Sentences with phrase «of plaintiff cases»

Interviewed prospective clients and assisted the attorney in the evaluation of plaintiff cases to determine legal matter.

Hence the conspiracy element based on Oreskes «Merchants of Doubt» and the Scripps La Jolla meeting in 2012 is an essential part of the plaintiff case on order to claim monetary damages.

Not exact matches

The lead plaintiff in that case, Jacqueline Halbig, was a director of the White House Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives under George W. Bush.

Additionally, courts have dismissed cases arising out of the recall because the plaintiff could not establish that she purchased a defective package.

The plaintiffs in that case claim Facebook broke Illinois state law on the issue of biometric privacy.

Disney shareholders lost their case but the final ruling set a new bar for directors when approving these kinds of exit packages: «If a director acts with conscious disregard — in other words, a looking away — rather than a deliberate intent to violate his duties, he can still be held liable for acting in bad faith,» plaintiffs» attorney Steven G. Schullman told the New York Times back in 2006.

In any case, in addition to the court - determined fair value price, the plaintiff also gets accrued interest of 5 % over the federal funds rate.

In a federal trademark infringement case, for instance, a plaintiff seeking a quick injunction would encounter at the threshold the high hurdle of showing «irreparable harm» — a standard that won't be met if money damages will provide the plaintiff with adequate recompense for any damages incurred — and it might also have to post an expensive bond (a major hurdle for a nonprofit).

The strongly worded ruling from Judge Leon was in a case brought against the governors of the Federal Reserve by a group of plaintiffs including the National Association of Convenience Stores, the National Retail Federation, the Food Marketing Institute, Miller Oil Co., Boscov's Department Store and the National Restaurant Association.

«The court rejected (the plaintiff's) theory that the newspaper's publication violated her right to privacy because her post to MySpace was made virtually to everyone with an internet connection,» Zaller wrote in a blog post two years ago, asserting the case could apply to situations of employees posting on social media.

David Sanford, chairman of Sanford Heisler Sharp, the law firm that argued the largest - ever employment gender discrimination case to go to trial — a class action suit against Novartis Pharmaceuticals that resulted in a $ 253 million jury award for plaintiffs in 2010, reduced post-trial to $ 175 million — noted that in that case, the company had just three investigators for a workforce of thousands.

If both sides, through their eyes and their people's eyes, have concluded that the plaintiff is absolutely going to win this case, and the plaintiff is going to get a lot of money because they're totally on board with everything that has been presented, then that might be a good reason for the defendant to agree to a settlement with the plaintiff for less money than the potential exposure if the jury comes back and finds willful infringement.

The district has been perceived to be a favorable jurisdiction for plaintiffs in patent infringement lawsuits, which win 88 % of the time compared to a nation - wide average of 68 % in 2006, [6] even, according to some claims, in dubious cases (i.e. patent trolls).

Contrary to what the plaintiffs in the case were claiming, there was no «flooding» of any sort, according to the solar industry association in response to the court ruling.

When the International Trade Court ruled in favor of plaintiffs Suniva and SolarWorld in their case against cheap Chinese solar module and cell imports, reactions were polarized: the U.S. solar industry was outraged — as it had been for most of the duration of the court investigation — and investors, apparently, were extremely upbeat for the future of this same outraged industry, sending solar stocks sky - high.

The move struck observers as odd because most plaintiffs seeking damages usually hope to settle the case by leveraging the deep pockets of an insurer.

The proposed act has also garnished the attention of Theo Chino, virtual currency entrepreneur and plaintiff in the Chino v. the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) case.

DOL filed a motion Friday requesting that the three lawsuits pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas be consolidated; the plaintiffs agreed to consolidation but insisted that each of the cases be allowed to «retain their separate identities» and move forward «expeditiously.»

DOL filed a request on June 20 that the three lawsuits pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas be consolidated; the plaintiffs agreed to consolidation but insisted that each of the cases be allowed to «retain their separate identities» and move forward «expeditiously.»

The plaintiffs» motion states that in June 14 and 15 conference calls, counsel for the three sets of plaintiffs stated that they supported coordination or consolidation, «subject to the parties» agreement that these three cases will retain their separate identities, allowing each set of plaintiffs to file separate briefs, make separate oral arguments, and independently make other litigation decisions.»

Wagner: While the Intel case is an offshoot of the excess fee and stock drop cases and utilizes many of the same legal theories, I doubt the new complaint will open up new opportunities for the plaintiffs» bar, since its underlying facts are fairly unique, specifically that an individual account plan offered alternative investments.

The main case, filed in Delaware's Chancery Court, is heading toward resolution; plaintiffs may try to add this latest stock grant to the bill of particulars.

The first line of cases began with In re Daou Sys., where the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court's decision dismissing a Section 10 (b) action on the ground that the plaintiffs had not alleged any disclosures that defendants were engaging in improper accounting practices.

The district court in First Solar ultimately applied the standard from the Daou line of cases and held that plaintiffs did not need to show that the market reacted to the fact that First Solar had committed fraud in order to satisfy the loss causation requirement.

Plaintiffs in the court case that threw out the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule declared «complete victory» against the rule and said the way is now clear for the Securities and Exchange Commission to create a new standard that would apply across financial disciplines.

In the single most egregious case of alleged fraud, BP sued Mikal Watts in December 2013, alleging that the powerful San Antonio plaintiffs» attorney falsely claimed to represent tens of thousands of «phantom» victims of the -LSB-...]

Over the past decade, nearly 40 percent of all patent cases in the U.S. have been filed in Marshall and Tyler, Texas, two places known for their plaintiff - friendly decisions and sky - high court costs.

One of them, involving the state of California, looks to have been a sound legal ruling: the Court dismissed the case for lack of standing of the plaintiffs.

In the Texas case, plaintiff's lawyers are going for multimillions in damages, and to get that kind of money are claiming that not only the diocese but the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) and its operating arm, the United States Catholic Conference (USCC), are liable for not properly supervising the priests in question.

AT the end of the Prop 8 appeals Case in California, the judge asked the plaintiff's attorney how exactly SS marriage threatens traditional marriage.

Lively, with representation by Liberty Counsel (an evangelical legal organization), responded that in both the U.S. and Uganda he exercised constitutionally protected speech rights; that he opposes violence and neither committed nor plotted any; that Uganda did not in fact pass a proposed draconian anti-gay law, and that in any case Uganda's political institutions, instead of himself, are responsible for its political decisions; and that the court lacks jurisdiction and the plaintiffs lack standing.

Raymond Abbott's name appeared as lead plaintiff in a court case brought by Camden and several other poor school districts against the State of New Jersey, demanding that the state provide equal funding for all schools.

The case was found in favor of the plaintiffs in a $ 32 million award.

In its first case to address the ministerial exception doctrine in light of the Supreme Court's Hosanna - Tabor ruling, the court held that plaintiff Philip Cannata, a music director, was a «minister» for purposes of the ministerial exception doctrine.

But yesterday saw one of the first rulings to address the merits of lawsuits by nonprofit plaintiffs (39 cases and counting), notes Religion Clause, which has...

Thus it was in the celebrated case of Rylands v. Fletcher (1868) in the law of tort, in which water from the defendant's reservoir had flooded the mines of the plaintiff and put them out of use.

The high percentages of cases won by amparo plaintiffs and the great volume of cases initiated each year demonstrate that the Mexican judiciary is an important allocator of values, scarce resources, and sanctions in the National political system.

He joined with a number of other DC residents on the case but was the lead plaintiff in Jackson v District of Columbia Board of Elections.

With extensive expert testimony, the plaintiffs made the case that secular humanism functions in many respects for its adherents as a religion (with ministers, fellowship, ceremonies marking the milestones of life, and a missionary program), and that it has many of the substantive characteristics of a religion as well, including a coherent interpretation of all of reality.

I thought the judge said that the plaintiff didn't make his case... it was lack of evidence, officially, not because of religion.

He adds, «Where we might have hoped for a level of calm analysis and civic, even civil, discussion of the case in all of its humanity and complexity, we have been given little more than banner headlines, orchestrated press conferences, serial fascination with priestly deviancy, and plaintiff strategy.»

Kyle Duncan, general counsel of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty who argued the case, says this is a significant victory for religious plaintiffs (including schools with similar lawsuits, like Biola University, Liberty University, and Tyndale House Publishers).

The plaintiffs» lawyers, Eric Rassbach and Diana Verm, pointed out that even the person the case is now against — the new Secretary of Health and Human Services, Thomas Price — is on their side.

Can a line be drawn between the plaintiffs in this case and a majority of stockholders in a publicly - traded corporation who want their corporation to reflect some consensus religious belief?

Investor advocate, Mark Elliott — who recently won a class action on behalf of investors in Downer EDI — lodged the claim on behalf of investor John Webster, who will act as «lead plaintiff» in the case on behalf of other investors who join the action.

In the case, Grocery Manufacturers Association v. Sorrell (No. 5:14 - cv - 117), the Grocery Manufacturers Association, Snack Food Association, International Dairy Foods Association, and National Association of Manufacturers (the «Plaintiffs») are challenging Vermont's Act 120, which requires that certain foods sold at retail stores in Vermont bear mandatory labeling if they contain genetically - engineered ingredients.

In that case Gaidry, a manufacturer of a sauce labelled «Tabasco Pepper Sauce,» brought suit against McIlhenny Company for damages for alleged wrongful conduct in interfering with the plaintiff's business by falsely and in bad faith representing to dealers throughout the country that it had an exclusive trade - mark in the name «Tabasco,» and threatening injunction and other legal proceedings against those who handled any sauce called «Tabasco» not made by the said McIlhenny Company.

«The Fair Labor Standards Act provides employees the ability to join forces in a «collective action» and seek justice from large corporations that they could not afford to bring on their own,» said David Lichter, a co-founder and partner of Higer Lichter & Givner, one of the law firms representing plaintiffs in this case.

In addition, in the event the criminal case went to trial, one of the defense attorneys would have spent a little time on the plaintiff being in a bar at age 18, «Tell me, miss, how did you get into the bar?

Had the Plaintiff gone to Sparrow's ER on the morning of the 12th and had a SANE nurse do a rape kit there might have been pubic hair samples or semen samples, both which might produce DNA evidence which would strengthen the prosecution case.