LEGAL NEWS | HOT LEGAL ISSUES | GET LEADS

INDUSTRY EVENTS

Online Legal Marketing, the marketer behind LawyersandSettlements.com, attends a number of industry events throughout the country. If you plan to attend, please be sure to stop by our booth. We'd love to meet you! Or, better yet, call to set up an appointment at 1.888.881.7330 or email sales@lawyersandsettlements.com.

LEGAL MARKETING BLOG

Part 1: Auto Accident Litigation: How to have the clients chasing you!
Starting with the facts Have a look at this scenario. It's Friday night, and for you one more week at the office is finally over. You're drained-used-up-exhausted-for the thousand reasons only another lawyer will understand.

Latest Lawsuit News & Legal Information

Disabled Vet Challenges Medical Malpractice Ban in Supreme Court
Washington, DC On June 5, Staff Sgt. Ryan Carter, filed a petition for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court, challenging a 1950 judge-made rule that prevents “tortiously injured military service members” from filing veterans medical malpractice lawsuits against the federal government. The “Feres doctrine,” as this rule is known, has come under increasing criticism in recent years. Carter’s challenge stands out, however, because the facts giving rise to its application in his case are particularly troubling.

J&J Offers $6.48 Billion to Settle Ovarian Cancer Talcum Powder Lawsuits
Trenton, NJ In May, Johnson & Johnson offered to pay roughly $6.48 billion over 25 years to settle all current and future talcum powder lawsuits. These lawsuits allege that baby powder containing asbestos-contaminated talc caused ovarian cancer. Erik Haas, J&J's worldwide vice president of litigation, insists that this offer is fundamentally different than the two that courts rejected before. If accepted, it would resolve 99.75 percent of J&J’s remaining talc lawsuits in the U.S.

Can a TPA’s Exploitation of a Plan Sponsor’s Breach of ERISA Duty Make the TPA a Fiduciary?
New York, NY On May 31, U.S. District Court Judge Katherine Polk Failla denied Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America’s (TIAA) motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit that accused the insurance giant of aggressive and misleading sales tactics. TIAA’s “fear selling” strategy was crafted to persuade pension plan participants to move their accounts out of ERISA-protected plans into more expensive proprietary investment products marketed by TIAA.

Class Actions in Motorcycle Accidents: A Path to Justice in Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee is the American capital of motorcycling, known as the birthplace of Harley-Davidson and the headquarters of Royal Enfield. It is the place that shapes biking culture in the US.

Settling the Score: Navigating Truck Accident Settlements in Indianapolis
Santa Clara, CA Indiana is the ninth most dangerous state for truck drivers in the US, with 11.8% of truck accidents proving fatal. Unfortunately, this means many people must deal with unpleasant and lengthy processes for typical for truck accident claims. Indianapolis, as a busy metropolitan area, can experience many truck accidents. Here are some tips for Indianapolis-area drivers who find themselves going through this stressful process.

Hot Legal Issues

REACH LAWYERS

Advertise on Online Legal Media's weekly Class Action Newsletter to 60,000 lawyers:

See our exclusive packages >

POSSIBLE NEW CASES, EMERGING ISSUES

Take advantage of our experienced research team and receive free daily notification of new emerging issues and possible new cases.

Find out more >

No cost PR for your verdicts and settlements

Publish your verdicts and settlements at no charge

LETTER TO EDITOR

Please feel free to contact our newsletter editor with your comments or suggestions.

Contact editor >

CONTACT US

UNSUBSCRIBE
If you no longer want to receive this newsletter, please click > [UNSUBSCRIBE]

The information provided in this newsletter has been prepared by Online Legal Media, and is for general informational purposes only. The information in this newsletter may be considered advertising under various states rules governing lawyer professional conduct.

You should not act, or refrain from acting, based upon any information on this newsletter. This information does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice. The information provided in this newsletter is not privileged and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Submitting a case evaluation or any type of response or other information through this newsletter will not create an attorney-client relationship and nothing contained in this newsletter is to be considered an offer to represent you.

Information appearing in this newsletter may only be reproduced in its entirety (without modification, and must include this Notice) for the individual reader's personal or educational use. Transmission of the information appearing in this newsletter is not intended to create, and its receipt by the reader does not establish or constitute, an attorney-client relationship.

Online Legal Media 849 Almar Avenue, Suite C-197, Santa Cruz, CA, USA 95060