Sentences with phrase «lacks merit»

That's why your policy pays to defend even if the claim or suit is false, frivolous, or otherwise lacks merit.

Such a warning should ideally be given even if the lawyer believes that the client's potential lawsuit lacks merit and is therefore not worth pursuing.

Therefore, Liberty's argument that the court applied the wrong legal standard to determine that it was liable for its franchisees» misleading advertising lacks merit.

«The appeals court orders the judge to rule the case lacks merit.»

We will resolve a case or aggressively defend it by seeking dismissal of any claim that lacks merit depending on how our client wants to proceed.

One of the most difficult aspects when defending a solicitor is to persuade the SRA that the case lacks merit.

BlackBerry's lawsuit against small company making iPhone - compatible physical keyboards «lacks merit», Reuters

In view of the inconsistent relationship between RMSE and MAE, we argue that comparing the performance of competing models by comparing their RMSEs lacks merit.

The complaint lacks merit.

That's why your policy pays to defend even if the claim or suit is false, frivolous, or otherwise lacks merit.

Moreover, any method that completely ignores costs when judging policies lacks merit.

And so the film lacks merit both as filmmaking and as artwork.

Also, in the appeal filed by Skye Bank against Tuns International Holdings Ltd and Tuns Properties Ltd, dated May 8, 2015, Justice Mohammed Danjuma of the Court of Appeal held that the Appeal lacks merit and is «hereby dismissed.»

«This call is most rascally as it is obnoxious and indeed lacks any merit whatsoever.

To illustrate his position on why he believes the allegation lacks merit, the veteran journalist said the allegation against Mr Asenso, one of the two deputy chiefs of staff as captured in the police statement was that he had written a letter to the Ag.

But lawyers for Zanetor on Friday asked the court to throw out the suit because it lacks merit.

The person most accused of «bombing forward» is Ramsey who isn't even the DM when we play with a back 4, so your argument lacks merit.

LifeLock's claims lack merit and we look forward to proving their allegations false.

Mr Drake - Brockman said that this would overcome one of the biggest problems for employers under the current laws being the time and cost involved in defending claims which lacked any merit whatsoever.

I've responded to a suggestion or comment with sarcasm — not just because the idea lacked merit but also because I wanted to show how insightful and wise and oh - so - terribly - witty I was by comparison.

Our philosophy is to work closely with a customer to resolve issues if they are encountered, however we will also strongly defend ourselves against claims that are unjust or lack merit.

Michael Cohen, Trump's longtime lawyer identified by the Wall Street Journal as having arranged the payment to the actress through a limited liability company, said the complaints lack merit.

Justice John Okoro, who led other five judges of the apex court ruled that Akeredolu's appeal lacked merit.

Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo, in a judgment on Thursday, threw out Shagaya's application, declaring that it lacked merit.

Legal Practitioner, Tsatsu Tsikata, has explained that he could not support his onetime partner in law, Nana Akufo - Addo, in the election petition case, because in his view, the NPP's case for which it went to court to challenge the results of the 2012 election, was «pathetic» and lacked merit.

Although the claims could be substantiated as they were based on hearsay and as such lacked merit, they have all found their way into the campaign document.

The Global Amnesty Watch, GAW, has described the recent report by Amnesty International (AI) about the Nigerian Army as biased, unprofessional and lacking merit which does not reflect the realities on ground.

The five - man panel of Justices, thus dismissed the joint appeal of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its governorship candidate in the state noting that the appeal lacked merit.

The appeal is unmeritorious and lacked merit.

The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, has described the last recruitment at the Nigeria Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) as lacking merit and not following...

Shortly after his introduction, Ejiofor argued that the charges against the defendants lack merit and basic proof.

Dan Onjeh lacked merit, incompetent and status barred, hence dismissed.

Onjeh had approached the appellant court, asking to be declared winner of the election after the tribunal had thrown out his case on the ground that it lacked merit.

Other than the proposed severance, in its 180 - page brief filed late yesterday, the government argues that all of the defendants» other, near - two - dozen motions — which include motions to change venues, suppress evidence, and dismiss charges due to «prosecutorial misconduct» related to ex-U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's public statements — lack merit.

Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo, in a judgment on Thursday, threw out Shagaya's application, declaring that it lacked merit and that the said account was validly secured by the EFCC.

Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo, in a judgment on Thursday, threw out Shagaya's application, declaring that it lacked merit and that...

Several mayoral initiatives have been blocked because of political ill will, not because they lacked merit, he said.

Similarly, an Exxon spokesman said the cases lack merit.

«We believe certain aspects of the proposal lack some merit, particularly the addition of added sugar,» said Donna Garren, who was representing the American Frozen Food Institute at the FDA meeting.

by Superior Court Judge Robert H. Hobgood, who denied the state's motions to dismiss the cases on the basis that they lacked merit.

We all know that time is money, but unless you quantify just how much time savings is involved once an eLearning program has been implemented, your argument might lack merit.

«Publicly available data and recent trends in space utilization indicate the Department of Education's arguments lack merit.»

This ruling confirms our long - held view that Apple's arguments lack merit.

As an established and much celebrated artist, Ford doesn't lack any merit to reinforce his position in the art world.

This is not to say their critiques always lack merit or will never be accepted.

The arguments regarding the analysis of surface records seems to be lacking merit.

We have seen nothing in the referee comments or the response materials from Mann et al. to indicate that our arguments lack merit.

John Merritt, the lawyer who sent the e-mail, clarified that he does not support lawsuits that make false allegations and lack merit.

Her lawsuit wasn't dismissed because it lacked merit.

Although these points usually lack merit, he argues, they can delay and frustrate enforcement proceedings because it is often the first time the local court has encountered these issues.