Settlement Administration Archives

Topic: Settlement Administration

06 May2019

Litigation Update: Leadership Selection for the 3M Combat Arms™ Earplugs MDL Begins

By the close of business this past Friday scores of lawyers from around the country had submitted their applications for leadership in the 3M earplugs litigation. In Pretrial Order No. 4 Judge M. Casey Rodgers set out her process for selecting those who will fill the leadership positions in this important and complex litigation. Applications […]

03 May2019

Can Common Benefit Fee Disputes be Avoided?

Mark Eveland

Recent headlines involving disputes over distribution of the common benefit fund in the pelvic mesh MDL highlight a recurring issue in mass tort litigation. Too often fights erupt when it comes time to distribute common benefit fees, and these fights spill out into public view to the benefit of no one. While the lawyers who […]

21 Oct2018

What to Expect from Your Claims Administrator

Dan Myer

A good third party administrator is an important player in your plan to bring a settlement to closure as quickly and efficiently as possible. I would like to pass along some observations I’ve made about the role of a third party administrator based on my thirty-five years of experience in managing the resolution of complex [...]

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