Sentences with phrase «of much litigation»

It was a period of injustice and of much litigation.

She is Canada's first aboriginal justice minister who has already changed the course of much litigation under the previous Conservative government.

Greene also warns that some tax avoidance schemes, notably film finance avoidance schemes have been «the subject of much litigation and now convictions for conspiracy to defraud the Revenue».

Film finance avoidance schemes have been the subject of much litigation and now convictions for conspiracy to defraud the Revenue.

Not exact matches

His research on U.S. patent litigation estimates that as much as 75 percent to 80 percent of patents are junk.

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;

How much control will you have over the conduct of litigation?

The decision will clear the way for the four generic competitors in this litigation to start producing generic versions of Restasis at a much lower cost.

Even taking into account the much larger size of the economy today, the economic impact of patent litigation today is an order of magnitude larger than it was in the age of the telegraph.

Martijn Wilder, Baker & McKenzie partner in charge of global environmental markets and climate change, said the firm hadn't done much climate litigation in the past but the pace of inquiries from companies seeking reassurance about any potential liability had quickened.

Nevertheless, it seems to me that companies would wait with a bankruptcy filing until after it knows the outcome of the litigation and how much — if anything much — it will cost.

However, with this potential litigation, as much as $ 44 billion, that is one of those giant killer kind of litigation things, and something that is always a major risk when you're investing in anything that involves the exploitation of natural resources.

The concept opens up a lot of risk and possible litigation; I do not believe we will see much of this in the near future since it can be viewed as discriminatory.

No financial services company wants to find itself apologizing to the public and regulators for discriminatory effects caused by its own technology, much less paying damages in the context of government enforcement or private litigation.

For years, the pro-life movement poured much of its energy into litigation, confident that Roe and Doe would eventually be limited, if not expressly overruled.

The authors then consider the position in other jurisdictions (such as the US, where the prospect of treble damages has encouraged much more significant private litigation) before making some suggestions for improving the rate of private litigation.

«If the governor is going to hire people for his political operation, he should be much more transparent and not bury them in corners of state government so as to avoid scrutiny,» said Dick Dadey, executive director of the government reform group Citizens Union, which is currently in litigation with the Cuomo administration over a 2016 nonprofit lobbying law.

Silver refused to divulge how much he made as «of counsel» attorney for the asbestos litigation specialists or precisely what he did to earn his salary and fees.

«School districts can continue their graduation exercises as planned before this litigation began,» state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell said during a conference call with reporters following the much - anticipated ruling.

Only in the world of adequacy litigation could this be a disappointment to the plaintiffs, but the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE) was hoping for much more.

Joseph Viteritti's Feature essay «Vouchers on Trial» tells us that even a decision allowing the Cleveland program to proceed will be followed by much litigation over the many state - created «walls of separation.»

Much of the litigation, particularly early on, centered on the issue of funding equity.

Whilst it is arguable that the matter could have been pursued for much less, the reality is that litigation is a very costly exercise, with the risk that the losing party will be exposed to pay the legal costs of the successful party.

Little has been accomplished after decades of litigation and much admonition of state legislatures by state supreme courts.

Though an extremely controversial law, much contested in legislative, administrative, and even electoral venues for the past several years, No Child Left Behind (NLCB) has not generated a large volume of litigation.

In states like New Jersey, he said, adequacy litigation has lasted 40 years and resulted in much higher levels of school spending without marked improvement.

Despite the fact that there has been much litigation with parents prevailing on the issue of inclusive preschools and much guidance from the Department of Education, this issue continues to be very prevalent.

Determining what resources are needed to fund K - 12 education equitably and how much these resources cost have become the principal focus of state level education finance litigation following Rodríguez v. San Antonio 1973.

«Today's decision gives hope back to Watts and East Los Angeles that their kids count every bit as much as students everywhere else,» said Catherine Lhamon, director of impact litigation at Public Counsel Law Center.

Much of the litigation our school attorneys handle involves allegations that a school district discriminated against an employee or a student, including claims pursuant to the Missouri Human Rights Act, Kansas Act Against Discrimination, Title VI or Title VII / Title IX.

You have in your packet a blue sheet that gives you the order of the day, so I won't belabor that too much, but I will just remind you that we're going to start out with a session on history this morning; then go to a lunchtime segment that will focus on some of the relevant federal constitutional issues, including evaluations of the federal attacks on and defenses of the Blaine amendments; then we will finish off the day with a session that will focus on litigation strategy related to these amendments and some of the arguments being made for and against them in that litigation, as well as a focus on how debates over faith - based initiatives and school vouchers are affected by these particular state constitutional restrictions.

But after much litigation over the ownership of public domain works, Google decided to the other route, and deal with publishers, and authors directly to sell copyrighted work and get a take.

You also probably have a much lower chance of getting into or having to pay for litigation, although it can certainly happen.

In addition, the Company expects the judge hearing the Company's long running litigation with the former minority owners of the Company's Haru segment to issue a decision in the case shortly which will require the Company to make a payment of at least $ 3.7 million (the amount offered by the Company) and as much as $ 10 million (the amount sought by the former minority owners).

Thus past litigation results are clouded in mystery which makes it much harder for an attorney to gauge the likely - hood of future success.

That's the crux of much of the mortgage litigation that's going on around the country, so you want to be aware of it if you've got a mortgage and are headed to bankruptcy.

After much tortuous reading of legal filings / documents, I gradually came to the conclusion that this litigation did not represent a real financial risk to Argo.

All very necessary I'm sure, but the ship has been pretty much righted and the company's life - threatening litigation has been out of the way for a year now.

But Obama faces a reality that many of these groups seem slow to recognize: While the 20th - century toolkit preferred by traditional environmentalists — litigation, regulation and legislation — remains vital to limiting domestic pollution risks such as the oil gusher, it is a bad fit for addressing the building human influence on the climate system, which is driven now mainly by a surge in emissions mostly outside United States borders in countries aiming to propel their climb out of poverty on the same fossil fuels that generated much of our affluence.

According to Riverkeeper, those dates are very likely sooner than what could have been achieved through litigation, which could have dragged on much longer, with no guarantee of success.

Become much more involved in the judicial system to support the interests of the business community by, among other things, filing litigation and amicus curiae briefs in important cases.

The key legal question in much of the litigation is whether the companies understood risks of global warming well enough, and early enough, to be held accountable for damages that are already occurring and are likely to grow.

This could be financial fear (of not having the means to replace something if it breaks, or feeling guilty for having spent so much), fear of litigation, of not being able to find something, or of missing out.

The «language» suffices to show that the «dialog» has been «opened» insofar as future litigation as being pursued, litigation which was estimated as having «not much downside» by and for the party stating, in provision of future litigation:

I suspect that much of the increased patent litigation costs come from companies that are bringing questionable cases based upon inflated damages theories or refusing to settle infringement cases against them despite the fact that the facts do not support their case.

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While some attorneys find litigation nerve wracking, much of the work suits his personality.

But the role of this new brand of mentor is much more than dispensing pointers on pulling together court - friendly litigation.

Thanks to no - fault insurance in Ontario and the insurance lobby push to limit recovery for whiplash, automobile litigation has become much more complex and there are a number of plaintiff - focused boutiques that have arisen, specializing in things such as catastrophic claims.

Winkler has spent much of his career on the bench pushing for improved access to fair, timely, and affordable civil litigation in the justice system and he continues to fight that battle.