Sentences with phrase «funding litigation claims»

Panelist, «The «New» — Third Party Funding of International Arbitration Claims: Similarities and Differences from Funding Litigation Claims, Products, Services, Issues, Recent Jurisprudence, Status,» Fordham Law School, New York, NY

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Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

Notably, in In re BP PLC Securities Litigation, Pomerantz currently represents nearly three dozen institutional plaintiffs, including U.S. public and private pension funds, U.S. limited partnerships and ERISA trusts, and pension funds from Canada, the U.K., France, the Netherlands, and Australia for claims arising from the disastrous April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Thiel, who bid for Gawker's assets on Jan. 10, also agreed to release claims against an eventual buyer and authors of articles on the website, as well as not fund new litigation against Gawker over its archives.

IMF does not take on borderline cases and internally, the litigation funder is referring to the claims of deceptive and misleading conduct against Treasury Wine Estates as «egregious».

Litigation funder IMF is calling for aggrieved shareholders to sign up for a possible court action against Treasury Wine Estates, the owner of a portfolio of leading and iconic wine brands such as Penfolds, Wolf Blass and Lindemans, claiming «deceptive and misleading conduct» over disclosures around its troubled US business.

Mr Jones brings the claim on his own behalf and that of other persons who have entered into the litigation funding agreement with Bentham IMF.

The district court held that the claims were time barred and, alternatively, that the fund board's refusal to pursue plaintiffs» litigation demand was protected by the business judgment rule.

Those include: net - nets, shell companies (NOL companies, SPACs), contingent value securities (including patent trolls, CVRs, litigation claims) and discounted closed end funds.

Interest in funding commercial claims has been growing since the Ontario court said there is «no reason why such funding would be inappropriate in the field of commercial litigation.»

At the moment of registration, the client receives the freed funds from the escrow account, while the investor or litigation funder continues to be the bank creditor, set - off the claim with funds on correspondent or non-resident accounts of the bank or collecting it through litigation.

These procedures always include investor or litigation funder who buy and finance the collection of such claims in liquidation.

Clifford Chance is facing a professional negligence claim from litigation funders over its work on the high - profile Excalibur Ventures dispute.

The arbitrator concluded (and the Court did not disagree) that the Respondent's «reprehensible» conduct forced the Claimant to obtain litigation funding to pursue its claim.

Following a successful claim against a fund manager, the High Court made a non-party costs order against five investors in the fund who had met the costs of the defence, had an interest in the outcome of the claim (which need not be financial), and had control over the litigation by making major decisions.

It is widely anticipated that the number of class actions brought around the world will continue to grow, driven by the globalisation of litigation funders and the increasing appetite from funders and plaintiff law firms to develop new claims outside shareholder class actions.

«We offer an access - to - justice product, funding meritorious claims that would otherwise be thwarted by the costs and risks involved in litigation.

Often that debate occurs in the legislature, yet in some states it spills over into the courts, with claims that litigation funding contracts are illegal and unenforceable because they violate state regulations on loans.

Tyler Cowen tries putting the shoe on the environmentalist foot, while Eugene Kontorovich at the Volokh Conspiracy observes that «Thiel's conduct fits into the «public interest» or «ideological» litigation paradigm» and claims that «By current standards, Thiel's funding should raise no eyebrows — unless one also wants to revisit public interest litigation, class actions and contingent fees.»

He said that «If the Defendants had not funded the defence of the action the Claimants would have obtained default judgment», and added that «But for their [the costs defendants»] decision to fund the litigation, the Claimants» costs in succeeding with their claim would have been very much less.

This edition of the ILR Research Review offers valuable insights from ILR's latest research on over-criminalization and the challenges of business compliance, over-enforcement, third - party litigation funding in the UK, and asbestos trust claims.

Later, when I joined Schulte Roth & Zabel, I focused my practice on representing hedge funds, publicly listed companies, and private clients, as both subjects and victims in criminal and regulatory investigations on the state and federal level, and in a variety of state and federal litigation arising from commercial and investment disputes, including claims of fraud, securities class actions, and derivative actions.

One other benefit is to assist in procuring litigation funding as, increasingly, potential funders will want to know a reliable value for a claim before committing to pay the costs.

As the OFT recognises, third - party litigation funding is ideally placed to enable these claims to be brought.

Whatever became of the Sept. 11 plaintiffs who opted for litigation rather than file claims through the federal compensation fund?

Clifford Chance (CC) is facing a professional negligence claim from litigation funders over its work on the high - profile Excalibur Ventures dispute.

Litigation funder Bentham Europe has selected Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan as its adviser on a claim by some of Volkswagen's largest shareholders against the company in Germany over the emissions rigging scandal the car maker has been embroiled in.

Thus the due diligence process undertaken by a third - party litigation funder can act as a filter to ensure that only meritorious claims are pursued, and this in turn may encourage defendants to seek a settlement.

At the behest of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — a longtime opponent of third party litigation funding — the arm of the federal judiciary that oversees procedural rules recently decided to consider whether courts should mandate disclosure from civil litigants using third party funding to finance their legal claims....

Litigation funders will pay all or some of the costs and disbursements involved in litigation, which will be repaid along with a share of any damages awarded if the claim is sLitigation funders will pay all or some of the costs and disbursements involved in litigation, which will be repaid along with a share of any damages awarded if the claim is slitigation, which will be repaid along with a share of any damages awarded if the claim is successful.

Funding for stand - alone or umbrella claims in national court litigation or funding for «follow - on» actions flowing from regulatory decisions in specialist forums, such as the Competition Appeal Tribunal in Funding for stand - alone or umbrella claims in national court litigation or funding for «follow - on» actions flowing from regulatory decisions in specialist forums, such as the Competition Appeal Tribunal in funding for «follow - on» actions flowing from regulatory decisions in specialist forums, such as the Competition Appeal Tribunal in the UK.

Representation of minority shareholders in home healthcare franchising companies in various state court litigation involving breach of fiduciary duty, breach of a shareholders» agreement, fraud and other tort claims, including successfully prosecuting charges for violation of court orders freezing millions of corporate funds, resulting in a civil contempt judgment that included a jail sentence.

He has extensive experience in heavy - weight litigation between hedge funds in claims of the alleged misuse of confidential information in algorithmic trading software (typically working as part of a multi-disciplinary team with IP lawyers), for example:

Chris provides business and corporate advice, including advice related to sales and acquisitions, commercial leasing, contracts, real estate conveyance and financing; broad commercial litigation representation including contracts and other business disputes, commercial and residential construction defect claims, religious entity law, advice regarding employment disputes and compliance, including ADA, ADEA, Title VII, Colorado Wage Act, FLSA compliance, and administrative proceedings before EEOC and DORA - Colorado Civil Rights Division; representation in administrative proceedings, C.R.C.P. 106 (a)(4) appeals and interlocutory appeals regarding governmental immunity, defense and pursuit of 42 USC § 1983 actions in federal and state court; representation of public pension funds in litigation and administrative matters; and appellate practice before the Colorado Court of Appeals, Colorado Supreme Court, and the 10th Circuit.

Lord Justice Jackson's review of civil litigation costs will have a significant impact on the funding of commercial litigation claims with effect from April 2013.

According to TheJudge's website, «Third - party funders view legal claims as financial assets, in which they may invest in exchange for a return based upon the success of the funded litigation or arbitration.

Funding for the claim has been secured, meaning that there will be no cost to the individuals involved in the group litigation.

The Litigation Funding Conference is an intense networking event for third party litigation funding firms, venture capitalists, hedge funds, corporate counsel and attorneys from significantly sized law firms seeking finances for high valLitigation Funding Conference is an intense networking event for third party litigation funding firms, venture capitalists, hedge funds, corporate counsel and attorneys from significantly sized law firms seeking finances for high value Funding Conference is an intense networking event for third party litigation funding firms, venture capitalists, hedge funds, corporate counsel and attorneys from significantly sized law firms seeking finances for high vallitigation funding firms, venture capitalists, hedge funds, corporate counsel and attorneys from significantly sized law firms seeking finances for high value funding firms, venture capitalists, hedge funds, corporate counsel and attorneys from significantly sized law firms seeking finances for high value claims.

Her work focuses on national civil justice reform issues such as bad faith, litigation funding, and state false claims act.

Investec has become the first bank in the UK to offer commercial litigation funding to help companies pursue civil claims in court.

In terms of subject matter interest, acting for professional trustees who owned the investment adviser to one of the largest Madoff feeder funds, involving claims totalling some $ 1.3 bn and litigation in several jurisdictions.

Like those responsible for the grant of legal aid or indeed any litigant contemplating investing his own funds in litigation, the merits of the claim and the prospects of success will be critical.

I'm not so sure that many people will want to contribute to garden variety civil litigation, e.g. funding someone else's child custody litigation or small claims court case.

Therium has been a market leader in developing litigation finance techniques to fund individual litigation claims in the UK and internationally.

JP SPC 4 & Others v Timothy Schools & Others Led by Paul McGrath QC and David Peters, instructed by Anne McCarthy of K&L Gates, in a civil fraud claim and related applications arising out of a worldwide freezing order, for the recovery of over # 100 million invested by Cayman Islands investment funds in the UK litigation funding market.

Hanif Virji and Neil Purslow quoted on litigation finance for pension fund claims against European closet indexers.

The benefits of this portfolio model are many: for the client, the litigation or arbitration can be fully funded, relieving the client of the cost burden of pursuing the claim.

There is a huge opportunity to fund meritorious claims across a range of complex litigation and arbitration situations and we have a strong pipeline of potential cases.»

Some members of the Association of Litigation Funders also provide financing to law firms wishing to manage their exposure to conditional fee arrangements in litigation work, and can offer financing against other litigation - related risks, such as a portfolio of litigatiLitigation Funders also provide financing to law firms wishing to manage their exposure to conditional fee arrangements in litigation work, and can offer financing against other litigation - related risks, such as a portfolio of litigatilitigation work, and can offer financing against other litigation - related risks, such as a portfolio of litigatilitigation - related risks, such as a portfolio of litigationlitigation claims.

Arbitration — Claim in arbitration rejected and costs awarded against claimant — Appeal against arbitration award for serious irregularity — Application by defendant for security for the costs of the application and security for the costs award — Effect of claim being funded by litigation funders — Arbitration Act 1996, sections 68 (2)(d), 70 (5) and 70Claim in arbitration rejected and costs awarded against claimant — Appeal against arbitration award for serious irregularity — Application by defendant for security for the costs of the application and security for the costs award — Effect of claim being funded by litigation funders — Arbitration Act 1996, sections 68 (2)(d), 70 (5) and 70claim being funded by litigation funders — Arbitration Act 1996, sections 68 (2)(d), 70 (5) and 70 (6).