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COMMERCIAL LITIGATION FUNDING 2023: Third Parties Involved in the Litigation Finance Industry

"As the litigation finance industry matures, there are a number of advisors that have become involved to help parties involved in matching litigation funding sources with parties looking for financing. There are parties acting as brokers and litigation finance advisors who help parties secure litigation funding, attorneys who help parties analyze and document their deals, … Continue reading COMMERCIAL LITIGATION FUNDING 2023: Third Parties Involved in the Litigation Finance Industry

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION FUNDING 2023: Third Parties Involved in the Litigation Finance Industry

"As the litigation finance industry matures, there are a number of advisors that have become involved to help parties involved in matching litigation funding sources with parties looking for financing. There are parties acting as brokers and litigation finance advisors who help parties secure litigation funding, attorneys who help parties analyze and document their deals, … Continue reading COMMERCIAL LITIGATION FUNDING 2023: Third Parties Involved in the Litigation Finance Industry

The Third Circuit Appeals Court Names John Melaragno to Replace Retiring Judge for the Erie Division of U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Erie, Pennsylvania – Attorney John C. Melaragno has been named the new judge for the Erie Division of U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Melaragno succeeds Thomas P. Agresti, who retired in February of 2023 after 19 years as the federal bankruptcy judge for Erie. Melaragno, after graduating from the Case Western … Continue reading The Third Circuit Appeals Court Names John Melaragno to Replace Retiring Judge for the Erie Division of U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Docking PTO Is Legal When Employees Miss Productivity Quotas, Third Circuit Rules

You might have thought that your PTO was sacred, but employees with minimum work quotas should now be wary. A federal appellate court has just ruled that employers can take away salaried employees’ paid time off (PTO) when they fail to meet productivity quotas. Involving employees of a nursing home facility, the case of Higgins v. … Continue reading Docking PTO Is Legal When Employees Miss Productivity Quotas, Third Circuit Rules

New CDC Data Reveal Less Than a Third of People Diagnosed with Hepatitis C Receive Timely Treatment for the Deadly, yet Curable, Infection

A new CDC Vital Signs report finds that too few people diagnosed with hepatitis C are being treated, despite availability of medications capable of curing this viral infection