Sentences with phrase «increase in litigation»

The law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP predicts significant increases in litigation involving technology; not necessarily just over patents.

A drop in M&A, private equity and capital markets revenue has been offset by increases in litigation, regulatory and competition work and significant project finance transactions driven by India's infrastructure spending.

When you add rule number 4 above (the potential for employer mistakes) into the mix, I have come to the conclusion that, without clear, consistent rules, employment contract termination clauses may just be offering parties a false sense of security and a potential increase in litigation with its inherent risk, time, cost and lack of privacy and finality.

«According to a recent Manning & Napier survey, 83 % of employers are concerned about the current increase in litigation pertaining to investment selection and fee reasonableness,» observes Shelby George, defined contribution practice leader at Manning & Napier.

The use of early case assessment (ECA) software tools is gradually increasing in the litigation support industry, with 37 % of law firms reporting the use of in - house processing / ECA tools in 2014, up from 34 % last year and 33 % in 2012.

• «Is likely to cause an increase in litigation, and an increase in the prices that investors and retirees must pay to gain access to retirement services.»

«I think we are starting see a change in the nature of the work our clients are asking us to assist on: obviously less big - ticket M&A, although there continues to be a reasonably good stream of mid-size M&A work; more restructuring and insolvency - related work; and I think we'll see an increase in litigation as we go forward,» says Christie in this month's interview.

The decision could also lead to an increase in litigation involving First Nations and non-government (i.e. industry) parties.

Headlines which report record damages for patent infringement or the increase in litigation and cost to operating businesses of non-practising entities enforcing weak patents reinforces this perception.

A. I think we are starting see a change in the nature of the work our clients are asking us to assist on: obviously less big - ticket M&A, although there continues to be a reasonably good stream of mid-size M&A work; more restructuring and insolvency - related work; and I think we'll see an increase in litigation as we go forward.

If you do not and the case goes to trial, you will be exposing your client to an unpredictable trial decision and an increase in litigation fees due to the complex issue of Epstein credit issues.

«Common Stock Ownership Spreads Among Start - Up Investors,» 12/27/2015 Den White is quoted extensively in a New York Times article about the trend toward institutional investors purchasing common rather than preferred stock in so - called unicorns, and the increase in litigation in situations where the interests of common and preferred shareholders may not be aligned.

These decision - making in - house counsel (from the energy, engineering / construction, financial services, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, real estate, retail, and technology industries) indicated that they expected an increase in litigation.

However, the drop in corporate work has been tempered by an increase in litigation as the economic downturn triggers a rise in the number of commercial court cases.

Legal costs are rising for individuals and firms with increases in litigation and regulation.

In order to understand the increase in litigation and what happens afterwards, it helps to count litigation in a way that is not affected by the AIA's change of rules.

I can not stress this enough; there has been a huge failure by these companies to fairly resolve such claims and this failure has led to an increase in litigation as insurance companies and corporations have pursued the strategy of deny, delay and defend.

Unfortunately, the increase in litigation related to the potential for defamation and how much information an employer should divulge has left employers with little more than the practical ability to verify previous positions and dates of employment.