Sentences with phrase «by class counsel»

As Justice Perell has noted, the idea that most class representatives are on the hook for adverse costs is a «fiction»; indemnities against such costs orders are routinely provided by class counsel or a third party funder.

Class counsel argued the trial court stated it had seen the «thousands» of hours of time expended by class counsel over the many years the case has been pending and that it did not need time sheets to come to its conclusion in favor of the $ 124 million award.

• The lead plaintiff was employed by class counsel's former law firm.

Neither course was followed by class counsel in this case.»

The experts are actuaries hired by Class Counsel to help with the lawsuit and with deciding how to share the settlement funds among claimants.

Plaintiffs, which were represented by class counsel led by Boies Schiller, alleged that New England - based C&S and Supervalu, another leading wholesaler based in the Midwest, entered into a conspiracy to allocate the New England and Midwest territories between themselves for a period of five years, resulting in inflated grocery prices.

If you don't exclude yourself, you may object to the Settlement or to the request for fees and costs by Class Counsel.

In the Xerox securities litigation, 201,506 of the 290,759 hours claimed to have been worked by class counsel were run up by contract lawyers reviewing 4 million pages of documents.

While placing some emphasis on the question of class counsel fee arrangements, the Court ultimately deferred to the discretionary decision of the motion judge in his evaluation of the claims being advanced by the class counsel, and their respective degrees of preparation.

He dismisses the factors of work performed and risks incurred as «irrelevant» and «immeasurable», asking rhetorically «[w] hy should it matter how much actual time was spent by class counsel?

Not exact matches

Pomerantz is co-lead counsel in a securities class action against international pharmaceutical company Perrigo plc concerning allegations related to the company misleading investors as to its revenue growth potential in order to encourage them to reject a tender offer by Mylan N.V.

Within divinity colleges, training usually goes under the term «pastoral clinical education»... it is taken by those wanting to be chaplins in prisons and hospitals but is also classes can be taken (sometimes mandatory) by those entering into ministry, both for the reason that they may be counselling others, but also for them to look at and work with things that may be their own issues.

While I don't agree that the church's «message should be one of... finding a partner, getting married and sticking together» — given the many ways to live well today, that's an extremely narrow and heteronormative view — the book does speak to the ways the church is a place of support, friendship and guidance for men, whether by offering engaging activities (at the risk of sounding cliche, group sporting events for example) or teaching classes to build marketable skills or acting as an employment center to help them find meaningful careers with decent wages or offering essential mental health counseling.

The 3 - year - old nonprofit helps veterans re-enter civilian life by providing employment services, art and music therapy, a food bank, counseling, education training and computer classes to area veterans.

Labor Plus Package 4 In - Home Prenatal Sessions including: - Prenatal Coaching / Education - Planning for Birth, Written Wishes, etc. - Assist in «Greening» Home for Baby - Prenatal Support by Email & Phone - Access to Free Lending Library Childbirth Class Series including: - 4 weeks of group, interactive learning Labor Support including: - On - Call 2 Weeks Pre / Post Due Date - Continuous Physical Support in Labor - Non-Medical Pain / Comfort Measures - Informational & Emotional Advocacy - In - Hospital Breastfeeding Support - In - Home Breastfeeding Support 2 In - Home Postnatal Sessions: - 5 hours of Postpartum Care - 1 Overnight Postpartum Shift - Postpartum Birth Experience Counseling - Resourcing and Referrals

Labor Support Package 3 In - Home Prenatal Sessions: - Prenatal Coaching / Education - Discount on Group Childbirth Classes - Planning for Birth, Written Wishes, etc. - Assist in «Greening» Home for Baby - Prenatal Support by Email & Phone - Access to Free Lending Library Labor Support Including: - On - Call 2 Weeks Pre / Post Due Date - Continuous Physical Support in Labor - Non-Medical Pain / Comfort Measures - Informational & Emotional Advocacy 1 In - Home Postnatal Session: - Postpartum Birth Experience Counseling - Resourcing and Referrals

Nursing Mothers Counsel, Inc. — Breastfeeding support by phone, home visits, free prenatal classes by highly - trained volunteer counselors who have also breastfed.

Joined by government and community officials, Oneida County Sheriff Robert Maciol today presided over a unique graduation at the Oneida County Jail as a group of inmates completed GED classes as well as Anger Management and Life Skills counseling.

Last Friday, multiple outlets reported on a leaked criminal referral and report penned by state Board of Elections Chief Enforcement Counsel Risa Sugarman, which found «reasonable cause exists» to believe «a violation warranting criminal prosecution has taken place» up to a Class E felony in the course of de Blasio's 2014 campaign efforts.

To illustrate potential mutation - specific effects on absolute cancer risks, we used the hazard ratio estimates to derive approximate absolute risks and 95 % confidence intervals, based on published estimates for the overall risks of breast and ovarian cancer by age 70 years.26 These estimates are for illustration and do not represent absolute risk estimates that would be required in a genetic counseling setting, as they do not account for noncancer outcomes that may influence a woman's life expectancy, the effects of family history, and nonrandom ascertainment of mutation carriers in this sample and depend on assumptions about the prevalence of different mutation classes in the population.

Eight classes on Wednesdays from 5:00 to 7:30 were taught by two of my colleagues from Counseling Services.

Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Owner, Nourish Northwest If you have ever done nutrition counseling with me or come to one of our cooking classes, you probably know that I am a huge fan of batch cooking.

Boost your confidence, self - esteem, and social skills by going to counseling, attending personal growth workshops, or enrolling in an improv class.

Fees to the class counsel will be awarded by the court.

Its anti-hero of sorts is Ryan Bingham, a 35 year - old human resources exec and first - class Airworld citizen, whose field of expertise is «Career Transition Counseling» — in other words, someone brought in by companies to tactfully fire employees, a self - proclaimed Grim Reaper to white - collar America.

The East Bay Area district south of Oakland offers a case study in the potential of an approach whose goal is to transform schools into hubs for the entire community by offering a range of services, such as mental health counseling, health clinics, after - school programs and classes for parents.

Bullying in the Girl's World by Diane Senn provides a school - based approach to girl bullying that includes class lessons, small group activities and ideas for individual counseling.

The school day was lengthened by an hour, classes were restructured, teachers were given a period every day to plan and collaborate, and counseling was provided to students, most of whom had experienced gun violence, homelessness or addiction.

Mayor Villaraigosa was joined today by LAUSD Deputy Superintendent John Deasy, Board Member Yolie Flores, lawyers from the ACLU - SC, Public Counsel, and Morrison & Foerster, LLP, as well as teachers from Gompers Middle School to discuss the details of the settlement agreement in Reed v. State of California, et al., 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.

Superior Court Judge William F. Highberger today approved the landmark settlement in Reed v. State of California, et al., a class action suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Public Counsel, and Morrison & Foerster, LLP, in February 2010 on behalf of students at three Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) middle schools.

Academic supports work, but are costly, and decades of state higher education budget cuts have left public institutions with large classes taught by less - qualified instructors, and little in the way of counseling, mentoring, and other core services.

She can filter student attendance by commute time, past attendance, counseling status and class.

While credit counseling classes and private sessions will not affect your credit score, the debt management plan (DMP) put together by your credit counselor may use programs that will lower your credit score.

Put simply, the door is now wide open for class action lawsuits targeting credit counseling agencies — regardless of tax - exempt or nonprofit status — based on nothing more than the agencies» provision of DMP plans (that are incidental to the education and counseling provided by the agencies).

One way to rebuild confidence, which can help you to overcome the fear of rejection, is by taking a credit management class from a nonprofit credit counseling agency or your local credit union.

School for radical thought by day, nightclub into the wee hours, this multifarious undertaking will offer classes with the likes of the Rikers Island Debate Project, one - on - one counseling for those affected by incarceration, and a dance club, with Creative Time turning over the keys to nightlife stalwarts like House of Vogue.

The supplementary decisions do not share the cases cited by counsel in support of this amount, and the case does involve a class - action, where the risks are typically much higher for counsel.

The Heins law firm received a $ 103 million fee for its work as lead counsel in a nationwide class action suit against AOL Time Warner over false and misleading financial statements by AOL.

Landsbanki's counsel submitted that the court should stay Jefferies» debt claim on the grounds of international comity: the purpose of the moratorium was to benefit the entire class of Landsbanki creditors by protecting it from claims during the reorganisation process.

If you have a potential discrimination claim, because you are in a protected class, and you litigate, any resignation will be used by Defense counsel to reduce the recovery of monetary damages.

HCA: Mr. Leopold is lead counsel in a class action lawsuit alleging that HCA hospitals bill inflated and exorbitant fees for radiology services provided in the emergency room to people involved in automobile accidents and receiving care that is covered by their Florida Personal Injury Protection (PIP) insurance.

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The purpose of the consultation is to ensure that the Judicial Protocol will meet the needs of counsel, the judiciary, and parties affected by class action litigation, and will be effective in solving the problems that may arise in multijurisdictional class actions.

The activities will include programmes, classes, counselling or guidance sessions that may assist a person in establishing, maintaining or improving contact and activities that may, by addressing violent behaviour, enable / facilitate contact.

Lawyers represented Cargill in a class action at the Supreme Court of Canada; won a gaming law case for the BC Lottery; acted as counsel for the College of Dentistry in a series of high - profile applications; represented the Federation of Law Societies in two major cases; and were appointed amicus curiae by the SCC in the senate reform reference.

Any fees paid to Class Counsel must be approved by the Court as being fair and reasonable, and will be paid directly out of the settlement fund.

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although Attis deals with this issue in the context of a class proceeding, the decision underscores the importance of certain «best practices» that can be applied universally by litigation counsel to insulate against a client's claim for costs indemnification.

Cohen Milstein was appointed Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel on January 4, 2018 by Chief U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, James C. Dever III.

Fees of up to $ 9,303,638 plus taxes will be paid to Class Counsel, dependent upon the final determination of the amount to be paid by the Law Firm Defendants under their settlement.