Sentences with phrase «for egregious acts»

Punitive damages are designed primarily as a way to further punish wrongdoers (defendants) for egregious acts of negligence or misconduct.

«We are committed to bringing whoever is responsible for this egregious act to justice,» Cuomo added.

Not exact matches

One is the Shield Act, which stands for Saving High - Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes.

These gay haters were cut from the same pattern as were those who conducted The Inquisition and the egregious, low down acts from the Fifties with their penchant for mistreating Blacks, as were those who used the Bible to make slaves out of them.

«Even where New York Courts have suspended attorneys for substantial periods of time, those cases involve more egregious and ongoing acts of misconduct, as opposed to Mr. Grimm's isolated and singular conviction,» his attorney Annette Hasapidis said in the Manhattan federal court filing from earlier this month.

«To us as a party, the most egregious of the faux pas committed by INEC is asking the APC to lawfully nominate a candidate for the supplementary governorship election without a valid and legally cognizable primary election of the party conducted within the mandatory timeliness specified by the electoral act.

The mayor would present an executive budget that called for closing firehouses or ending HASA funding, or some other egregious act.

Yes it's been going on for a while but the results are becoming cumulative and the acts so egregious I doubt the even the average person wouldn't take notice.

These damages act as a punishment for some egregious conduct in order to deter companies from acting in the same manner in the future.

While still far below the multi-million dollar awards in the United States, there are now several decisions of the Ontario Court of Appeal and British Columbia Court of Appeal where the employee has been awarded six - figure punitive damage awards for particularly egregious acts of the employer.

The egregious wrongdoings in this case required specific attention to the Police Act that the general tone of the Evidence Act did not provide for (at para 40).

These cases involve egregious acts of negligence and misconduct; therefore, our attorneys can also push for maximum compensation by obtaining punitive damage awards.

Rather, they are a way to punish the defendant for intentional conduct or gross negligence — behavior that is so egregious that a civil court penalty is warranted in order to deter the defendant from committing the same act again in the future.

This bill is about protecting the largest companies from liability for the most egregious acts against the largest number of individuals — consumers and employees — who have no viable recourse other than class action litigation.

Punitive damages are not given in every personal injury lawsuit, but are usually reserved for extremely egregious acts where the defendant deserves to be punished.

Samuels has been fighting the battle against dangerously broad patents for some time now, recently traveling to DC to support passage of the SHIELD Act (Saving High - tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes), a congressional bill that would impose heavy fines against so - called patent trolls.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Coalition for Patent Fairness (CPF) is pleased to support HR 845, the bipartisan SHIELD Act («Saving High Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act of 2013»), sponsored by Congressmen Peter DeFazio and Jason Chaffetz.

Rep. Peter DeFazio, along with Rep. Jason Chaffetz, has re-introduced the SHIELD Act (the backronym stands for Saving High - Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes) in the House of Representatives.

The letter expresses the coalition's support for the SHIELD (Saving High - Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes) Act, a bipartisan bill from Rep. Peter DeFazio and Rep. Jason Chaffetz that would create real and appropriate consequences for patent lawsuit abuse.

Three of the most high profile proposals are: (1) the Saving High - tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes (SHILED) Act «forces patent trolls to financial responsibility for frivolous lawsuits»; (2) the Patent Quality Improvement Act expands the AIA by allowing more businesses to be covered under the transitional program for business method patents; and (3) the End Anonymous Patent Act, which requires the owner of patents to register with the UPSTO.

«Generally we absolve the licensee of culpability if the licensee is acting in accordance with an attorney's instructions, but the violations alleged in this complaint were too egregious for this to be permitted.»

Wilf also argued that even if he was liable for Act violations, he could not be liable for punitive damages because his conduct was not egregious.