Sentences with phrase «fear of being sued in»

The Court again held that an employment reference is protected by qualified privilege, stating that, «an employer must be able to give a job reference with candour as to the strengths and weaknesses of an employee, without fear of being sued in defamation for doing so.

«The social policy underpinning the protection of employment references in this manner is clear: an employer must be able to give a job reference with candour as to the strengths and weaknesses of an employee, without fear of being sued in defamation for doing so.

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[4] At least in part, these sky - high rates may be linked to doctors» fears of being sued.

My fear is that the first Anglican church, synagogue or mosque that says, «It offends our principles and the basic tenets of our religion's faith», will be countered by the zealots of Stonewall moving in, saying, «We're going to sue under the Equalities Act and the Human Rights Act».

The truck's owners sued the New York Racing Association in 2013 after it was booted from the Saratoga Race Course, on the instruction of Bennett Liebman, a top Cuomo adviser who feared someone might be offended.

Many in the U.K. scientific community claim that fear of being sued under the country's permissive laws discourages scientists from tackling controversial issues.

When I questioned why they won't sue, they said they were in fear of being ostracized by the IGF, media, and indie dev scene.

More importantly, we will appreciate what each other is capable of in their differing roles without the fears of being sued by clients or publicly admonished by an appeal court.

I want to buy houses and rent them out, I have some fear of being sued by tenants in the...

A SLAPP may also intimidate others from participating in public debate and protest from fear of being sued.

I want to buy houses and rent them out, I have some fear of being sued by tenants in the future (no particular concern, but I live in the USA (United Sue of All).

In a global economy where multinational companies yield increasing power and influence over government, many see it as right that they should be able to comment as freely on corporations as they do on government without fear of being sued.

The literature suggests that, because of fears of jury bias, foreign patent holders are less likely to sue in the United States than are domestic patent holders; when they do, they put forward only their strongest patents.4 While jury bias is a serious problem, it is made worse by venue rules that limit actions to the jurisdiction in which the infringer is either incorporated or «has committed acts of infringement and has a regular and established place of business.»

Because a railroad employee accepted $ 20,000 in 2000 from defendant railroad in exchange for releasing his claims of «mental anxiety and fear of contracting mesothelioma, lung cancer or any other type of cancer,» his estate is barred from suing the...

Google hopes the newly added patents, which it acquired from IBM (s ibm) and CA Technologies, expand the areas of cloud software in which developers can innovate without fear of being sued.

One of the many reasons some Chinese handset makers are afraid to launch their products in other countries is fear of being sued for infringing on patents.

The fear of being sued for negligent hiring is a huge factor in the decision to perform employee background screening.

Again, not trying to be a fear monger but whatever you think your probability of getting sued is, the emotional cost means energy your aren't using to make money which is real dollars lost in your business.