Sentences with phrase «dollar claims against»

The court granted summary judgment to URS alone and dismissed the multi-million dollar claims against URS.

Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC has successfully prosecuted multimillion - dollar claims against the world's largest automotive and tire manufacturers for defective fuel systems, seat belts, seat backs, stability and handling failures and defective tires.

The companies that insured the residents and the company that insured the building are more than likely going to pursue that half million dollar claim against the person who started the fire, even if it was an accident.

A Foley Hoag LLP legal team has turned aside a billion - dollar claim against Venezuela by Vannessa Ventures, a Canadian mining company that alleged Venezuela violated its investment treaty with Canada by, among other actions, refusing to approve Vannessa's 2001 purchase of Venezuelan mining company MINCA and rescinding Venezuela's contract with MINCA for the development of a gold and copper mine in Venezuela.

The court dismissed a multi-million dollar claim against a family lawyer arising from his negotiation of a marriage contract.

In this case, the court summarily dismissed a multi-million dollar claim against two lawyers.

Recently, in Horti - Pak Inc. v. Nikko Materials U.S.A. Inc. (Gould Electronics), 2009 CanLII 43188 (ON S.C.) Peter Boeckle and Chris Morrison successfully defeated a multi million dollar claim against an electrician alleged to have caused the destruction of a plastics factory.

Construction contract litigation defending four million dollar claim against a trucking company resulting in a $ 400,000 judgment in favor of the trucking company.

Not exact matches

Alcoa had voluntarily shut - off the plant's burner in 2002 after a number of multi-million dollar compensation claims were made against the company by workers relating to adverse health effects.

The day after the second debate, when Clinton again claimed victory in the polls, the peso rose another 2 % against the dollar.

Already some of his comments have been blamed for the currency falling, most recently to two month lows against the Japanese yen, after he claimed the strength of the US dollar against China's yuan was «killing us».

On May 2, 2014, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York gave preliminary approval to a settlement of $ 280 million to resolve claims against JPMC that it misled investors in billions of dollars» worth of mortgage backed securities.

On March 27, 2014, JPMC and the bankruptcy trustee for Peregrine Financial Group, Inc. agreed to a $ 15 million settlement of claims against JPMC alleging JPMC allowed fraud to occur at Peregrine, which was bankrupted after its founder looted hundreds of millions of dollars from customer accounts.

Given the wide ramifications of some of the treaty provisions, the opportunities for foreign corporations to hold Southern governments to ransom, by instituting multi-million dollar legal claims against them, are enormous.

One trial that did not go his way, however, was a case he initiated in 1994 against Spalding, in which he sought several million dollars in damages, claiming the company's Top - Flite and Tour Edition irons and later its Intimidator woods violated his patents.

Eliot Spitzer and current executive director of the nonprofit Union Settlement, says prohibiting the use of taxpayer dollars to settle sexual harassment claims brought against government employees, as Cuomo has proposed, is probably illegal and also bad policy.

Mayor Bloomberg aggressively lobbied against the legislation claiming it would cost the City of New York $ 16 million dollars.

Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas has denied the new charges against him that claim he allegedly stole thousands of dollars in campaign funds when running for office three years ago.

But former President, Association of National Accountants of Nigeria, Dr. Sam Nzekwe, stated that the recent fall of the naira against the United States dollar does not speak well of the Nigerian economy, despite claims by President Buhari.

The practice of using taxpayer dollars to settle sexual harassment claims lodged against public officials was upheld in 2008 after a taxpayer filed suit in State Supreme Court to challenge a $ 500,000 settlement paid to woman who accused Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's then - counsel, Michael Boxley, of rape.

«By this time, there was already an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Dispute (ICSID) investigation and claims against the FGN running into billions of dollars.

Legislator Dixon also has requested the County Attorney release detailed year - by - year information on the amount of taxpayer dollars spent in the last five years to settle harassment claims, sexual or otherwise, against the county or its employees.

This morning, in a 2 - 3 vote, Erie County Legislator Barbara Miller - Williams, Legislator John Bruso and Legislator Peter Savage voted against a resolution asking the County Attorney to draft a county policy that would prevent expenditure of public dollars to settle harassment claims.

Apple has had the last two weeks to be on the offense and present their case against Samsung which, they claim, has infringed upon multiple patents of theirs which includes the design of the iPhone and iPad, and has also led them to lose Billions of dollars because of it.

Payment of a large claim, and even defense against a frivolous one, is well worth the few dollars a month that renters insurance costs in Plainsboro.

That half million dollar judgment will be against your student and against you when the commercial carrier tries to subrogate after they've paid out the claim to the property owner.

You'd also have a difficult time finding someone to defend you against the suit or claim, because you'd have to pay the lawyer several thousand dollars up front.

Liability coverage will also pay for a defense against the claim, or the suit if it gets to that point, which saves you tens of thousands of dollars.

Binary options can be used to speculate on the outcomes of various situations, such as will the S&P 500 rise above a certain level by tomorrow or next week, will this week's jobless claims be higher than the market expects, or will the euro or yen decline against the U.S. dollar today?

That eighteen or so dollars a month you pay for Honolulu renters insurance also pays for a defense against those claims!

The proposition was rooted in the fact that stocks are not claims against dollars, as bonds are, but represent ownership of companies with productive facilities.

Silicon Knights» bitter and protracted legal fight against Epic Games was given a stark setback this month, as a North Carolina judge ordered that the studio will only be granted a single dollar in damages for each claim if victorious.

Participated in the defense of a publicly - traded Fortune 500 national hospital chain and a Florida hospital against a construction contractor's multi-million dollar contract and tort claims, which was favorably resolved prior to trial.

Successfully represented a dual listed gold mining company and its subsidiary in a multi-million dollar London seated arbitration claim brought against it by its earthworks and civils contractor in connection with a gold mine in West Africa.

The insurance company wanted thousands of dollars from me and by the time I was done the insurance company paid me to settle the case and dropped the claim against me.

Defending a major financial institution against a multi-billion dollar claim brought against it in Thailand, arising from the bank's role in the restructuring of a large Thai energy company.

We have also represented towns in breach of contract, warranty and negligence claims against vendors of various goods, including a multi-million dollar emergency radio system and athletic fields.

Injured plaintiffs have the «deck stacked against them» as their claim is always defended by large multi - million / billion dollar insurance companies or corporations.

In August 2011, however, four of the five largest U.S. tobacco companies filed a lawsuit against the federal government claiming that requiring the gnarly warnings to accompany their product will violate their free speech rights, cost millions of dollars to print, and require them to feature anti-smoking advocacy more prominently than their own brands.

Won a jury trial in Massachusetts Superior Court on behalf of a real estate development company defending against a former employee's claim for millions of dollars of company profits.

He has served as co-lead counsel in numerous cases which have proceeded to verdict, obtained several multi-million dollar judgments and awards, and defended various business interests against multi-million dollar claims.

Mr. Durham recently defended a case involving a multi-week trial with claims totaling 45 million dollars, with no damages assessed against his client.

The application claimed that the Labourers» policy against dual union membership was a mere pretext, passed in order to give two of the trustees of the Local 1059 Benefit Trust, Jim MacKinnon (who is also the business manager of Local 1059) and Brandon MacKinnon (who is also the President of Local 1059) the ability to «confiscate» Garcia's «dollar bank» credits and divert them to the benefit of other beneficiaries.

Obtained dismissal of a multimillion - dollar subrogation claim against an architect for the defective design of a high school roof brought by the insurance carrier for the school district.

Representation of a mechanical contractor in the prosecution of multimillion - dollar delay and inefficiency claims against a New Jersey school district and its designers, defeating «No Damages for Delay» provision asserted by way of summary judgment and obtaining favorable settlement for client following three days of mediation.

In a decision rendered by United States District Court of Arizona on July 9, 2010, obtained summary judgment in defense of a multi-million dollar aiding and abetting claim against an auto client.

We mediated an agreeable settlement in the amount of $ 245,000 for Brad, plus they waived all rights to his personal injury claim against the driver who hit him — which was another million dollars.

David Herlihy Qualified: US 2003, UK 2005 Made partner: 2013 Key cases: Acted in the defence of billion - dollar ICSID claims for South Sudan and Republic of Cyprus; claims brought by NextEra in its newly - filed ECT dispute against Spain; and the claims brought by Vodafone against India.

Acting for JSC BTA Bank in relation to a fraud claim against its former chairman, who is alleged to have misappropriated sums running to billions of dollars during his time in office.

No firms gain more by dragging out litigation than the big firms because they have the clients with the tens and hundreds of millions of dollars of capitalization who can afford, with the help of the taxpayer, to pay the astronomical fees they charge for as long as it takes to take on similar corporations similarly represented, or to squash the little guy (which is why FCT has McCarthy's on retainer and Stewart has Borden's on retainer — the given real estate file / title insurance claim is small potatoes but the title insurers make it dead obvious that if you sue them, you will up against a Big Firm.