Sentences with phrase «as much litigation»

In one sense, the Wife did amazingly well to be able to obtain as much litigation funding as she did, given that she had no security to offer.

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His research on U.S. patent litigation estimates that as much as 75 percent to 80 percent of patents are junk.

In the event that you are able to demonstrate that the costs of Arbitration will be prohibitive as compared to the costs of litigation, NBCUniversal will pay as much of your filing and hearing fees in connection with the Arbitration as the Arbitrator deems necessary to prevent the arbitration from being cost - prohibitive, regardless of the outcome of the Arbitration, unless the Arbitrator determines that your claim (s) were frivolous or asserted in bad faith;

«As much as Google appears to loathe playing the patent game, spending money to prevent litigation rather than innovating, it may have come to realize that it has no other alternative,» Greene wrotAs much as Google appears to loathe playing the patent game, spending money to prevent litigation rather than innovating, it may have come to realize that it has no other alternative,» Greene wrotas Google appears to loathe playing the patent game, spending money to prevent litigation rather than innovating, it may have come to realize that it has no other alternative,» Greene wrote.

However, with this potential litigation, as much as $ 44 billion, that is one of those giant killer kind of litigation things, and something that is always a major risk when you're investing in anything that involves the exploitation of natural resources.

The concept opens up a lot of risk and possible litigation; I do not believe we will see much of this in the near future since it can be viewed as discriminatory.

I also think that, given that there is current, on - going litigation the call by some for mediation is at worst disingenuous and at best mis - guided as so much has to happen before I personally would feel comfortable sitting across from those that have hurt you and then make myself vulnerable to them once again.

Showing perhaps too much confidence in nonviolence, education, legislation and litigation as the only appropriate means to eliminate cultural prejudice, the editors never wavered in their support for civil rights in general.

The authors then consider the position in other jurisdictions (such as the US, where the prospect of treble damages has encouraged much more significant private litigation) before making some suggestions for improving the rate of private litigation.

I believe there is some litigation related to this ongoing (need to readup more on that) and if the courts so decide then maybe the UFC will be forced to treat them as «Employees» and thus forced to provide much better healthcare coverage atleast.

Commissioner Steven Born wants Sportsman's Club members to contribute as much money as possible, pointing out that the Park District has spent about $ 1 million fighting the litigation that sought to have the facility shut down.

«If the governor is going to hire people for his political operation, he should be much more transparent and not bury them in corners of state government so as to avoid scrutiny,» said Dick Dadey, executive director of the government reform group Citizens Union, which is currently in litigation with the Cuomo administration over a 2016 nonprofit lobbying law.

Silver refused to divulge how much he made as «of counsel» attorney for the asbestos litigation specialists or precisely what he did to earn his salary and fees.

«School districts can continue their graduation exercises as planned before this litigation began,» state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell said during a conference call with reporters following the much - anticipated ruling.

«Today's decision gives hope back to Watts and East Los Angeles that their kids count every bit as much as students everywhere else,» said Catherine Lhamon, director of impact litigation at Public Counsel Law Center.

You have in your packet a blue sheet that gives you the order of the day, so I won't belabor that too much, but I will just remind you that we're going to start out with a session on history this morning; then go to a lunchtime segment that will focus on some of the relevant federal constitutional issues, including evaluations of the federal attacks on and defenses of the Blaine amendments; then we will finish off the day with a session that will focus on litigation strategy related to these amendments and some of the arguments being made for and against them in that litigation, as well as a focus on how debates over faith - based initiatives and school vouchers are affected by these particular state constitutional restrictions.

In addition, the Company expects the judge hearing the Company's long running litigation with the former minority owners of the Company's Haru segment to issue a decision in the case shortly which will require the Company to make a payment of at least $ 3.7 million (the amount offered by the Company) and as much as $ 10 million (the amount sought by the former minority owners).

There's a high price to pay if caught, sometimes as much as $ 150,000 per violation, not to mention accompanying court and litigation costs, and even criminal sanctions.

But Obama faces a reality that many of these groups seem slow to recognize: While the 20th - century toolkit preferred by traditional environmentalists — litigation, regulation and legislation — remains vital to limiting domestic pollution risks such as the oil gusher, it is a bad fit for addressing the building human influence on the climate system, which is driven now mainly by a surge in emissions mostly outside United States borders in countries aiming to propel their climb out of poverty on the same fossil fuels that generated much of our affluence.

The «language» suffices to show that the «dialog» has been «opened» insofar as future litigation as being pursued, litigation which was estimated as having «not much downside» by and for the party stating, in provision of future litigation:

Medical expert testimony for litigation doesn't come cheap in the United States, with expert fees costing as much as $ 1,000 an hour.

Thanks to no - fault insurance in Ontario and the insurance lobby push to limit recovery for whiplash, automobile litigation has become much more complex and there are a number of plaintiff - focused boutiques that have arisen, specializing in things such as catastrophic claims.

As he kicked off the mediation over the distribution of Nortel's almost $ 9 billion in assets in April, he reminded a room full of bankruptcy lawyers that their aim should be on getting as much of that to creditors, including the company's pensioners, rather than frittering it all away on long - term litigatioAs he kicked off the mediation over the distribution of Nortel's almost $ 9 billion in assets in April, he reminded a room full of bankruptcy lawyers that their aim should be on getting as much of that to creditors, including the company's pensioners, rather than frittering it all away on long - term litigatioas much of that to creditors, including the company's pensioners, rather than frittering it all away on long - term litigation.

Much of his practice focuses on large - scale commercial litigation, often with a significant international element, involving conflicts of law and foreign law systems as well as issues of jurisdiction.

The initially promised affordability of the «unitary patent» and Unified Patent Court (UPC) especially for small and medium - sized enterprises (SMEs), which was repeated almost mantra - like throughout the EU legislative proceedings as one reason why the reform was of utmost importance, ultimately turned out to be pretty much the opposite, with the level of representation costs to be reimbursed by the losing to the winning party amounting to up to more than five times the sum which can currently be claimed in patent litigation proceedings before the German courts (for more details on the cost situation created by the reform, cf. the article «Unitary patent and court system — A poisoned gift for SMEs» here).

Civil litigation can include claims such as business disputes, breach of contract, personal injury, real estate disputes, and much, much more.

Furthermore, as so much litigation involves Contract disputes, the courts are constantly creating important case law which may affect how terms in a Contract should be drafted.

As I said before I feel very privileged to be able to practise maritime litigation in a place like Gibraltar, which has such a rich tradition in this area, partly because of its geography, but also because of our practical and effective legal system which is based on the English legal system and which is so much more efficient than that of neighbouring countries.

After more than four years of litigation, the city has finally agreed to pay the woman as much as $ 3 million.

After much speculation as to where he would land, former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Ian Binnie will be joining Toronto litigation boutique of Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP as counsel.

There are also plenty of nonprofit organizations, such as the Center for Constitutional Rights, that do lots of appellate litigation that looks fascinating — and in many ways is very much like the constitutional litigation we're doing in my office.

litigant retains not so much a particular attorney as the «firm» of NAACP and Defense Fund lawyers, which has a corporate reputation for expertness in presenting and arguing the difficult questions of law that frequently arise in civil rights litigation.

The international nature of much of his work has resulted in him also appearing as counsel before the Courts of the Grand Cayman, the British Virgin Islands, Turks & Caicos and the Isle of Man, and often being heavily involved in litigation before the Courts of the Channel Islands.

Herbert Smith has hired a six - partner litigation team from Chadbourne & Parke as the City law firm gears up for its much - touted US launch.

applies to arbitration, just as much as it does to litigation.

While bonds may provide a litigation war chest they will not even provide much value in that regard unless the foreign legal system is likely to take action, as the Florida court has now usefully recognized.

We see the rise of AI in legal We see the rise of AI in legal as the next big disruptor, set to transform all types of contracts and contract processes, as well as due diligence and discovery in litigation, taking away much of the more tedious work involved as the next big disruptor, set to transform all types of contracts and contract processes, as well as due diligence and discovery in litigation, taking awaymuch of the more tedious work involved.

On litigation I haven't done as much work in terms of trying to get either flat fee, or to not exceed numbers for different portions of litigation, but certainly I think that's something I might be interested in, if I was going out to look for a new firm, rather... Rely on litigation context is understanding how a firm bills and how an individual attorney bills.

Much of the legal advice that a non-lawyer Attorney General provides will be the subject of other privileges such as: crown privilege, litigation privilege and prosecutorial discretion.

As head of the consumer financial services enforcement and litigation practice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, he's devoted much of the past year to defending banking and lending clients against litigation stemming from the subprime mortgage crisis.

Meanwhile, litigation funders will no doubt also wish to collect as much data as possible on a matter and the potential lawyers involved before committing funds to a dispute.

I am especially interested in court rulings, since the threat of litigation can focus the data holder's mind as much as or even more than a regulator's order.

It is that parties should be encouraged so far as possible to settle their disputes without resort to litigation and should not be discouraged by the knowledge that anything that is said in the course of such negotiations (and that includes, of course, as much the failure to reply to an offer as an actual reply) may be used to their prejudice in the course of the proceedings.

In its green paper on Private Redress in Competition, the Commission sought to promote private redress as a method of regulation but in the subsequent white paper it has pulled back from much of what it said initially with the public statement that it had specifically rejected introducing US - style litigation process.

My default setting in litigation was to get as much information as possible and sort through it myself.

For one thing, the nonlawyers would profit just as much from the costly delays and driven - up costs that are possible and sometimes exploited under the current litigation system.

Thanks not to so much as a smidgen of evil intent but to normal, understandable human nature, they do not really see, when push comes to shove, the need to do much about the litigation system.

As with so much litigation, this case involved conflicting testimony and therefore was decided based on an assessment of the relative credibility of the witnesses.

We are willing to spend as much time as necessary to bring about the most favorable outcomes that our efforts, our clients» determination, the law, the facts of a case and the course of litigation will allow.

One thing about working in litigation support, that might not be as much fun, is that we have to deal with strong personalities.