Sentences with phrase «approval of the settlement»

There is a rigorous process for obtaining court approval of settlements.

The motion for preliminary approval of the settlement follows limited «document discovery» in the matter.

This is «a highly reasonable request and well within the range previously approved by this and other courts,» says the motion seeking approval of the settlement.

The plaintiff's lawyer thus issued a Notice of Application seeking approval of the settlement and requested specifically that the application hearing proceed in writing, rather than by way of an oral hearing.

We continue to be told by CPR 8.1 that it may be used where the claimant seeks the court's decision on a question which is unlikely to involve a substantial dispute of fact and PD 8 continues to example an application for approval of a settlement by or against a child or patient or a claim for provisional damages (where have they gone?)

The statement's publication also comes several days after a federal judge issued preliminary approval of a settlement between theNational Football League and approximately 4,500 former players, who have claimed concussion - related injuries, including debilitating conditions such as Lou Gehrig's disease, as well as early - onset Alzheimer's and dementia, among others.

There is no doubt that the court approval of the settlement with the book publishers and Apple will change the way that books are retailed.

Almost two years after agreeing to pay $ 27M to California Lyft drivers in a class - action lawsuit settlement, and one year after a judge gave final approval of the settlement, Lyft is finally paying up.

Recently led the defense of a health care provider in another FACTA class action and obtained court approval of a settlement of less than 0.25 percent of potential exposure.

A hearing for a preliminary approval of this settlement proposal is currently scheduled for February 18 in San Francisco.

The comptroller's office and attorney general's office — both headed by Democrats — provided routine approval of the settlement, which was identified as legal fees.

With the Common Council's approval of the settlement last Thursday, all retirees will be returned to the Blue Cross Blue Shield plan and sign on to a prescription drug plan with ProAct within the next four months.

U.S. District Judge in Manhattan Denise Cote ordered the parties to submit a filing seeking approval of their settlement within 30 days.

However, practically speaking, motions for the court approval of settlement generally proceed in writing, as rule 37.07 (2) of the Rules specifies that this is permitted where the motion «is on consent, unopposed or without notice».

In a footnote, the court suggested that a district court might have the power to withhold approval of a settlement that did not provide a second opportunity to opt out, in an appropriate case.

The motion for approval of the settlement is scheduled for Friday, April 24, 2017.

In the shadow of agency pricing and a Federal judge's approval of a settlement between the Department of Justice and some of the defendant publishers, this kind of pricing synergy raises more questions than it otherwise might.

Ridgefield Park, N.J. — Today plaintiffs, in the litigation against Syngenta related to its marketing and commercialization of Agrisure Viptera and Agrisure Duracade corn seeds, were granted preliminary approval of a settlement with -LSB-...]

Represented Sprint and achieved a settlement on a class - wide basis, obtained preliminary approval and final approval of the settlement, and worked with a claim administrator to receive and settle claims

infant's compromise: a civil proceeding or motion for obtaining court approval of the settlement of an infant's claim

On March 14, 2017, a federal judge in the Northern District of Illinois provided preliminary approval of a settlement in the action, including monetary damages, deletion of the contentious data collected, and changes to the company's privacy policies.

Following her review of the materials filed by the plaintiff's lawyer and her thorough analysis of the rules governing court approval of settlements for persons under disability, Madam Justice Corthorn noted that there were a number of procedural and substantive problems with the materials before her, including but not limited to the fact that the application record was not served on the respondent and no factum had been filed by the applicant.

But the court wrote, in its approval of the settlement, that «[u] nder no circumstances can [the school district] bargain away students» constitutional rights.»

Mayor Villaraigosa today thanked the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education for their approval of a settlement agreement in Reed v. State of California, a class action suit that claimed the plaintiffs» constitutional rights to a quality education was being violated by the disproportionate impact of teacher layoff at their schools.

This amount was disclosed after the terms of the settlement were released following Judge Denise Cote's approval of the settlement.

On a motion for the approval of a settlement made on behalf of a minor, the Court may direct that the material submitted in support of the approval be served on the Children's Lawyer or on the Public Guardian and Trustee.

Dec. 11, 2015)(granting preliminary approval of settlement)

(Court approval of a settlement is required in some matters.)

Our firm guides the family through this entire process and we handle all of the red tape and paperwork involved in court approval of any settlement, trial of the case if settlement can not be reached, and timing of payouts when the family prefers a structured settlement.

This case raises the question in a slightly different guise, namely whether the court should make an order that the claimant be identified by letters of the alphabet, and whether there should be other derogations from open justice in the guise of an anonymity order, in a claim for personal injuries by a child or protected party which comes before the court for the approval of a settlement.

Assuming that approval of the settlement is granted, a Consent Order can be filed in the Court so long as it is signed by all the parties to the lawsuit and a representative of the Public Guardian and Trustee.

In her decision, Madam Justice Sylvia Corthorn of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice completed a thorough review of the two methods for obtaining court approval of a settlement: by way of an application or by way of a motion.

Though there are certain specific exceptions to the oral hearing rule contained in the Rules, approval of a settlement for a person under disability is not one of them.

Yet the certification of this action and approval of the settlement will deny the benefit of this provision to members of the class who have not yet come to a place where they are capable of disclosure.

1982), which reasoned that class members» rights were adequately protected by the opportunity to object to the settlement, the district court's fairness hearing, and the right to appeal from the approval of a settlement.

Lehman's motion for approval of that settlement is currently pending before the Bankruptcy Court with a hearing scheduled for October 13.

All documents are then submitted to the Probate and Family Court for a hearing date and Judge's approval of your settlement.

In this case, which went all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada, the plaintiff brought a motion for approval of a settlement.