Litigation Law

Visa, MasterCard Estimate Potential Fee Settlement at $4 Billion – Bloomberg

Visa Inc. (V) and MasterCard Inc. (MA), the world’s biggest payment networks, put any potential settlement of price-fixing litigation by merchants at about $4 billion. MasterCard “extrapolated an estimate of a reasonably possible loss of at …

Litigation ends over historic Pemberton train station – msnbc.com

PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP — A new license for the historic North Pemberton Railroad Station is being negotiated. Township officials and representatives from the Pemberton Township Historic Trust held a short meeting Wednesday afternoon to discuss new terms on …

doeLEGAL Adds Industry Leader to its Litigation Team – YAHOO!

doeLEGAL, LLC., the leading provider of collaborative litigation management and electronic discovery solutions, announces the addition of Lou Verrelli as business development executive. For the past 15 years, Verrelli has been an executive in a number of …

N.Y. Pilot Project Seeks to Streamline Complex Civil Litigation – Law.com

In an effort to streamline complex civil litigations in the Southern District, a committee has recommended that parties immediately divulge to the court and their adversaries the documents they request, accede to a schedule for electronic …

Attorney Journal Names TERIS Litigation Support Firm of the Month – YAHOO!

Belief in an open, collaborative culture of support for both internal and external customers, and empowering employees to make the best decisions in their customer’s best interest are key ingredients in the TERIS recipe for success. Attorney Journal …

Exasperation, litigation, bruised feelings in Big Easy battle over historic apartments’ rent – Minneapolis Star Tribune

NEW ORLEANS – Saxophone riffs from an unseen street musician waft up three floors to the balcony of Leslie Snadowsky’s French Quarter apartment, punctuated by the bustle of waiters, bartenders, tourists and street people wandering among …

Exasperation, litigation, bruised feelings in Big Easy battle over historic apartments’ rent – Allentown Morning Call

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Angry tenants of a historic 19th century apartment building in New Orleans’ French Quarter are squabbling with the city government about recent rent increases. The Upper Pontalba Apartment buildings are owned by the city of …

Progress Energy Announces Settlement of CVO Litigation – Yahoo Finance

As part of the settlement, Progress Energy purchased all of Davidson Kempner’s CVOs at a negotiated price of $0.75 per CVO.  Progress Energy determined that the purchase price included in the settlement represented the fair value of all outstanding CVOs … Continue reading

GSI Technology reports on developments with Cypress Semi litigation – Yahoo Finance

GSI Technology (NasdaqGS:GSIT) reported on recent developments related to its pending patent litigation with Cypress Semiconductor (CY). Lee-Lean Shu, GSI’s President and CEO, noted, “In our October 5, 2011 press release, we reported that the United …

Wage and hour compliance: A hornet’s next of litigation and fines (Jason Johnson) – Everything Alabama Blog

According to the 2010 Fulbright report on litigation trends, the fastest growing area of litigation is wage and hour issues, up 18 percent in 2010 alone. This trend is expected to continue during 2011 and into 2012. Why? The U.S. … Continue reading