Sentences with phrase «breach of contract cases for»

Others had taken on landlord - tenant cases, civil litigations against municipalities, breach of contract cases for local businesses, and human trafficking research.

In litigation, work is likely to involve more variety, as one interviewee reported: «I started with a breach of contract case for a bank.

Not exact matches

They «allege their businesses have been placed at risk due to the cybersecurity incident and generally assert various common law claims such as claims for negligence and breach of contract, as well as, in some cases, statutory claims.»

In case you missed it, Benchmark — a major investor in Uber with a representative on its board — filed a lawsuit against Kalanick for fraud and breach of contract.

The unanimous decision, which marked the first time the high court had heard a case on the subject, clears the way for Laramie County School District No. 1 to pursue its $ 200,000 negligence and breach - of - contract claim against the architects of a school that began to crumble less than 10 years after it was built.

In fact, the Authors Guild posted a statement earlier this month saying it believes that Amazon is actually in breach of contract with some of the publishers whose books it's offering to lend — since the Guild says buying books in bulk (as Amazon has done in some cases, so it can offer them for free to subscribers) doesn't allow the buyer to lend those books in the way Amazon intends.

Corporate Veil Smith's attorneys initially argued that much of what Smith was being sued for was outside of the scope of the home inspection, but as the case progressed they began to lean heavily on the argument that as a corporate officer, Smith should not be liable for the contract breach of SHI, the corporate entity, and consequently was not accountable for the alleged mistakes.

Unless CIG were talking (or hinting very hard) to him that a job was on the table for him BEFORE the GLA was signed, then it's largely irrelevant to a copyrights / breach of contract case.

An audit of the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Fiscal Year 2016 Nuclear Waste Fund financial statement, conducted by accounting firm KPMG for the DOE Office of Inspector General and released in December 2016, showed 38 lawsuits had been settled as a result of the DOE's partial breach of contract ensuing from inaction on Yucca Mountain, and 41 cases were resolved by final unappealable judgements.

In the Scott McInniss case, my understanding was that the real issue was that the plagiarism led to a breach of contract, since the Hassan Foundation was paying him for original research.

The end user is likely to be in breach of Netflix's Terms of Use (relevant clause extracted below); in this case, Netflix would have to sue for breach of contract, and it is quite likely that judgement would be in their favour.

According to Serjeants Inn Chambers, the chambers of counsel for ARB, the case is the first wrongful birth claim founded on breach of contract rather than clinical negligence, and is a landmark case on the duties owed by IVF clinics.

Two Quebec cases involve corporations being sued for professional misconduct or breach of contract, while a British Columbia case has to do with contract law as it concerns subsidized tenants with trust funds.

In many cases, the remedies for a breach of contract are written right into the contract itself.

He also handles cases involving the defense of claims for premises liability, breach of contract, negligence, gross negligence, and violations of consumer protection statutes.

Since tort damages are recoverable, the courts have attempted to carefully define the range of potential defendants in interference cases to ensure that the liability of the contracting parties is limited to damages available for breach of contract.

As in the instant case, the plaintiff there alleged that the individual defendant obtained certain trade secrets during his employment with plaintiff, then in breach of a confidentiality agreement that was part of his employment contract, misappropriated that information when he went to work for the defendant JPS.

She has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in cases on a wide variety of claims, including breach of contract, fraud, defamation, and civil liability for cyberstalking.

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.

It is increasingly common (as happened in this case) for breach of the implied term of trust and confidence to be alleged by an employee in constructive dismissal cases (as such a term is fundamental and goes to the root of the contract).

In this case «protective» proceedings for unfair dismissal, breach of contract and sex discrimination had been issued in the employment tribunal (ET) and then stayed pending determination of the application for judicial review.

In that case, Valcom Ltd. and two of its employees who defamed a consultant and then breached a contract with another company in order to force the removal of the consultant from a government contract were found liable for defamation, unlawful interference with economic relations, and inducing breach of contract, and ordered to pay $ 600,000 in damages.

In this part of the case, RMP sought damages from Brent for breach of the Public Contract Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/5).

What is also unique about this case is that the person identified as the RateMDs poster was involved in different lawsuit on the other side of Dr. Foda in Foda v. Capital Health Region, [2007] A.J. No. 22; 2007 ABQB 19, where he was making a claim for breach of contract, conspiracy, harassment, defamation, and direct interference with economic relations.

However, my textbook says there is one major distinction between the two, and it is: «in a case of waiver, the party waiving their rights is really only waiving the right to claim damgaes for breach of contract, or to terminate for breah where applicable.

The purchase and sale contract or an affidavit stating its material terms and stating that it is still effective, or both, could be recorded in the real estate records of the county where the property was located prior to closing, but it would be highly usual to do so absent a clear indication that a breach was imminent (because it is very rare for this to happen since the consequences are clear and it is so often an open and shut case) but it could come up if the seller believes that a condition under the original contract was breached and the buyer disagreed.

Obtained summary judgment for the leasing and financing arm of an aircraft manufacturer in a fraud and breach of contract case surrounding a sale and leaseback arrangement with a potential buyer.

It could in some cases bring a claim for an injunction compelling the other party to abide by the contract, or choose to accept the breach of contract and bring a money claim to recover its losses.

Thus Hadley v. Baxendale is the leading case on limiting awards for breach of contract — it's now on its way to becoming the leading case for starting awards, but that's another sad and frustrating story — when the far better case, Horne v. Midland Railway Company (1873), L.R. 8 C.P. 131 (Ex.

The three cases involve five different alleged wrongs, raising possible causes of action for economic loss: inducing breach of contract (Mainstream), causing loss by unlawful means (Zeta - Jones) interference with contractual relations (OBG); breach of confidence (Zeta - Jones) and conversion (OBG).

Obtained favorable settlements for oil and gas operators and working interest owners in cases involving breach of gas contracts, gas balancing agreements, farmout agreements, breach of oil and gas leases, drainage, breach of implied covenants, and contractual claims.

This recent case concerns cargo owners» claim for salvage costs from ship owners for alleged breach of the contract (s) of carriage... read more

As trial counsel, Mr. Davis has obtained favorable verdicts for his clients in jury and bench trials in both state and federal courts in a wide variety of trademark, patent and trade secrets cases, as well as breach of contract and corporate matters.

Obtained $ 50 million for Pacific Life against Bank of New York Mellon at conclusion of motions for summary judgment in breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty matter in an investment mismanagement case.

In such a case, the innocent party is released from further performance under the contract, while the offending party will still be held liable for the consequences of the breach.

Our experience has shown that these construction, utility line and fire cases expand beyond a plaintiff asserting a tort cause of action, to include claims among the defendants for breach of contract and indemnification.

This is sufficiently vague to lead some to worry that it would criminalize breaches of contract — which happen quite regularly and in most cases innocently — such as accessing someone else's Facebook account with their permission, for example.

In this case, the claimant brought a claim for breach of contract for a sum of approximately # 69,500 shortly before limitation expired.

Recent cases have involved issues such as: adverse possession of farming land; nuisance due to flooding and contamination; a multi-party action for breach of contract as to farming subsidies, entitlements and negligence; and proprietary estoppel and a disputed trust of land action.

For instance, in a breach of contract case, the contract itself is direct evidence of the existence of the contract.

The firm has tried and / or arbitrated cases involving claims for wrongful termination, age discrimination, sex discrimination, disability discrimination, national origin discrimination, racial discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, religious discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour violations, ERISA violations, sexual harassment, breach of contract, trade secret theft, defamation, violation of family leave laws, whistleblower (including Sarbanes - Oxley Act and Dodd - Frank Act) and many other claims.

Mr. McConnell has also successfully tried cases including a complete defense verdict on behalf of a national retailer in a discrimination, harassment and retaliation case in Los Angeles Superior Court, a complete defense verdict on behalf of a contractor on a claim for unlawful retaliation in San Diego Superior Court, and a directed verdict in favor of a home builder on claims for breach of contract and failure to pay wages.

He has prosecuted and defended cases involving claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, trademark infringement, copyright infringement, unfair competition, securities and common law fraud, and other business related torts.

In a lost profit case, a party in litigation will claim that «but for» the breach of contract, the party would have earned a projected amount of money.

In this case, the homeowner was alleging a breach of contract for the repair and remodeling of a home.

We defended the case based on the insurance policy's concealment or fraud provision and also asserted counterclaims for breach of contract and fraud.

This is illustrated in Gichuru v. Smith, 2010 BCCA 35, a case where a plaintiff, upon having his articling student employment with a law firm terminated, sued a law corporation and its principal for breach of fiduciary duty and contract, seeking compensatory and punitive damages.

These damages include breach of contract, lost profits, requests for equitable damages in delay and disruption cases, and fraud - related issues.

Represented vendor of subsea levelling tools for turbine foundation piling in claims against main contractor of offshore wind farm for breach of sale and purchase contract; case concerned allegations of kick - back payments and inter-related criminal investigations.

Court followed federal cases and held that a breach of contract claim for the non-payment of money was not covered under the D&O policy.