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The Third Circuit recently clarified the home state and local controversy exceptions to the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), remanding proceedings in a case involving Marcellus Shale oil and gas leases to a Pennsylvania trial court. Plaintiffs in...

As Colorado wrongful death attorneys, we’ve seen too many young lives cut short due to the negligence and greed of others. Criminal penalties can often lag behind when it comes to delivering justice to the bereaved families of those young victims ?...

In This Issue: - Who Takes Statins and Why - Evidence Tells the Truth - The Risk Calculator - Statin Side Effects - What Should You Do? - Excerpt from Introduction: Spotlight on Statins: The Controversy Over New Drug Guidelines: Last...

There can be a variety of reasons why bad decisions get made in the corporate world. Last week I wrote about psychopaths in the C-Suite and Boardroom. Today I want to look at some less flamboyant, more mundane ways that a company might get into...

There are some good wins in the federal circuits from last week, but I think that perhaps the most interesting is U.S. v. Malenya. The case deals, primarily, with supervised release conditions....

CFPB Issues Final Nonbank Student Loan Servicers Rule - On Tuesday, December 3, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the "CFPB") issued a final rule pursuant to the CFPB’s authority under Title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and...

H. Allen Homes, Inc. and Henry Allen Holmes v. Jim Molter, Inc., 4D13-217 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013) - This appeal arose from a landlord-tenant dispute involving commercial real estate. The tenant removed its trade fixtures when it vacated the leased...

California has long been among the most active states when it comes to employment law. That reputation held true in 2013. Anthony Oncidi, head of the labor and employment law group at the Los Angeles office of Proskauer Rose, recently appeared on an...

On November 26, the DOJ announced that Weatherford International—a multinational oil services company—and certain of its subsidiaries agreed to pay approximately $250 million in fines and penalties to resolve FCPA, sanctions, and export control...

The sad truth is that motorcycle bias does exist. Misconceptions about bikers and clubs may lead a judge or jury to believe that the motorcycle rider is at fault even if the other driver violated traffic-safety and right-of-way rules....

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