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The settlement aims to clear nearly 100,000 lawsuits filed by consumers ranging from homeowners to farmers who say they developed cancer because of the product. Some 25,000 cases still remain.
Many of these cases have lead to class action lawsuits and proceedings by the Federal Trade Commision (FTC), resulting in a number of settlements worth millions — or even billions — of dollars ...
Aug. 24—SCRANTON — A judge on Thursday approved settlements totaling $10.4 million in two class-action lawsuits involving Scranton's garbage fees. The cases are a 2016 lawsuit filed by Adam ...
Usually, lawsuits end in a settlement, with an empirical analysis finding that less than 2% of cases end with a trial, 90% of torts settle, and around 50% of other civil cases settle. [6] In American law, settlement agreements are normally private contracts , not court orders, except for consent decrees , which are relatively uncommon in the ...
A structured settlement is a negotiated financial or insurance arrangement through which a claimant agrees to resolve a personal injury tort claim by receiving part or all of a settlement in the form of periodic payments on an agreed schedule, rather than as a lump sum. As part of the negotiations, a structured settlement may be offered by the ...
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Recent court ruling upholds the $2.67 billion agreement, pending additional appeals.
The following is a list of the 21 largest civil settlements, reached between the United States Department of Justice and pharmaceutical companies from 2001 to 2017, ordered by the size of the total civil settlement. Some of these matters also resolved criminal fines and penalties, listed in parentheses, but these amounts are not considered when ...