Sentences with phrase «as additional defendants»

REAL countersued and named, among others, NAR and NAHB as additional defendants, and the case, Move Inc. et.

Followed shortly thereafter by the news that Argo had been named as an additional defendant in a lawsuit filed by Cascade Fund LLC against ACMH.

Not exact matches

Other issues: COMPAS was twice as likely to flag black defendants as reoffenders, and it mislabeled as low risk white defendants who went on to commit additional crimes more often.

The Attorney General may implead as defendants such additional parties as are or become necessary to the grant of effective relief hereunder.

The icing on the cake is that she also failed to report this stolen amount as income on her taxes; that will place the defendant in additional legal trouble with the government.

For purposes of this Final Judgment, it will not constitute a Price MFN under subsection 3 of this definition if a Settling Defendant agrees, at the request of an E-book Retailer, to meet more favorable pricing, discounts, or allowances offered to the E-book Retailer by another E-book Publisher for the period during which the other E-book Publisher provides that additional compensation, so long as that agreement is not or does not result from a pre-existing agreement that requires the Settling Defendant to meet all requests by the E-book Retailer for more favorable pricing within the terms of the agreement.

The Defendants in this case have chosen to capitalize accruing interest, i.e., adding the interest to the various loans as additional principal, from time to time.

Each complaint asks the court to enter a permanent injunction barring the defendants from engaging in debt settlement in Illinois and order the defendants to pay restitution for aggrieved consumers, civil penalties of $ 50,000 for violating the Consumer Fraud Act, an additional $ 50,000 penalty for each violation committed with the intent to defraud, as well as a $ 10,000 penalty per violation committed against a person 65 years or older.

According to the Purina release, Blue Buffalo is requesting additional time to file an amended complaint with the court naming its ingredient suppliers as defendants.

Blue Buffalo asked the Court for additional time to file an Amended Complaint in the litigation, naming its ingredient suppliers as Defendants.

Since then, and particularly in recent years, there have been a large number of initiatives designed to curb costs, such as limiting Legal Aid, and the removal of the ability to claim so - called additional liabilities in «no win, no fee» agreements - from paying defendants, costs budgeting and the use of alternative dispute resolution.

Consequently, the bank ended up with a recovery of 80 % of its costs up to 31 July 2015 after deducting # 125,000, as an additional cost of instructing leading counsel, plus a further reduction of # 150,000 to cover the defendant's costs of instructing leading counsel.

If your baby requires additional medical care and treatment as a result of the defendant's negligence, you can seek reimbursement for these expenses.

Another court explains that «the applicable remedy analysis for a Brady violation is as follows: (1) a Brady violation requires a remedy of a new trial; (2) such new trial may require striking evidence, a special jury instruction, or other additional curative measures tailored to address persistent prejudice; and (3) if the lingering prejudice of a Brady violation has removed all possibility that the defendant could receive a new trial that is fair, the indictment must be dismissed.

But the issue that caught my eye was that the plaintiff also sought additional costs of $ 50,000 as a penalty for the approach the defendant took to settlement and mediation throughout the action.

Consider that some companies that provide insurance products and / or claims management are only managing these on the behalf of the insurer and should or should not be named as a defendant — write a letter to this company requesting additional details to avoid costs; consider commencing your action well before the limitation period to have time to amend your pleadings should the wrong defendant be named;

The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) allows for an additional amount to be paid to a claimant by a defendant in cases where the defendant has refused the claimant's offer to settle and the court has given judgment for the claimant which is at least as advantageous to the claimant as the claimant's offer.

The court stated: «I do not, however, believe that the defendant's conduct was harsh, vindictive, reprehensible or malicious so as to justify an additional award of punitive damages.»

The Victims» Bill of Rights contains additional provisions that operate to the financial disadvantage of those convicted of sexual and other offences who are subsequently named as defendants in civil suits.

However, if you are naming a government entity as a defendant, you will likely need to comply with additional requirements.

Generally, these additional requirements involve providing the government agency named as a defendant with appropriate notice of the lawsuit.

For additional sources asserting that federal courts grant summary judgment more frequently than state courts, see Howard B. Stravitz, Recocking the Removal Trigger, 53 S.C. L. Rev. 185, 185 n. 1 (2002)(«[F] ederal courts are more likely to grant summary judgment to defendants»); JoEllen Lind, «Procedural Swift»: Complex Litigation Reform, State Tort Law, and Democratic Values, 37 Akron L. Rev. 717, 769 (2004)(differing state and federal summary judgment standards «make it much more likely that a defendant in federal court will obtain summary judgment than a defendant in state court»); Kristen Irgens, Wisconsin Is Open for Business or Business Just As Usual?

Since the case named a government entity as a defendant, the plaintiff's complaint needed to meet certain additional procedural requirements not present in cases against citizens or businesses.

She required specialist accommodation, additional care and therapies as well as aids and equipment, and we argued that these issues had been created by the negligence of the Defendant.

In circumstances where information is needed from a third party outside the jurisdiction, as Teare J made clear in his judgment, it is recognised that it is not an option to make that third party an additional defendant to the proceedings, simply to try and obtain information where that party is not liable in any action in that claim.

Where a claimant makes a Part 36 offer and the defendant does not accept it: If the claimant succeeds at trial and is awarded damages that are as much as or higher than the amount he offered, he may be awarded (a) interest of up to 10 % above base rate on damages, (b) costs on the indemnity basis, (c) interest on costs from the last date on which the defendant was able to accept the offer and (d) an additional amount of up to # 75,000 (CPR 36.17 (1)(b) and 36.17 (4)-RRB-.

What do you do if you realize many years into a litigation matter that an incorrect party was named as a defendant or plaintiff or that that an additional party needs to be added to the litigation?