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Home Former Mishcons partner jailed for role in ?22m loan scam by Suzi Ring 27 Jan 2012 at 5:40pm Former Mishcon de Reya property partner Kevin Steele has been sentenced to five and a half years in jail after being found guilty of forgery and fraud offences in a ?22m (£18.5m) loan scam. Steele was sentenced by Mr Justice Wood at Southwark Crown Court earlier today (27 January) alongside his former client, property developer Michael Shephard, who has been sentenced to six years and three months in jail. Olswang top earner takes home £681k as Charles Russell's highest paid partner... by Suzi Ring 27 Jan 2012 at 5:23pm
Olswang?s highest paid member took home £681,000 last year according to limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts recently filed with Companies House. The accounts show that the firm?s operating profit fell from £31.6m in 2009-10 to £29.3m last year, while staff costs increased to £32.7m in 2010-11, up from £31.5m the previous year. Court strikes out part of £10m negligence claim against Pinsents by Rose Orlik 27 Jan 2012 at 3:52pm Pinsent Masons has successfully won part of its bid to overturn a £10m negligence claim brought against the firm by former client, Shepherd Construction. The firm applied to strike out parts of Shepherd?s claim relating to the firm?s advice, with the company arguing Pinsents had a continuing duty to advise it of changes in the law. Clifford Chance trainee retention dips to 76% as Ashurst keeps on 78% by Sofia Lind 27 Jan 2012 at 11:02am
Clifford Chance (CC) is set to keep on 76% of its March newly-qualified lawyers, significantly lower than magic circle rivals Allen & Overy and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and the firm?s own equivalent figure for 2011.CC will keep on 39 trainees from an intake of 51, 48 of which applied for posts with the firm. This time last year the firm posted a retention rate of 91%, keeping on 52 new qualifiers. Bankers? bonuses on the racks again ?as Government set to clamp down on cronyism by Simon Evan and Alice Greenwell 27 Jan 2012 at 12:00am
Freshfields? Simon Evans and Alice Greenwell examine whether the Government?s pay proposals will drive change Banking and finance by Legal Week 27 Jan 2012 at 12:00am
Simmons on the response to the ICB's banking system reform recommendations and Shearman & Sterling asks if today's distressed debt will be tomorrow's hot asset class Nostalgia for sale - how one lawyer turned a passion for movie posters into a... by Sofia Lind 27 Jan 2012 at 12:00am
Harbottle & Lewis? Andy Millmore tells ?Sofia Lind how his passion for collecting old movie posters turned into a business venture Norton Rose and Maclay Murray win roles on dairy company sale by Sofia Lind 27 Jan 2012 at 12:00am
Norton Rose and Maclay Murray & Spens have taken key advisory roles on the sale of Scottish dairy company Robert Wiseman Dairies to Germany?s Muller. The deal, announced earlier this month (16 January), will see the company change hands for £279.5m, with the Wiseman family reportedly set to gain £98.1m for their stake. Quartet of firms lead on proposed sale of Swedish packaging company by Rose Orlik 27 Jan 2012 at 12:00am
Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance (CC) Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Eversheds are advising on DS Smith?s proposed ?1.6bn (£1.3bn) acquisition of a packaging division of Sweden?s Svenska Cellulosa (SCA). A&O City corporate partners Don McGown and Richard Browne are leading the firm?s team advising UK packaging company DS Smith. Reverberations and revolutions - change grips the market as 'Tesco law' final... by Sofia Lind 27 Jan 2012 at 12:00am
More than eight years since plans for sweeping reform of the UK?s £25bn legal services market were first floated, ?the most radical phase of ?Tesco law? starts this month. Sofia Lind finds the looming revolution already having a profound impact on the profession Integreon opens first UK LPO base and ramps up temp paralegal service by Suzi Ring 27 Jan 2012 at 12:00am
Integreon has launched the first-ever onshore legal process outsourcing (LPO) centre in the UK, as the outsourcer ramps up its temp paralegal service for clients. The new LPO centre opened in Bristol this month after a request from a global client, which external sources have told Legal Week they believe to be Microsoft. The tech giant signed a deal with Integreon in April 2010 confirming the outsourcer as its exclusive provider of offshore managed document review. SNR Denton partners question one-off £500k payout for former chairman by Sofia Lind 27 Jan 2012 at 12:00am
SNR Denton partners have criticised a payout to former Denton Wilde Sapte chairman James Dallas of around £500,000 last year, despite profits per equity partner (PEP) falling by 36% in ?the UK partnership. City energy partner Dallas, who chaired legacy Dentons until 2009, is understood to have been paid the one-off sum last spring in addition to his regular profit share as a result of a deal negotiated ahead of his relocation to Dubai in 2008. Top 50 union promises shuffle upwards for national duo but no end game for Pi... by Georgina Stanley and Rose Orlik 27 Jan 2012 at 12:00am
Georgina Stanley and Rose Orlik ask if the looming McGrigors merger can help Pinsents achieve its larger goals... Government legal spend drops 36% amid austerity cutbacks by Sofia Lind 27 Jan 2012 at 12:00am
Government legal spend through its central panel of external advisers fell by more than a third last year, with the findings coming as a long-awaited review of the roster kicked off in earnest earlier this month. Figures released by the Government Procurement Service, following a Freedom of Information Act request from Legal Week, show the panel handing out a total of £28.8m to the current 48-firm roster during 2010-11, 36% down on the record figure of £44.8m spent during the previous year. Aviva appoints Clydes and CMS to new reinsurance legal panel by Suzi Ring 27 Jan 2012 at 12:00am
Clyde & Co and CMS Cameron McKenna have won appointments on Aviva?s new reinsurance panel, put together after the insurance giant?s former exclusive adviser Barlow Lyde & Gilbert merged with Clydes in November last year. Clydes and Camerons were both appointed as Aviva?s UK reinsurance advisers for a two-year term taking effect from 1 January, with both also set to handle most of the reinsurance work driven from the UK for the wider Aviva Group globally. |
World Legal News - JURIST JURIST's weblog of legal news and resources worth thinking about, by Professor Bernard Hibbitts and law students at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Guatemala court orders ex-dictator to stand trial 27 Jan 2012 at 6:22pm [JURIST] Guatemalan Judge Carol Flores ruled Thursday that ex-dictator Rios Montt must stand trial for charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. The judge heard the prosecutor's initial statements Wednesday and decided Thursday that the evidence was sufficient to go to trial. Montt is being charged for crimes committed throughout the country's 36-year civil war [BBC timeline], which officially ended in 1996. Montt was a general in the military who became dictator after a coup in 1982 but lost power... US lawmakers request information on new Google privacy policy 27 Jan 2012 at 6:20pm [JURIST] US Representative Edward Markey (D-MA) [official website; press release] and seven other lawmakers Thursday sent a letter [text, PDF] to Google CEO Larry Page [NYT backgrounder] containing 11 questions regarding consumer privacy rights as affected by Google's new privacy policies [corporate website]. The letter states that the privacy policy and Google's consolidated data sharing system raise questions about whether consumers can opt out of the new system, either globally or on a product-by-product basis. As Co-Chairman of the Congressional... Libya torture causing prisoner deaths: AI 27 Jan 2012 at 3:51pm [JURIST] Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] Thursday reported the recent deaths of several Libyan detainees who were apparently tortured while in custody [press release]. The deaths come amid allegations of widespread torture and ill-treatment of detainees accused of being pro-Gaddafi loyalists and fighters during the Libyan conflict [JURIST backgrounder] last year. AI conducted extensive interviews with detainees in and around Tripoli, Misrarah and Gheryan, many of whom showed visible marks indicative of torture, and whose accounts of maltreatment are consistent... Chevron officials to face criminal charges in Brazil for oil spill: report 27 Jan 2012 at 3:39pm [JURIST] Brazil prosecutors plan to file criminal charges, in addition to the $11 billion civil suit, against Chevron [corporate website] officials for the 2,400 barrel oil spill [Global Voices backgrounder] off the coast of Brazil in the Campos Basin in November. Brazilian officials state that Chevron acted irresponsibly [Reuters report] and took substantial risks in the Frade oil field in the Campos Basin. Up to 12 Chevron officials are expected to be indicted. In contrast, British Petroleum (BP) [corporate website]... Second Circuit allows Ecuador court's $18 billion judgment against Chevron 26 Jan 2012 at 6:51pm [JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit [official website] on Thursday lifted [opinion, PDF] an injunction won by Chevon Corporation [official website] to block enforcement of what the US oil company claims is a fraudulent, multibillion-dollar judgment in Ecuador for polluting the Amazon jungle. In reversing the decision [opinion, PDF] made by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website], the Second Circuit held that Chevron may not challenge the approximately... Iraq to take legal action over Haditha killings 26 Jan 2012 at 5:47pm [JURIST] A media adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki [official website, in Arabic; JURIST news archive] said Thursday that the government will take legal action on behalf of the victims of the November 2005 Haditha killings [JURIST news archive], in which 24 Iraqi civilians were killed. Government spokesman Ali al-Moussawi expressed displeasure [Reuters report] with the outcome of the investigation and prosecutions in the US military court. On Tuesday, US Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich [advocacy website] pleaded guilty [JURIST... UN rights chief concerned over Libya torture allegations 26 Jan 2012 at 5:43pm [JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official website] addressed [statement] the UN Security Council Wednesday, expressing concern over alleged current human rights violations in Libya. Pillay first noted that the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) [official website] has expressed their commitment to human rights and has taken encouraging steps in that direction in the form of legal reform and new legislation. However, the interim government still has not gained effective control over the revolutionary brigades and a... Romania constitutional court rejects controversial election law 26 Jan 2012 at 3:52pm [JURIST] The Constitutional Court of Romania [official website, in Romanian] on Wednesday ruled that a law allowing local and parliamentary elections to be held at the same time is unconstitutional. The Romanian Parliament [official website, in Romanian] passed the law in December [AP report], but objections from opposition leaders and anti-government protesters followed. The opposition argued that the law would facilitate fraud, cheating and confusion in the election process, while the government claimed the law would cuts costs by permitting... Bosnia war crimes court upholds 31-year sentence for Srebrenica massacre 26 Jan 2012 at 1:52pm [JURIST] The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) [official website] on Wednesday upheld the conviction [JURIST report] and 31-year sentence of Radomir Vukovic for his part in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre during the Bosnian civil war [JURIST news archives]. While Vukoic's appeal was denied, Zoran Tomic won his appeal on a lack of evidence. As a member of the 2nd Sekovici Special Police Detachment, the court found that Vukovic participated in executing 1,000 Bosniak men who were imprisoned in a... Montenegro court sentences four former Yugoslav army Soldiers 25 Jan 2012 at 6:01pm [JURIST] A court in Montenegro on Wednesday sentenced four former Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) soldiers to up to four years in prison for war crimes committed during the Croatian conflict. In a retrial of a 2010 case, the court found the four defendants guilty of torturing prisoners [RFE/RL report] at a detention camp in Morinj between 1991 and 1992. The defendants were four of the six lower-ranking JNA soldiers who were convicted in May 2010 [Reuters report] for the torture... |
 LexisNexis® Mealey's? Insurance Legal News Headline Insurance Legal News from LexisNexis® Underlying Damages Were Not Caused By Occurrence, Texas Federal Judge Finds CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - After determining that an insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify its insured for underlying suits arising out of the insured's drilling of an oil exploration well in an incorrect location because the underlying suits do not allege property damages caused by an occurrence, a Texas federal judge on Jan. 18 entered final judgment in the insurer's favor (PPI Technology Services L.P. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., No. 11-47, S.D. Texas; 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5234). Full story on lexis.com Insurer Seeks Ruling That No Coverage Is Owed For Defective Chinese Drywall ATLANTA - An insurer filed suit Jan. 10 in Georgia federal court against its insured, seeking a declaration that it owes no coverage for damages caused by the insured's installation of defective Chinese drywall based on the applicable policies' pollution exclusion and numerous other exclusions (Employers Mutual Casualty Co. v. NorthStar Homes LLC, et al., No. 12-88, N.D. Ga.). Full story on lexis.com Carriers File Suit In Florida Federal Court, Say Coverage Barred For Drywall ... PENSACOLA, Fla. - In a Jan. 9 complaint for declaratory judgment filed in Florida federal court, insurers claim that they do not owe coverage to an insured for damages caused by the installation of defective Chinese drywall because the policies' pollution exclusion precludes coverage (Owners Insurance Co., et al. v. The Mitchell Co. Inc., et al., No. 12-13, N.D. Fla.). Full story on lexis.com N.C. Federal Judge Says Dispute Consolidation Is Up To Arbitrators, Not Court CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Granting a motion to consolidate a pair of asbestos-related reinsurance lawsuits, a federal judge in North Carolina on Jan. 19 also said it is up to arbitrators to decide whether to consolidate a number of arbitrations under one panel (Arrowood Indemnity Company, f/k/a Royal Indemnity Company v. Harper Insurance Company, f/k/a Turegum Insurance Company, No. 12-cv-00002, and Arrowood Indemnity Company, f/k/a Royal Indemnity Company v. Harper Insurance Company, f/k/a Turegum Insurance Company, No. 12-cv-00003, W.D. N.C.; 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5840). Full story on lexis.com Insurer, Reinsurer End Asbestos-Related Reinsurance Case In Conn. Federal Court NEW HAVEN, Conn. - An insurer and a reinsurer said in a Connecticut federal court on Jan. 11 that they are ending their asbestos personal-injury-related reinsurance dispute (Travelers Casualty and Surety Company v. Factory Mutual Insurance Company, No. 11-cv-0216, D. Conn.). Full story on lexis.com Reinsurer Tells R.I. Federal Court Insurers' Claims Should Not Be Severed PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A reinsurer told a Rhode Island federal court on Jan. 17 that it would be prejudiced if the asbestos reinsurance-related claims brought by a pair of insurers are severed into two separate actions (Seaton Insurance Company, formerly known as Unigard Mutual Insurance Company, et al. v. Clearwater Insurance Company formerly known as Skandia America Reinsurance Corporation, No. 09-cv-00516, D. R.I.). Full story on lexis.com Insurer Asks N.C. Federal Court To Assign Umpire In $704,729 Reinsurance Dispute CHARLOTTE, N.C. - An insurer sued its reinsurer in a North Carolina federal court on Jan. 4, asking the court to appoint an umpire in an asbestos-related reinsurance arbitration (Arrowood Indemnity Company, f/k/a Royal Indemnity Company v. Harper Insurance Company, f/k/a Turegum Insurance Company, No. 12-cv-00002, W.D. N.C.). Full story on lexis.com Insurer To N.C. Federal Court: Reinsurer Will Not Cooperate In Umpire Selection CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Claiming that a lapse has occurred in the umpire selection process of an asbestos-related reinsurance arbitration, an insurer sued its reinsurer on Jan. 4 in a North Carolina federal court and asked the court to appoint an umpire (Arrowood Indemnity Company, f/k/a Royal Indemnity Company v. Harper Insurance Company, f/k/a Turegum Insurance Company, No. 12-cv-00003, W.D. N.C.). Full story on lexis.com Pittsburgh Corning Amends Plan; Insurers Attack Judgment Reduction Provision PITTSBURGH - At the direction of a Pennsylvania federal bankruptcy judge at hearings held Nov. 30 and Dec. 14, Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (PCC) has amended a section of its Chapter 11 plan of reorganization twice and filed a brief Dec. 15 explaining how the plan protects the rights of nonsettling insurance companies (In re: Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, No. 00-22876, W.D. Pa. Bkcy.). Full story on lexis.com No Coverage Owed For Damages Caused By Carbon Emissions, Federal Judge Says HOUSTON - An insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify its insured against underlying suits alleging damages caused by emissions from the insured's carbon manufacturing plants because the policies' pollution exclusion precludes coverage and an arbitration award in the insurer's favor has a preclusive effect, a Texas federal judge said Jan. 9 (National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa. v. Continental Carbon Co., No. 10-cv-2379, S.D. Texas; 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2509; See 7/14/10, Page 6). Full story on lexis.com Pollution Exclusion Does Not Bar Coverage For Carbon Monoxide Death, Panel Says ATLANTA - A pollution exclusion does not bar coverage for an underlying wrongful death suit arising out of carbon monoxide poisoning because the location where the death occurred was not owned by the insured as required under the policy, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Jan. 10 (Scottsdale Insurance Co. v. Richard Pursley, et al., No. 11-12808, 11th Cir.; 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 646). Full story on lexis.com Herbicide Endorsement Does Not Apply To Mistaken Lawn Application, Panel Says LANSING, Mich. - A herbicide endorsement contained in a policy's pollution exclusion does not apply to provide coverage for an insured's mistaken application of a herbicide that destroyed grass in customers' lawns because the policy's "your work" exclusions clearly bar coverage for the damages, the Michigan Court of Appeals said Jan. 10 (Looking Good Lawns LLC v. Secura Insurance Co., No. 301805, Mich. App.; 2012 Mich. App. LEXIS 28). Full story on lexis.com Insurer Drops Subrogation Suit Against U.S. Navy; Judge Enters Order Of Dismi... KEY WEST, Fla. - A Florida federal judge on Jan 10 entered an order of dismissal after an insurer that was seeking reimbursement for costs incurred by its insured for a jet fuel cleanup notified the court that it was dropping its subrogation claim against the U.S. Navy and others (Gotham Insurance Co., as subrogee of KeyWest Pipeline Co., v. The Defense Logistics Agency f/k/a Defense Energy Support Center - America's East and the United States Navy [KeyWest Naval Air Facility], No. 11-10081, S.D. Fla.). Full story on lexis.com Insurer In Mass. Court: Reinsurer Owes $1.5M From Hazardous Waste Settlement BOSTON - An insurer sued its reinsurer for $1,588,413 in relation to a hazardous waste claims settlement on Dec. 27 in a Massachusetts federal court (OneBeacon American Insurance Company v. Munich Reinsurance America, Inc., No. 11-cv-12313, D. Mass.). Full story on lexis.com Judge Dismisses Insurer's Complaint Seeking Declaratory Judgment On Mold Claims COLUMBIA, S.C. - A South Carolina federal judge on Jan. 11 dismissed an insurer's complaint that sought a declaratory judgment that it is not liable to indemnify the owners of an apartment complex for a tenant's mold-related damages, finding that the district court lacked jurisdiction because the amount in controversy was not met (State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. v. Sparkleberry Hill Apartments, et al., No. 3:11-cv-02844, D. S.C.; 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3556). Full story on lexis.com |
LexisNexis® Mealey's? Emerging Drugs & Devices Legal News Headline Emerging Drugs & Devices Legal News from LexisNexis® Pa. Superior Court Panel Affirms 2 HRT Verdicts, Reinstates $28M Punitive Award PHILADELPHIA - The Pennsylvania Superior Court on Jan. 3 reinstated a $28 million punitive damages verdict in one hormone replacement therapy case and affirmed a $10.6 million total verdict in a Prempro case, finding that the trial court did not err in failing to grant judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial, in instructing the jury, in admitting plaintiff experts and in allowing punitive damages (Donna Kendall v. Wyeth, Inc., et al., Nos. 936 EDA 2010, 937 EDA 2010 and 1154 EDA 2010, and Connie J. Barton v. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al., Nos. 694 EDA2010 and 695 EDA 2010, Pa. Super.; See 2/4/10, Page 4). Full story on lexis.com 6 Third-Party Payers Settle Zyprexa Claims For $4.5M Amount After Class Vacated BROOKLYN, NY - The Zyprexa multidistrict litigation judge on Jan. 12 approved a $4.5 million settlement between Eli Lilly and Co. and six third-party payers who had their Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act class action vacated and who couldn't find any other health benefit providers to join their individual suits, the parties told Mealey Publications (In Re: Zyprexa Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1596, No. 04-md-1596, UFCW Local 1776 v. Eli Lilly and Company, Nos. 05-5115, E.D. N.Y.; See 9/16/10, Page 5). Full story on lexis.com Stryker Biotech Pleads Guilty, Will Pay $15M For Promoting Bone Repair Products BOSTON - Stryker Biotech LLC on Jan. 17 pleaded guilty to one federal misdemeanor count of misbranding a medical device and agreed to a $15 million fine for promoting the mixing of its OP-1 and Calstrux orthopedic repair products to health care professionals (United States of America v. Stryker Biotech, LLC, et al., No. 1:09-cr-10330, D. Mass.; See 9/2/10, Page 6). Full story on lexis.com FDA Fines Red Cross $9.5M For More Alleged Violations Of 2003 Blood Consent D... BALTIMORE - The Food and Drug Administration on Jan. 13 told the American National Red Cross that it was fining the organization $9,592,200 for violating a 2003 consent decree for numerous management and quality control problems found in 2010 inspections of 16 blood service facilities (United States of America v. American National Red Cross, No.93-949, D. D.C.; See 4/17/03, Page 26). Full story on lexis.com Iovate Pays $1.5M To Settle Suit By 10 California DAs Over State Law Violations NAPA, Calif. - Iovate Health Sciences Inc. on Dec. 23 agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit by 10 California district attorneys that the Canadian company violated state laws in its marketing and labeling of its dietary supplements (The People of the State of California v. Iovate Health Sciences, Inc., et al., No. 26-57870, Calif. Super., Napa Co.). Full story on lexis.com 3rd Levaquin MDL Trial Alleging Tendon Rupture Under Way In Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS - The third Levaquin multidistrict litigation tendon rupture trial got under way on Jan. 3 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Minnesota (Clifford Straka v. Johnson & Johnson, et al., No. 08-5742, D. Minn.). Full story on lexis.com Judge: FDA Approval Of Medtronic Insulin Device Includes Components BOSTON - A Massachusetts federal judge on Jan. 10 ruled that an insulin pump was included in the premarket approve (PMA) of a Medtronic Paradigm combination insulin meter and pump and that a plaintiff's claims that it malfunctioned and injured her are preempted by federal law (Keith Duggan, et al. v. Medtronic, Inc., et al., No. 09-12046, D. Mass.; 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2585). Full story on lexis.com Ky. High Court To Hear Appeal Of Fen-Phen Plaintiffs' Suit Against Former Law... FRANKFORT, Ky. - The Kentucky Supreme Court on Dec. 14 agreed to review an appeals court ruling vacating a $42 million award to clients of several fen-phen attorneys who have been disbarred or imprisoned for taking excessive fees from a $200 million diet drug settlement (Mildred Abbott, et al. v. Stanley M. Chesley, et al., No. 2011-SC-000291, Ky. Sup.). Full story on lexis.com Plaintiffs, Merck Support Propecia MDL For Men Injured By Baldness Drug WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) was asked Dec. 6 to centralize federal Propecia cases in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (In Re: Propecia [Finasteride] Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2331, JPMDL). Full story on lexis.com Panel Will Weigh Creation Of Vaginal Sling MDLs Involving 3 Device Manufacturers WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) on Jan. 26 will hear arguments on the creation of three new multidistrict litigations to centralize at least 158 lawsuit involving vaginal sling medical devices made by three manufacturers (In Re: American Medical Systems, Inc., Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2325, In Re: Boston Scientific Corp. Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2326, In Re: Ethicon, Inc., Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2327, JPMDL). Full story on lexis.com Plaintiffs' Leadership Named In DePuy Pinnacle MDL DALLAS - Larry P. Boyd of Fisher, Boyd, Brown & Huguenard in Houston on Jan. 9 was appointed plaintiffs' lead counsel in the DePuy Pinnacle hip multidistrict litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (In Re: DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. Pinnacle Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2244, N.D. Texas, Dallas Div.; See 6/2/11, Page 11). Full story on lexis.com Vioxx MDL Judge: Kentucky Suit Isn't A Class Action; Case Is Remanded NEW ORLEANS - The Louisiana federal judge overseeing the Vioxx multidistrict litigation on Jan. 3 found that a lawsuit brought by the Kentucky attorney general under that state's consumer protection law does not make the case a removable class action and remanded the case to Kentucky state court (In Re: Vioxx Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1657, No. 10-115, E.D. La.; 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 150314). Full story on lexis.com Third-Party Payer Files RICO Class Action Against Walgreen, Par Pharmaceutical CHICAGO - Playing off revelations in two whistle-blower lawsuits, a union third-party payer on Jan. 11 filed a federal class action lawsuit against Walgreen Co. and Par Pharmaceutical Cos. Inc., alleging that they violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act by conspiring to exploit a reimbursement loophole and sell more expensive versions of generic Zantac (ranitidine) and Prozac (fluoxetine) to the union's members (United Food and Commercial Workers Unions, et al. v. Walgreen Company, et al., No. 1:12-204, N.D. Ill., E. Div.). Full story on lexis.com Schering Shareholder Lawsuit Preliminarily Settled For Better Oversight Of St... NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey federal judge on Jan. 10 preliminarily approved a proposed settlement between a drug company and a shareholder suing members of the drug company's predecessor's board of directors for breach of fiduciary duty regarding the alleged suppression of a Vytorin study's findings (Mary F. Cain, et al. v. Fred Hassan, et al., No. 08-cv-01022, D. N.J.). Full story on lexis.com Failure To Plead Scienter Leads Judge To Trim Parties From J&J Suit TRENTON, N.J. - A Swedish pension fund has properly pleaded its federal securities law claims against certain executive officers and directors of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) but has failed to plead it with regard to others, a federal judge in New Jersey ruled Dec. 19 in granting in part and denying in part the defendants' motion to dismiss (Ronald Monk, et al. v. Johnson & Johnson, et al., No. 10-4841, D. N.J.). Full story on lexis.com |
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Current Awareness from the Inner Temple Library Nurse detained under mental health act for sexual assault ? The Guardian by tracey 27 Jan 2012 at 4:50pm “A nurse who prompted an international search because of fears he could have malaria has been detained under the Mental Health Act for sexually assaulting a waitress.” Full story The Guardian, 27th January 2012 Source: www.guardian.co.uk Playwright Lydia Besong freed from detention centre ? BBC News by tracey 27 Jan 2012 at 3:05pm “A Cameroonian playwright and her husband who are under threat of deportation from the UK have been released from a detention centre.” Full story BBC News, 27th January 2012 Source: www.bbc.co.uk Judges try to speed up Gary McKinnon extradition case ? Daily Telegraph by tracey 27 Jan 2012 at 2:58pm “Two judges attempted to speed matters up by listing it for a hearing in July. They acted after hearing that the Home Secretary is ‘considering afresh’ whether Asperger’s sufferer McKinnon should be extradited to the US to face trial for hacking into top secret US military computers in 2002.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 27th January 2012 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk Father sentenced for throwing bystander at train ? Daily Telegraph by tracey 27 Jan 2012 at 2:55pm “CCTV footage shows Robert Evans as he asks Daniel Worgan to stop making lewd comments to a group of girls at Shrewsbury railway station in July last year.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 27th January 2012 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk After Interlaken and Izmir, venue for deciding future of human rights court w... by tracey 27 Jan 2012 at 11:25am “The mood in Strasbourg is optimistic that worthwhile reforms to the European court of human rights can be achieved, following Cameron’s speech.” Full story The Guardian, 26th January 2012 Source: www.guardian.co.uk West Tankers Inc v Allianz SpA and another ? WLR Daily by tracey 27 Jan 2012 at 10:38am West Tankers Inc v Allianz SpA and another: [2012] EWCA Civ 27; [2012] WLR (D) 9 “In an appropriate case, the court had jurisdiction under section 66 of the Arbitration Act 1996 to order judgment to be entered in the terms of an arbitral award where the award was declaratory in form and, more particularly, where it took the form of a negative declaration.” WLR Daily, 24th January 2012 Source: www.iclr.co.uk Command Papers ? official-documents.gov.uk by tracey 27 Jan 2012 at 10:29am Treasury minutes: progress on implementing recommendations from the Committee of Public Accounts: session 2010-12 and the National Audit Office, Cm 8271 (PDF) Source: www.official-documents.gov.uk Speech by The Rt Hon Nick Herbert MP to the CityForum event ? Home Office by tracey 27 Jan 2012 at 10:23am “A speech given by The Rt Hon Nick Herbert MP to the CityForum event on ‘securing strategic partnerships for police transformation’ on 26 January 2012.” Full speech Home Office, 26th January 2012 Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk Government acts against metal thieves ? Home Office by tracey 27 Jan 2012 at 10:20am “Cash payments for scrap metal will be banned and penalties increased, the Home Secretary Theresa May announced today, as the government stepped up action against the growing menace of metal theft.” Full press release Home Office, 26th January 2012 Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk Statement from the DPP regarding the South Wales case collapse ? Crown Prosec... by tracey 27 Jan 2012 at 10:15am “Statement from the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, concerning the discontinuance of the trial of eight former police officers accused of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice in South Wales (R vs Mouncher and others).” Full press release Crown Prosecution Service, 26th January 2012 Source: www.cps.gov.uk Small solar: Court of Appeal confirms that changes were unlawful ? UK Human R... by tracey 27 Jan 2012 at 10:02am “So, after an anxious wait for the affected businesses, the Court of Appeal has confirmed today that the Minister was too hasty in the way he went about modifying the scheme for subsidising small solar power schemes.” Full story UK Human Rights Blog, 25th January 2012 Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com Corrupt conspirators convicted following energy contracts investigation ? OUT... by tracey 27 Jan 2012 at 9:57am “Four men who disclosed details of bids relating to lucrative energy contracts overseas have been convicted of corruption charges following a ruling by the Crown Court.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 27th January 2012 Source: www.out-law.com CPS to review prosecutors? handling of ?Cardiff Three? trial ? The Guardian by tracey 27 Jan 2012 at 9:42am “Independent inspectors are to consider the way prosecutors handled the biggest trial of police officers in British criminal history following its collapse last month. Keir Starmer QC, the director of public prosecutions, has asked the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate to look at the trial of eight former police officers who were cleared of fabricating evidence.” Full story The Guardian, 26th January 2012 Source: www.guardian.co.uk Psychiatric nurse struck off after forcing himself on pregnant patient ? Dail... by tracey 27 Jan 2012 at 9:39am “Jonathan Henk, a psychiatric nurse who forced himself on a patient he was secretly dating after discovering she was pregnant by another man, has been struck off.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 25th January 2012 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The CCRC isn?t perfect, but calls for reform need to be part of a wider debat... by tracey 27 Jan 2012 at 9:35am “Campaigners call for an overhaul of the organisation that investigates miscarriages of justice.” Full story The Guardian, 26th January 2012 Soruce: www.guardian.co.uk |
 International News - Europe - Law.com Liverpool Law Firm Set for £19 Million Takeover in Legal Services Act First 27 Jan 2012 at 12:00am Liverpool's Silverbeck Rymer is set to be acquired by software and outsourcing firm Quindell Portfolio in one of the first takeovers of a law firm under the U.K.'s Legal Services Act. The deal, which requires regulatory approval, will create a combined insurance claims outsourcing operation. Weil's London Office Seals Hire of Hogan Lovells Finance Partner 26 Jan 2012 at 12:00am Weil, Gotshal & Manges has strengthened its London finance practice with the hire of international finance partner Mark Donald from Hogan Lovells, who will work alongside Stephen Lucas, a recent finance recruit from Linklaters. Donald's hire is further evidence of Weil's increasingly aggressive approach to lateral recruitment in London. More U.K. Law Firms Assess Plans to Convert to Alternative Business Structure 25 Jan 2012 at 12:00am Hill Dickinson and Kennedys are the latest top 50 U.K. law firms to confirm plans to convert to an alternative business structure, which permits non-lawyer ownership of law firms. The Solicitors Regulation Authority has received 65 applications from law firms and non-legal companies to convert to an ABS in the two weeks since it began taking applications Jan. 3. Former Law Firm Partner Gets Prison Sentence for Kidnapping Hoax 23 Jan 2012 at 12:00am Former Macfarlanes banking partner Francis Bridgeman has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after claiming he had been kidnapped in order to avoid being arrested for a DUI-related offense in 2010. Bridgeman was also ordered to pay £4,200 in costs and has been banned from driving for 18 months. Dechert Takes Another Stab at Frankfurt Office 19 Jan 2012 at 12:00am Dechert has opened an office in Frankfurt, Germany, several years after closing an office in that location. Achim Putz has been tapped as managing partner of the Frankfurt office, which will focus on financial services. Dechert's other European offices are in Brussels, Dublin, London, Luxembourg, Moscow and Paris. K&L Gates Hires Addleshaws Partner for London White-Collar Crime Launch 19 Jan 2012 at 12:00am K&L Gates has launched a white-collar crime and criminal defense practice in London, bringing in Addleshaw Goddard's Elizabeth Robertson as the first partner. Increasing numbers of U.S. and U.K. law firms have been trying to break into the practice area in response to a more robust regulatory enforcement stance and the implementation of last year's U.K. Bribery Act. DLA Piper Seals Hire of Orrick's Former London Chief 18 Jan 2012 at 12:00am Martin Bartlam, Orrick's former London head, is set to join DLA Piper's structured finance team. Orrick's London office has seen the exit of several partners to Dewey & LeBoeuf and Taylor Wessing since last year. However, the firm made a number of lateral hires toward the end of last year. Former Fulbright Partner Pleads Guilty to False Accounting and Fraud Charges 13 Jan 2012 at 12:00am Former Fulbright & Jaworski partner Richard Simkin has pleaded guilty to charges of false accounting and fraud. Simkin, who resigned from the firm's London office in 2008, and his wife Zakia Sharif, who was dismissed as an office manager by the firm, have admitted to stealing as much as £100,000 from the firm in false expenses claims. DLA Piper and Dechert End Bitter Partner Dispute 13 Jan 2012 at 12:00am DLA Piper and Dechert have quietly settled their fierce feud over the latter's 2011 hire of former DLA litigation co-head Neil Gerrard. A source close to the situation says both a U.K. arbitration and a U.S. litigation were settled in December, although it is unclear whether any money will change hands. Berwin Leighton Turns to Clifford Chance for Structured Finance Partner Hire 12 Jan 2012 at 12:00am Berwin Leighton is bulking up its banking and capital markets practice with the hire of Clifford Chance structured finance partner Prashanth Satyadeva. The hire comes after the addition of Ashurst structured finance partner Simon Small last November, and the loss of structured finance partner Tamara Box to Reed Smith at the end of last year. |
Legal Blog Watch Tap into the legal community's daily buzz with the e-mail version of Law.com's blog, Legal Blog Watch. Friday's Three Burning Legal Questions by Bruce Carton 27 Jan 2012 at 7:02pm Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I was arrested last week for trespassing and sent to jail. I am scheduled to be released today on my own recognizance but I cannot find my wallet! Can I simply refuse to leave jail until I find it? Answer: Yes. But you will be arrested again for disorderly conduct. (The Associated Press, AZ inmate arrested for refusing to leave lockup) 2) Question: If I agree to perform a sex act on a man in exchange for a $2 bill, three $1 bills and an assortment of change, does that constitute prostitution? Answer: Yes, even receiving that $6 will makes you a pro. (Shelby Star, Police: $6 sex act leads to prostitution charge) 3) Question: I found a million-dollar winning lottery ticket in the "discarded tickets" bin at a convenience store. I want to cash it, but the store manager now says she is entitled to all discarded tickets placed in the bin, and the person who says she accidentally discarded the ticket says it belongs to her! Who gets the million dollars? Answer: The lottery commission will likely pay you the money.... 'Thou Shalt Not ...' Visit Any Nightclub in This Town Until You Dress Your Age by Bruce Carton 26 Jan 2012 at 6:00pm Welcome back to the latest in LBW's "Thou Shalt Not ..." series. As you may recall, this series seeks to properly memorialize the growing number of instances I see where a corporation rolls out its "death penalty" punishment on a customer: "You can never come here [buy here] [eat here] again!!" The latest installment in this series: Thou shalt not visit any of the nightclubs in your hometown until you stop dressing so sexy/trampy. Meet Lisa Woodman, a 28-year-old mother of four who rocks a "size six figure and 36DD chest." Woodman is now reportedly furious because she has been banned from all three hotspots in her home town of Worcester, West Midlands, because of her preferred wardrobe of "low-cut tops, short skirts and knee-length boots." According to the Daily Mail, the doormen at all of her city's nightclubs -- which are owned by the same company -- have informed Woodman that she is "banned for life" from the clubs unless she tones down her appearance. Woodman says she is just flaunting her figure after breaking up with the father of her kids last year and getting a boob job in April, but the clubs say she is too old... Thursday's Three Burning Legal Questions by Bruce Carton 26 Jan 2012 at 4:00pm Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I'm unemployed. I was called for jury duty but, although jury selection was still going on, I never returned to the courthouse after lunch. The judge got really angry with me and ordered me to spend two days carrying a sign back and forth in front of the courthouse that reads "I failed to appear for jury duty." Can he do this? Answer: Indeed he can. (ABA Journal, Judge Orders Jury Duty Slacker to Carry Sign in Front of Courthouse) 2) Question: The stupid dog in the apartment next door to mine in Fort Worth, Texas, has been barking non-stop for a full eight minutes! I cannot function in these conditions! What can I do? Answer: In two more minutes the dog will have met Fort Worth's "10 minute barking" threshold, and you can then call the police and have them issue a citation to its owner. (The Consumerist, City May Issue Fines If Your Dog Barks For Longer Than 10 Minutes) 3) Question: The cruise ship that I was on was shipwrecked off the coast of Italy. The shipwreck was incredibly traumatic... Trust Me, I'm an Expert: Smothering by Labrador Retriever by Bruce Carton 25 Jan 2012 at 5:30pm As I have begun to chronicle in my ongoing "Trust Me, I'm an Expert" series of posts, courts have not hesitated to deem people experts in fields such as "smell" and "lap dancing." On the other hand, courts have refused to accept proposed experts in the field of "shit" and "pimping." Now, I've learned that in a criminal trial where the defendant is alleged to have strangled his wife, but contends that it wasn't he who caused her death but a canine, the court may allow the prosecution to present expert testimony on the possibility of smothering-by-dog. Specifically, a 50-year-old man is on trial in Germany for manslaughter after his wife was found strangled to death in their bathroom. According to The Local, the defendant says he and his wife drank heavily the night of her death, and that at one point she fell over in the bathroom and he could not lift her. The defendant claims that he provided his wife with a pillow and a blanket, went to bed, and later awoke to find her dead -- smothered by their 75-pound Labrador Retriever, he speculates. The man's lawyer argued that, since it is known that dogs sometimes accidentally... Paterno's Death Causes Key Grand Jury Testimony to Be Inadmissible Under Sixt... by Bruce Carton 24 Jan 2012 at 10:48pm Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno passed away on Sunday, a victim of lung cancer. Paterno's legacy in the wake of the recent child sexual abuse allegations against one of his long-time assistant coaches, Jerry Sandusky, is still being written, but Paterno's death may have an immediate impact in one area, The New York Times reports: the ongoing prosecution against former Penn State athletic director Tim Curley and former university senior vice president Gary Schultz. Curley and Schultz have been charged with failing to report to the authorities what they knew about a specific incident of alleged molestation that occurred in the shower of Penn State?s athletic facility in 2002, and also with allegedly lying to the grand jury. To summarize, Mike McQueary, a graduate assistant in 2002, reported to Paterno that he had witnessed a sexual assault involving Sandusky and a boy in the showers. Subsequently, McQueary testified to the grand jury, he also told Curley and Schultz about the sexual nature of what he had witnessed. In his grand jury testimony -- his only sworn testimony in the case -- Paterno corroborated McQueary, testifying under oath that McQueary told Paterno that he saw Sandusky engaged in fondling... Tuesday's Three Burning Legal Questions by Bruce Carton 24 Jan 2012 at 6:18pm Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: We are having a problem with vandalism at our local park. Do you have any ideas on how we can better deter these criminals? Answer: Security bees. (BBC News, Bees 'could deter vandals' at Greenfield heritage park) 2) Question: I'm a mother and a lawyer, and I'd like to find a position in the law that will allow mw to easily work from home. Thoughts? Answer: Have you considered senior trial attorney? (The Careerist, Why Leave the Kitchen?) 3) Question: We have been planning our next bank robbery for months, accounting for every possible situation. I defy you to come up with one thing that we have not already planned for! Answer: Personalized vanity license plates with your last name on them on the getaway car? (U-T San Diego, Vanity plate leads to bank robbery suspect) Monday's Three Burning Legal Questions by Bruce Carton 23 Jan 2012 at 3:00pm Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I'm on the school board. We asked the future students of a new school that is under construction to choose a mascot, and they picked "Cougars." Can we ban this choice as being "disrespectful to women?" Answer: It is your school district, so it is your call. But you know that cougars are also cats, right? (CBS Las Vegas, Utah School Board Says Cougar Mascot Too Offensive To Women) 2) Question: The guy in the cell next to me says he is doing prison time because he spray-painted the wings of hawks to trick bird-watchers into believing they had discovered a new species of bird. That cannot be true, right? Answer: Actually, that happens sometimes. That is the crime of "ill-treating an animal." (Herald Sun, Farmer's spray paint prank raised bird watchers' hopes of a new species) 3) Question: I am a ship captain. I know ship captains are not suppose to abandon ship, but as my ship was sinking I accidentally tripped into a lifeboat. I mean, I'm already in the lifeboat!! What am I supposed to get out or something? Answer:... Judge Posner and the Use of Photographs in Judicial Opinions by Bruce Carton 20 Jan 2012 at 8:53pm Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner is one of the most respected judges in the United States, and is a well-known pioneer in the area of "law and economics." Reuters reports today that Posner has become a pioneer in another, much quirkier area: the use of photographs copied from the Internet to spice up his judicial opinions. The use of photos to illustrate points probably does not seem all that novel to most people, but it is still rare enough in the legal world that it causes double-takes. When Mark Cuban's lawyer recently used a photograph of Cuban and the Mavericks celebrating their championship as part of a summary judgment motion (in a case questioning Cuban and the Maverick's management of the team), the tactic was hailed as innovative and "brilliant." As the Reuters article points out, Posner's use of photos goes back to at least 2007, but he has used them more frequently in the past few months. In his opinion in Gonzalez-Servin v. Ford Motor Co. in November 2011, Posner included photos of both an ostrich and a man in a suit with their heads buried in the sand to reinforce his point that "[t]he... Things You Can't Do on a Plane: Vol. 11 by Bruce Carton 19 Jan 2012 at 9:24pm You might think that after Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9 and Volume 10 of Things You Can't Do on a Plane, that we'd have exhausted the list of things you can't do on a plane. Nope! The list grows daily. Here are three more things I've recently learned that you cannot do on a plane: Accidentally play a pre-recorded message over the plane's intercom system that the plane will need to make an emergency landing on water. Airline crew should not erroneously play a pre-recorded emergency announcement about an imminent emergency water landing. CONSEQUENCE: Crew will need to inform 330 panicked passengers of the mistake and apologize for causing them "undue concern." Refuse to sit down in your seat until flight staff bring you champagne and food. Couples traveling together may not jointly refuse to sit down while repeatedly demanding champagne and food. CONSEQUENCE: Couple will be forced to exit plane and airline will alert FBI. Attempt to board a rival company's plane and review documents. Airline personnel may not try to board a rival airline's plane to "have a look at it" out of "curiosity" and... |
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