Most cases settle before trial. Recent studies show that approximately 1% of cases filed in federal court go to trial. Alternative dispute resolution processes have been fully incorporated into federal court, and settlement conferences have long been used by federal court judges to control their dock...
The MDL was created to consolidate discovery which is the gathering of evidence before a trial. The plaintiffs have disclosed six areas where experts will be needed to prove a causal link. The defense raised another potential area—maternal-fetal medicine. Rather than naming an expert on this t...
A settlement conference (also called mediation or pretrial conference) is a meeting between the two parties to a civil lawsuit where they discuss their claims and attempt to resolve their dispute prior to trial. In general, a judge or a court-appointed neutral mediator presides over the ...
More typically, however, the way that you can get a really reluctant spouse to sign off on a settlement is by actually going to trial. In most cases, before you start your trial, the judge will hold one last pretrial conference to try to settle your case. When the prospect of havin...
The judge, who did not provide any explanation in the initial ruling, set a status conference for Aug. 19 and a trial date of Oct. 28 for one of the two cases that were part of the settlement, Le v. Zuffa. It’s possible the parties could reach a new settlement agreement before ...
The first status conference in the MDL happened on May 17, 2013. At this hearing, four male lawyers asked to be appointed to theMirena multidistrict litigationproceeding. However, U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel asked that some women be appointed to leadership positions. “I think that’s ...
Brette Answers: If you cannot agree on a settlement, then you do go to trial. Good luck. What should I expect at the settlement conference? Jana's Question: What will be required or asked of me during a settlement conference as the spouse who initiated divorce?
The settlement was funded entirely by the Dioceses's insurers, Gonzales said. Though the agreement was made about a month ago, the announcement came just hours before attorneys representing the plaintiff were slated to hold a news conference in front of Christ Ca...
Evidence was expected to be voluminous at the trial, after filings from Dominion's and Fox's legal teams indicated there would be over 7,000 and more than 5,000 exhibits, respectively. Before the trial, reams of text messages and internal emails fromFox's hosts, producers and executiveswere...
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