Settlement terms related to attorneys’ fees do not raise any questions concerning fairness of the Settlement, and there are no agreements, apart from the Settlement, required to be considered under FED. R. CIV. P. 23(e)(2)(C)(iv). The Class Settlement Amount is within the range of ...
“securities” in the context of an acquisition involving a sale of stock to the buyer. With the Court’s favorable reference toM & A Brokers, it is likely that a Massachusetts court would apply its ruling to a business broker’s contract for fees. Must the contract have language consistent...
A state regulatory body late last month permanently revoked the certifications of seven former police officers for misconduct, including a former Boston officer sentenced last year in connection with a theft-and-return scheme.
actsorpracticesagainst them.Forclaimsofactualdamagesunder$7,000,aconsumermayfilealegalactionintheSmallClaims sessionoftheDistrictCourt,BostonMunicipalCourt,oriftheclaiminvolveshousingissues,inthe housingcourtSmallClaimssession.TheSmallClaimssessionissomewhatlessformalthanthe proceduresinothercourts,hasafarlowerfiling...
A court case, by contrast, costs nothing more than the filing fee. Arbitrators are Not Bound to Follow the Law. How many people or companies, when negotiating an agreement that contains an arbitration clause, are told by their contract lawyers that in the event of a dispute an arbitrator ca...
EXCLUSIVE: CARBON TAX WITH A TWIST —As we cross the first deadline of this legislative session — bill filing day — education funding and climate change have emerged as top issues. The challenge, of course, is how to get them done....
10.1.1 any step, process, application, filing in court, order, proceeding, notice or appointment is taken or made by or in respect of You for a moratorium, composition, compromise or arrangement with creditors, administration, liquidation, dissolution, receivership (administrative or otherwise), dis...
01-03395-F, in the 214th Judicial District Court of Nueces County, Texas; and Appellant(s): Stonebridge Life Insurance Company f/k/a J. C. Penney Life Insurance Company ("JCPenney Life"), J. C. Penney Direct Marketing Services, Inc., and AEGON Direct Marketing Services, Inc. v. ...