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Defamation: Dear Author and Ellora’s Cave settle…but gee
From today’s Publisher’s Marketplace, this item about a settlement in a defamation case (“terms of the agreement were not disclosed,” natch) brings out a lawsuit component of which I’m sure many are curious. That is, what happens if a lawyer … Continue reading
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Tagged defamation lawsuit, Lawyers, lawyers ethics, role of judges, settlement negotiations, settlements, summary judgment briefs
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Usurious loans to plaintiffs: An ugly “business”
Happy the man who far from schemes of business, like the early generations of mankind, works his ancestral acres with oxen of his own breeding, from all usury free. — Horace, Epodes Once again the New York Times provides a thought-provoking … Continue reading
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Tagged borrowing money before settlement, Financial advances to plaintiffs, Law and government agencies, lawyers ethics, legal contingency cases, loans for lawsuits, loansharks, personal injury lawsuits, plaintiff loans, usurious rates of interest, usury, what "contingency" means
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