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By Thomas E.L. Dewey A recent case from the Southern District of New York, In re Elysium Health-ChromaDex Litigation, No. 17-cv7394(LJL),...

By Thomas E.L. Dewey A party can withhold his signature and remain unbound by a settlement agreement, even when his attorney had actual...

By Thomas E.L. Dewey When the parties to a dispute inform the court that they have reached a settlement, and the court issues an order...

By Thomas E.L. Dewey Many counterparties have reached settlement terms and closed the conversation by stating the need to “paper” the...

Public policy generally prohibits class action settlements in which the attorney fee awards dwarf the amount awarded to the class.

Parties typically expect that a settlement does not become enforceable until there is ink to paper on a formal written settlement...

By Thomas E.L. Dewey When the parties to a dispute inform the court that they have reached a settlement, and the court issues an order...

By Thomas E.L. Dewey Many counterparties have reached settlement terms and closed the conversation by stating the need to “paper” the...

Public policy generally prohibits class action settlements in which the attorney fee awards dwarf the amount awarded to the class.

Parties typically expect that a settlement does not become enforceable until there is ink to paper on a formal written settlement...