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A boy from a small town in a rural Texas county leaving for Nashville and advancing to the Top 20 in American Idol may seem like the stuff of dreams. But that's exactly what Celeste-native Josh Holiday, formerly known as Josh Wright, has done.
"He's always wanted to perform music," he mother, Christy Perry said. "His passion is to be a gospel music artist, with a mix of pop and soul."
But while Josh has proved through the last few weeks that he deserves to be in the Top 20, he auditioned for the reality television show by chance.
"He ran into some of his friends in Nashville who was going to audition at Bowling Green University, and decided on the spur of the moment to hop in the car with them," Christy said.
Holiday made it through rounds in Chicago and Hollywood, although not without bumps along the way. While performing in a solo round in Los Angeles, he split his pants, but calmly finished his song.
"I'm happy with the way he acted when his pants split, because he handled it with composure and class," Christy said. "My first thought as his mom was 'Oh my gosh, I need to go buy him a new pair of pants right now.'"
Josh was raised in Celeste with his two younger brothers, Justin and Jordan. He graduated in 2006 as the valedictorian of Celeste High School and attended Belmont University in Tennessee, where he graduated in 2010 with a degree in music. He was working as a vocal coach and a caregiver when he was selected for American Idol.
Josh's life has had its dark moments, however. When he was 17 his father, Richard, passed away. Josh recorded a song that Christy played for Richard over and over while he was in the hospital battling cancer, a song he later played at Richard's funeral. Father and son shared a similar passion for music.
"His dad was a big influence in his life," Christy said. "Richard was a self-taught musician, and they would play guitar and sing southern gospel music together."
There are still challenges that Josh will need to overcome if he hopes to be the next American Idol, but his journey so far has been well-timed, according to Christy.
"He just seems so calm about wanting God's will in his life," she said. "I think he's ready if it happens to him- he's on the right page. He told me 'Mama, if I succeed, I want to give back.' I really think that this is a blessing in his life."
A win for Josh would put Celeste on the map, according to Christy, a town that is a "great community to raise your children in." Watching Josh on television has been a lot of fun for Christy and his grandmother, Jane Baldwin, and they've been able to support him in Chicago, L.A. and will be leaving soon for Las Vegas.
"I'm very excited for my son," Christy said. "His brothers are so happy. I'm blessed to have him as my son."
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I know that currently Residential class isn't data capped, but only while they're testing their tiers elsewhere. I don't want to be capped at all in the future (As we are not at the moment), and am looking into this.However, I have some questions, and I hope you can help. I found some other topics, posted a while back, and I simply want up-to-date information.Currently, we have DSL and Comcast Residential TV service. We are moving in a month, and want to switch from DSL to something better. Some have said that simply saying you have a home office works for getting them to install it. I want to be sure in case that has changed.However, I understand that Residential TV cannot be combined with Business Class internet. They have Business TV on their site, but it seems different, and I don't know if you only get some channels with that.We currently have our own router, and have multiple computers connected via Wi-Fi. I don't want this to change. I saw that »www.amazon.com/Motorola-SB6121-S···04XC6GJ0 Was on their approved list, however, will I have any trouble getting it configured with our router? NAT issues as someone does play XBL? Also does Comcast fight with you over you using your own modem?Another thing is this: It is in an apartment complex. I don't know if any issues will arise because of this.Thanks in Advance
I don't think you need proof of being a business to get business class.Business class is much pickier about modems. If you use DHCP, you can use your own modem, but may have to fight to do it, and won't save any money as the modem rental is either permanent or built into the price. If you want a fixed IP, you *MUST* use their crappy SMC gateway modem.Just how much data do you use? At the moment, most areas are actually uncapped as Comcast tests out a few ideas in selected areas. Even when enabled, the caps will start at 300G, with higher plans possibly being higher.
I have business class installed at a residential address in an apartment, so that should not be a problem for you.The default modem that is supplied by Comcast for business class service is the SMCD3G or SMC8014 gateway, and its NAT implementation is not very good. If you need a static IPv4 address (or addresses), you must use the Comcast supplied SMC gateway (but with static IP addresses you don't need to use the SMC's rather poor NAT implementation). If you can use dynamic IP addresses (business class accounts get up to 5 dynamic IP addresses), you can either use the Comcast supplied gateway as a gateway router, or have it put into bridge mode (not all CSRs know how to put it into bridge mode, but if you persist, you can get it done). You can also use your own SB612x modem (Comcast does not seem to be willing to supply a leased SB612x modem). I currently use the SB6121 modem, and I had no problems getting it activated.I also have residential Xfinity TV service instead of the Comcast Business Class TV service, so that should also not be a problem. However, you will not be able to get any kind of bundle deal if your TV service is Xfinity residential and your HSI is Comcast Business Class.In this area, the Comcast Business Class starter plan (currently 16/3 mbps) is about the same price as the equivalent Xfinity residential plan, but the higher speed tiers are progressively more expensive than the equivalent Xfinity residential plans. There is also a 1-3 year contract requirement, and a $50-$200 install fee (depending on the length of the contract). Some have reported being able to get the install fee waived, but don't count on it.The biggest plus for Comcast Business Class that I have seen is not the lack of a bandwidth cap, but that the speed and quality of customer service is a notch above what is often supplied for Xfinity residential service. Of course, YMMV.--We can never have enough of nature.We need to witness our own limits transgressed, and some life pasturing freely where we never wander.
Yes - what NetFixer said. I can vouch for everything - including the stellar support/availability (have literally had techs out at 3am), all the way to the D3G not being a great NAT device. No matter, get something you like and put it behind the D3G.I too have had the service in a condo/apartment in the past and now at my house.
Business class is much pickier about modems. If you use DHCP, you can use your own modem, but may have to fight to do it, and won't save any money as the modem rental is either permanent or built into the price. If you want a fixed IP, you *MUST* use their crappy SMC gateway modem.
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I had comcast residential internet service for 2 years before I switched to business class. I don't think anything really changed on my setup when they installed business class. I still have the same modem, a Motorola SB 6120. I had ipv6 on residential and still have it on business class. My IPv4 & IPv6 addresses never changed either.
I noticed when signing up online, It automatically filled in the business name with the apartment complex name without me doing anything but putting the address. I wonder if this will cause complications?
Be careful, I upgraded to business class in order to avoid a week at a time of downtime, I have always maintained I don't care what I pay for internet service (since 1983, openly stated on forums), but I do want reliability. Changing to business class had the same headaches as residential; it seems the only difference between residential and business is no cap (which has no impact on me) and the so called 4hr response time, I have barely had service since Oct 4th, that might well be a good indicator of general service response.Head office thinks that the contractual 4hr hour response time , really means 72 hrs; but does not mean you get a conclusion to any problems. I also thought there was a dedicated business line [NODE]-THERE IS NOT, it works off the same NODE as residential, the only significant difference is what was alluded to further up, response time -Which I have found meaningless.Cheers
At least in my area, I've found the response time to be terrific. On a number of occasions I've had techs out within 4 hours of a call. I'm sure it varies by area, but in my particular area it's been great for the last 2.5 years.--"Women. Can't live with 'em, pass the beer nuts." -Norm
I live in a condo too and getting business class was not an issue. The couple of times I've called due to speed issues they did the diagnostics they could, and followed up to make sure I was satisfied. We lost power and service a few years ago here in Chicago due to some really bad wind/tstorms. I stayed with a buddy since power was out. The whole building had no cable, and they told me they'd been calling for 2 days with no resolution. I called business tech support and they rolled a truck and we all got service back that same day.
Head office thinks that the contractual 4hr hour response time , really means 72 hrs; but does not mean you get a conclusion to any problems. I also thought there was a dedicated business line [NODE]-THERE IS NOT, it works off the same NODE as residential, the only significant difference is what was alluded to further up, response time -Which I have found meaningless.Cheers
There have been threads, and I've experienced it personally, that when calling after hours you might get a slightly different experience. I'm wording that vaguely because I don't know for sure exactly the hand-off, but I can say I personally try to call during more traditional business hours.
So, seeing as I can have Residential TV and Business internet in the same place, I think I will be doing that. I also think I will be ordering my own SB6121 instead of Comcast's SMC. Is there anything I should know about the 6121?Also, I heard the contracts auto-renew. Still the case?I'm still a bit worried about it listing the Apartment Complex's name as my business, though. Hope it doesn't cause any problems.Looking forward to getting better than DSL 5mbit/600kbit.
Your apartment complex should not be the name of your business, when you talk to your representative have them change it to the name of the business or your name if personal.
Hmm. Alright, I'll see that they change the business name first.For the SB6121, it should just be plug-n-go, pretty much I assume? I have my router (Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH w/OpenWRT) which I use at the moment. Any special configurations I will have to do?
Good to know Trying to get all the information I can now so I'm not pulling out my hair later, hah. I thank you for being so helpful.I think my router supports IPv6, however I can't find anything on it (Some posts on buffalo's forums say it works with DD-WRT but nothing on Open). OpenWRT's IPv6 setup process on their wiki confuses me quite a bit, so I haven't bothered with it.
I would also suggest to overlap your internet connections [keep dsl connected] for now and try it out to your satisfaction...If it works out for you, then cut your dsl after maybe a month or a week prior to you next billing date.But I bet you, you WILL cut that DSL connection soon...I did!
You get a 30 day MBG just like residential. Once I confirmed mine was up to speed and stable, I dropper UVerse.
I don't think I can keep my current DSL at the new place. I'll see, but I was told before DSL doesn't work right there. If things do go wrong and I need net access to troubleshoot, I have my phone to tether off of.Any advice on that IPv6 situation?
Intended to respond sooner, a wee bit of a problem, however my misunderstanding of business class was definitely different than that conceived, meaning? Residential is half the cost and business twice the cost, so what would one anticipate paying for service? $89.00 for residential and $189.00 for business 50/10. It was a shock to realize that caps is the only part of the picture, any other 'business' anything I have ever had in a long life, had a separate and elite service to 'residential' that stood out. There is nothing apparently separate but billing and caps. The part that kicked my arse is that I was lied to by Comcast stating I could not get 50/10 residential; however on returning the residential modem -They laughed, "Of course you can."I don't know the Comcast infrastructure, but a nonchalant attitude to 7 days down on residential is what I was attempting to avoid, however business class was installed 10/09 and I actually got service 10/16; I don't count 1-3 hours up as service. Generally speaking download held on averaging 32/ to 42/ but upload averaged /.75 to /3.75, when service worked at all. This is indicative of a response to a business line(?)Almost got over it as service has been consistent for 3 days, then I got the bill for $310.29 today. Not to be confused with an expectation to pay as serviced, however 3 days for that price is very heady on a good day. I have kept running records of daily service speeds and if it stays where it is, I'm good. However based on the service to date, there better be a credit on the account.I feel gypped.
I'm not sure why you replied to me with your unpleasant experience with getting business class installed, because I am not a Comcast employee, and there is nothing I can do about it.It sounds as if it may have been less than the 30 days you are allowed to tell Comcast that you are not satisfied with the service and cancel the service with all charges reversed and with no ETF.If you do that, you can then have residential HSI reinstalled (probably a self install with no installation charge), or you can look for another ISP.--We can never have enough of nature.We need to witness our own limits transgressed, and some life pasturing freely where we never wander.
I could not reply to your comment, to me, at an earlier time., that simple. It's relevant that those looking for business class understand that there is not a difference in service, aside caps and the bill. For some, that's an importanr FACT.There other advantages, but they are SEPERATE and billed extra's.
To far off point at this time, the essence of the reply was based on the topic point at the beginning, then I replied to your comment to me, the reference you allude to is your issue; I have a problem with apples and oranges?I'm talking broadband and service, what are you talking about. I was around, just like you, in 1983 @ this end, I understand the difference between dollars and service. SDLS was $89.00 a month for six years prior to Comcast, 1G/1G and no complaints at all, one period of 2hrs down in that time and a few power downs that everybody suffered.It's pretty easy, want to satisfy shareholders, keep customers happy? Service customers! -Hardly gets easier than that, then those unsubstantiated increases don't matter so much; provided you are dealing with paying customers and not freeloaders.Apples and Oranges, I got a plantation in Arizona with seaside views, sorry; I don't do well with analogies; when the topic is Broadband...... Don't reply and quote me, then act like I'm off topic.
The original post was never intended for you, I simply replied to you quoting me, it's not about you or other comments you posted.The post was simply a warning and I still believe that residential will satisfy even business clients, based on what I now know; however for tax purposes that may present a different front. So, lets stick to broadband, eh. I have no interest in analogies.
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It would be cool unlined in cigar with blind eyelets. I'm usually not a fan of the crepe, but might prefer it in such an application.
I can't speak from experience, but I don't see why it would not stretch at least a little. Are you thinking that maybe the canvas lining will prevent it from doing so?
Also, would your foot's impression on the cork bed alleviate the tightness? Or has an impression already been made in the cork?
Yeah I wasn't sure if the canvas would prevent it from stretching in that area or what. As for the cork bed, I'm not quite sure. It's a used boot, but supposedly used only once for hiking then never worn again .So it's scuffed up but new looking overall, if that makes sense.
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It seems like about a year ago that I first saw the Barry crepe sole chukka in tan suede on the J Crew website. Those sold out quickly. Then a few months later they listed the same make up in Snuff suede. When they got down to just a few sizes they disappeared from the website too, although I've seen an odd size pop up occasionally - like the 8 and 12.5. I was able to find them in December at the Chelsea store in NYC after the guys at the Ludlow Shop checked the inventory for me. I've seem both J Crew models, Snuff and Tan, show up on eBay.
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Actually the first model was in Camel suede, not Tan.
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The Tufts Animal Care and Condition (TACC) Scales were developed in 1997 by Dr. Gary Patronek, with assistance from Lori Donley, MS '97, the Fort Wayne Dept. of Animal Care and Control, and the Law Enforcement Division of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to help cruelty investigators and veterinarians assess cases of animal abuse or neglect that are primarily related to husbandry, as opposed to deliberate acts of cruelty.
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Maddie's Fund - An Insider's Guide to Working with the Media
Pet columnist and blogger Christie Keith blogs for Maddie's Fund on press releases, media campaigns, cultivating media contacts and more.
March 1, 2014
Putting a Friendly Face on Animal Control
In California, the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter turns on the charm and engages it's community with a door-to-door approach. Could it work for your agency?
January 1, 2014
The Underside of the Big Top
Animal control officers can play a critical role in ensuring circus animals receive better treatment and help prevent cruelty.
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Ovation for Omaha
Nebraska Humane Society wins the National Animal Control Association's (NACA) top animal control award in 2013.
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Going the Extra Smile
Interview with Kirt Manecke, author of "Smile: Sell More with Amazing Customer Service", aiming to give shelters and other nonprofits a crash course in people-pleasing.
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Customer service matters. As rescuers, it's easy to forget that in order to help our organizations grow and be able to place more animals, we have to take care of people, too.
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Planned Pigeonhood
With no natural predators in Waikiki, pigeons present a messy and costly problem to local businesses. A contraceptive-laced food provides a solution.
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Although not ideal for use in every situation, Snappy Snares can be an especially valuable tool for ACOs trying to capture elusive animals.
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"It's like you're so good at your weird, low-cost lifestyle, but you know nothing about the real world."
"It's like you're so good at your weird, low-cost lifestyle, but you know nothing about the real world."
Conversations among their own group consist of sexual gossip, certainly in excess of what we might have designated as "good taste."
Hey remember that time that Alice Walker and Tracy Chapman were a thing? Eh?
Are you tired of flipping through fashion magazines and reading through makeup trends posts only to find that the looks are designed for white women? I've arranged some fall makeup looks designed for darker skinned women.
I went to the Texas State Fair and all I got was a lousy turkey leg.
There is now data that suggests viewers are more likely to watch shows with racially diverse casts and writing staffs. Imagine that.
If she writes an open letter, we'll all write an open letter, and it'll be ANARCHY!
Ever since I went to a Halloween party at my friend's church youth group in 6th grade, I've been almost inseparable from my Christian identity. But on November 4th, 2012, my heart was all the way down in my toes as I got ready to go to church for the first time as a transgender lesbian.
"As a woman of color who does not fit into Western Eurocentric standards of what is conventionally attractive, every day I step out and love myself is an act of resistance."
I mean, why not?
We are going down… on vaginas.
Selena, the Queen of Tejano Music, bidi bidi bom bommed her way to my heart when I was just a kid and my love for her will never die.
My transgender wife and I are both people with a lot of serious challenges to face, and we chose to confront those challenges as a team. That's not heroism. It's love.
Because you can't just say nothing before hanging up the phone.
Behind-the-scenes pics from teevee shows with queer storylines, from "Ellen" to "Orange is the New Black" to "Buffy" to "Pretty Little Liars" to absolutely everything in between. You're gonna love it, we promise.
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Sometimes it feels like every single person in Bon Temps is constantly going through the worst lesbian breakup of all time.
"Eight New Kinds of Dildos For You To Gay Marry"
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How to say that an online demo is interactive in 2-3 words?
Most users do not read. Just make sure that the demo's interactivity is easy to discover. |
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What's an alternative to data tables for key/value pairs?
please post your question on stackoverflow.com, and i will answer it there. |
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What effect does requiring a plugin have on conversion rate in a web app?
I believe that any developer smart enough to do a usability study will just not use a plugin. We can all agree that using plugins can lead to lost users, so why do it. We should be able to use html + JavaScript in most cases. |
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Is infinite scrolling justifiable?
clmnt.com has a nice solution to the footer problem. |
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'Scrolling divs' in mobile land. Yea or nay?
How big is the div, compared to the device? I can see users getting frustrated, especially if the div is large. |
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How should I sort items in a drop down list?
How about an example? |
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Should we restrict signup for a service to Facebook accounts only?
The site is probably not live yet. "Our target audience is subject specific (architecture, language learning, etc.) so we can't predict our customer audience very well yet." |
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Pros/Cons of Search Icon on Search Field
I think you should A/B test it, and post the results. I will bet on 2, but testing will show you the real answer. |
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Is this layout for a food search engine easy to scan (are the important elements properly focused)?
My Chinese is little rusty, so i can't tell if you are emphasizing the important elements. |
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Most intuitive delete icon
I am using the first icon you suggested on an e-commerce site, and i have received multiple complaints from customers that they cannot find the delete button. I will try the hand-drawn version and see if people can find it easier. |
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Search filtering (all vs. selected areas)
I agree that the redesign is better. What is the likelihood that a user will use the advanced language search options? |
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Subdomains and usability: giving a user an address that immediately redirects them
@SirTapTap, DNS settings allow one ip address per subdomain. The probably have one server for that standard website (www) and a different for the secured part of the site. Routing a folder (www.site.com/folder) to a remote server is not very easy. I have personally used a subdomain to run portion of a site on a remotely hosted server with wordpress on it, while the rest of the site was on .NET, and was hosted in-house. |
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Subdomains and usability: giving a user an address that immediately redirects them
I doubt that they are using it for load balancing, since the redirect depends on the www (single machine), which is a single point of failure. |
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Icon for "More", like more results
@raunak, how about a triangle facing right. Users are familiar with the convention from picture sliders. |
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Icon for "More", like more results
Are you planning to use the icon at end of paragraphs of text, list of items, ... Different uses will require different icons. |
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Button placement while others ones are invisible/disabled
I would also suggest that hovering/clicking inactive buttons should display a tooltip showing why the button is inactive. If it is not clear why a button is disabled, users may get frustrated or confused. |
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Alternative control to drag and drop for assigning tasks to an individual?
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Trib Prospect: Woodland Hills' Harry Randall
By Kevin Gorman
Published: Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013, 12:01 a.m.
George Novak has produced a long list of major-college football players, so it didn't take long for the Woodland Hills coach to find one to compare with Wolverines star Harry Randall.
Novak believes Randall could have a Lafayette Pitts-like impact on the Wolverines as a do-it-all player who is as dangerous on defense as he is with the ball.
"He can do anything," Novak said of Randall. "He can return kicks, has a good arm, runs a 4.4. He's a natural."
Randall is playing quarterback, but Novak said he projects to play defensive back, like Pitts, a starting cornerback for Pitt.
Randall's older brother is former Woody High star Rontez Miles, a Division II All-America at Cal (Pa.) who was cut Saturday by the Jets.
Despite playing in only four games last season before suffering a torn ACL, Randall rushed for 307 yards and two touchdowns on 28 carries.
"I think everybody is looking at him as a defensive player," Novak said, "but he's definitely an outstanding offensive player, too."
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Larry King tells viewers, âSo longâ
Story | Dec 16, 2010 | 9:37 PMLarry King ended the 25-year run of "Larry King Live" tonight with surprises, stars and song. The CNN host thanked his viewers, noting he would continue to do specials and radio. He opted for "so long" rather than goodbye.... -
Larry Kingâs revealing reply to Barbra Streisand
Story | Dec 16, 2010 | 4:38 PMOn the penultimate "Larry King Live" last night, the host explained his approach succinctly. Guest Barbra Streisand tried to get King to answer a question. "I just ask questions. I don't have answers," he told her.... -
Herman Cain, Regis Philbin to visit David Letterman
Story | Nov 9, 2011 | 4:40 PMLetterman also has lined up good pal Regis Philbin for the Thursday, Nov. 17, show. Philbin steps down the next day as host of "Live! With Regis and Kelly."... -
Sunday guest list: Erica Hill on âReliable Sourcesâ; Bill Maher on âFareed Zakaria GPSâ; donât ask donât tell debate on âThis Weekâ
Story | Dec 3, 2010 | 4:35 PMIf you're interested in media issues, the CNN shows should be of special interest this Sunday morning. Erica Hill, who has been named the new co-anchor of CBS' "Early Show," will talk to "Reliable Sources" at 11.m.... -
Rush Limbaugh: Is he an entertainer? Really?
Story | Mar 3, 2012 | 4:44 PMLimbaugh said this week: "If we're going to pay for your contraceptives and thus pay for you to have sex, we want something for it. We want you to post the videos online so we can all watch." When I read that, I can hear Seth Meyers saying, "Really?"... -
Mike Huckabee, Michael Moore set for âReal Time With Bill Maherâ
Story | Nov 9, 2010 | 4:37 PMBill Maher certainly knows how to draw up an eclectic list of guests. For this week's eighth season finale of "Real Time With Bill Maher," the host will interview former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa. Sestak can talk... -
Rush Limbaugh: Congratulations, you're part of mainstream media
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'The View' lines up Shaquille O'Neal, Diane Keaton, Martin Scorsese
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Story | Nov 15, 2011 | 4:40 PMAsked about the NBA lockout, former Orlando Magic star O'Neal quoted Barack Obama. "President Obama said it the best. He said it would be a shame that if billionaires and millionaires can't come to some sort of agreement, and have regular people lose...


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The Weekly Compete Pulse
It's the last weekend before Single's Awareness/Valentine's Day on Friday! If you haven't gone gift-hunting yet, here's a few of our top shared stories from this past week to keep you company and/or help you give your significant other the gift of digital marketing knowledge.
Get Your Tech On: Millward Brown Digital's CES 2014 Highlights
In the digital world, we've learned to start off the new year with a bang — more specifically, with the annual Consumer Electronics Show! The tradeshow has been revealing the latest in all things tech for 40 years, and its Vegas location doesn't quiet down the excitement any.
This year, we sat down with our Millward Brown Digital attendees to get a closer look at what's new in the field, and what these innovations mean for digital marketing.
Sunday Series: Gifting with Gourmet Goodies
December 2013 is long and gone now with 2014 well underway — but now that it's February (hint: Valentine's Day is coming up), some of our December data may prove their relevance! One of the fast moving categories for 2013′s holiday season was, understandably, in the Food and Groceries category.
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Happy February! Hope you're all getting ready for an interesting month of love… and more digital marketing! Here's our top shared content from the last week of January: three articles about improving your online presence, and a look at the future as shown by CES2014 gadgets. Enjoy!


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In Other News...1-12-10
- Yesterday we learned what we already knew about Mark McGwire. Today we learned what we already knew about the Florida Marlins: they're cheap. They've been publicly called out by Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association for not putting their piece of the revenue sharing pie back into their product. As Billy Wagner might say, f'in shocker.
- Old friend Ramon "Darth Catcher" Castro has re-signed with the Chicago White Sox, giving him another opportunity to catch a perfect game. Yesterday just as In Other News... was going to press, another old friend found work as well when Ryan Church agreed to terms with the Pittsburgh Pirates. I couldn't help but wonder if Church's Met career might've worked out differently if only he'd had Ramon Castro's head.
- The Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers are the two teams named most recently in pursuit of Joel Pineiro. Some snappy commenters at Sons of Steve Garvey don't seem to like the Mets much, but then again why would I expect the illegitimate offspring of the man formerly known as Mr. Clean to like the Mets?


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Saturday, February 18, 2012
The Upcoming Trial in the Deep Horizon Litigation
NPR has a story with lots of interesting quotes. My favorite:
"There's only one place where a waitress or a shrimper can be on equal footing with a company the size of BP, and that's a courtroom," says Rhon Jones, with the Montgomery, Ala., law firm Beasley Allen. Jones is part of the plaintiffs' steering committee, a group of lawyers coordinating the case.
The story raises a series of important questions about the purpose of litigation and settlement. Is it best for society to funnel cases outside that system as in the BP and 9/11 cases? What is the use of a trial - to apportion liability? get to the truth? allocate damages? figure out difficult causation questions? Are different plaintiffs to be treated differently - for example the waitress and the shrimper above as opposed to the attorneys general of the affected states?
Edited to add: I just saw the blog post by George Conk about the potential ineligibility of many plaintiffs who did not file claims with the compensation fund. See here for more analysis.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Zamir, Medina, and Segal on the Uniformity of Lawyers' Contingent Fee Rates
Eyal Zamir (Hebrew Univ.), Barak Medina (Hebrew Univ.), and Uzi Segal (Boston College, Economics) have posted to SSRN their article, The Puzzling Uniformity of Lawyers' Contingent Fee Rates: An Assortative Matching Solution. Here is the abstract:
Lawyers' Contingent Fee (CF) rates are rather uniform, often one-third of the recovery. Arguably, this uniformity attests to collusion in the market, resulting in clients paying supra-competitive fees. This paper challenges this common argument.
Uniform CF rates are not necessarily superior to negotiable ones; yet they provide clients with an important advantage. They result in clients making a defacto "take-it-or-leave-it" offer. It precludes lawyers from exploiting their private information about the lawsuit's expected value and the amount of work it requires. The uniformity of CF rates enables clients to hire the best available lawyer, either directly, if clients know lawyers' ranking, or indirectly, through the referral system. This uniformity thus fosters a positive assortative matching of lawyers and clients. Finally, the fact that both direct clients and clients obtained through paid-for referrals pay the same CF rate does not attest to cross-subsidization, as the cases a lawyer gets through referrals are quite different than those she gets directly.
January 31, 2012 in Ethics, Lawyers, Mass Tort Scholarship, Settlement | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Zimmerman on Compensation Funds
Adam Zimmerman (St. John's) has a nice post on Prawfsblawg called "The Rise of Executive (Branch) Compensation" in which he discusses the historical antecedents and politics of compensation funds for mass disasters. It reminds us that not all worthy victims have been the beneficiaries of such funds and the reasons why some are picked (and others are not) are not always clear.
January 17, 2012 in 9/11, Environmental Torts, Mass Disasters, Settlement, Weblogs | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Saturday, January 14, 2012
BP, the Gulf Coast Claims Fund, and MDL Plaintiffs' Lawyers
All that in the recent interesting op-ed from New York Times business columnist Joe Nocera -- BP Makes Amends.
January 14, 2012 in Aggregate Litigation Procedures, Environmental Torts, Informal Aggregation, Lawyers, Mass Disasters, Procedure, Punitive Damages, Settlement | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Thursday, August 25, 2011
RAND Reports on Asbestos Bankruptcy Trusts and Tort Compensation
RAND's Institute for Civil Justice last week released its report, Asbestos Bankruptcy Trusts and Tort Compensation, by Lloyd Dixon and Geoffrey McGovern. Here's the summary:
Payments by asbestos bankruptcy trusts have played an increasingly important role in compensating asbestos injuries and have become a matter of contention between plaintiff and defense attorneys. At issue is how tort cases take into consideration compensation paid by trusts and the evidence submitted in trust claim forms. This monograph examines how such evidence and compensation are addressed by state laws and considered during court proceedings. It also examines how the establishment of the trusts potentially affects plaintiff compensation from trusts and the tort system combined, payments by defendants that remain solvent, and the compensation available to future, as compared to current, plaintiffs. The authors find that the potential effects of trusts' replacement of once-solvent defendants are very different in states with joint-and-several liability than in states with several liability. In states with joint-and-several liability, total plaintiff compensation should not change. In several-liability states, the replacement of once-solvent defendants by trusts can cause total plaintiff compensation to increase, decrease, or remain unchanged. The findings underscore the importance of information on plaintiff exposure to the products and practices of the bankrupt firms in determining the trusts' effects on plaintiff compensation and on payments by defendants that remain solvent.
RAND also published the shorter Research Brief, Bankruptcy Trusts, Asbestos Compensation, and the Courts, by the same authors.
August 25, 2011 in Aggregate Litigation Procedures, Asbestos, Ethics, Lawyers, Mass Tort Scholarship, Procedure, Products Liability, Settlement | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Call for Papers for "New Voices" Workshop at Vanderbilt's Branstetter Litigation & Dispute Resolution Program
Announcement from Professor Tracey George, who is the new Director of Vanderbilt's Branstetter Litigation & Dispute Resolution Program:
Vanderbilt Law School and the Cecil D. Branstetter Litigation & Dispute Resolution Program announce the 2012 New Voices in Civil Justice Scholarship Workshop to be held at Vanderbilt on April 20, 2012, and invite submissions for the workshop.
The Branstetter Litigation & Dispute Resolution Program draws on a multimillion-dollar endowment to support research and curriculum in civil litigation and dispute resolution. The idea for the Branstetter "New Voices" workshop is to draw together scholars on civil justice issues who are in the first seven years of their academic careers. Four to six scholars will be chosen by anonymous review of the submitted papers. The audience will include invited junior scholars, Vanderbilt faculty, and invited guests. Previous participants include Nora Freeman Engstrom (Stanford), Maria Glover (Harvard), Margaret Lemos (Cardozo), Jonathan Mitchell (George Mason), Myriam Gilles (Cardozo), Donna Shestowsky (UC Davis), Benjamin Spencer (Washington & Lee), Amanda Tyler (George Washington), and Tobias Wolff (Pennsylvania).
The format for the workshop is designed to maximize collegial interaction and feedback. All participants will have read the selected papers. A senior faculty member will provide a brief overview and commentary on the paper, and then we are off and running with interactive discussion. Paper authors thus do not deliver prepared "presentations" as such. Rather, the overwhelming majority of each session is devoted to collective discussion of the paper involved.
Submission requirements.
1. Subject matter. Submitted papers should address an aspect of civil justice. Subject areas may include, but are not limited to, civil procedure, complex litigation, evidence, federal courts, judicial decisionmaking, alternative dispute resolution, remedies, and conflict of laws. In keeping with the intellectual breadth of the Branstetter Program faculty, we are very receptive to the full range of scholarly methodologies, from traditional doctrinal analysis to quantitative or experimental approaches.
2. Author qualifications. To be eligible to submit a paper, scholars must currently hold a permanent faculty position. In addition, scholars may not have held a position at assistant professor or higher (including visiting assistant professor) prior to 2004.
3. Format. Papers may be sent in either Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat format. To maintain the anonymity of the process, please remove any self-identifying information from the submission.
4. Deadline. Submissions should be e-mailed to firstname.lastname@example.com no later than January 13, 2011. Please include your name, current position, and contact information in the e-mail accompanying the submission. We will contact you with our decision by February 15.
The Branstetter Program will pay all reasonable travel expenses within the United States for invited participants. If you have any questions, please email Professor Tracey George, Branstetter Program Director, at firstname.lastname@example.com
August 24, 2011 in Aggregate Litigation Procedures, Class Actions, Conferences, Mass Tort Scholarship, Procedure, Settlement | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Friday, July 8, 2011
Potential Solutions for the Frivolous Lawsuit -- Of Rule 11 Proposals and Loser Pays
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is arguing in favor of the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act, which is pending in the House and would change Rule 11 back to its pre-1993 mandatory sanctions approach and remove the current 21-day "safe harbor" for a litigant to withdraw challenged filings. In the 1980s, I believe the mandatory-sanctions/no-safe-harbor regime was blamed for increasing costly satellite Rule 11 litigations brought by both plaintiffs and defendants who perhaps in an excess of zeal repeatedly argued that the other side's positions were utterly meritless and frivolous.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce also suggests that the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act would make it easier for parties challenging to recover their attorneys' fees. That modification raises the larger question of "loser pays" as a broad and perhaps more effective way to deter frivolous lawsuits. Under loser pays, the party that loses in a litigation must pay the attorneys' fees of the prevailing party. Followed in much of the world outside the U.S., loser pays deters frivolous litigation by removing much of the litigation costs that are used as a weapon to extract a nuisance-value settlement. For example, if it costs a defendant $50,000 in legal fees to obtain a ruling that a lawsuit is meritless, a plaintiff lawyer might offer to settle with the defendant for $25,000 -- less than it costs to litigate to a judge ruling. Unless the defendant thinks the plaintiff lawyer will turn around and sue the defendant again, the defendant may well choose the $25,000 settlement, even if the lawsuit seems clearly meritless or frivolous. But the $25,000 settlement may sufficiently compensate (via contingency fee) the plaintiff lawyer to incentivize the plaintiff lawyer to file another meritless claim against another defendant, and indeed, the plaintiff lawyer might even develop a successful business in frivolous claims. In contrast, if a loser-pays rule applies, defendant might well reject the $25,000 settlement and elect to spend $50,000 to obtain a court ruling exposing and dismissing the frivolous claim, also confident that the defendant can seek to recover the $50,000 in attorneys' fees from the plaintiff under the loser-pays rule. Moreover, ex ante, the plaintiff lawyer in a loser-pays jurisdiction should decline to even file a meritless claim, because the plaintiff lawyer would expect that the defendant would refuse a nuisance settlement and instead litigate to a ruling that will impose defendant's attorneys' fees on the plaintiff. The presence of loser pays is often cited as one reason that countries outside the United States have less litigation -- see, e.g., John Stossel, When Lawyers Become Bullies, Real Clear Politics (April 8, 2008).
One significant objection to loser pays is that impecunious plaintiffs will elect never to file their claims not because their claims are frivolous, but because they are risk averse about the possibility of defendants' attorneys fees being imposed on them. This concern is even greater in tort litigation, where injured plaintiffs are regular folks whose finances may already be strained by an injury. So the argument goes, loser pays should be rejected because these impecunious plaintiffs will not file what are meritorious suits -- and access to justice is denied.
But what if the cost of loser pays were permitted to be shifted from a plaintiff to his or her attorney? Plaintiff attorneys already make entrepreneurial decisions about the likelihood of success in a case when plaintiff attorneys decide whether to take a case on contingency fee and risk no reimbursement if they lose at trial or by judicial ruling. Adding fee-shifting via loser pays would only increase the size of the bet on each case, and plaintiff firms could adjust to that larger bet by becoming somewhat larger and greater diversifying that risk, or even by gaining greater access to outside capital and loans (the latter of which is itself controversial). Ultimately, injured plaintiffs would conceivably still have access to attorneys for meritorious cases, but having lost the threat of nuisance-value settlements and now fearing fee-shifting via loser pays, plaintiff lawyers would screen out frivolous claims and never file them.
I think there is much to recommend this market-finance-oriented version of loser pays, but of course plaintiff lawyers might resist it because it would remove the stream of income from nuisance-value settlements. And even though they might not admit it, defense lawyers also benefit from being hired to defend frivolous cases, so they might not vigorously push such a proposal, unless their defendant clients vigorously pushed them to do so. Ultimately, a reduction in frivolous litigation reduces the wealth of the entire bar, but the bar has no valid entitlement to enrichment by waste. Notwithstanding lawyers' interests, Alaska has had a version of loser pays, and Texas over a month ago enacted a version of loser pays. If Texas Governor Rick Perry enters the Republican primary as a candidate for President in 2012, loser pays as litigation reform (and tort reform) may well receive substantial national attention. That would be a good thing.
July 8, 2011 in Aggregate Litigation Procedures, Ethics, Lawyers, Procedure, Settlement | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Thursday, July 7, 2011
GMO Rice Lawsuits Settle for $750M
BNA Class Action Litigation Reporter reports that the lawsuits against Bayer Cropscience for the contamination of rice crops with genetically modified rice have settled. The case was In Re: Genetically Modified Rice Litigation, E.D. Mo., No. 4:06-md-1811.
The plaintiffs were denied class certification for predictable reasons. The settlement is equally predictably organized on the Vioxx model: it goes into effect if 85% of the farmers sign on.
For more information on the MDL GMO Rice Litigation see the E.D.Mo. website: http://www.moed.uscourts.gov/node/115. (As for this writing, not updated to reflect the BNA report of settlement). As the website notes, the GMO rice has since been de regulated by the FDA.
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July 7, 2011 in Aggregate Litigation Procedures, Environmental Torts, FDA, Settlement, Vioxx | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Friday, March 25, 2011
The Market for Specious Claims
S. Todd Brown (Buffalo) has posted a paper entitled The Market for Specious Claims on SSRN. It promises to be an interesting application of the adverse selection problem to our favorite subject here at the Mass Tort Litigation Blog! Here is the abstract:
Few problems are more disruptive to the efficient operation of comprehensive mass tort settlements than over-subscription, which, at times, appears to be fueled primarily by specious claims. In settlements with opt out rights, a flood of claims can generate a market for lemons, with the weakest claims submitting to the settlement and the strongest opting out and seeking recovery at trial or in private settlement. In binding settlements, they may result in a commons problem, requiring dramatic reductions in payment that effectively transfer recoveries from those with intrinsically strong claims to those with weak claims.
This Article evaluates the history of three mass torts where specious claim practices were uncovered and identifies common themes that reflect broader lessons about the potential for over-subscription. In particular, although commentators often focus on the incentives that drive claim recruiting, this Article explains that over-subscription has its origins in claim development incentives, which may be distorted by fixed settlement criteria and encourage practices that lend themselves to specious claim filings. This dynamic is particularly likely to generate specious claim markets for low or negative expected value claims. Moreover, the manner in which this process unfolds presents special difficulties for ethical enforcement and deterrence, suggesting that other mechanisms for controlling specious claim markets may be necessary.
March 25, 2011 in Aggregate Litigation Procedures, Fen-Phen, Lawyers, Mass Tort Scholarship, Products Liability, Settlement | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Campos on the Future of Mass Torts
Sergio Campos (Miami) sent me the link to the following debate on the University of Pennsylvania Law Review's internet companion Pennumbra (cute eh? the italics are in the original)
The short piece is called "The Future of Mass Torts - and How to Stop It" - its a defense of the deterrence rationale for limiting individual control of cases in mass tort situations. Our own Howard Erichson is scheduled to respond. Enjoy!
March 8, 2011 in Aggregate Litigation Procedures, Mass Tort Scholarship, Settlement | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Thursday, February 17, 2011
BP Complains About Generous Terms From Oil Spill Fund
John Schwartz of the NYTimes reports in an article entitled "BP Says Terms in Oil Spill Settlement Are Too Generous." The basic complaint is contained in a 25 page letter to Mr. Feinberg that basically says BP is unahppy over the valuation of future damages. The article points out that BP's letter seems to indicate that Feinberg is independent in his valuations. It raises an important question also raised by John CP Goldberg's memo to Feinberg. That is, what is and what ought to be the relationship between the law on the books and the decisions of a claims facility set up outside the legal system?
February 17, 2011 in Aggregate Litigation Procedures, Mass Disasters, Settlement | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Mississippi College Law Symposium on BP Gulf Oil Spill
On this Friday, February 18, Mississippi College School of Law will be hosting a law review symposium, Beyond the Horizon: The Gulf Oil Spill Crisis -- Analyzing Economic, Environmental, and Legal Implications of the Oil Spill. Here's the short-form brochure: Download MC Law Review Symposium Brochure.
Speakers include Professors Jamison Colburn (Penn State), Kenneth Murchison (LSU), David Robertson (Texas), Edward Sherman (Tulane), and Trudy Fisher (Miss. Dep't Envt'l Quality). Moderators include Jeffrey Jackson (Mississippi College) and Betty Ruth Fox (Watkins & Eager). Papers will subsequently be published in the Mississippi College Law Review.
I will also be speaking at the symposium, discussing issues of claim-administrator compensation, transparency, and independence in connection with the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. My talk will expand upon my prior blog posts raising concerns (see here and here), which last summer triggered two articles in Forbes (see here and here), as well as a post from Legal Ethics Forum. Two weeks ago, the federal MDL court overseeing the BP litigation granted in part plaintiffs' motion to have the court oversee communications by the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, and the MDL court ordered that the Gulf Coast Claims Facility may not state that it is "neutral" or completely "independent" of BP. Here's the MDL opinion: Download Order - Mot to Supervise GCCF Doc 1098 2-2-2011. On the recent MDL opinion, see also this Reuters article from Moira Herbst, quoting David Logan (Roger WIlliams), Monroe Freedman (Hofstra), and me.
UPDATE -- Here's the full-length brochure for the symposium: Download MC Law BP Symposium Handout.
February 16, 2011 in Aggregate Litigation Procedures, Conferences, Environmental Torts, Ethics, Lawyers, Mass Disasters, Settlement | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Southwestern Law School Symposium on International Law Ten Years From Now
On Saturday, February, 26, 2011, the Southwestern Journal of International Law is hosting a symposium entitled, 2021: International Law Ten Years From Now, at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles. The symposium is being presented in conjunction with International Law Weekend-West of the International Law Association (American Branch). Panels will address topics including international litigation, international human rights, international environmental law/climate change, international dispute resolution law, and international legal profession. The keynote speaker will be Michael Traynor, President Emeritus and Council Chair of the American Law Institute, and Co-Chair of the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20. Here's the brochure.
January 11, 2011 in Conferences, Environmental Torts, Ethics, Lawyers, Mass Tort Scholarship, Procedure, Settlement | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Ken Feinberg Cover Story in ABA Journal
Reporter Terry Carter provocatively asks, "Is Ken Feinberg changing mass tort law?" in the article, The Master of Disasters.
January 11, 2011 in Aggregate Litigation Procedures, Environmental Torts, Informal Aggregation, Lawyers, Settlement | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Monday, November 22, 2010
More Discussion of Ken Feinberg's Pay in BP Gulf Oil Spill Fund
Moira Herbst of Reuters has a short, but thoughtful piece analyzing the issues at play for a private claims administrator running a quasi-public claims fund. It's easy to sympathize in the abstract with Ken Feinberg's difficult situation in exploring what's appropriate in his unprecedented role; but with his firm being compensated at an average of $1,000 per hour (according to Herbst's analysis), he's not ultimately likely to get much sympathy.
November 22, 2010 in Aggregate Litigation Procedures, Environmental Torts, Ethics, Lawyers, Mass Disasters, Settlement | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Other-Regarding Preferences in the 9/11 Workers Settlement
Reading yesterday's New York Times article on the 9/11 Workers Settlement, I couldn't help but think of the other-regarding preferences and psychological influences that played a role in garnering the requisite 95.1% agreement. The two claimants quoted in the article, Jennifer McNamara (whose firefighter husband died of colon cancer last year) and Kenny Specht, a retired firefighter with thyroid cancer, both framed their ultimate decision to participate in the settlement in terms of helping others within the community of plaintiffs. As described by the N.Y. Times, McNamara "explained to friends in a letter that she did not want to delay the settlement for the many plaintiffs who needed it to pay mortgages and medical bills." Specht said, "I am not sure that holding out for a better offer will ever be something that is attainable."
I've written about this internal group pressure in the past and how claimants might be able to use it to their benefit as opposed to lawyers using it for theirs. It does appear that Napoli Bern Ripka LLP held at least one town hall meeting (video footage available below), but I'm not sure whether claimants were encouraged or given opportunities to discuss the deal with one another or whether the lawyers did most of the talking. Given the claimants geographical proximity to one another in the 9/11 Workers Settlement as well as the closeness of the firefighting and police officers' communities, it appears that altruism, reciprocity, and a concern for others' well-being within their community played a significant role in members' decision to approve the settlement (though the settlement did not receive the 100% approval rate that would have paid out $712 million). Others simply appeared to be exhausted by the protracted litigation and wanted finality. Still others, at least 520 of them, opted out (or did not respond by the deadline). A New York Times article last August described several plaintiffs' difficult decision-making process.
Although the House of Representatives has approved a bill that would reopen the 9/11 Victim's Compensation Fund, the Senate has yet to approve it and those who have signed on to the 9/11 Workers Settlement will be ineligible for compensation.
Here's a link to Napoli Bern's press release (with the percentage of claimants signing-on in each tier).
November 20, 2010 in 9/11, Current Affairs, Informal Aggregation, Mass Disasters, Settlement | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Friday, November 19, 2010
9/11 Settlement Report
The allocation neutral in the World Trade Center litigation reported today that 10,043 claimants have agreed to participate in the settlement. This number, which constitutes 95.1% of the 10,563 eligible claimants, apparently meets (just barely) the 95 percent threshold required under the terms of the settlement agreement. But the settlement agreement also required at least 90% participation and 95% participation by particular categories of claimants. The report filed today states that 87.4% eligible "Tier 1" claimants (2383 out of 2726) signed on. Does this mean that the settlement fails? Media reports suggest that the settlement is going forward, but I will be interested to find out whether all of the participation requirements were met.
In general, it comes as no surprise when a mass tort settlement meets a participation threshold, given that clients overwhelmingly follow their lawyers' advice to participate in a settlement. But the WTC litigation -- and particularly Judge Hellerstein's rejection of an earlier settlement proposal amid questions about whether a judge in a non-class action has any business "approving" or "disapproving" a settlement -- generated enough notoriety that reasonable observers might have wondered how claimants would react.
UPDATE/CLARIFICATION: The settlement agreement requires 90% participation by each category of claimants with "qualifying injuries" but does not require a specified percentage of participation by claimants with no qualifying injury. Tier 1 consists of claimants with no qualifying injury. Therefore, the participation levels do meet the requirement under the terms of the agreement.
November 19, 2010 in 9/11, Settlement | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Thursday, November 18, 2010
WTC Disaster Site Litigation Settlement - Results Announced Tomorrow
The results of how many plaintiffs signed on to the WTC Disaster Site Litigation Settlement, which required that 95% of the plaintiffs sign on for the settlement to go forward, will be announced at 1 PM tomorrow. Click here to see docket & documents online.
Interestingly, the allocation neutral overseeing this aspect of the settlement adminsitration is from Ohio - Matthew Garretson. His profile can be found here. Here is the description of the firm's work on allocating settlement proceedings to claimants:
Perhaps the hallmark of our settlement allocation service, GFRG helps ensure that similarly-situated claimants are treated the same under the methodology developed to allocate the settlement proceeds and to help ensure that every claimant is allocated a fair and equitable share of the settlement proceeds (taking into account the terms/conditions of the Settlement Agreement, the severity of the injury and the proof available).
The question of course is whether the terms of the settlement agreement - i.e. the matrix developed by the lawyers - fairly allocates funds and what data is used to make those determinations.
h/t Fred Mogul, WNYC.
November 18, 2010 in 9/11, Aggregate Litigation Procedures, Environmental Torts, Lawyers, Mass Disasters, Settlement | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Monday, September 20, 2010
BP Still Faces Investigations, Lawsuits, and Fines
An article in the Wall Street Journal discusses the remaining BP's remaining challenges stemming from the Gulf Oil Spill -- governmental investigations, civil lawsuits, and fines. The amount of fines imposed may turn on whether BP is found "grossly negligent." With regard to lawsuits, much will depend on the extent to which Ken Feinberg can persuade potential plaintiffs to forego their legal claims in exchange for quicker compensation via the $20 billion BP claims fund.
September 20, 2010 in Aggregate Litigation Procedures, Environmental Torts, Mass Disasters, Settlement | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Toyota Settles Unintended Acceleration Lawsuit
According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, Toyota has settled, for an undisclosed amount, an unintended-acceleration lawsuit involving the deaths of four persons. The accelerator appeared to have been caught in the floormat. The article notes that Toyota faces about 200 unintended-acceleration lawsuits.
September 19, 2010 in Products Liability, Settlement, Travel, Vehicles | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)


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Hi I'm maddy here.. Hw r u all? I'm here to have a gd frens tat can really hav fun n go on wit me. more
Hi I am verry good person, however I am still single person. Hence I am looking for verry good girl who s intersted in me and I promise that we will be verry good freinds. more