Sentences with phrase «early settlement because»

Hurricane and flood preparedness in New Orleans has been an issue since the city's early settlement because of the city's location.

Not exact matches

And volunteers who make up the city's nearly 100 park advisory councils — created in the early 1980s to draw community input in part because of a federal lawsuit settlement — would now have to live in Chicago.

The General Fund ended the first half of the year with a balance 33 % higher than the year earlier, largely because of legal settlement dollars.

Oyster Bay finance director Robert Darienzo said the postponement came about because of a settlement with Nassau County approved by the town board earlier this month over erroneous property tax assessments on utility - owned property in town garbage districts.

Geoffrey Manne, who teaches at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon, said Cote's decision may not change the e-books market much because of the earlier settlements, which ended the publishers» pricing arrangements with Apple.

A debtor that chooses to quit a debt settlement program in the early stages because it's not what they expected - «the balances are HIGHER» — probably take a cake out of the oven after 4 minutes and express disappointment that it's no good!

Stock Indices are not tradeable because of gapping, which affects settlement dramatically and they settle earlier at 4:00 PM ET.

You got ta make sure you get all your paperwork done correctly and make sure you have proof that that's full and final settlement but in a lot of cases, creditors are going to take that deal because they can't get anything else anyway and I guess that kind of loops back to our discussion about debt settlements earlier.

Because your allocation of resources is almost completely based upon the cruel whims of fate it's entirely possibly, and actually quite common, to get bogged down for multiple turns, unable to build or do anything, especially during the early phases of the game where you have just a few settlements under your control.

This argument was rejected because it «would render unenforceable almost any contingency fee agreement in which the attorney procures an early settlement of a substantial claim.»

It is remedial because it is intended not only to compel compliance by insurers with an important statutory purpose, but also to provide a remedy to the other party who was deprived of the opportunity for an early settlement of the claim.

Because the current legal environment discourages the early settlement of disputes, society is demanding a new approach for resolving disputes more efficiently.

For example, if you are forced to retire early because of your personal injury, we help you connect with tax and investment professionals to make sound financial decisions with your settlement.

However, the franchisee was not entitled to rescission because it had earlier signed a settlement and release in favour of the franchisor.

Many of the best barristers are rarely in court because they are able to engineer a relatively early settlement and keep their clients out of court.

Oregon was called The Hard Case State because of the hardships encountered by the first people to make their home here in the early days of settlement.

* The Claim settlement ratio may look better than reported earlier in the post because I have removed the pending claims while calculating the ratio.

Just like with Google's earlier settlement, Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch dissented from the 3 -1-1 decision because he questions whether «Facebook's express denial of liability provided «a reason to believe» that the settlement was «in the interest of the public» and expressing concern that the final consent order may not unequivocally cover all representations made in the Facebook environment.»

Unlike this week's earlier $ 22.5 million FTC settlement with Google, Facebook does not face any financial penalties because the FTC does not have the authority to levy fines when it enters an initial agreement like this one (it can only impose fines when companies violate the agreement).

Alice is particularly valuable because, in some cases, courts have applied it early in litigation thereby preventing patent trolls from using the high expense of litigation to pressure defendants into settlements.

In the early days of divorce mediation, O.J. «Jim» Coogler, who was the founder of the Family Mediation Association (which started the national movement of mediation for divorce settlements in the 1970s), had to respond to charges by the organized Bar that mediation by lawyers was unethical, because it was a conflict of interest.

Because most family law cases settle before trial, they place an early emphasis on seeking creative solutions to facilitate settlement.

Because there are many ADR options beyond an end - of - case settlement conference where a mediator can make a huge difference, the key is to start early.

And because cities tend to spring up around early settlements, historic homeowners regularly settle for on - street parking.

Therefore, this rulemaking might mitigate two problems in the current real estate market: Insufficient amount of shopping by consumers for loans and also for settlement services (mitigated because the disclosures are easier to understand, and thus compare)[324] and consumers not having sufficient time to ask questions, negotiate with respect to terms that have changed, and otherwise adjust the loan terms or settlement costs prior to consummation (mitigated by the clearer and more informative early and closing disclosures, and the three - business - day waiting requirement).