Sentences with phrase «many plaintiff lawyers»
Won Kim, a Toronto - based class - action plaintiff lawyer, agrees that during a time where the TSX could be merging with LSE, and the NYSE could be swallowed by the Frankfurt stock exchange, a global - class precedent just makes sense.
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Regulators and plaintiffs lawyers say both restatements and sudden public bankruptcies often signal the presence of fraud.
It's the time of year that little kids and plaintiffs lawyers love.
History teaches us that investigative journalism provides a new tool in the plaintiff lawyer toolbox to building a complaint.
«I'm very happy with it,» Chris Seeger, one of the six plaintiff lawyers who helped hammer out the settlement told the Associated Press.
I've got mixed feelings about the plaintiff lawyer being Gloria Allred.
Mauney also «defriended» the plaintiffs lawyer.
Plaintiffs lawyers, however, are more helpful than defense lawyers.
«It was very important that plaintiffs lawyers understood that the company is made up of people, good people,» Baer told reporter Miller.
Attorneys Justin Leto and Larry Bassuk launched Level Insurance last month and it's too early to say whether the product is a success but they hope to carve out a niche in competition with existing lenders who finance plaintiff lawyers with high - interest loans, often secured by personal property.
But some Florida plaintiffs lawyers are calling for the FJA to take even harsher action against the executives.
As Walter Olson at Overlawyered shared yesterday, Seidel was hit with a subpoena by the plaintiffs lawyer Clifford Shoemaker in Sykes v. Bayer, a case that alleges that mercury used in the vaccine caused a plaintiff's autism.
«A Video Message to Stressed - Out Lawyers Living on The Pale Blue Dot Main Fish Got ta Swim, Birds Got ta Fly: Plaintiffs Lawyers Got ta Do Their Thing, Too»
But you wouldn't be Texas plaintiffs lawyer W. Mark Lanier, who also this week revealed plans to open his firm's first European office in London early next year.
The Daily Business Review reports [paid - access] that plaintiffs lawyers in Florida have been routinely filing motions for punitive damages in texting cases, but without much success until this case.
Very, very high on the list of people or groups that you do not want to scorn should probably be the nation's top plaintiffs lawyer group.
The plaintiffs lawyers opposed the motion, but also complained that if the defendants had shown the video earlier, they wouldn't have invested 21 months worth of litigation time, cost, doctors fees and judicial resources.
3) Question: I am a plaintiffs lawyer, and the defendant in a civil case I am working on refused to appear for the deposition we scheduled for him.
«Plaintiff lawyer ads targeting prescription drugs are frightening people out of taking prescribed medicines, and in some cases, even scaring them to death,» said ILR President Lisa A. Rickard.
He has been honored as a Super Lawyer (Top 100), Law Dragon's 500 Leading Plaintiffs Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers in America, and Professional Lawyer of the Year.
Named by lawdragon.com, Inaugural List of «The Lawdragon 500 Plaintiffs Lawyers» in the United States
«Incivility: I know it When I See it — Double Standards that Plaintiff Lawyers Face,» AAJ Convention, January 2008, San Juan, Puerto Rico (Speaker)
The commonality of arbitration clauses for nursing home entry varies by state, says Antonio Romanucci, a Chicago plaintiff lawyer who handles nursing - home - abuse lawsuits.
After all, if Merck spent $ 10 million defending against the components of the Vioxx claim related to consumer fraud, how can it possibly begrudge the plaintiffs lawyers» request for half that amount?
The plaintiffs lawyers had requested the material to benchmark the fees that they sought against the defendants» legal fees.
New Jersey Judge Ellen Higbee has taken an unusual approach to Merck's objections to the Vioxx plaintiffs lawyers» fee request, according to this article, Merck Drops Some Objections to Vioxx Plaintiffs» Fee Request (AP 11/13/06).
If it sometimes seems that plaintiffs lawyers are overzealous in their pursuit of potential defendants, here is an object lesson in why that strategy often makes sense.
Even though O'Keefe is a former plaintiffs lawyer himself, he's worried about the negative impression that these lawyers are making.
But the settlements show why plaintiffs lawyers sometimes need to be diligent in exploring liability, suggests Carl T. Bogus, a law professor at Roger Williams University School of Law.
The plaintiffs lawyers settled the case for $ 59 million, which sounds reasonable enough on the surface.
Marler stepped up and offered to do most of the work for his fellow plaintiffs lawyers.
«Is Marking Up Contract Lawyer Costs Worse When Plaintiffs Lawyers Do It?
Dale Felton is a semi-retired Texas plaintiffs lawyer of some distinction, particularly as an insurance law expert in car and truck crashes.
The plaintiffs lawyers obtained a ruling for sanctions for discovery abuse; the court was ready to strike DuPont's pleadings and encouraged the company to settle the case.
«Recasting the Image of Plaintiffs Lawyers Main A Handful of Ways for Law Firms to Compete on Price»
Another legal blog, A Georgia Lawyer, asked for reaction from another plaintiffs lawyer, C. Andrew Childers.
Back in 2007, famed patent plaintiffs lawyer Ray Niro even offered a bounty to anyone who could reveal the identity of the blogger.
Alison Burrison, Partner at McLeish Orlando LLP will speak about this case and provide her thoughts on the information that plaintiff lawyers need to provide to their clients when discussing and offering the option of litigation loans.
All of our civil litigation lawyers are proud and active members of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA), a vital province - wide network of plaintiff lawyers promoting justice for injury victims.
Michael Bersani, a personal injury plaintiffs lawyer for Michaels & Smolak PC in Syracuse, New York, said it has been in insurance companies» best interests to stall litigation given their considerable resources.
With the ever - decreasing Statutory Accident Benefits available to injured persons in Ontario, many plaintiff lawyers will be facing the dilemma of how to bridge the financial gap for their clients until their tort claim can be settled.
Plaintiff lawyers are continually reminded at education seminars that they must «carefully screen» their clients.
In this article published by Law360, Charles Platt outlines the most recent cases where plaintiff lawyers have challenged cost - of - insurance charges, with mixed results.
But neither the insurer defence lawyers nor the plaintiff lawyers (OTLA) have the slightest interest in cleaning up the shoddy IME / IE system which drives the Ontario auto insurance adjudication system.
Two justices dissented in the case, however, leading the plaintiffs lawyer to say that he would urge his client to appeal.
When the trial finally got underway, he continued to blog, relaying his impressions of the plaintiffs lawyer (whom he nicknamed «Carissa Lunt»), describing his «dress rehearsal,» and accusing jurors of dozing off.
«I think the plaintiff lawyers will have a case to say maybe this wasn't a settlement reached but if we weren't out there suing them nothing would have happened,» says Osborne.
As for plaintiffs lawyer «Clarissa Lunt,» she told reporter Saltzman that she found Flea's blog — which has now been taken down — «controversial yet intellectually stimulating.»
Later, as the case moved forward, Flea blogged about his deposition (here and here) and about Googling the plaintiffs lawyer and finding a PowerPoint she presented.
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