Sentences with phrase «fear of lawsuits»

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).

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.

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.

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.)

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

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.

Fear of a lawsuit keeps doctors and other medical professionals from ever admitting they messed up.

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.

Performance issues and problems (most employers will decline to share this information for fear of lawsuits for defamation)

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

In an industry survey in 2009, nearly 30 percent of OB - GYNs said their fear of lawsuits led them to operate more often than they otherwise would have done.

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.)

In the meantime, some authors who've received the letter have already changed their book titles (some of which have been available for years) due to fear of lawsuits.

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.

Recently both Vermont and Connecticut proposed labeling of GMO ingredients but backed down under actual threat of lawsuit from Monsanto, or fear of lawsuit.

While ongoing contact with displaced workers is not frequent due to the fear of lawsuits, many companies do field calls for these individuals and even provide job leads.