Sentences with phrase «little recourse against»

Throttling, they said, deprived customers of data they believed they had paid for, with little recourse against AT&T.

If she doesn't file for child custody, for states that presume two parents who sign a birth certificate have custody of the child, an unwed mother may be left with little recourse against a father.

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And if contract workers lose a contract or are otherwise discriminated against on the basis of age, religion, sex, disability status, or national origin, they have little recourse.15 Moreover, discretionary company - provided benefits — such as paid leave and retirement contributions — are not typically available to independent contractors.

This is especially true of torture survivors who know what happens in societies where there are few boundaries against aggression and little recourse to the rule of law.

John would have no recourse (or very little) against Bob for cashing the check, and Jane could claim she was still owed the money from John.

The thoughtful, detailed analysis and judgment of the proposed move by the federal government to create a national securities regulator shows how little improvement there really is likely to be for the individual investor in solving key problems: high fees for mutual funds, costly access to government of Canada securities, lack of fiduciary responsibility by the industry towards investors, inadequate civil court recourse against misbehaving financial firms, priority given to financial system protection over investor interests.

The shock in this case, for me anyway, was that there is little or no recourse for the auction house or the seller against a balking buyer.

There is little recourse under this Act to remedy actual violence against or harassment of an employee.

Be wary of such a situation; if there is a complaint against your pet, you have little to no legal recourse if you are ordered to remove it or sell your unit.