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Yaz and Yasmin Litigants Offered Settlement Funding by RD Legal FundingMarketWatch (press release)Once settlement amounts have been determined, RD Legal Funding, LLC ("RD Legal"), a leading provider of litigation funding solutions, will provide legal settlement funding to both plaintiffs and their attorneys. Birth control pills work by combining …and more » View full post on legal [...]

When a lawsuit is settled, the clients cut a deal, the legal gladiators lay down their briefs, and everyone breathes a sigh of relief. But is that sigh premature? Litigators Bruce Ericson and Frederick Brodie explain how to craft an agreement that has staying power by avoiding the most common settlement traps. View full post [...]

Texas Roadhouse weighed down by legal settlementBusinessWeekTexas Roadhouse Inc.'s first-quarter profit fell 5 percent on costs for a legal settlement, while sales at its restaurants improved. The restaurant chain operator earned $18.9 million, or 27 cents per share, for the quarter that ended March 27.Texas Roadhouse, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2012 ResultsMarketWatch (press release)all 17 [...]

Texas Roadhouse weighed down by legal settlementCBS NewsTexas Roadhouse Inc.'s first-quarter profit fell 5 percent on costs for a legal settlement, while sales at its restaurants improved. The restaurant chain operator earned $18.9 million, or 27 cents per share, for the quarter that ended March 27.Texas Roadhouse, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2012 ResultsMarketWatch (press release)all [...]

The state of Mississippi is asking that part of the proposed settlement with BP in the Deepwater Horizon litigation be declared null and void, because it excludes more than 200,000 people and businesses that illegally settled claims under an administrative process that forced them to waive all future economic damages. View full post on Law.com [...]

Halliburton is leading a small chorus of groups objecting to the proposed $7.8 billion settlement announced in early March between BP and plaintiffs’ lawyers in the multidistrict litigation over the Deepwater Horizon explosion. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that a trio of brothers who unknowingly accepted a fake $1 million settlement from their attorney must pay more than $200,000 in interest on top of the $1 million they already were forced to return. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

Globe and Mail RD Legal Funding Offers Settlement Funding to BP Oil Spill Plaintiffs and …Sacramento BeeBy RD Legal Funding CRESSKILL, NJ, April 24, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — The two-year anniversary of the BP oil spill was marked by additional delays in the settlement of ongoing litigation and reports of new threats to the Gulf's [...]

RD Legal Funding Offers Settlement Funding to BP Oil Spill Plaintiffs and …MarketWatch (press release)RD Legal Funding, LLC ("RD Legal"), a leading provider of lawsuit funding solutions, will offer settlement funding to plaintiffs and their attorneys as soon as their settlement amounts are determined. A USF study released last summer found more sick …and more » [...]

The details of a proposed $7.8 billion settlement with BP in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill litigation have appeased numerous critics, but Florida’s attorney general is asking a federal judge to hold off on approving the deal until she and other parties have adequate opportunity to voice their concerns. View full post on Law.com – [...]