Sentences with phrase «following years of litigation»

Following years of litigation, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled in Mann's favor in spring 2014.

The move follows years of litigation over how the governments treats its court reporters who have also been doing the transcription work.

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Asked about these matters, Kevin Heine, a Bank of New York Mellon spokesman, said, «We believe an $ 8.5 billion bird - in - the - hand settlement with significant servicing improvements is a far better result for all investors than the likely outcome following years of costly litigation.»

Both tariff decisions followed years of trade litigation, with frustrated U.S. companies complaining of trade actions that amounted to «Whac - a-Mole» campaigns to remedy unfair foreign trade practices.

-LRB-...) A person close to SAC said the fund had chosen settlement over two to three years of civil litigation that would follow the trial of Mr Martoma, threatening prolonged uncertainty for investors and staff of the hedge fund.

The report on the securities industry, which continues to recover at a rapid pace following the market crash of 2008, found higher interests and litigation costs are also playing a factor in a leveling off of profits for the remainder of the year.

Mr. Serrano moved his family to the suburb of Whittier, but remained upset enough about the incident to file, the following year, the landmark court challenge that spurred similar litigation seeking school - finance reform in two dozen other states.

Following two decades in which courts spurred significant reforms in our nation's neediest schools by interpreting the education clauses of their state constitutions to guarantee an «adequate» education for all students, the years 2005 to 2008 have seen a dramatic change in the judicial response to adequacy litigation.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Lawyers did not know in 1908 with the release of the Model T that 100 years of injury litigation would follow.

The Supreme Court's core conclusion was that it is the serving of the Art 50 notice that affects the rights of the individual because of the automatic withdrawal (accepted by all parties to the litigation) that follows two years later.

I have been in the insurance litigation business for 15 years now, 10 of which I spent litigating for and advising insurance companies in Atlanta, and car accident lawyers followed a simple rule then; investigate thoroughly and if the claim had merit offer a fair but discounted for present day value sum.

Baumgartner supra n. 66, at 795 («Most of the action in transnational litigation in recent years has been in the areas of personal jurisdiction, foreign sovereign immunity, the Alien [Tort Statute], forum selection clauses, and forum non conveniens, tightly followed by the recognition of foreign judgments, and a bit further behind, transnational discovery and the action of state doctrine...»).

Congratulations to the Howard League and the Prisoners Advice Service, which have brought this change about following three years of litigation.

Since the New Year I have used twitter to follow legal developments such as the introduction of the Jackson reforms in civil litigation and the No to PCT campaign in criminal litigation.

Lawyers are offering free legal services to victims of the Grenfell Tower fire, as partners predict litigation running into years following the disaster that has killed at least 17 people in west London this week.

It was rather an attempt by two people who had for a number of years happily lived together to resolve the costly litigation that had followed their estrangement.

This two - year pilot was initiated by the CBA Civil Litigation Section, following a recommendation by a Uniform Law Conference of Canada's Working Group on Multi-jurisdictional Class Actions.

Following his second year of law school, Mr. Sandman joined Baron & Budd's Environmental Litigation Group as a summer associate.

Signature - which was launched by former Hogan Lovells litigation partners Graham Huntley (pictured) and Helen Brannigan in April last year - has confirmed that all of its 26 staff have received a profit share ranging from 21.1 % to 36.1 % of their salary, following a strong financial performance in its first year since launch.

There followed years of «particularly acrimonious» litigation between Cadle and Schlichtmann, to borrow the SJC's description.

Signature — which was launched by former Hogan Lovells litigation partners Graham Huntley (pictured) and Helen Brannigan in April last year — has confirmed that all of its 26 staff have received a profit share ranging from 21.1 % to 36.1 % of their salary, following a strong financial performance in its first year since launch.

Following two years of contentious litigation and a six - week trial, the court found that our client's effort to settle the underlying tort case was both prompt and reasonable, and entered judgment in its favor.

This was followed by three years as an associate with the firm of Fisher & Benfer, where he divided his practice between plaintiff's personal injury litigation and defense of such claims.

Competition disputes are now firmly part of the antitrust landscape, with private enforcement of competition law — both multimillion follow - on cartel damages claims and standalone litigation — having risen massively in recent years.

Last year the Civil Rules Advisory Committee took up the topic of Rule 30 (b)(6) depositions following the submittal of a letter by members of the Council and Federal Practice Task Force of the ABA Section of Litigation, in their individual capacities.

For more than 60 years, we have been successfully handling the following types of business litigation:

3 Aug. 12, 2013)(unpublished) began: «This is the last of the three appeals that follow the final judgment in this 16 - plus year, multi-phase litigation.»

Following this philosophy, I have found I am equally instructed by Claimant and Defendant representatives year on year and have followed cases through to post litigation as a Case Manager where individuals have undertaken independent activities of daily living, returned to work and run their own homes.

Following six years of litigation, 130 days of hearing, the reasons of a Hearing Panel dismissing all claims and a request for costs of over $ 3,000,000, the Law Society has made the astonishing decision to appeal the ruling in its failed prosecution of Torys LLP lawyers Elizabeth DeMerchant and Darren Sukonick.

Following three years of litigation at Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP, Mr. Blizzard joined with Scott Nabers to found Blizzard & Nabers, where they have aggressively pursued personal injury claims for over 30 years.

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Additionally, the following six lawyers were named the Best Lawyers ® 2015 «Lawyer of the Year» in Hartford, Connecticut, in the noted practice areas: Dennis C. Cavanaugh in Construction Law; Gregory R. Faulkner in Litigation — Construction; Judith M.Keppelman in Litigation — Trusts and Estates; Craig A. Raabe in Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar and Litigation — Antitrust; William T. Sellay in Corporate Law; and Theodore J. Tucci in Health Care Law.

Fig. 1: 2013 (in blue) compared to 2014 (in orange) patent case filings, monthly Fig. 2: New patent case filings, yearly, 2007 - 2014 From a historical perspective, 2014 is the first year of decrease following about 4 years of increase in patent litigation case filings.

Additionally, the following seven lawyers were named the Best Lawyers ® 2016 «Lawyer of the Year» in Hartford, Connecticut, in the noted practice areas: Bruce B. Barth in Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Dennis C. Cavanaugh in Litigation — Construction; Stephen E. Goldman in Insurance Law; Joey Lee Miranda in Environmental Law; Craig A. Raabe in Litigation — Intellectual Property; Edward J. Samorajczyk, Jr., in Securities / Capital Markets Law; and William T. Sellay in Mergers and Acquisitions Law.

From a historical perspective, 2014 is the first year of decrease following about 4 years of increase in patent litigation case filings.

It is even more interesting to consider that this request follows 7 years of NOC / post NOC litigation, and involves Pfizer's highly successful Xalatan (latanoprost)[3].

Members of Hailsham Chambers have appeared in the cases which have shaped the law relating to the liability of professionals over recent years: the Nationwide lender litigation at end of the 1990s; the seminal cases which developed the law relating to loss of chance in the 2000s; many important limitation cases; the lender litigation which followed the onset of the 2008 financial crisis; the various cases exploring the full ambit of the Financial Ombudsman Service's powers; the recent run of cases clarifying the law relating to breach of trust by professionals holding money in client account; and numerous significant individual cases.

York office of our client seeks attorney with 5 years of experience in the following areas: Divorce, Support, Custody, Criminal Defense and Civil Litigation.

Following more than a year of litigation, BlackBerry and Flordia - based Android manufacturer Blu have entered into a patent licensing agreement.

Accomplishments Twelve years of Mortgage Banking experience in multiple roles at Chase Six years of Oversight & Control experience in Mortgage Banking at Chase Succeeded in developing and delivering Chase's Collection / Litigation law firm scorecard by the deadline Ability to handle multiple tasks and projects independently following tight deadlines