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Proposed bill would close trial lawyer loophole in asbestos suits
The bill mandates applying for bankruptcy trust payments before going to trial against solvent defendants in asbestos-related personal injury lawsuits. Under Texas law, the bankruptcy trust payments would be considered settlement credits in litigation
Updated: 03/10/2011 12:03P
Proposed bill would close trial lawyer loophole in asbestos suits
The bill mandates applying for bankruptcy trust payments before going to trial against solvent defendants in asbestos-related personal injury lawsuits. Under Texas law, the bankruptcy trust payments would be considered settlement credits in litigation
Updated: 03/10/2011 12:03P
Proposed bill would close trial lawyer loophole in asbestos suits
The bill mandates applying for bankruptcy trust payments before going to trial against solvent defendants in asbestos-related personal injury lawsuits. Under Texas law, the bankruptcy trust payments would be considered settlement credits in litigation
Updated: 03/10/2011 12:03P
Jittery Emails in Tribune Bankruptcy Trial
In August 2010 a court-appointed examiner found that a trial court might view the second step of the buyout as a fraudulent transfer. Kulnis said she became involved with the Tribune deal "before step two closed, sometime in November 2007.
Updated: 03/10/2011 12:02P
Jittery Emails in Tribune Bankruptcy Trial
In August 2010 a court-appointed examiner found that a trial court might view the second step of the buyout as a fraudulent transfer. Kulnis said she became involved with the Tribune deal "before step two closed, sometime in November 2007.
Updated: 03/10/2011 12:02P
Connecticut's "Danbury 11" Day Laborers Receive $650000 Record Settlement
Both sides are claiming victory in the $650000 settlement of a lawsuit brought by a group of day laborers who charged their September 2006 arrests in Danbury, Conn. were unlawful and based on racial profiling. According to Yale Law School's Worker
Updated: 03/10/2011 12:01P
Connecticut's "Danbury 11" Day Laborers Receive $650000 Record Settlement
Both sides are claiming victory in the $650000 settlement of a lawsuit brought by a group of day laborers who charged their September 2006 arrests in Danbury, Conn. were unlawful and based on racial profiling. According to Yale Law School's Worker
Updated: 03/10/2011 12:01P
Mystery Chiang Mai tourist deaths now international controversy
After Thai authorities' 'coincidence' verdict, revelations of a fifth mystery death in Chiang Mai are sparking an international controversy. News of yet another unexplained foreign death in the popular tourist town emerged earlier this week,
Updated: 03/10/2011 12:01P
Chimei Innolux posts NT$24 billion loss
segments By Lisa Wang / Staff Reporter Chimei Innolux Corp (????), the nation's biggest LCD panel maker, yesterday posted widening losses for last quarter because of price erosion and a penalty provision from an anti-trust lawsuit in Europe.
Updated: 03/10/2011 12:01P
High five for Drax
That's the verdict of boss Johnson 'Drax' Hippolyte, whose team are currently third from bottom and have endured an unceremonial plummet down the table into the relegation zone. “I don't have an exact target,” said Hippolyte. “However, we probably need
Updated: 03/10/2011 12:00P