Sentences with phrase «less than the lawsuit»

Even if you're judgment proof, you may want to answer the suit if you believe you don't owe the debt or you owe less than the lawsuit claims.

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The drug at the heart of four lawsuits in New Jersey is insulin — «a century - old medicine that for most of its history cost $ 15 or less,» write Barrett and Langreth, but «whose list price has risen more than 270 percent over the past decade.»

In fact, while the billionaire doesn't mention it in his op - ed piece, he has also reportedly been involved in financing several other lawsuits against Gawker that haven't gone to trial, some of which have even less legal merit than the Gawker case.

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This vague language makes it difficult for women to prove they were paid less than a male counterpart because of their gender and deters many from even filing a lawsuit.»

The trick is that if things turn out better than expected — the restructuring proves less expensive than predicted, or the lawsuit gets settled on favourable terms — the company can release the reserves into earnings, providing a one - time boost to financial results.

Premiums for companies with less than $ 20 million in revenue range from $ 7,500 to $ 10,000; If a covered company gets slapped with a lawsuit from a patent troll, RPX will shoulder legal or settlement costs up to the company's limit (which starts at $ 1 million but can go up to $ 10 million), although that's only after it pays a retention, which RPX says starts at $ 25,000.

Last April, facing a Federal Court lawsuit launched by unions over the HD Mining workers, the federal government introduced reforms to the program, including removing a provision that allowed employers to pay temporary foreign workers up to 15 per cent less than the prevailing Canadian wage.

The three women filed a class - action lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court alleging that Google put them in lesser jobs than their male colleagues, which resulted in lower pay, and denied them promotions that would have advanced their careers.

Some of the more paranoid or lawsuit - fearing companies in the U.S. require office couples to sign a wavier or «love contract,» vowing that their relationship is consensual and neither will take legal action against their employer (or each other) should the love prove less than eternal.

This year has even seen a 401 (k) plan with less than $ 10 million in assets get hit with a lawsuit, a development that garnered the attention of many players in the small plan universe.

Less than three months after filing its lawsuit on the ABACUS deal, the SEC settled with Goldman Sachs for $ 550 million, bringing charges solely against a low level trader, Fabrice Tourre.

The lawsuit alleges that HP (along with Intel) misled the public by suppressing and concealing the alleged material fact that systems that use the Intel Pentium 4 processor are less powerful and slower than systems using the Intel Pentium III processor and processors made by a competitor of Intel.

Other times, an actual lawsuit ensues, as when Trump retained attorney Marc Kasowitz to sue journalist Tim O'Brien for $ 5 million, claiming O'Brien libeled the notoriously image - conscious developer by asserting Trump was worth much less than he claimed.

However, lawsuits and allegations suggest that perhaps up to 80 % of Subsys prescriptions were being written for off - label indications, which is a no - no, and that Insys» sales team was being less than forthright in angling physicians toward the drugs» approved indication.

As The Washington Post notes, The lawsuit says, «Inexplicably, the Officers failed to contact any properly trained mental health counselors or make any attempt to use less than lethal force and ignored the established police protocols to make attempts to de-escalate the situation.»

For the average person, this is less hassle than initiating a lawsuit against the city to try and fight it.

Attorneys for the plaintiffs today announced their filing of a collective action lawsuit against Darden Restaurants, the world's largest full - service restaurant group, alleging servers were paid less than the minimum wage and were not compensated for time they were required to work off the clock.

The lawsuit said one of the powders was a dried apple puree, and added there was less than one gram of the powder in each serving of the puffs.

gets a sexual harassment lawsuit, and no less than five potential presidential contenders will appear at the same event in Iowa tonight.

NEW YORK (WBEN / AP)-- Less than three months ago, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman went before the news cameras to announce a lawsuit accusing movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and his former studio of abusing and intimidating a multitude of women.

NEW YORK >> Less than three months ago, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman went before the news cameras to announce a lawsuit accusing movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and his former studio of abusing and intimidating a multitude of women.

Less than three months ago, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman went before the news cameras to announce a lawsuit accusing movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and his former studio of abusing and intimidating a multitude of women.

With less than two months remaining in his tenure as attorney general, Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo has filed two lawsuits against President Obama's former car czar, Steve Rattner, alleging he paid kickbacks in order to obtain $ 150 million in investments in his private equity firm, Quadrangle Group, from the state pension fund.

Respondents in this year's survey pointed to five main causes of the field's less than favorable reputation: drug and product recalls such as the withdrawal of Avandia; safety issues such as the discovery of problems with raw material from China used in medical products; scandals, including evidence that pharmaceutical companies have failed to release data from trials whose results cast doubts on their drugs» safety and efficacy; lawsuits brought against companies that failed to warn patients of problems with their products; and ethical issues such as kickbacks for physicians promoting specific medications.

This review is somewhat similar to the patent - opposition procedures available in other countries, such as the EPO, and possibly allows for a less costly way of challenging patents than through an inter partes patent reexamination or a lawsuit.

The required notification came months after the company filed its lawsuit with the U.K. courts and less than 36 hours before the case would have been dropped.

The agreement, stemming from the union's lawsuit charging that the state discriminated against women workers by paying them less than men doing comparable jobs, will affect more than 35,000 employees, including non-professorial and non-administrative workers in state colleges and universities.

Hyundai Motor Co. said today that the fuel economy of the All - New Sonata sedan was less than it had previously stated, an error that could further undermine the South Korean automaker's reliability after a slew of mileage - related lawsuits.

Less than a month before the trial was scheduled to begin, Apple has reached an out - of - court agreement to close an antitrust lawsuit alleging the company conspired with publishers to raise ebook prices.

On its homepage the company lists four patents that it purchased in the first two months of this year alone, along with no less than five patent violation lawsuits that were settled between Acacia and other companies.

While the publishers involved in the case settled out of court but maintain that there was no wrongdoing — citing that the settlement terms were ultimately less expensive than the legal fees to fight the lawsuit — Apple was not offered that opportunity yet has remained smugly confident that it will come out on top.

First, ebooks sold better in 2013 by numbers of total sales, but actually resulted in less overall revenue than they have in the past; this may stem from the understanding of where ebook pricing should fall, and the fact that Amazon was able to discount ebooks again after the stripping away of agency pricing following the DOJ lawsuit against the Big Five publishers.

Apple was criticized for not taking the judge's ruling lying down when it came time to a $ 200 + million verdict against it in the DOJ ebook pricing fixing lawsuit, despite the fact that the amount was less than one percent of its cash on hand.

The lawsuit states that Hainley purchased a Nook Color e-reader in December 2011 and the charging cable malfunctioned less than a year later.

The new entity might start out its life with a less - than - desirable development, though, namely a lawsuit against a certain Singaporean company that has recently been accused of Misappropriation of Business Ideas by TechCrunch.

According to the lawsuit, Hainley purchased a Nook Color ereader in December 2011 and the charging cable malfunctioned less than a year later.

The accusations in the lawsuits include purposely misleading borrowers toward short - term forbearance or deferment instead of the more generous income - driven repayment plans, not keeping borrowers informed of critical income - driven repayment plan re-enrollment deadlines, and handing out subprime, predatory loans to students at schools with a less than 50 percent graduation rate.

Although borrowers are getting behind less often than they did at the peak of the recession, the number of lawsuits filed by private lenders over delinquencies has «increased significantly in the past two years,» the Associated Press reports.

For the future education of government bureaucrats he's why: It took HUD less than a week to back down after facing a lawsuit from one of the most important groups in Washington, the American Association of Retired People.

Comparisons are difficult, but a high - profile lawsuit against the government that was recently thrown out by the B.C. Court of Appeal claimed veterans under the charter receive 40 per cent less than those with pensions.

The number of lawsuits filed over delinquent student loans that were made by private lenders has increased significantly in the past two years, lawyers told The Associated Press, even though borrowers are missing payments much less often than they did during the height of the recession.

I help consumers fight these cases and depending on the facts of your case, you may be able to get the debt buyer lawsuit dismissed, or settled for significantly less than the amount requested.

Rather than reduce the debt to zero balance on the books or file a lawsuit in court — which requires enormous red tape and, oftentimes, multiple court appearances — many creditors will accept a lesser amount.

That mess can include more — rather than less — debt and a string of creditor lawsuits.

Renters insurance is far less expensive than paying a lawyer to defend you against a lawsuit, especially one that's frivolous or resulting from injuries that just aren't all that serious.

Additionally, Ferguson's lawsuit argued that Navient handed out subprime, predatory loans to students at schools with a less than 50 percent graduation rate.

That's 26 % less than the debt settlement company and the consumer would not have been in default with their creditors and having to fend off collections and lawsuits.

According to the lawsuit, filed on April 18 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois by Dennis Adkins of Orland Park, Ill., the dog became ill and died of kidney failure less than two weeks after consuming the treats in March.

The lawsuit claims that Wal - Mart at times gave a refund or credit on a product purchased from a Wal - Mart or Sam's Club retail location within the United States or online from Walmart.com or Samsclub.com for delivery within the United States, and the amount of sales tax refunded or credited was less than the full amount...