Many people claim to know what to expect when ending a marriage. There are a number of popular myths that mislead people about the common outcome of cases and what rights they are/are not entitled to. A lot of people may have seen their parents or another relative go through a separation and think they …
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Fujifilm and Polaroid begin litigation over photo borders
Camera manufacturer Fujifilm has asked a US district court to clear it of any wrongdoing after it was allegedly threatened with trademark litigation by Polaroid. Fujifilm filed its complaint for declaratory judgment on Monday, November 13, at the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. In the suit, the brand licensor and marketer …
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Climate Litigation Needs to Become a Mass Movement
Things are not going well for the Earth. It goes well beyond the Trump administration’s decision to eventually leave the Paris Agreement and Scott Pruitt’s purge of the Environmental Protection Agency’s scientific experts. Even non-American efforts to curb climate change aren’t going so well: Newly released data from the World Meteorological Organization reveal a record …
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U.K. Litigation Cases On Defaulted Consumer Debts Soar Beyond 2008 Levels
Last month, S&P warned that UK lenders could incur £30 billion of losses on their consumer lending portfolios consisting of credit cards, personal and auto loans if interest rates and unemployment rose sharply.Much like in the U.S., S&P warned that “loose monetary policy, cheap central bank term funding schemes and benign economic conditions” had fueled an …
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Litigation over unpaid consumer debt tops 2008 levels
November 11, 2017 John Murray Brown in London Listen to this article Play audio for this article Pause This is an experimental feature. Give us your feedback. Thank you for your feedback. What do you think? I‘ll use it in the future I don‘t think I‘ll use it Please tell us why (optional) Send Feedback …
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English courts committed to high-quality commercial litigation throughout the country, says expert
Litigation Futures reported that changes are to be made to the Civil Procedure Rules (CPRs) to emphasis the fact that, under the new structure, no case will be considered “too big” to be heard outside of London. The original plan was to make this clear using a practice direction, issued to coincide with the launch …
Litigation is stressful, embrace ADR, CJ tells lawyers
Oladimeji Ramon The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Opeyemi Oke, has urged lawyers to disabuse their minds from the notion that the practice of Alternative Dispute Resolution will cause them loss of revenue. She said rather, by embracing ADR, lawyers would be earning as much money as they earn in litigation, but with much …
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Serial Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Commences Latest Round of Hotel Litigation: How Can Hotels Protect Themsel…
Tuesday, November 21, 2017 Just as one flood of lawsuits against Arizona businesses finally dries up, another downpour begins. Peter Strojnik of Phoenix, the same attorney who filed more than 1,100 lawsuits that drew the attention of the Arizona attorney general, has filed approximately 60 new lawsuits under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) against motels and …
Litigation Finance Investors Expanding Their Reach
Investor funded litigation is not new, but its use is expanding, according to experts in the field. Panelists at the 2017 Risk Management Summit in Las Vegas, Nev., addressed the growing trend of investor funded litigation, particularly in the area of commercial auto claims, during the session, “Investor Funded Litigation Update.” Insurance Journal was a …
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Mitigating Employment Litigation Landmines With Workplace Diversity and Inclusion Efforts
Meaningful diversity and inclusion efforts in the workplace have evolved from being the right thing to do to being the smart thing to do—and now they are quickly moving toward being the essential thing companies must do to ensure success. As of this writing, more than 300 chief executive officers and/or senior executive officers of …