Alabama Med Mal Insurer In Great Financial Health
As I discussed in my Feburary 21st posting on the financial well being of North Carolina’s largest medical malpractice insurerer, there are states in which the med mal insurerers are not teetering on the brinks of financial disaster. Today, you can add Alabama to that list. According to The Birmingham News, that state’s largest insurer, ProAssurance Corp., is surpassing Wall [...]
UPDATE: Milberg Firm Continues Tradition of Zero Integrity
In my February 21st posting, I discussed, with a combination of revulsion and amazement, the new clientele being served at the Milberg firm (formerly Milberg Weiss). These poor, trusting souls are victims of Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, and they want action taken on their behalf. Did they know or care that Milberg Weiss had a [...]
First Dept. Reaffirms that Email “Signatures” Count
In Williamson v. Delsener, NY Slip Op 01333 (1st Dept. 2009), the Appellate Division, First Department held, in a dispute over the terms of a settlement, that “e-mails exhanged between counsel, which contained their printed names at the end, constitute signed writings (CPLR 2104) within the meaning of the statute of frauds (citations omitted) and [...]