A recent study by legal research organization Acritas found that U.S. companies spend, for every dollar of revenue, nearly triple the amount on legal services than their counterparts around the globe. Unfortunately, doing business in the U.S. comes with increased risk and exposure to unanticipated litigation, which raises the underlying “cost” of doing business. Here, …
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In early August, legal data analytics firm Lex Machina released its first Commercial Litigation Year in Review report, which identifies trends and highlights in commercial litigation filed in U.S. district courts between 2009 and 2017. Although the recent Lex Machina report focuses mainly on cases involving breach of contract or business torts, there appears to …
This decision is perhaps of greater interest for the discussion on litigation privilege in the context of investigations – something which was not pleaded in the recent RBS litigation (dealing with the scope of legal advice privilege). It was common ground that communications between parties or their solicitors and third parties for the purpose of …
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Legal experts expect a spurt in privacy-related litigation following the Supreme Court (SC) verdict. “Every government action could now be challenged in a court, if it is seen as violating a person’s privacy,” says cyber law expert and SC advocate Pavan Duggal. For instance, if a person gets a call on …
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) – The civil rights center at the University of North Carolina that helps the poor and disenfranchised can no longer litigate cases – a move that supporters say jeopardizes the center’s future. The policy-making board of the UNC system voted overwhelmingly Friday to ban litigation by the UNC Center for Civil …
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THE letter “Caught in dilemma of medical defence insurance” (The Star, Sept 4) is referred. Medical Defence Malaysia Berhad (MDM) is the first local medical defence organisation (MDO) that offered occurrence-based indemnity to Malaysian doctors from 2002 till 2016. Effective January 2017, MDM ceased to offer occurrence-based indemnity in view of the increased litigation rate …
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By Michaela Ross Initial coin offerings are attracting billions of dollars in financing, a growing pool of unsophisticated investors, and increased regulatory scrutiny. That’s a recipe for a wave of private litigation, financial services and commercial litigation attorneys and policy researchers analysts told Bloomberg BNA. The nascent technology is drawing legal scrutiny as it becomes …
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Firms with lawyer CEOs may have an advantage in navigating litigation environments, a recent academic study suggests. Researchers from four universities across the US found that lawyer CEOs are associated with both lower litigation frequency and less severe litigation. The reduction was observed among the nine most common types of litigation: antitrust, contract, employment civil …
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Litigation funding is on the increase. But what is its potential, asks Christopher Bogart of Burford? Le Moal Olivier Much of the commentary about litigation focuses on its growth—and it has indeed grown. More interesting than where litigation finance has come from, however, is where it is going. That ongoing evolution reflects many of …
Albany, NY — (SBWIRE) — 08/09/2017 — It has been noted that, in the U.K., total number of personal injury claims recorded during 2016-17 has fallen, but its categorized motor claims have marginally risen by 1.2% in 2016-17. This has affected the U.K. personal injury litigation market to some extent. To study in-depth, Market Research …