Sentences with phrase «case before the trial»

The lawyers» effort to convince Caproni to dismiss the case before trial faces a high hurdle.

While the district withdrew as a defendant in the case before the trial started, she was called by the defense in an effort to impeach the testimony of a plaintiffs» witness, Nicholas Melvoin, a former LA Unified teacher at Markham Middle School in Watts, who had testified last month that teacher layoffs in 2009 resulted in effective teachers being dismissed and morale at the school eroded.

Cote described how Apple struck agreements with each of the five publisher defendants — who settled the case before trial — in order to push e-book rates higher than Amazon's.

In a March hearing, the federal government and an attorney representing fossil fuel interests asked another federal judge, Thomas Coffin, to dismiss the case before trial.

Fireman's Fund ultimately paid our client $ 1,000,000 to settle the case before trial.

Presenting your case before trial lets the defendants know you have a strong case and is aimed at convincing them that settlement may be a better option for both sides.

The parties can try to resolve the case before trial by submitting to mediation where a neutral party, usually an attorney, listens to the evidence presented by both sides, asks each to consider their weak and strong points, and sees if middle ground can be reached.

However, even if a lawsuit is filed, your lawyer will almost certainly continue trying to settle your case before the trial.

In most cases, and especially when you are proceeding pro se, you can expect the defendants to file some type of a dispositive motion in an effort to kill your case before trial.

Neal is most proud of his client reviews, which attest to the high level representation and attention he pours into each case - often resulting in successfully resolving cases before trial through artful negotiation and aggressive representation.

Your lawyer will have a good idea of what type of person he is looking to hear the case before the trial begins.

Individual courts have also implemented settlement panels, neutral evaluation panels and other mechanisms to resolve cases before trial.

Our attorneys are skilled at creating strategies that eliminate or limit toxic tort and product liability cases before trial.

Martin, a member of the appellate and litigation and constitutional law groups, has argued cases before trial courts, and has represented clients before the Supreme Court and other appellate courts.

They might say they are «collaborative» meaning they try to settle their cases before trial.

The «Ammunition and Where to Find It» panel will offer our members the ways and means to obtaining third party and other pertinent records to assist in either resolving the case before trial, or in an effective cross-examination of crown witnesses.

This happened because Jared collected directly against the insurance company for failing to settle the case before trial within their policy limits.

SAS ultimately won that case before trial on summary judgment.

Courts may require both spouses to attend a pretrial settlement conference to work out the schedule for the trial process or attempt to settle the case before trial.

Not exact matches

The case is still pending; Barça says it hopes to «reach an agreement before the trial.»

As other boards use HP as a case study and learn from its trials, perhaps it's time for HP to also re-examine the board's level of involvement with the company's strategy — before the company presents their ideas to the public.

Johnstone said that while Chyna could take Kardashian all the way to a jury trial, most of these cases are settled before they get that far.

«After dropping their patent claims, this week Waymo lost one of the trade secrets they claimed was most important, had their damages expert excluded, and saw an entire defendant removed from the case — and all this before the trial has even started.»

While the DOJ's case against AT&T's proposed $ 86 billion merger with Time Warner finished up this week, the consensus is that it will be another month before we know the outcome to the trial.

What Clinton was trying to avoid during his first term as president, says Marcus, was discovery, the process by which lawyers seek information from the opposing parties before trial to build their case.

Attorneys for Waymo have said in court that over the nearly year - long case they have amassed a file of evidence against Uber and were ready to go to trial before the revelation of the Jacobs letter, which came days before the original trial date.

A group of young Ugandans who had been jailed without ever going to trial finally had the opportunity to stand before a judge, but before the judge heard their cases, he separated the children from their parents.

Briefly, the case before us, according to the evidence submitted during the trial, was this: The treasurer of a Baptist church took the offering, after Sunday evening services, to the night depository of a neighborhood bank.

Of the 32 people that have been charged so far, 5 had their cases dropped before making it to trial, Forum 18 reported.

Although the parmesan cheese cases were recently dismissed, the defendant companies were involved in contentious litigation for more than a year before the trial - level court dismissed the action.

(Earlier this month, the Arkansas Supreme Court granted him a new trial on the grounds that jurors had discussed the probable outcome of his case before beginning deliberations.)

The wheels of justice move slow when someone has to consider even the ADA have their own trial schedule and it may take up to four weeks to schedule a case before the Grand Jury.

The case is scheduled to go to trial in December — though it could be delayed — meaning whatever magical fixes the DI board plans to implement from the blue - ribbon commission's report may only be in effect a year before the schools have to blow up their athlete compensation model and start from scratch.

For the very lucky, you only have to clean up a small pond's worth of pee over the course of a few weeks before you're in the clear, but for most people, potty training a kid involves a series of trials and tribulations that can take months (or in some cases years; our thoughts are with you).

The case is being heard in a bench trial before Circuit Judge Dorothy Kirie Kinnaird, who asked attorneys to have their closing arguments prepared for Thursday.

ALBANY — State government is bracing for a parade of corruption trials in 2018, with five cases involving powerful players going before juries at the same time that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and all 213 legislative seats are up for election.

Plaintiffs» lawyer Elizabeth Saylor told The Post that Allied workers may have used their smartphones to capture surveillance video of some JFK sexcapades, and she's hoping to obtain the recordings before the case goes to trial in Brooklyn federal court.

The witness, who was supposed to testify in a hearing before the sentencing in Terry's federal case, may be called the same day to testify in the ongoing trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano.

Coverage of the phone - hacking allegations has been subdued in the British press due to concerns about prejudicing the trial, but with the case coming before court in front of the international media it is now expected to dominate the front pages once again.

It's not the only trial in the case, which is so sprawling it's been divided in two: A second trial, over allegations of bid - rigging in government development projects in Buffalo and Syracuse, is slated to begin in June, just before the governor's reelection campaign will start in earnest.

The case will now go to trial before a separate ethics panel that will rule as to whether it can be «proved by clear and convincing evidence» that Rangel violated House ethics rules.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is considering halving the sentence of convicted rapists if they admit their guilt before trial, thereby saving money, increasing the conviction rate and sparing the victim the ordeal of the court case.

CHINATOWN — Embattled City Comptroller John Liu all but officially declared he will run for mayor Tuesday night — just weeks before federal fraud cases against his former campaign treasurer and a top fundraiser are set to head to trial.

«The outcome of this GCM must therefore be based on careful appreciation of the whole facts of each case and evidence placed before you in the course of trial of these accused persons.

The defendants said it includes a description of one public corruption case — the prosecution of former Bridgeport (Connecticut) Mayor Joseph Ganim — with an outdated summary of the law that applies to corruption cases, and want the display covered or removed before their trial starts.

«This office is investigating the above stated case against one Usman Okai Austin who is your client who is currently standing trial in a similar case before the Federal High Court, Lokoja.

They were initially arraigned on August 7, 2015 and the case had proceeded to trial before Justice Chukwu died in June.

The commission had earlier arraigned Olaniyan before Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court 7, Maitama - Abuja, but had to seek for the transfer of the case to another trial judge due to the criminal charges preferred against Ademola by the Federal Government.

Indeed, a bid by Davis» lawyers to get the case dismissed before a trial was rejected by the judge.

A former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Olisa Metuh, insisted before the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, his further testimony in his ongoing trial would be dependent on what former President Goodluck Jonathan would tell the court in respect of the case.