Sentences with phrase «even years of litigation»

The client who can look back and see that his or her lawyer was truly committed to finding solutions is going to be much more satisfied than the one who spent long hours waiting in court, was forced to endure adversarial and contentious arguments and suffered through the months or even years of litigation while having little control over the process.

Not exact matches

• The character and integrity of those with whom you are doing business • Changing technology as it impacts industries (including the banking industry) • Future changes in the law or even how the law might be interpreted differently 10 years from now • Deteriorating international competiveness (as what happened to our tax code) • Emerging competitive threats • Changes in industrial structure; e.g., new sources of competition • Political influence and unexpected litigation • Public sector fiscal challenges, demographic changes and challenges managing the nation's healthcare resources

«I have done one term in office, and part of that term was taken by court litigation; And even then we have executed our mandate satisfactorily and am certain that, Ghanaians will give me the second term to make eight years (8) as required by the constitution.»

The plan to close Indian Point, which would take place over the course of the next four years, was announced earlier this year by Cuomo and came as the product of years of negotiations and even litigation with the plant owner, Entergy.

Though an extremely controversial law, much contested in legislative, administrative, and even electoral venues for the past several years, No Child Left Behind (NLCB) has not generated a large volume of litigation.

Even after years of debate and litigation over teacher evaluations and tenure, California had no official definition of what constituted a bad educator — until now.

The negative views of parties can persist for years even after the litigation has concluded, poisoning the possibility of cooperation and constructive dialogue.

Moreover, chemical manufacturers and processors who attest to the safety of products once labeled safe but since found to be unsafe could face litigation arising from claims based on submissions made years, or even decades, prior to any known potential for harm.

Years ago, even 10 years ago, but more so 15 or more, there was a real active group of people in litigation that tried a lot of cYears ago, even 10 years ago, but more so 15 or more, there was a real active group of people in litigation that tried a lot of cyears ago, but more so 15 or more, there was a real active group of people in litigation that tried a lot of cases.

I would require all barristers, before starting at the independent Bar, to spend at least one year in the litigation department of a firm of solicitors, or even an international law firm with a major dispute resolution practice.

While it's always been a fluid, free - market kind of place, Sidley has in recent years moved to make its famous litigation practice an even broader church — «when I started there were four or five litigation groups and then about two years ago they changed the organization to just one general department, meaning attorneys have more freedom and the teams can do more cross-selling.»

The litigation process can take months or even years to conclude, and if there is an appeal of the jury's verdict or the trial judge's rulings, then the process will take even longer.

Instituting a litigation hold at the outset of litigation (or even before) is one of the most important things an attorney can do for their clients, especially with the increase in spoliation motions in the last couple years, and after Zubulake.

Even if you have the basic information, and have been to the doctor, at some point two or more years after the accident, you will be asked as part of the litigation process, under oath, for your recollection of the details of how the accident happened and the specific nature of your injuries over the years.

While 52 % of lawyers under 44 are women, many leave their litigation practice after 5 years, with even more leaving after 10 years.

Even in January of this year (2013), Law.com predicted an increase in trade secret litigation, antitrust litigation, white - collar crime enforcement / defense, labor and employment litigation, government contracts litigation, patent litigation, environmental litigation, class actions, and ITC cases.

As you well know, the months of November and December often involve warp - speed client deals that must close before the end of year; litigations that need to move off a client's books before the bubbly is poured; and tax issues that need to be settled before anyone begins to even consider humming «Auld Lang Syne.»

Antitrust litigation has grown enormously in volume — 10 years ago it was still relatively uncommon to sue for breach of competition law, whereas today it is routine, even if many detailed legal issues remain in contention.

It is even more interesting to consider that this request follows 7 years of NOC / post NOC litigation, and involves Pfizer's highly successful Xalatan (latanoprost)[3].

But even without its own devices or brand on the market, Nokia still stands to gain significant revenues from the smartphone business through patents it has licensed, rather than sold, to Microsoft: $ 1.65 bn of the $ 5.44 bn purchase price gives Microsoft a 10 - year non-exclusive licence to Nokia's smartphone patents — some of which it has been using in litigation against various Android smartphone makers — and reciprocal rights related to Here mapping services.

Those higher conflict families are the folks who end up in years long litigation, running up many tens of thousands (or even hundreds of thousands) of dollars in attorney fees in the process.

There is not even a suggestion that if, as a demographic group, children of divorce are having more problems — assuming they are — it's more likely to be because of the rise in popularity of the ridiculous, schizophrenic, and unstable co-parenting ideology, which in turn is increasing the absence of mothers from their children's lives, as well as increasing stressful, wasteful, and expensive years of «burgeoning custody litigation,» including the endless talkety talk - talk meddling with families by those who make their money doing «therapeutic jurisprudence.»

As an attorney who used to litigate divorce and as a consultant mediator in Family Court, I have seen myriads of cases where families are torn apart or couples are spending their hard - earned money on months and sometimes years of court appearances and litigation on issues they really don't even care about.

Rather than immediately assuming that all holidays are to be divided equally and allocated to the parties on an even year / odd year basis as typically happens in litigation, Collaborative Divorce starts by asking more out of the box questions such as «Does either parent's extended family have holiday traditions associated with certain holidays that the children enjoy attending that we should try and facilitate with the Parenting Plan?»