Sentences with phrase «judgment against lead»

The article also should have reported that the state court ruling that resulted in a $ 1.1 billion judgment against lead - paint manufacturers occurred in 2013.

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Moreover, how is it possible to read the reference to «the power of modern means of destruction» without recalling the role of this judgment in leading to the novel idea of a presumption against war?
When the life and death of Jesus are viewed against the background of this hope (and this is part, at least, of what the apostles did after the death of Jesus) those who have felt the attraction of what Jesus said and did are led to the conviction that the judgment of God is already clear.
It is this crisis that leads to the declaration's central judgment: that fighting against Americans and their allies — civilians and soldiers — is an individual duty for every Muslim who can do so in any country where that is possible.
Sir Andrew has also composed new music for a film version of Evita which, against his better judgment, starred Madonna in the lead role, and has produced his own version of Jesus Christ Superstar on stage and home video that he feels finally, at long last, captures his true vision of the piece.
Italian Senator and leading anti-mafia campaigner, Rosaria Capacchione, passes judgment on Mario Balotelli, after the Milan striker declined to be considered a symbol against organised crime.
He said, «In view of our belief in the judiciary and avalanche of evidence against the declaration of Senator Abiola Ajimobi as the duly elected governor in the April 11, 2015 governorship election in the state, Senator Rasheed Ladoja, the gubernatorial candidate of Accord after wide consultations, has resolved to appeal the judgment of Justice Muhammed Mayaki - led tribunal at the Court of Appeal.
A PEF council leader in Rockland County, Deborah J. Lee was found in 2013 to have misused a union - issued bank card, making numerous personal purchases, which led to a court judgment of $ 64,105 against her.
Libertarian Party candidate Warren Redlich led the charge against the front - runners, accusing Cuomo of taking special interest money and Paladino of lacking the temperament and judgment to be governor.
Today's judgment against the prime minister quashes speculation among Conservative bloggers that a sharper rebuke for Mr Brown might lead to Ms Spelman's case being downplayed in a «gentleman's agreement» between the two parties.
The Justice Ali Gumel - led panel of the Court of Appeal set aside the judgment of the National / State Legislative Houses Election Petition Tribunal in Apo, Abuja, which had dismissed the petition by the All Progressives Congress» candidate, Andrew Uchendi against Sekibo's election.
But in the three judgments on Thursday, the Justice Gumel - led panel of the appeal court upheld the appeals against the tribunal's verdicts filed on behalf of the the appellants by their lawyer, B. E. I. Nwofor (SAN).
The allegations by Kent and the others center on what the plaintiffs claim was an unfair attack on them by Spence and his allies regarding charges that a Rockland County council leader, Stephanie Lee, had misused a PEF bank card, making numerous personal purchases, which led to a court judgment of $ 64,104.88 against her.
Saraki's appeal filed through his lead counsel, Mr. Joseph Daudu (SAN), is challenging the majority judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja delivered on October 30, 2015, which affirmed the jurisdiction of the CCT to try him and the competence of the charges of false assets declaration preferred against him by the Federal Government.
It was this failure that led to the entry of the US$ 47 million default judgment against GNPC.
The Court of Appeal Panel led by Justice Ibrahim Salauwa, which was set up to determine the appeals filed by Makarfi and Jegede against the judgment given by Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, which INEC relied on to pick Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim, adjourned all proceedings indefinitely.
Handing down a judgment on a judicial review brought against education secretary Nicky Morgan by six parents, Mr Justice Warby has ruled that an assertion made when the new GCSE was released in February was likely to lead schools to rely exclusively on the qualification to meet their legal obligations.
For 20 years, against the better judgment of his Russian - Jewish immigrant family, Louis led a quiet life as a Cubist painter.
Other matters the project has handled include a 2013 state court action that resulted in a $ 1.1 billion judgment against three lead - paint manufacturers, and Hollingsworth v. Perry, which argued that California's same - sex marriage ban was unconstitutional.
-- Hanco ATM Systems v. Cashbox ATM Systems [2007] EWHC 1599 (Ch): Led by Andrew Hochhauser Q.C. in relation to summary judgment application against senior employee for breach of fiduciary duty and dishonest assistance and involving issues as to the doctrine of «preparatory steps».
Any award made against an uninsured employer that is not paid in full within ten days will also result in a Supreme Court judgment being filed against the employer (including individual corporate officers), which may lead to seizure of assets of the employer.
Moore - Bick LJ, giving the leading judgment identified the primary issue as being «whether a person who suffers damage as a result of findings of personal or professional misconduct leading to dismissal and loss of professional status that were made against him in disciplinary proceedings conducted in breach of contract, but which would not otherwise have been made, can recover damages at large».
This judgment led to a period of uncertainty with insurance companies arguing in numerous cases that similar payments should be set off against the claims for damages.
Simon Fawell Qualified: 2002 Made partner: 2012 Key cases: Led the team that successfully obtained an important judgment of approximately $ 61m for a major Italian pension provider in a landmark claim against Lehman Brothers, concerning the calculation of Loss under the ISDA 1992 Master Agreement.
Won partial summary judgment against an architect / engineer in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on a $ 185 million condominium project leading to a multi-million dollar settlement.
Many of the judgments against Turkey have been leading judgments in their field, contributing valuable principles to the corpus of international human rights law in areas as diverse as torture, killings, disappearances on the one hand and freedom of expression, the banning of political parties, the destruction of villages, expropriation of property, fair trial and the death penalty on the other.
Won summary judgment for defendant in a $ 40 million fraud, trade secret, and trademark action against a leading water product manufacturer.
On the other hand, we do not believe that scheduled mediations between a corporation and an owner or between two corporations (i.e., a shared facility dispute) would need to be disclosed in a status certificate, as these are not «proceedings» that could lead to any judgment being ordered against the Corporation.
Notable mandates: Represented physicians involved in providing care to Ashley Smith during the 2013 coroner's inquest; acted for Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne in a defamation action against Ontario Progressive Conservative party leader Tim Hudak and energy critic Lisa MacLeod; in Wise v. Iran, acted for a Canadian victim of a suicide bombing (executed by individuals who received material support from Iran) who sought leave to intervene in ongoing proceedings commenced by United States plaintiffs in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice seeking orders recognizing the enforceability in Ontario of judgments they obtained from a U.S. court against Iran totaling about $ 370 million; in Khadr v. Edmonton Institution, acted as lead counsel for an intervener, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, to argue that in interpreting Omar Khadr's sentence for the purpose of enforcing it in Canada, Correctional Services Canada was obliged to consider Khadr's right to liberty and principles of fundamental justice; acted for a physician in a malpractice claim in Moore v. Getahun, a precedent - setting case about restrictions on communication between counsel and experts in preparation of expert reports.
Mr. Pierson is running the case for Cohen Milstein and in 2015 took the lead for the direct purchaser plaintiffs in arguing against the defendants» summary judgment motions (which were denied by the Court for four of the five defendants).
Defended a leading defense industry company against a breach of contract claim in excess of $ 20 million that was dismissed on summary judgment.
One of our lawyers has, as leading counsel, obtained summary judgment for an insurer against a plaintiff alleging automobile injury.
Mr. Meadow was lead counsel of a team that obtained affirmance of $ 320 million contract judgment against Disney arising out of Disney's refusal to pay profits owed on the wildly successful «Who Wants To Be A Millionaire» program.
Obtained a summary judgment as lead counsel in a sexual harassment, assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress claim against corporate officer
As lead counsel for a civic club, obtained a final summary judgment resulting in the permanent injunction against various salvage yard operators prohibiting them from operating their businesses too close to churches, schools and homes in violation of the Texas Transportation Code.
Recently, Mr. Korniczky was lead counsel for TCL Communication Technology Holdings in a three - week trial in a breach of contract and declaratory judgment action it filed against Ericsson Inc. et al. in the Central District of California seeking a FRAND license to Ericsson's 2G, 3G and 4G SEP portfolio.
Successfully defended leading seller of home fitness equipment against patent infringement and state law claims relating its distribution of popular fitness equipment in which district court granted summary judgment and Federal Circuit affirmed.
Other cases include successful judgments in leading personal injury decisions, such as Monks v. ING and Gardiner v. MacDonald, successful defence of liability waiver in Isildar v. Kanata Dive Supply, as well as a number of claims (including constitutional challenges) against the federal government.
The second was an action against Maroun and Cobra Hanna («Hanna») in relation to which the appellant claimed that the lawyers failed to take proper steps to enforce a payment agreement relating to a prior judgment against Hanna and failed to advise the appellant of the requirement to make full and frank disclosure when applying for a Mareva injunction, leading to the appellant having to accept an improvident settlement.
Our efforts representing US nuclear sector clients in damage claims against the federal government related to spent nuclear fuel disposal have led to multiple judgments in excess of $ 100 million in contested trials.
In April this year judgment was handed down in the first part of the eagerly awaited test case brought by the OFT against the UK's leading high street banks seeking a ruling on the fairness of their unauthorised overdraft charges (Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National plc and others [2008] EWHC 875 (Comm), [2008] All ER (D) 349 (Apr)-RRB-.
Notable mandates: Successfully overturned a $ 100 - million pension obligations judgment against MTS Allstream on appeal; represented the City of Winnipeg in interest arbitration with paramedics; lead negotiator for the University of Brandon in talks with its faculty association; acted for the Puratone Corp. in its CCAA proceedings and purchase by Maple Leaf Foods; negotiated first labour agreement for the Canadian Human Rights Museum; Manitoba counsel on a number of P3 deals, including the Pan / Parapan American Games Athletes» Village Project.
He recognizes that the courts might be pressed again to defer to military decision - making («I would not lead people to rely on this Court for a review that seems to me wholly delusive») and proposes that the chief constraint against this unconstitutional action is the executive's «responsibility to the political judgments of their contemporaries and to the moral judgments of history.»
If there is a large judgment against you, that judgment plus your legal fees can lead to high out - of - pocket costs.
That can mean that a kitchen fire that damages your apartment or surrounding apartments could lead to a large judgment against you.
That will eat up your deposit and could lead to a judgment against you for the remainder.
Although most of us prefer not to think about these things any more than we have to, there are a number of things that could happen at your home leading to this type of judgment against you.
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