Lord Justice Jackson's review of civil litigation costs will have a significant impact on the funding of commercial
litigation claims with effect from April 2013.
Not exact matches
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions
with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements
with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements
with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts
with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships
with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future
litigation,
claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty
claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance
with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
In the event that you are able to demonstrate that the costs of Arbitration will be prohibitive as compared to the costs of
litigation, NBCUniversal will pay as much of your filing and hearing fees in connection
with the Arbitration as the Arbitrator deems necessary to prevent the arbitration from being cost - prohibitive, regardless of the outcome of the Arbitration, unless the Arbitrator determines that your
claim (s) were frivolous or asserted in bad faith;
The Briscoe Law Firm, PLLC is a full service business
litigation and shareholder rights advocacy firm
with more than 20 years of experience in complex
litigation matters, including
claims of investor and stockholder fraud, shareholder derivative suits, and securities class actions.
In 1985, the most recent year for which statistics are available, employers paid $ 21 billion in compensation
claims, excluding administrative and
litigation costs, compared
with $ 5 billion a decade earlier.
Wells Fargo believes its practices related to broker price opinion were «proper» and disagrees
with the
claims in the suit but agreed to settle to avoid further
litigation, bank spokesman Tom Goyda said in a statement.
BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances
with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to
litigation, including
litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated
with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry, and the company's previously disclosed review of strategic alternatives.
Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated
with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated
with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances
with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to
litigation, including
litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated
with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.
Salomon Inc. in connection
with the Nasdaq antitrust
litigation (United States Department of Justice and class actions) and the 1991 - 1992 criminal investigation and governmental
claims arising from its conduct of treasury security auctions.
Mr Jones brings the
claim on his own behalf and that of other persons who have entered into the
litigation funding agreement
with Bentham IMF.
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with your use of the Site, including, but not limited to, any Materials or User Content, (iii) any actual or alleged infringement by you, or any person accessing the Site, including, but not limited to, any Materials or User Content, using your password or account identifier, of any intellectual property or privacy or other right of any third party, or (iv) any unauthorized use of password protected Materials or User Content utilizing your account information, whether or not known or authorized by you.
The
litigation - lending industry has stooped to pitching directly to victims of mass shootings and women
with claims in the #MeToo movement.
Our firm regularly handles
claims pf discrimination from the administrative process and through
litigation, and is familiar
with the nuances of discrimination laws and recent trends in their interpretations.
Just to let you know where we are in this case, which is proceeding
with the deliberate pace of US
litigation: In late 2014, Ellora's Cave sued Dear Author and Jane, its proprietor,
claiming that Dear Author defamed EC by publishing a blog post stating that EC was not paying a set of its authors, editors, and cover artists in a timely fashion, and that there were additional indicia of financial difficulties, as evidenced by tax liens.
I know from my years of defending inspectors in
litigation and assisting insurance carriers
with claims all over the country that the requirements for what must be in an inspection contract vary widely among the states that have regulations in place.
DOE also
claims 6 years lead time for nuclear; at a round table discussion
with utility CEOs (from a business site I didn't bookmark and cant find), one of them said jestingly that a new nuclear plant takes 15 years — 5 for design & permitting, 5 for
litigation, and 5 for construction.
After law school Coreal and his wife moved to San Francisco, where Coreal joined a small civil
litigation firm, primarily representing cities in connection
with environmental
claims.
Pruitt also said that the CPP is inconsistent
with the Clean Air Act, which is a legally dubious
claim, according to environmental law experts, who say the issue is still under
litigation in U.S. federal district court in Washington, D.C.
The Vexatious Litigant by Trevor Todd, past President of the Trial Lawyers Association of BC, and Judith Milliken, QC, an estate
litigation, wills, and trusts lawyer
with Stewart Aulinger, Vancouver: «We learned first - hand about vexatious litigants in 1982 after winning a successful civil
claim.
This blawg examines the NBC television series The Office and comes up
with a per - episode estimate of the value of
litigation claims against Dunder Mifflin.
«Courts continue to struggle
with claims where the policyholder may not have provided notice as soon as one might have liked, and the coverage
litigation typically centers on whether the dispositive argument is «no harm, no foul» — that is, policyholders will argue that coverage is not lost unless the insurer has been prejudiced in some fashion from the allegedly «late» notice.
The difficulties
with a
claim of this nature may make it less likely that Lloyds will be willing to provide compensation for damage to reputation so the question is whether Noel wants to take the risk of
litigation against one of the UK's largest financial institutions.
The survey was administered to «in - house general counsel, senior litigators or attorneys, and other senior executives who are knowledgeable about
litigation matters at public and private companies
with annual revenues of at least $ 100 million,» and respondents were asked to rank only those states
with whose «liability systems» they
claimed to be familiar.
Daniel Chill arrived at her home in Ridgefield, Connecticut; he
claimed that, given the favorable results that he, along
with Reich and Mallis, had obtained in the estate
litigation, they were each entitled to a bonus; and, he explained that this type of bonus payment was routinely made to attorneys based upon excellent service.
My first seven years were spent primarily on the defense side, where I developed an intense frustration
with insurance carriers who would settle meritless
claims for nuisance value when the better long - term view would have been to fight against vexatious
litigation as a matter of principle.
At the moment of registration, the client receives the freed funds from the escrow account, while the investor or
litigation funder continues to be the bank creditor, set - off the
claim with funds on correspondent or non-resident accounts of the bank or collecting it through
litigation.
Deals
with clients in business
litigation such as that between Pillsbury and the SonicBlue board may be perfectly reasonable in most situations, but in bankruptcy, where the interests of creditors are paramount in a debtor - in - possession situation, such a deal undermines the entire process because Pillsbury could not be expected to fully pursue
claims against the board if Pillsbury was potentially on the hook for any damages by agreement.
Jason Pettus is a civil
litigation defense attorney
with a strong
litigation background through the representation of general contractors, subcontractors, owners, and design professionals in the resolution of all manner of construction issues, including construction / design defect
claims, environmental
claims and contractual disputes, catastrophic injury, premises liability, and motor vehicle accidents in both state and federal courts, as well as insurance coverage analysis, advisement of clients, and coverage
litigation.
Lawyers will now be able to advise their clients
with greater certainty, and this will help reduce
litigation costs and ultimately promote greater access to justice for meritorious
claims.
The District Court denied Kirtsaeng's motion, giving» «substantial weight» to the «objective reasonableness» of Wiley's infringement
claim,» and stating that» «the imposition of a fee award against a copyright holder
with an objectively reasonable» - although unsuccessful - «
litigation position will generally not promote the purposes of the Copyright Act,»» and that no other factors «outweighed» that objective reasonableness to warrant fee - shifting.
Patent
litigation, including managing electronic discovery efforts, working
with expert witnesses to draft invalidity and non-infringement reports, drafting
claim construction briefs and motions for summary judgment, and pre-trial preparations.
With several attorneys and an additional staff of more than thirty committed professionals serving the needs of clients in our Pikeville, Hazard and Lexington offices, the law firm of Gary C. Johnson, P.S.C., is ready to advise and represent people across the range of personal injury
claims — car accidents, medical malpractice, gas explosions, drug
litigation, mass tort and truck accidents.
RBS
claimed legal advice privilege in «transcripts, notes or other records» of interviews conducted by or on behalf of the bank
with its employees and ex-employees as part of internal investigations after the rights issue, but before
litigation was contemplated.
Stephen has a broad civil
litigation practice
with extensive experience in breach of trust
claims, commercial disputes, construction liens, construction and environmental liability
claims, First Nations consultation rights in land development, insurance coverage, product liability, professional liability and subrogation.
An experienced personal injury lawyer will begin
with the end in mind — preparing the
claim from the outset in such a way that both the lawyer and the client are ready for
litigation and trial — if necessary.
Conducting the defence of a multi-million pound whistleblowing
claim brought by a senior employee of a UK retail bank which involved investigation of all allegations, liaising
with the regulator, liaising
with the police in relation to criminal prosecutions, and defending the employment
litigation brought by the relevant employee.
In addition, Mr. Hallett works
with both businesses and individuals in all aspects of their insurance needs and disputes, including presentation of
claims, tenders to potentially responsible carriers, and bad faith
litigation.
· Our Appellate group is known for working
with our trial lawyers to handle
litigation in a broad range of areas, including qui tam actions and securities, oil and gas / energy, the First Amendment, patent and intellectual property, bankruptcy, tax, commercial transactions, business torts, mass torts, catastrophic personal injury
claims, condemnation and regulatory matters.
The CLM is the largest professional association in the insurance industry
with a membership of more than 45,000 professionals in the
claims resolution and
litigation management industries.
He emphasised that divorce proceedings which are generally administrative and straight - forward, should not be tied up
with the sometimes very protracted
litigation for the few divorcing couples
with contested financial
claims.
Representing banks that are exposed to
litigation arising out of their operations and relationships
with customers, including
claims for account fraud, check fraud and forged instruments, wire / electronic transfer fraud, credit and debit card fraud, ATM fraud, and for alleged violations of check - handling and security procedures.
With the diversified law practice of services for business clients the Tulsa employment
claims law firm offers, the employment advisors embrace their business savvy for negotiating contracts, stock options, and non-competes, but are experienced and prepared for
litigation if necessary.
Eversheds Sutherland acts in antitrust and competition law
litigation alongside corporate and commercial disputes, frequently
with practice head Joos Hellert in the lead: he represented a client from the luxury furniture sector in several sales antitrust law proceedings, and assisted a new client
with a corporate dispute, including cross-border elements, pertaining to the inclusion of shares in a medical device company and related damage
claims.
Lead counsel to specialized services business in
litigation against competitor and several former employees for violation of the Defend Trade Secrets Act, breaching / interfering
with confidentiality agreements, false advertising, disparagement and related
claims.
Our team has worked
with US federal, state and local government agencies to defend against governmental enforcement actions and citizen suits, response cost
litigation, indemnification
claims, toxic tort class actions, imminent and substantial endangerment
litigation, and criminal environmental
claims.
Mesa Law Firm successfully represented its client in a commercial
litigation matter it brought against an individual involving
claims of misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, tortious interference
with business relationships, defamation and injunctive relief.
We will advance court costs, investigation costs, cost of obtaining and presenting evidence, and other expenses related to
litigation of a personal injury
claim, in accordance
with the Revised Rules of Professional Conduct.
Often that debate occurs in the legislature, yet in some states it spills over into the courts,
with claims that
litigation funding contracts are illegal and unenforceable because they violate state regulations on loans.
From assisting mid-sized vendors in recovering arrears, to consulting international public companies in purchasing assets from a bankruptcy matter, to working
with entertainment based and other creditors in complex
claims litigation in insolvency matters, ADLI Law Group assists clients to explore opportunities or avoid liabilities that arise in bankruptcy proceedings.