Federal judges in California are cracking down on warped incentives in class-action lawsuits, exerting tighter oversight of settlements that provide hefty fees for plaintiff lawyers but no meaningful benefit for those harmed by corporate misdeeds. A recent example was the …
While employers across the U.S. paid a record amount in settlements for workplace violations last year, don’t expect this to mark the beginning of a trend. Think of it more as the storm before the calm, as labor lawyers rush …
Risk Settlements has added Steven Schienvar as a managing director in Dallas. Schienvar previously spent 13 years at AIG in various positions including president of AIG’s assumed reinsurance division (AIG Re), and executive vice president, chief operating officer and chief …
