Sentences with phrase «dollar settlements after»

For example, in the mid-eighties, Wisconsin dairy farmers were awarded multi-million dollar settlements after new power grids that had been run across their pastures affected milk production and sickened their herds.

Not exact matches

After Argentina defaulted on its sovereign debt in 2002, most investors accepted a settlement worth 30 cents on the dollar.

After JPMorgan recently resisted a settlement with the nation's commodities trading regulator, the people briefed on the matter said, the agency began drafting a lawsuit connected to the bank's multibillion - dollar «London whale» trading loss last year.

The photo op, celebrating a technological wonder built with the help of American dollars, came with considerable symbolism as Mr. Obama sought to showcase support for Israel after years of tensions over Jewish settlements and how to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions.

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.

After HUNDREDS of court settlements equaling millions of dollars, convictions, accusations, etc etc, you would question the tragic disruption of ONE innocent's life and suggest that perhaps suicide was just the pathetic action of a drug addict.

After being hit with scandals, lawsuits, and multimillion - dollar settlements, the bishops, in the early 1990s, tried to bring the situation under control, especially in the seminaries.

Congressional Democrats began giving away some of the thousands of dollars in campaign contributions they had received from Weinstein, moving to distance themselves from him after revelations he had reached at least eight settlements with women accusing him of sexual harassment.

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.

After her lawyers obtained documents from the drilling company, EnCana, showing that the suspected chemical was used in nearby wells, Amos accepted a multimillion - dollar settlement.

Auditors questioned the use of school funds to pay a more than half a million - dollar settlement to a former teacher who sued, claiming she had been wrongly terminated after she was ordered by the school director to travel to Nigeria and marry the director's brother - in - law so he could become a U.S. citizen.

Consider spending a few extra dollars on a premium tax preparation package after a debt settlement.

After accounting for losses and settlement expenses, and all operating expenses, RLI made 15.5 cents on each dollar of premiums earned.

Imagine that after only seeing a credit report and some preliminary information the creditors make what you might consider a high debt settlement offer such as 75 cents on the dollar.

When you fall behind on credit card payments, after approximately 4 - 6 months the bank will write off the debt, and sell it to a collection agency for as low as four cents on the dollar, and this allows you to now work direct with the collection agency and negotiate a settlement based on your hardship, where you can reduce the balance to a fraction of what is owed.

ASPN «needs to complete certain calculations before it is able to determine the dollar amount of the assets to be distributed» but «believes it will be able to make this calculation after the October 28, 2009 settlement date based on preliminary tax calculations.»

Last year, the firm achieved an unprecedented 50 verdicts and settlements of $ 1 million dollars or more, as compiled and reported by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly — including the largest verdict of the year in Massachusetts: $ 35.4 million on behalf of a woman paralyzed after childbirth.

Recently, Mark lead a team of lawyers who obtained several hundred million dollars in settlements after concluding complex litigation filed in multiple jurisdictions.

Soon after spending half a billion dollars, they were served with a law suit for an open source licence violation, resulting in bad press, lawyers» fees and, ultimately, an out of court settlement.

«They took the case to trial and after one day of cross-examining the company executives got me a settlement worth several hundred thousand dollars!»

His extraordinary litigation and skilled negotiations resulted in multimillion - dollar verdicts, mediations, and settlements, with the most recent being a $ 9.5 million settlement for a young man with brain injury, achieved within eight months after the accident without filing a lawsuit and years of litigation.

In personal injury claims, we have helped our clients recover millions of dollars in the form of insurance settlements and jury verdicts, while our criminal defense clients are frequently able to enjoy the experience of walking out of the courthouse after an acquittal or dismissal of the charges they faced.

In 2002, the Conservative government scrapped the plan after spending a few hundred million dollars, and later paid out a $ 63 - million settlement to EDS Canada Ltd., the company hired to lead the project.

She has won several million - dollar trials and settlements, helping clients live a relatively normal life after auto accidents took away their ability to work or live independently.

Pittman Dutton & Hellums has secured numerous multimillion - dollar verdicts or settlements on behalf of Birmingham car accident victims to help them get their lives back on track after they were harmed through no fault of their own.

«After filing the suit against us for damages, they called to discuss a settlement payment for «only» tens of thousands of dollars» David says.