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«These three engineers are seeking to ensure that Uber pays women and people of color equally for the hard work they've done — and will continue to do — to help make Uber successful,» said lawyer Jahan Sagafi of Outten & Golden which is representing the plaintiffs.

The plaintiffs» lawyers commission engaged Kevin Mongeon, an assistant professor of sports management at Brock University, to do a work - up on the finances of CHL teams.

«In a way very similar to how a plaintiff's lawyer on contingency would do it.»

«The bankruptcy proceeding doesn't affect our claim,» said Katie Mesner - Hage, one of the lawyers representing the plaintiffs, nine families who had a relative killed and a teacher who was shot and survived.

Murdoch says Crone did engage private investigators to look at plaintiff's lawyers.

Correction: Now if a lawyer characterizes things like I just did, do you think that a jury will find for the plaintiffs?

READ MORE: Here's the number of times Ghana experienced gas explosions Nana Akwasi Awuah, lawyer for the plaintiff said the EPA did not consider the safety regulations before issuing permit to Allied Oil adding that the fuel station poses danger to his client.

However, adds Vargesson, who has advised lawyers for potential plaintiffs in the United Kingdom who do not have apparent limb defects, «it's pretty clear that this drug did an awful lot of things and they don't always centre around limb defects».

But the union and other supporters of the lawsuit have made no such claim, and Lefkowitz reminded the court that lawyers for the plaintiffs had a chance to make those claims when the case was first heard in circuit court, but declined to do so.

If the lawyers and plaintiffs walked into the civil tobacco cases smoking the whole time, do you think the result would have been the same?

the Plaintiff's lawyer opened by saying that he did not think we were taking his client's case «seriously.»

We do have one of the lawyer - plaintiffs in the suit against Avvo, John Henry Browne, as a guest, along with two well - known bloggers, Carolyn Elefant and Denise Howell.

A number of legal bloggers roundly condemned Jones Day for bringing the suit, with Public Citizen lawyer Paul Alan Levy leading the backlash with his post at the Consumer Law & Policy Blog in which he said that the lawsuit deserved a prize for «grossest abuse of trademark law to suppress speech the plaintiff doesn't like.»

«A Video Message to Stressed - Out Lawyers Living on The Pale Blue Dot Main Fish Got ta Swim, Birds Got ta Fly: Plaintiffs Lawyers Got ta Do Their Thing, Too»

Very, very high on the list of people or groups that you do not want to scorn should probably be the nation's top plaintiffs lawyer group.

In response, plaintiffs» lawyers argued that bringing the case to the Office of Special Counsel was «utterly unrealistic» and that the Civil Justice Reform Act did not contemplate the unique situation presented by the case.

Dismissing the complaints of tort reformists who argue that inflated jury verdicts in medical - malpractice cases are creating a crisis in the insurance industry, Satin says any plaintiffs» lawyer worth his salt knows that it doesn't pay to take on a bad case hoping for a settlement.

«It's something that you don't really see that often that a plaintiff is suing for damages to his reputation, not only as a lawyer but as a potential future career as a judge that could have been impacted by this as well,» says McNairn's lawyer, Jeff Saikaley, of Caza Saikaley LLP.

Lee and Johnny Kendrick vs. Albert Padwa and John Doe — Caleb Walker and Macon personal injury lawyer Kathy McArthur tried this case in the State Court of Fulton County beginning September 1, 2015, ending with a verdict of $ 375,000 for the Plaintiffs on Friday, Sept. 4.

The Court refused noting that the Plaintiff's lawyer «did not bother to consider the relief that might be available under the Rules.

In the course of the claim the Plaintiff's lawyer advised her to keep a pain journal, something often done in personal injury cases.

The lawyers must summarize witness testimony, expert testimony, medical diagnosis and jargon, all the while weaving pertinent facts into the closing argument and relaying what the hurt and injured Plaintiff is entitled to; and to do this without «losing» the jury.

In arguing for substantial legal costs — $ 268,000 — the plaintiff's lawyer argued the insurance company was fully entitled to adopt its take - no - prisoners approach, but would have «appreciated the obvious risks of so doing.»

To do so, the plaintiff's lawyer will focus on the drunk driver's observed driving characteristics — speeding, weaving, and / or making wide turns, for instance.

A blunderbuss request for employment that doesn't even acknowledge that you're writing to a plaintiffs» firm or an insurance - defense firm, a labor lawyer or a family lawyer, is doomed from the start to be ineffective.

«So plaintiffs» lawyers... do what good plaintiffs» lawyers do, and that is they try to creatively find other defendants with some culpability and more money.»

Lawyers and Plaintiff's advancing BC Injury Claims need to be aware of the scope of documents that may be relevant and when doing so should not be so quick to overlook the potential relevance of electronically stored documents not only on a computer hard drive but also those that can be found on social networking sites such as Twitter, MySpace and Facebook.

A High Court judge issued the order after lawyers for the plaintiff said they did not know the defendant's precise whereabouts but were able to confirm that he has a Facebook page.

And even where non-English-speaking Hispanic plaintiffs are represented by an English - speaking lawyer, if that lawyer can't speak any Spanish, then he can't communicate directly with the client and share the kind of advice on those seeming trivialities — like how to answer a question or what tone of voice to use in the courtroom or what to do to keep from forgetting what to say — that put clients at ease and make them more effective witnesses in court.

While the plaintiffs didn't oppose recovery, Brown carefully considered the fees in light of the court's direction that lawyers follow the Sedona Canada principles for e-discovery.

Marler stepped up and offered to do most of the work for his fellow plaintiffs lawyers.

Though contract lawyers are paid about $ 35 to $ 40 an hour, plaintiffs» firms «bill» this time to the class at $ 300 an hour or more, sometimes without disclosing that work was not done by the firm's lawyers.

On the civil side, lawyers for both plaintiff and defendant breach their duties to their client if they put the interest of justice, or some other person, ahead of their client interest without instructions from the client to do so.

The Court of Appeal also determined that Rule 57.07 (1)(c), which deals with costs unnecessarily incurred as a result of a lawyer's conduct, did not apply as that rule is to be used only in exceptional circumstances and the conduct of plaintiffs» counsel in the case at bar was without reproach.

Sometimes personal injury lawyers realize that potential plaintiffs are doing too much «shopping around» for a lawyer.

If they do not have such a reason, the jury may take it out on the plaintiff or their lawyer by a low award.

In response to such claims, we have in some cases successfully argued that the plaintiff's action never had a chance of success, or that the plaintiff failed to prove that the lawyer did not meet the required standard of care.

Now, as our Delray Beach personal injury lawyers know, while people can be held responsible for personal injuries that took place on their property even if they had little or nothing to do with actually causing the injury, the plaintiff's attorneys in this case successfully argued that the restaurant operator actually had a hand in causing the tragic death.

The plaintiff did not allege on the appeal of his conviction that the lawyer provided inadequate representation at the criminal trial, nor did he attempt to overturn his conviction as set out in s. 696.1 of the Criminal Code.

But none of the creative solutions used by plaintiff personal injury lawyers could be guaranteed to work: many were subject to approval by ODSP, and there was always the possibility that benefits could be cut - off in future if ODSP decided down the road that it did not did not agree with the way a settlement or award was structured.

The Plaintiff is informed of this by their lawyer, so they don't have unreasonable expectations.

In today's show, ABA Law Practice Division chair Bob Young talks about being a plaintiff's lawyer in a defense firm, and explains what the ABA LPD is doing to help lawyers with marketing, management, finances, and technology.

So, when a case walks in the door, the defense lawyer makes the same analysis that plaintiffs lawyers make: what's the value of the case, can I do better than that and how long will it take to get to a resolution.

It probably did not hurt that the Defendant Driver was driving a commercial vehicle which allowed the Plaintiff's lawyer to point to a concrete company instead of just the driver.

The second claim, based on advice allegedly received from a lawyer participating in the Law Society of Alberta's lawyer referral service, failed because the plaintiff did not provide any evidence to demonstrate that the lawyer's conduct fell below the standard of care (at para 77).

Unfortunately, such actions can amount to «spoilation» of the evidence and large monetary sanctions can be assessed against both the plaintiff who shuts down the social media accounts and any lawyer who advises them to do so.

The better they do, the more money they make, just like plaintiffs» lawyers.

Plaintiffs» lawyers track verdicts in the District and Circuit courts, and have a good idea of what judges and juries tend to do in most situations.