Sentences with phrase «narrow the issues early»

For example, when the Apple / Samsung global patent litigation disputes started a few years ago, some commentators attributed the parties» decision not to litigate in Canada to inter alia, our lengthy discovery process and our apparent reluctance to narrow the issues early on (for example by providing claim charts (for both validity and infringement) at a preliminary stage).

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In a ruling issued earlier this month, but was made known yesterday, a Livingston County court judge allowed a lawsuit against the state's same - sex marriage law to continue, writing in scathing opinion that New York's notoriously narrow Open Meetings Law could be reviewed in the case.

Elsewhere, Electronic Arts has bypassed the issue by setting its Battlefront: X-Wing VR mission in the cockpit of a spacecraft, while Ubisoft (which has invested heavily and relatively early in VR experimentation) has discovered that narrowing the player's field of vision in its interesting sim Eagle Flight reduces instances of nausea.

Landslides have always been an issue for the city due to its steep hills, clay soil and narrow valleys, but they usually occur in late spring and early early summer.

Hiring an experienced attorney early in the process can increase the likelihood of an early settlement, or at least narrow the scope of issues that must be submitted to arbitration or court.

Legal Action Group (LAG) welcomes the increased pressure on the government regarding this issue, but we are warning that action needs to be taken urgently, as civil legal aid is becoming a narrow collection of specialisms dominated by child protection, with shrinking provision for the type of early advice services needed by the general public.

Or an early preparation / management meeting (for example with experts) to focus and narrow the issues?

The purpose of the Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE) is to reduce the cost and duration of litigation by providing an early opportunity for realistic settlement negotiations or to narrow the issues in disEarly Neutral Evaluation (ENE) is to reduce the cost and duration of litigation by providing an early opportunity for realistic settlement negotiations or to narrow the issues in disearly opportunity for realistic settlement negotiations or to narrow the issues in dispute.

The narrow issue before the Supreme Court was the meaning of the term «circumstances» and whether the lost opportunity for early release and parole in pre-sentence detention can be such a circumstance, capable of justifying enhanced credit at a rate of 1.5:1

Early research into tenure may narrow the issues between the parties significantly.