Sentences with phrase «arguing against this contract»

By arguing against this contract, you're arguing that the Padres were better off saving that money for a specific set of circumstances that might not ever exist.

Not exact matches

Will be hard to argue against letting BK run out his contract, but I wish we could do better (no names in mind, just hard to believe there isn't someone who could've done more with this talent).

Meanwhile, politicians from Scotland of all stripes, where many contracts and defence industries are based, have made their case to the defence secretary against cuts - arguing that the result would be drastic economic decline.

The Business Council's Ken Girardin argues against project labor agreements, which he says increase construction costs for taxpayers and unfairly shut out nonunion workers from competition for government contracts.

On the other hand, by contracting its scope to the final four months of the Civil War (and, as it turned out, Lincoln's own life), the dramatic impetus of this against - the - clock structure gets lost in a miasma of dry, detailed, school syllabus - friendly historical re-enactments of men standing around in rooms talking and arguing.

When the lawyer for the state of Illinois tried to argue that the state had an interest in working with «a stable, responsible, independent counterpart that's well - resourced enough that it can partner in the process of not only contract negotiation,» Justice Kennedy broke in and devastatingly finished his thought by saying, «It can partner with you in advocating for a greater size workforce, against privatization, against merit promotion, for teacher tenure, for higher wages, for massive government, for increasing bonded indebtedness, for increasing taxes.»

I'm not arguing against the free market, per se, but arguing that there are some types of contracts that should not be valid on a public policy basis.

Friends of Maine's Mountains has consistently argued against government - mandated contracts, especially when they are at above - market prices (remember Statoil?).

In defending a young college student against a landlord's breach of contract lawsuit, successfully argued for and obtained a dismissal of the case halfway through trial.

Justice Wagner: «The appellant argues that the broad exclusion clause in the accident insurance contract to the effect that the insurer will pay no benefits if an accident occurred while the insured was participating in an indictable offence may be set up against the heirs of the insured.

She subsequently brought a claim against Lambeth in the County Court for breach of contract and argued that suspension was not reasonable or necessary in order for the investigation to take place.

In what is widely hailed as a victory for individual sportspersons against the pervasive power of agents and managers, five years into the contract Rooney successfully argued that the duration and exclusive nature of his agreement with Proactive was a restraint of trade.

In eConned, Yves Smith argues that credit default swaps were / are used to take out insurance - like contracts against financial products in which buyers had no insurable interest.

When the Buyer was unable to secure financing to complete the purchase and thus terminating the contract between the parties, the Sellers brought a lawsuit against the Buyer, the Buyer's representative, and the representative's brokerage, arguing that the Buyer had not acted in good faith in her efforts to secure financing and the Buyer's representative had not forwarded the Amendment to the Lender.

The Salesperson filed a lawsuit against the Broker, arguing that she was entitled to receive the entire commission amounts because she had earned her commission once the parties entered into the purchase contract.