Legal Settlements

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Jun 22, 2021

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The Globalization of Mass Civil Litigation: Lessons from the Volkswagen "Clean Diesel" Case

This report describes the Volkswagen "clean diesel" emission fraud litigation to illustrate the features of global mass litigation and the problems that arise in the resolution of these types of claims across transnational jurisdictions.

Journal Article

Jan 22, 2021

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The Effect of Mandatory Insurer Reporting on Settlement Delay

This article examines this problem empirically, using a rich, national data set of closed automobile bodily injury claims.

Journal Article

Dec 11, 2020

Medicare Secondary Payer and Settlement Delay

The Medicare Secondary Payer Act of 1980 and its subsequent amendments led to a delay in the resolution of disputes involving auto accidents of about six months.

Journal Article

May 12, 2020

Settling the Score: Maximizing the Public Health Impact of Opioid Litigation

This Article responds to skeptics of a potential global opioid settlement agreement by proposing terms that would further public health goals.

Report

Nov 19, 2018

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The Role of Health Care Liens in Litigation and Recovery

This paper examines the different types of health care liens and trends in prevalence, as well as how liens have changed the landscape of claim resolution.

Journal Article

Jan 30, 2018

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Contingent Fee Litigation in New York City

The New York courts have collected a wealth of data on contingent fee litigation. This Article aims to provide a preliminary analysis of the data in the closing statements.

Journal Article

Jan 26, 2018

Maybe There Is No Bias in the Selection of Disputes for Litigation

This article attempts to contribute to the empirical and theoretical literature on litigation, settlement, and selection by analyzing New York litigation "closing statements".

Journal Article

Jan 25, 2018

Multilevel Selection in Litigation Data: A Bounds Approach

Proposes a bounds approach to address the problem of selection with litigation data.

Report

Dec 4, 2017

الاتجاهات الناشئة في تعويض الخسائر الواسعة النطاق

في مجتمع المستهلكين، تزداد أهمية إجراءات تقديم التعويض للعديد من المطالبين، لا سيما وأن التقاضي يصبح أكثر عمومية بسبب الأخبار على مدار الساعة والإنترنت. خلال هذا المؤتمر الذي انعقد في 2017، استكشف المشاركون القضايا التي تؤثر على سرعة التعويضات والكفاءة والعدالة.

Report

Dec 4, 2017

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Emerging Trends in Compensation for Widespread Losses

These conference proceedings explore emerging trends in compensation for widespread loss events, including regulators' changing roles, the impact of liens, and claim aggregation.

Journal Article

Dec 8, 2016

Estimating the Effects of the English Rule on Litigation Outcomes

The English rule prescribes that the loser of a lawsuit pay the winner's litigation costs.

Report

Feb 19, 2013

Economic Effects of Product Liability and Other Litigation Involving the Safety and Effectiveness of Pharmaceuticals

Analyzes effects of liability-based incentives of pharmaceutical companies on their decisions and consequent economic outcomes, such as product safety and effectiveness.

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The Globalization of Mass Civil Litigation: Lessons from the Volkswagen "Clean Diesel" Case

The Effect of Mandatory Insurer Reporting on Settlement Delay

Medicare Secondary Payer and Settlement Delay

Settling the Score: Maximizing the Public Health Impact of Opioid Litigation

The Role of Health Care Liens in Litigation and Recovery

Contingent Fee Litigation in New York City

Maybe There Is No Bias in the Selection of Disputes for Litigation

Multilevel Selection in Litigation Data: A Bounds Approach

الاتجاهات الناشئة في تعويض الخسائر الواسعة النطاق

Emerging Trends in Compensation for Widespread Losses

Estimating the Effects of the English Rule on Litigation Outcomes

Economic Effects of Product Liability and Other Litigation Involving the Safety and Effectiveness of Pharmaceuticals

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