Sentences with phrase «more cases settle»

In 2012, federal civil case filings fell by 3.7 percent, and anecdotally we saw more cases settle and more pressure to trim costs.

Lawyers will hopefully have more confidence that their clients» cases will be heard by a suitably qualified judge with a financial remedy background and one would hope as a consequence of the greater certainty in outcome that it will lead to more cases settling at an earlier stage in the litigation.

Not exact matches

It is also striking news for those who remember that Microsoft paid $ 97 million more than a decade ago to settle a case brought by re-classified independent contractors who sued for employee benefits.

But as of December 31, 1991, the IRS no longer settles for 100 % of last year's bill in cases in which taxpayers earn adjusted gross incomes of at least $ 75,000, paid quarterly estimated taxes during any of the three previous years, and earn $ 40,000 more than they did last year.

Dow says it has no liability because it bought the company responsible for the plant more than a decade after the cases had been settled.

The ride - hailing service settled two cases for $ 100 mln, calling drivers contractors but making them look even more like employees.

But we needn't achieve mathematical exactitude, nor be able to settle every case, to know (for example) that a fine can be a fitting punishment for vandalism, or that armed robbery deserves a more severe punishment than petty theft.

A Secret Service discrimination case that has spanned more than 20 years was settled out of court for $ 24 million yesterday.

For in this case he knows more of God than the so - called believer who regards God as a question which he has long settled to his own satisfaction.

Appreciate the article for what it is, criticism is reasonable, but arrogance isn't going to win your argument when you belittle the other side because (1) the issue (in this case, Christianity) has been argued for centuries and isn't going to be settled by your argument here, and (2) the more arrogant you are, the worse your ideas look.

In all honesty, I was hoping that the green layer would be a little more vibrant and just a little more enticing, but after multiple attempts to make it brighter, I will settle with the murky green I got instead because taste trumps visual appeal in this case.

Sonoma County Vintner Steve Kistler to Pay More Than $ 500,000 to Settle Creek Pollution Case: A Sonoma County vintner has agreed to pay $ 579,700 to settle water code violations stemming from the release of muddy pond water into a Valley Ford creek that supports spawning fish, state officials announced ThursSettle Creek Pollution Case: A Sonoma County vintner has agreed to pay $ 579,700 to settle water code violations stemming from the release of muddy pond water into a Valley Ford creek that supports spawning fish, state officials announced Thurssettle water code violations stemming from the release of muddy pond water into a Valley Ford creek that supports spawning fish, state officials announced Thursday...

NO, If we can be honest and unbiase No they are all right to be disappointed in Arsenal because we are supose to be this BIG CLUB and we have failed to live up to big club expectation and ability and yes not only the top five have improved but sadly the rest are catching up, I'm not saying we are a total disaster but we should do better, I'm going to stick my neck out here but I think we will finish 3rd this season only because Chelsea failed to buy one or two players more for depth in case of injury and Spuds could have problems settling at Wembley and Liverpool could lose their top player in January and have injury problems and worst they have OX?

This adds to the concern that Chartwells, whose parent company recently settled a $ 18 million court case for its failing to pass on rebates to NYC schools, is more concerned about earning a large profit margin than about the quality of the food it serves.

Two more McHenry County judges have recused themselves from hearing the case of a lawsuit to settle the ownership of the Crystal Lake lake bed.

In 2010, Sodexo — which made a deal with Magic Food Provisions to form SodexoMagic — settled a $ 20 million case in New York after it allegedly overcharged more than 20 of the state's school districts for food service.

We settled on 10 days of trying — more than a week and less than two weeks in case he hated it and we'd need to try something else — and we decided to kick things off with a big family dinner.

The district settled the case a year later, agreeing to a court order to spend more money in minority neighborhoods, though it never admtted to engaging in discrimination.

That includes three settlements of $ 1 million or more with families of inmates who died on Rikers Island, including Jerome Murdough, who died in an overheated cell and whose case Mr. Stringer settled.

In addition to whatever Lopez paid to settle the case, the city also put up more than $ 100,000 for the alleged victims.

«What was demanded was tremendously more than what the case was ultimately settled for,» he said, «and the judgment of settling the case was that we will save the state money on potential liabilities here, in addition to the fact that the assemblyman agreed to pay a sum for his own actions.»

New Yorkers have paid more than $ 10 million over the last nine years to settle 88 cases of sexual harassment, discrimination, and related cases in state government, almost all of which were brought by women reporting groping, come - ons and demeaning treatment.

And on Wednesday, POLITICO reported that the state government spent at least $ 6.4 million to settle more than 1,000 sexual harassment cases over a six - year period.

David's letter noted the governor's appointments represent «far less than a majority» and that the panel negotiated the deal with Nicolla and settled on a price well below market value, saving taxpayers more than $ 500,000 — a point that was also made to the newspaper by E. Stewart Jones, an attorney who represents Nicolla in his unrelated criminal case involving SUNY Poly.

In October, Mr. Cuomo told Mr. Rattner's team he would settle the original case but only if Mr. Rattner paid a penalty substantially more than the amount that the S.E.C. was seeking in its own parallel investigation.

The Guardian claimed News Group Newspapers, which publishes titles including the News of the World, had paid out more than # 1m to settle cases that threatened to reveal evidence of its journalists» alleged involvement in telephone hacking.

Following five years of scrutiny, more than ten retractions, multiple settled lawsuits, and medical board reprimands, we may finally have some resolution on the case of Anil Potti, the once - rising cancer research star who resigned from Duke in 2010.

Alternatively if your partner has children, it could be the case that they don't want to settle down with you because they have other responsibilities that they put before their own relationship, but they enjoy spending time with you in a more casual level.

And the leaders of K - 12 Inc. settled a high - profile court case with California Attorney General Kamala Harris this year, agreeing to dispense millions in payments and debt relief to their nonprofit school operators after state officials said the Virginia - based company misled the state in order to take in more public funding.

So, the book industry is basically saying they'd prefer to proceed in the more generally accepted capitalist format: you charge a lot up front to recoup initial marketing or R&D or production costs, and the price diminishes over time — or, as I think will be the case with e-books, you charge too much at first, figure out no one's going to buy the darn things at 15 balloons, and settle in at $ 9.99 within a few years.

Judge encourages parties to settle Google Books case; Survey shows more book clubs using e-books; Google to provide platform to read Harry Potter e-books

Three of the five publishers named in the class - action lawsuit and the Department of Justice investigation and suit against Apple and Penguin, Macmillan, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, and Harper Collins have already settled out of court with the DoJ, but today the judge on the case took another of those three... [Read more...]

The Vigilante's case, on the other hand, is settled more than satisfactorily.

I am a very low risk tolerance person... 18 years to retirement... I am NOT looking for stock market like gains because I can't stomach losing funds — I'll settle on the slow buy steady grow and a guaranteed payout at age 68 (and I know not to put more than 100k with a company because that is what my state insures each acct for in the case my AM Best «A» rated company goes under.

Peters is involved in more than 15 such cases right now and typically advises clients to settle.

In some cases, a leash and head halter might be a more practical means to get the dog to settle and calm in the car, with or without the use of a crate or seat belt.

Since the plaintiffs claimed that burning of fossil fuels puts deadly CO2 into the atmosphere, causing all their forecasted death & destruction, then why didn't the oil companies ask the judge for a restraining order to prevent the plaintiffs from burning any more fossil fuels at least until the case was settled one way or the other?

Why would Adrants jump to the conclusion that female lawyers are more likely to settle a case?

On the day of trial, with both parties» counsel twice indicated to the recorder who was to hear the case that, if granted a little more time, they might be able to settle the case.

Alarie: we deal with this now; judgments change interpretation; machine will deal with this the same way we do as new information added; cases that end up being adjudicated are already a fraction of disputes that arise, i.e. many settled or abandoned; time of the courts better spent dealing with marginal cases; opportunity to spend more time considering these cases more carefully, better decisions, and more informative; many cases should not go to court

I clicked his name and came to a page that gave more information on his record, including that he had settled an estimated 85.45 percent of the personal injury cases he'd handled.

With more than a decade of experience, John has tried cases, defended against and obtained injunctive relief, reversed and defended judgments on appeal, and settled disputes for his clients.

The case settled for an amount significantly less than the plaintiffs» pretrial demand of more than $ 1 billion.

Once you settle the claim you can't reopen the case if it turns out your injuries are more severe or if you need more treatment as recommended by your doctor.

When one or more of those cases settle, the court can still try the remaining case and avoid losing a week of scheduled trials.

It is the collective experience of the attorneys collaborating on this site that 90 percent or more of personal injury cases handled by an experienced personal injury attorney settle before trial.

(That is, give out - of - court spoken testimony — see the «Discovery» discussion for more about this) In this case, the couple was able to settle after depositions showed their story was backed by the evidence.

An adjuster will be quick to settle your claim — assuming they do not try to blame you for the accident — but in many cases, you may be able to recover significantly more damages in court or in an out - of - court settlement.

Oddly, it is sometimes actually more difficult to settle cases with your own insurance company than with the at - fault driver's.

Less than 90 days later, he was able to get the case settled for a substantially more that the original offer — even after the legal fees were deducted.