Sentences with phrase «fear of a lawsuit»

Yes, it's fear of lawsuits, and the greater number of stakeholders in a larger organization.

It's unfortunate that the fear of lawsuits (a form of the fear of people) is holding you back.

Tam Fry of the Child Growth Foundation observed that fear of lawsuits on school playgrounds also keeps kids from climbing:

But several factors — the insurance industry's practice of compensating obstetricians per intervention, the growing pressures on physicians to carry a high volume of patients, the fear of lawsuits should births go badly — have combined to dissuade hospitals and medical practices from taking a wait - and - see approach to healthy labors.

(Incidentally, this case also might make doctors less willing to prescribe drugs that are considered safe out of the fear of a lawsuit.)

The shortage also has become an issue on the campaign trail, with Democratic candidate Sen. John Kerry blaming the Bush administration for not paying attention to warning signs about possible shortages and the Bush campaign inferring that vaccine manufacturers are hindered by fears of lawsuits, something the campaign said Kerry would not move to fix.

The decision was a defeat for biotech firm Myriad Genetics, which has patent claims on two breast cancer genes, and means that diagnostic labs are now free to test for these genes without fear of a lawsuit.

Backed by many geneticists and medical groups, the advocates sought to have Myriad's patents invalidated so that any lab could test without fear of a lawsuit for BRCA genes linked to breast and ovarian cancer.

Other key reasons behind the male - teacher shortage, according to MenTeach, is the stereotype that teaching is «women's work,» as well as possible fears of lawsuits around accusations of sexual abuse of children.

What follows are multiple Kafka-esque journeys that leave the reader wondering if fear of lawsuits will overwhelm the desire to mate.

Juicy Excerpt: There's a fear of lawsuits.

It is also why many news outlets reported on the illegally obtained CRU emails without fear of lawsuits.

Many commenters predicted that fear of lawsuits by individuals would impede the flow of communications necessary for the smooth operation of the health care system, ultimately affecting quality of care.

Me, I think it's interesting that in Syufy one of the judges is named Quackenbush, because that's the name that Groucho Marx had originally chosen for his character of the doctor in A Day at the Races, only to change it to Hackenbush for fear of lawsuits from real Dr.s Quackenbush.)

It's not so much fear of a lawsuit but of simply avoiding a troublesome discussion.

Recruiters are trained to try to get you to work exclusively with them, using scare tactics concerning «Double Submissions» (the same resume coming from 2 different recruiters — and that a hiring manager will reject double submissions out of fear of lawsuits from two competing recruiters).

Most board have acknowledged this as they no longer deal in many discipline areas for fear of lawsuits for setting outside their non-profit status.

CREA failed their members with the useless Fintrac reporting scheme that no one reports on for fear of a lawsuit against them.

Not exact matches

Chavez sat three seats behind the window that smashed and partially sucked out the passenger who later died and «prayed and feared for her life» as she contacted her children and prepared to die, according to the lawsuit filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

He's smart and does good work, but you cringe when you see him, and his lack of understanding social cues and penchant for saying inappropriate things means you live in lawsuit fear.

The lawsuit, filed with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, argued the platform «knowingly provided material support and resources to Hamas... facilitat (ing) this terrorist group's ability to communicate, recruit members, plan and carry out attacks, and strike fear in its enemies.»

The lawsuits have raised fears that the entire business model that underpins some of today's most richly - valued start - up companies could be at risk.

Some of the more paranoid or lawsuit - fearing companies in the U.S. require office couples to sign a wavier or «love contract,» vowing that their relationship is consensual and neither will take legal action against their employer (or each other) should the love prove less than eternal.

Update: Urmson sent Recode this statement: «Tesla's meritless lawsuit reveals both a startling paranoia and an unhealthy fear of competition.

They all asked not to be identified, citing fears over the investor's history of filing lawsuits and concerns that he could wield his influence in the tech industry to ruin their careers.

The presidents were suspicious of a juridical approach, both because they saw the mandate as jeopardizing the academic autonomy of Catholic universities and because they feared the mandate could entangle universities in unnecessary lawsuits with significant financial consequences.

Others avoid flooding ponds for fear of accidents that lead to lawsuits, said Ted Flickinger, president of the Illinois Association of Park Districts.

Oerkfitz said he changed his mind because since that vote he has received many complaints from residents opposing the lawsuit for a variety of reasons, including the expense and fears that motorboats would be banned if the Park District were to establish sole ownership.

Being scared of a lawsuit is secondary, if you avoid «what might happen» by using interventions when they seem called for, you have no reason to fear a lawsuit — no one can sue if they don't have a bad outcome to sue for.

But the BPI vs. ABC lawsuit is going forward just as demand is also coming back for LFTB, two years after depiction of the product in the media as «pink slime» put consumer pressure on retailers and restaurants to pull the product.Now, however, many of those same restaurants and retailers fear losing their customers for beef patties because they cost too much.

For instance, while there was much genuine grief over the Scaringe tragedy, there was also much fear of multi million dollar lawsuits.

But Staten Island Republican Assemblyman Ron Castorina, one of the lawsuit plaintiffs, said de Blasio was «fear mongering» among voters since federal law enforcement agencies can pull other government records, such as school and health records, to help them in deportation proceedings.

The group fears that a flood of lawsuits could bankrupt some cash - strapped yeshivas.

Republican campaign strategists fear they have also lost the seat of Rep. Don Sherwood (Pa.), who has been dogged by the settlement of a lawsuit filed by a mistress who charged that Sherwood had throttled her.

A pair of Staten Island GOP lawmakers have lodged a lawsuit against Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration to prevent him from purging the records of his municipal identification program at the end of the year — records believed to contain the information of thousands of undocumented immigrants, and which advocates fear could wind up in the hands of President - elect Donald Trump.

Hornig, a physician, also alleges that in 2014 and 2015 Lipkin summoned her to his office, dropped his pants and asked her to examine lesions on his buttocks; the lawsuit states that she complied for fear of retribution.

The company wanted to fire her, but fearing a lawsuit, they merely place her in the corporate equivalent of hell.

«Sexually explicit names as well as homophobic slurs are being discouraged, but I fear the specter of lawsuits contributes to this rather than a genuine acceptance or tolerance of sexual minority youth.»

Victoria Strauss — Hassett vs. Hasselbeck: What A Plagiarism Lawsuit Reveals About Writers» Fear of Theft Writer Beware examines a recent legal case and expands on common myths about plagiarism.

A very interesting bit of news today — Lawsuit claims Apple and Publishers colluded on eBook pricing in fear of Amazon.

I fear pointless lawsuits a la the RIAA, as publishers try to «stop piracy» instead of figuring out how to increase sales.

One of a consumer's biggest fears is when a creditor tries to bring a lawsuit against them.

Banks seek rule change to allow more cellphone fraud alerts — Despite a plague of data breaches, banks fear lawsuits if they send fraud alerts via text messages and cellphone calls, according to an industry group... (See Fraud alert texts)

National concern over pit bull attacks and fear of potential lawsuits have prompted a record number of residents in Orlando and some other Central Florida areas to disown their pit bulls, animal shelter workers say.

Some Border Collie fanciers fear that inclusion in conformation shows will damage the working ability of the breed, and they have threatened a lawsuit to force AKC to change its mind.

Fearing a lawsuit, Gard redrew the character as a woman and began tinkering with a number of different personalities.

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Here's something else to consider (and worthy of a massive class action lawsuit): the water and sewer systems they «require» you to hook up to are providing you with water contaminated with hundreds of pharmaceuticals; you have no way of knowing what peed - out drugs are still in your water supply because although «they» know it's there, they won't tell you for fear you might object.

U.S. officials feared that being both part of the Paris climate agreement and seeking to reverse some of those curbs could have weakened the U.S. government's position in future lawsuits.

As the Fairfield Green Food Guide reports, legislators have gotten cold feet, removing the entire part of the bill requiring labeling of the GM ingredients, fearing lawsuit by the big corporate behemoth Monsanto.