Sentences with phrase «civil suits such»

: Civil suits such as personal injury claims, divorce or matrimonial property are legal actions that do not involve the criminal law.

Not exact matches

Hedge funds such as Elliott Management Corp and D.E. Shaw are still looking for up to $ 5 billion ($ 5.6 billion) in damages in civil suits against Porsche SE, which is now only a holding company that owns a majority stake in the VW group.

The measure, first introduced years ago by Margaret Markey, a New York State Assembly Democrat, would extend the statute of limitations for civil suits against alleged sexual abusers of children and against institutions that fail to act against such abuse under their roofs.

In civil cases, such as a lawsuit for damages from a vehicle accident or from a medical problem, testing and analysis by a qualified forensic scientist may be used by either side to address the validity of the allegations in the suit.

The big finale in Civil War, however, involves only a couple of characters — again, the movie goes refreshingly small — and the life - and - death stakes are grave, because the film has done such a good job of stressing these (mostly) ordinary people instead of their suits.

In reality, if such standards are not developed cooperatively and with foresight, they will be imposed ex post facto by human rights tribunals and courts adjudicating specific complaints and civil suits.

Laura focuses her practice on civil litigation and regulatory investigations under the federal securities laws as well as state law claims arising from corporate transactions, such as suits seeking to enjoin mergers and acquisitions and appraisals.

He has handled such high profile cases as the suit against Brittany Spears by her former manager, the suit by the Backstreet Boys against their former manager, the suit by Harlem Globetrotters legends including Curly Neal and Meadowlark Lemon against The Harlem Globetrotters, the civil suit against Casey Anthony, and the «Tailwind» case against CNN and Time Magazine (one of the leading defamation cases of the last decade).

For civil suits, it is typical to put such suits on hold until the conclusion of the investigation by the authorities.

Clearly such a practice is inconsistent with the Minister's duty of justice — though it would not be inconsistent with the practice of a private lawyers bringing a civil suit, who will typically set out every possible (non-frivolous) basis for liability they can think of.

In some cases, you may have a legitimate case for a civil suit against a negligent party, such as a building owner who didn't disclose the deteriorated condition of their roof before allowing you to step foot on it.

On the other hand, as Christie Blatchford pointed out in the Post last night, a criminal complaint would likely provide them with greater protection from such attacks (as a result of the inevitable publication ban on the name of the victims) then the mess that's playing out now — I assume they will be named in Mr. Ghomeshi's civil suit.

Public entities seeking to recover fees and costs under Code of Civil Procedure section 1038 — a fee - shifting section allowing such entities to recoup fees and costs if they can demonstrate a suit was brought in bad faith or without reasonable cause — should take extra care to review the next decision.

This type of civil law suit became more prominent due to movies such as the Julia Robert's film Erin Brockovich.

These types are payment arrangements are very common in civil litigation such as personal injury suits where successful litigants are awarded damages.

It is perhaps much better suited to societies such as England or the civil law countries on the Continent which inherited the system along with wigs and robes.

In civil cases such as personal injury or medical malpractice, depositions occur during the discovery phase, which is the period of time after the law suit is filed and the initial papers are exchanged between the two sides.

These policies only offer coverage in civil matters, such as malpractice and wrongful death suits.