Sentences with phrase «increasing number of defendants»

The probability of wrongful convictions is increased by increasing numbers of defendants in the courts without lawyers, which is due to: (a) very poor government funding of legal aid programs; and, (b) law societies» failure to attempt to solve the unaffordable legal services problem — the one aggravates the damage done by the other.

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A report last month from the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that between 2007 and 2011 the «number of overall defendants in patent infringement lawsuits increased by about 129 percent.»

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

Addressing another alternative — regulating only tailpipe GHG emissions in California — Defendants speculate that it «may result in greater emissions overall,» though CARB stated that GHG emissions could be reduced by «increasing vehicle efficiency» or «reducing the number of vehicle miles traveled.»

However, referring to the Claimant's non-co-operation and to a number of authorities where this factor has been considered, the judge summarised the position thus: «On the one hand, non-cooperation may have the effect of substantially increasing the length of the reasonable time for which a person may be detained while the Defendant seeks to effect his removal.

Because accidents involving drunk drivers can be complicated and complex, a lawyer who has significant experience dealing with claims that involve a number of defendants or multiple insurance companies will increase your chances of a successful outcome in your case.

«Costs rose when the county moved to a contract system [and there was also] a decline in the number of cases taken to jury trial, an increase in guilty pleas at first instance hearings, a decline in the filing of motions to suppress, a decline in requests for expert assistance, and an increase in complaints received by the court from defendants.»

Relying on Lex Machina's data, the GAO's analysis of a representative sample of 500 lawsuits from 2007 to 2011 concluded that the number of overall defendants in patent infringement lawsuits increased by about 129 percent over this period.

«The legislation is in response to new guidelines released by the state's Office of Indigent Legal Defense that drastically increase the number of criminal defendants who would qualify for a free public defender by doubling the income cutoff from 125 percent of the federal poverty threshold to 250 percent.

In addition, GAO's detailed analysis of a representative sample of 500 lawsuits from 2007 to 2011 shows that the number of overall defendants in patent infringement lawsuits increased by about 129 percent over this period.

Some stakeholders GAO interviewed said that the increase in 2011 was most likely influenced by the anticipation of changes in the 2011 Leahy - Smith America Invents Act (AIA), which made several significant changes to the U.S. patent system, including limiting the number of defendants in a lawsuit, causing some plaintiffs that would have previously filed a single lawsuit with multiple defendants to break the lawsuit into multiple lawsuits.

If the defendant would have had to spend $ 1,000,000 to make the tracking system more accurate and greater accuracy would only have increased the amounts due based upon unique users by $ 10,000, it would probably not breach their duty of good faith and fair dealing to refrain from purchasing this more expensive and more accurate tracking software, particularly if the defendant made a $ 10,000 allowance for the estimated number of omitted unique users as a result of using less accurate tracking software and increased compensation under the contract accordingly.

190 If aggravated damages are to be awarded, there must be a finding that the defendant was motivated by actual malice, which increased the injury to the plaintiff, either by spreading further afield the damage to the reputation of the plaintiff, or by increasing the mental distress and humiliation of the plaintiff... 191 There are a number of factors that a jury may properly take into account in assessing aggravated damages.

In that capacity, she provides insurance coverage counseling, and represents insurers as plaintiffs, as defendants and in the increasing number of inter-insurer disputes.

The increase coincides with the Americans Invent Act (AIA), which became effective in September 2011 and limited to the number of defendants a plaintiff could sue in a single case.

The GAO report determined that the number of defendants in these suits - many of them end - users - has exploded, increasing 129 % from 2007 to 2011.