacon is the New Asbestos! Really?

Joseph J. Welter | Asbestos Case Tracker

So, this is a perfect example of the realities of this world and how state of the art can be distorted. The World Health Organization has indicated that processed foods, such as bacon, sausage and hot dogs are in the same category as smoking and asbestos in terms of their potential to cause cancer. The news reports that have come out in the last few days barely touch upon the science and medical aspects, yet here come the sound “bites” that processed food is deadly.

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Hedge Funds Pump Up Mass Torts With Loans, Advertising

Daniel Fisher | Forbes

Does easy financing spur more litigation? It’s a big talking point for the people at the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for Legal Reform, and they may have their best example in pelvic mesh litigation, where hedge funds and specialized litigation finance firms have bankrolled a wave of television advertising and online marketing that has helped stimulate tens of thousands of lawsuits against Boston Scientific, Johnson & Johnson and others.

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Technicality Ties Up Uber Technologies

Lauren Weber | Wall Street Journal

As Uber Technologies Inc. faces a pair of court challenges that raise big questions about the way it classifies, pays and vets the 300,000 drivers offering rides through its app, the cases may hinge on what many would call a legal technicality.

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‘Footlong’ Settlement: Lawyers Feed, Consumers Fast

American Tort Reform Association

As is almost always the case with contrived consumer class actions, lawyers who served up the now infamous Subway “footlong” litigation are poised to feed on more than a half-million dollars in fees while their putative clients go hungry.

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Report: Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Score Big Perks for Themselves Lobbying Federal Agencies

October 1, 2015News, Top StoriesLegal Reform, Trial LawyersNJCJI

A new report from the American Tort Reform Association and the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for Legal Reform, “The Trial Lawyer Underground: Covertly Lobbying the Executive Branch,” documents how plaintiffs’ lawyers have been able to successfully lobby the executive branch to expand civil liability (and increase their bottom lines) over the past few years. Continue reading →

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