Punitive damages require jurors to read the minds of corporate defendants, looking
for bad intent or reckless disregard.
Not exact matches
Disney shareholders lost their case but the final ruling set a new bar
for directors when approving these kinds of exit packages: «If a director acts with conscious disregard — in other words, a looking away — rather than a deliberate
intent to violate his duties, he can still be held liable
for acting in
bad faith,» plaintiffs» attorney Steven G. Schullman told the New York Times back in 2006.
In spite of the logical need to modernize the 23 - year old agreement, we may end up with no deal or
worse — the very real prospect of President Trump posing
for the cameras to show off his signed executive order declaring America's
intent to withdraw from NAFTA.
It's simple: If the
bad guys can get an employee to give up his or heruser credentials or download some malware, they can likely waltz right past the technological controls looking
for all
intents and purposes as if they belong there.
Amid the
bad news, Bombardier ended its nearly 18 - month sales drought
for the CSeries with a letter of
intent with Air Canada
for the purchase of 45 CSeries 300 planes, with an option to buy up to 30 more.
You are idiots
for calling him on the carpet, instead you should be getting the federal government out of the poverty fighting business, The war on poverty is over 44 years old and
for all
intents and purposes all it did was create an out of control bureaucracy that needs to be taken apart and labeled a
bad idea
for future generations.
there was NO FBI or CSI the man can NOT be proven to have murderous
intent if the man survives
for another day or so... you are again very
bad at investigating and connecting the dots
It would be harsh to punish Stephen Hunt given no one can say
for sure what his
intent was, but it would be even
worse to turn a blind eye.
He is also not brave enough to go through any number of players
for a high ball, he wont even go through his own, he's
bad at reading the flight of the ball and has no
intent on making sure of it, when Ospina plays you have to rely on a certain amount of luck.
With all the
bad blood between Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho, and with the desire
for Arsenal to show that last season's awful string of results away to the Premier League big boys wasan aberration, there is a feeling that the Frenchman will send the Gunners out with the
intent to attack the league leaders and go
for all three points.
To say that breastfeeding doesn't change breasts
for the
worse is propaganda with positive
intent.
So I'd just praise him
for the good interactions, and then kind of play dumb about the
intent behind the
bad ones and try to distract him the way you would a young toddler.
I feel
badly, because it was my
intent to write more frequently, to give more encouragement, and to share more resources
for grieving mothers.
The prime minister goes to the EU summit
intent on making the eurozone crisis even
worse for democracy.
«When these elections are over, we will judge any decision we have to make off your behavior if you caused
bad things to happen — even though it was not your
intent you are responsible
for them.»
Common street sense devoid of grammar spells this a
bad deal from the
intent for the need of the military to that chicken change of $ 20mill we sold our right judgement
for.
For all
intents and purposes, you're doing the right things; you've eliminated the
bad habits from your life and you should start seeing results soon.
You might think they're talking about current American politics: There is no money in the national treasury
for more social programs like orphanages and vaccinations; The military budget must be cut; The rich are
intent on keeping their tax privileges; Members of the legislature continue to beat down all proposed reforms of the leader; The conditions of the poor are getting
worse; Some religious leaders insist that the Earth was created in six literal days; Foreigners must be deported.
Joe something, the Mikey character in Swingers, gets a part in VERY
BAD THINGS which,
for all
intents and purposes, looks like it might draw $ 7 out of my wallet.
Immigration between North and South America has been a thorny topic
for American cinema, which tends to mask the complexities of this issue by depicting those south of the border as dangerous Mexican drug lords,
intent only on pushing their product into the States, from Breaking
Bad to Machete Kills.
The second film was really
bad and the third one was even
worse, but
for some reason, Screen Gems is
intent on milking the vampire / werewolf franchise
for as long as they can.
The movies are full of girls with guns: sexy slingers who can strike a pose with a firearm in hand and blow away the
bad guys with all the lethal
intent of a sex kitten vogueing
for a pinup.
Little Fockers represents the third in the lucrative Meet the Parents series, and its par
for the course as far as
intent and delivery, no better and no
worse than the fulfillment of audience expectations.
He is the
worst kind of enfant terrible, armed with a bestial cunning and taste and
intent on demonstrating his disdain with an insistently predictable parade of cheap rip - offs that use schlock and celluloid catcalls as camouflage
for his ape mentality.
Determined to bring the
bad guys that did him in to justice, RoboCop sets out on a mission of his own, not realizing that the gang in question is actually in cahoots with the OCP, who
for all
intents and purposes, also own the city, the police department, and the machine side of him.
And save
for the unexpectedly sweet courtship of a shy nurse (Leonie Benesch) by a mild - mannered schoolteacher (Christian Friedel), «The White Ribbon» mirrors other Haneke films in its
intent to show the
worst in people, from the authority figures (the baron, the doctor, the pastor, etc.) to their creepy children.
Beyond that, Pocan explained the
intent and context of the budget «fix,» emphasized the importance of addressing revenue issues, gave some thoughts on school finance reform, defended parts of his record and more - or-less split the blame
for everything
bad between Governor Jim Doyle and the economy.
You can check the balance sheet
for YouTube and Facebook to confirm that — there isn't as much money in customers of
bad intent as there is in customers of good
intent.
For all
intents and purposes, getting to know your credit report is a requirement of fixing
bad credit.
Worse yet, sales have declined
for seven out of the previous eight months, ever since the the Federal Reserve signaled its
intent to slow the pace of its Treasury bond purchases.
This is good news
for first - time home buyers with
bad credit because the U.S. government is
intent on raising homeownership levels
for millennials.
If I wanted a 30 - year fixed mortgage — and thank goodness, I don't — I now would qualify
for a 3.776 % mortgage rate (which,
for all
intents and purposes, is not
bad — just ask someone who took out a mortgage in 1981 when rates hit 18 %).
«The
intent of the statute was clearly to fight blight and properties that were being abandoned and
bad for neighborhoods and home values.
For some odd reason, when pups nip owners, they are often believed to do so because they are naughty, or
worse, trying to rule the roost because of some creepy
intent to become dominant.
The
worst kind of fanboy going currently imo is the type that likes a particular company and the unique things they bring to the table, but go on and on about how other companies need to do the same things to the point that they are
for all
intents and purposes, trolling the people who enjoy their consoles
for what they are.
I believe the
intent is cute and all, but in all honesty, the
worst thing that Nintendo (or anyone
for that matter) could do is profit off someone's death.
We've seen similar (in fact much
worse) digital pricing before on the PSN, but
for a company taking brave new steps into the downloadable game arena this comes across as a bit of a disheartening statement of
intent from Nintendo.
Bad taste often passes
for avant - garde taste these days — so long as the artist signals «transgressive»
intent.
The
worst part is that his / her power will be underwritten by a thermodynamic consciousness SNAP in significant numbers of people who
for all
intents and purposes were just ordinary nice folks.
First of all, if you can imagine having someone with hostile
intent go into your computer and dig through all of your e-mail looking
for phrases and lines and exchanges to take out of context and attribute the absolute
worst possible motives to, while misrepresenting the overall content, you'll get a feel
for how violated the science community feels by this.
In reaction, Peabody has started an over-the-top new PR campaign called «Advanced Energy
for Life» with the
intent of softening the
bad image of their dirty product and framing it as the savior
for developing nations in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Perhaps the
worst part of the bill is the fact that it won't necessarily mandate automakers to meet the new standards since the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which administers CAFE (but is
for all
intents and purposes in big auto's back pocket), can tamp down or eliminate them by showing they're not «cost effective»
for the industry.
The idea that a judge can be validly impeached
for «
bad» actions in the absence of blameworthy
intent has been consistently rejected at both the federal and state levels throughout American history.
In all Pennsylvania cases other than the 1803 Addison case, state legislators have consistently agreed that simply allowing a «
bad» act to serve as the basis
for a judge's removal, with no evidence of malicious
intent, would allow the legislature to remove any judges with whose decisions it disagreed.
The British common law of impeachment required both a
bad act and a malicious
intent for removal of a judge.
In a case a paediatrician described as the
worst she had seen in professional practice, Taase Suaesi - Faamau, 37, was jailed
for three years by Christchurch District Court Judge Stephen Erber after admitting a charge of causing grievous bodily harm with
intent.
Such a movement begs the question: Are judges, who are instructed to award such damages in only the most reprehensible of cases, losing sight of the purpose and
intent of punitive damages or is employer conduct getting that much
worse that the need
for such damages is actually growing?
«It's just one more example of
bad practices leading to
bad results, as it's very tempting
for a coder to take shortcuts while developing an app, with the sincere
intent of cleaning things up later,» he told TechNewsWorld.
1031 exchanges are based on INVESTMENT property that is bought with the
intent of an renting or
for business or commercial use, in other words not flipping (dealing), so in an audit situation you must be able to show that you intended to purhcase the property
for investment purposes but
for some unforseen circumstance (job moved,
bad spot financially you had to sell).