Sentences with phrase «debate about litigation»

The draft bill has predictably drawn praise and scorn from commentators with opposing viewpoints, but the key thing at this point is that the debate about litigation financing disclosure has moved from the fringes and has now taken center stage.

While the talks were ultimately unsuccessful, the mere suggestion of a bigger player in the market has prompted wider debate about litigation boutiques and size — how big is too big?

Not exact matches

The investigations, litigation, petitions, blog posts, and debates about how Sheri Sangji died will likely continue for quite some time.

The Court decided that the litigation started by Morris was indeed a SLAPP, noting it was commenced to «stifle debate about Mayor Morris» fitness for office», and awarded the defendants «special enhanced costs» of just over $ 21,000.

penalizes the defendant for engaging in public participation «plaintiff» means a person who initiates or maintains a proceeding against a defendant; «proceeding» means any action, suit, matter, cause, counterclaim, appeal, or originating application that is brought in the Supreme Court or the Provincial Court, but does not include a prosecution for an offence or a crime; «public interest» means the whole of the subject matter invites public attention, or a matter in which the public has some substantial concern because it affects the welfare of citizens, or one to which considerable public notoriety or controversy has attached; «public participation» means communication or conduct aimed at influencing public opinion, or promoting further lawful action by the public or any government body, in relation to an issue of public interest; «Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)» means a claim that arises from a form of expression or public participation, by the person against whom the claim is asserted that was made in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper purpose.

This week's edition is fairly abbreviated, with stories touching upon the challenges that increased pro se litigation create for public interest advocates and for court administrators, continued coverage of the debate about the autonomy of public - interest clinical programs at state - run law schools, and more.

Rochester commercial litigation partner Carolyn Nussbaum authored this column about the debate over mandatory arbitration.

While there may be debate about the practice of an outside investor covering costs awards, experts» fees, disbursements or even the full expense of the litigation, the relatively few decisions in Canada in this area have all said that there is no prohibition against it.