Sentences with phrase «plaintiffs and defendants before»

Key focuses his practice on IP litigation, including patents, trademarks and copyrights, in which he has represented both plaintiffs and defendants before numerous federal district and appellate courts, including the Courts of Appeal for the First, Fourth and Federal Circuits, and the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as the USPTO.

A trial lawyer for four decades, he has tried a wide variety of cases, having represented both plaintiffs and defendants before juries in 28 Georgia counties from North to South, as well as in Federal court, and courts - martial in West Germany during his days as a U. S. Army JAGC lawyer.

Brian originally worked in the Competition Directorate of the European Commission and has for the past 27 years represented US - and Europe - based companies both as plaintiffs and defendants before the Commission in Brussels and the European Courts of Justice in Luxembourg.

Not exact matches

The plaintiff is seeking: A declaration that upon a true and proper interpretation of the provisions of the 1992 Constitution, particularly Articles 88 (5), 218 (a) and (e), 284 and 287 thereof, the 1st defendant can not act as the legal representative for Honourable Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta, the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Ghana, in a pending investigation bordering on conflict of interest and abuse of office before the 2nd Defendant; A further declaration that the purported response filed by the 1st Defendant on behalf of the said Honorable Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta in respect of the petition concerning conflict of interest and abuse of office before the 2nd Defendant is unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect whdefendant can not act as the legal representative for Honourable Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta, the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Ghana, in a pending investigation bordering on conflict of interest and abuse of office before the 2nd Defendant; A further declaration that the purported response filed by the 1st Defendant on behalf of the said Honorable Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta in respect of the petition concerning conflict of interest and abuse of office before the 2nd Defendant is unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect whDefendant; A further declaration that the purported response filed by the 1st Defendant on behalf of the said Honorable Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta in respect of the petition concerning conflict of interest and abuse of office before the 2nd Defendant is unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect whDefendant on behalf of the said Honorable Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta in respect of the petition concerning conflict of interest and abuse of office before the 2nd Defendant is unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect whDefendant is unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect whatsoever;

The judgment read in part, «The crucial question that follows is this: when the 1st defendant (House of Representatives) sent the letter of 20/3/2002 to the Plaintiff (el - Rufai) to appear before its Ethics and Privileges Committee, was it engaged in the making of a law within its legislative competence or to expose corruption and inefficiency in a public department?

While the district withdrew as a defendant in the case before the trial started, she was called by the defense in an effort to impeach the testimony of a plaintiffs» witness, Nicholas Melvoin, a former LA Unified teacher at Markham Middle School in Watts, who had testified last month that teacher layoffs in 2009 resulted in effective teachers being dismissed and morale at the school eroded.

I must say that I find it somewhat ironic that a jerk who claims he is continually attacked should be the plaintiff in six actions before the court and the defendant in none.

Although the defendant maintained that she only texted at a stop light, another motorist said she saw the defendant continue to text after the light turned green and that the defendant almost hit the witness» vehicle before she hit the plaintiff's vehicle.

We have represented plaintiffs and defendants in more than 100 trials and legal proceedings in all forums — state, federal and foreign courts; arbitration and mediation inside and outside the United States; and administrative proceedings before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), the USPTO and international patent offices.

Sometime before September, 2009, that employee approached the plaintiff and asked if he would be interested in employment with the defendant.

The tapes and transcripts thereof were not provided by the plaintiff to defendants» counsel until just before the witness appeared to testify, some seven days after the trial commenced.

Liability was in issue in the case, with the Plaintiff arguing that he was clearly there to be seen, and ICBC»S lawyer arguing that the Defendant was there for the Plaintiff to be seen, and that the Plaintiff had left his place of safety i.e. the walkway, before walking into the path of the Defendant.

Too often this valuable tool is used for the defendants or insurance companies to gain an edge on plaintiff attorney's or injury victims, but despite the questionable tactics, the underlying product and concept of structured settlements is probably MORE valuable to injury victims now than ever before.

«This cause came on for final hearing before the court upon the plaintiff wife's second amended complaint for separate maintenance (alimony unconnected with the causes of divorce), the defendant husband's answer and counterclaim for divorce on grounds of extreme cruelty and adultery, and the wife's answer thereto setting up certain affirmative defenses...»

In the case before Myers, one of the defendants had succeeded in having the plaintiff's claim against him dismissed and sought payment of his legal costs on the dismissal motion.

In this case, both Plaintiffs had visited the Defendant's website and would have read that all guests were required to sign a liability waiver, and were advised of the same before the activity began.

OUR Law Firm has experienced litigators, who appear for clients before all levels of the Pakistani courts in order to fight on behalf of them, for both the plaintiff and the defendant, before all stages of arbitration panels and the various forms of the ADR as well as representing them in all attempts to attain an amicable settlement with their opponents.

Jessica also handles professional licensing matters, representation before the South Carolina Administrative Law Court, and represents both Plaintiffs and Defendants in employment related disputes.

The Court of Appeal set aside the dismissal where the plaintiff continued to move the action along, participated in examinations for discovery before and after the action was dismissed, and actions taken by the defendants» counsel did not support actual prejudice or reliance on finality.

A defendant may plead a set - off or counterclaim barred by the statute of limitation, while held and owned by him or her, to any action, the cause of which was owned by the plaintiff or person under whom the plaintiff claims, before such set - off or counterclaim was so barred, and not otherwise.

The state supreme court determined that by litigating several issues both before and after the decedent's passing, the defendant had given up their right to enforce an arbitration agreement signed by the plaintiff when her mother moved into the nursing home.

The plaintiff also alleges that before abandoning the lease, Dynasty transferred funds and assets to various corporations and individuals and claims a declaration that Dynasty's alleged transfer of monies, assets, business and opportunities from itself to the co-defendants Polar Spas Ontario Inc. and 732311 Alberta Ltd., and its transfer of monies or assets to the defendant Williams and to the co-defendants Marsall Brent and Ken Nikel are void as against Dynasty's creditors as fraudulent conveyances.

If WWN hadn't folded, I like to think I would've made up stories about judges texting defendants and plaintiffs appearing before them, and jurors texting lawyers, before they actually occurred.

To obtain the order, a plaintiff must show the Court that it has the makings of a strong case, that the damage to the plaintiff of the defendant's alleged misconduct is very serious, that there is convincing evidence that the defendant has in its possession incriminating documents or items, and that there is a real possibility that the defendant may destroy such material before discovery.

The IIGA argued before the appellate court that the defendant driver wasn't uninsured, and therefore the plaintiff had no actionable claim against Affirmative (and therefore no claim against IIGA) from which he could recover damages.

Based on the discovery of the defect and his serious injuries, the plaintiff filed a negligence lawsuit against the defendant, alleging that their failure to properly inspect the crane before delivering it to the plaintiff caused his injuries.

The district court denied the request, ruling that by participating in court proceedings surrounding the plaintiff's claim both before and after her death, the defendant waived their right to compel arbitration.

I have specialized in a broad spectrum of civil litigation for plaintiffs and defendants including personal injury cases from car accidents to defamation and a vast number of business and real estate disputes, most tried before judge, jury or arbitrator.

However, defendant would later insist there was an unrestrained child in the backseat of the vehicle in which plaintiff was riding, and that the driver and plaintiff hastened to install a car seat from the trunk before police arrived.

The defendant also submitted that the plaintiff's alleged complaints as to her injuries and impairment from the accident were the same conditions she reported over many years before the accident and were not caused by the accident.

It is suggested, however, that this plea is not before us, and that, as the judgment in the court below on this plea was in favor of the plaintiff, he does not seek to reverse it, or bring it before the court for revision by his writ of error, and also that the defendant waived this defence by pleading over, and thereby admitted the jurisdiction of the court.

Plaintiff alleged that four days before his wife (defendants» mother) died, defendants and some other family members came over to the house to discuss the mother's will.

«To recover in a slip - and - fall action such as the case before us here, a plaintiff «must present evidence of an unsafe condition on the premises of which the defendant was aware or should have been aware, and that the condition existed for a long enough time so the owner of the premises should have taken steps to correct [it].»

Attorney Michael Bogdanow argued the appeal before the SJC in December 2014 and on April 17, 2015, the SJC upheld the judgment for the plaintiff and rejected the defendants» arguments.

After the state's specific laws come the comparative levels of perceived accountability and carelessness demonstrated by both the plaintiff and defendant in the time before, during, and after the injury.

Our skilled trial attorneys represent plaintiffs and defendants in trials and legal proceedings in all forums — state, federal and foreign courts; arbitration and mediation inside and outside the United States; and administrative proceedings before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and international patent offices.

The defendant brought a motion to strike the plaintiff's claim on the basis that the Superior Court had no jurisdiction to hear the case and the plaintiff should have brought his matter before the Board.

Lawyers for the plaintiff and the defendants made their oral submissions before Chief Justice McLachlin, along with Justices LeBel, Abella, Rothstein, Cromwell, Karakatsanis, and Wagner.

The plaintiffs did offer five days before trial to dismiss the claim against the other defendants if the defendants agreed to concede a failure to meet the standard of care and try the causation issue alone.

You'll also find out how plaintiffs and defendants can enhance their chances for success before litigation even commences.

The Court stated that the main issue when determining if a limitation period has expired to bar the Plaintiffs from joining Watts and Gayton as Defendants is whether there is evidence before the court that the Plaintiffs or their lawyer exercised reasonable diligence to identify Watts and Gayton as Defendants within the limitation period.

In the world before the Supreme Court's recent Philip Morris decision, the risk of giving the plaintiff — who might only be one of many victims of the defendant's conduct — the entire punitive damages award was that it would more likely undermine the state's in - terest in ensuring a fair distribution of both compensatory and retributive damages for oth - ers, since a crippling retributive damages award might impair the availability of adequate compensation funds (or punitive damages) for future claimants.

Under New Mexico's Dram Shop laws, Madrid then sued the restaurant for damages, claiming that «in the hours before the accident, Defendants served alcohol to Sanchez to the point of intoxication while he and Plaintiff were patrons at Defendants» restaurant.»

[37] I am mindful of the fact that the plaintiff was obliged to proceed to trial by all of the original defendants and obliged by the Province to proceed to judgment before recovering any damages from it.

«At any time before an action is set down for trial, a plaintiff may discontinue it in whole or in part against a defendant by filing and delivering a notice of discontinuance... to each party of record.

The defendant sought this order because the plaintiff's attorneys, who are members of the Florida Bar, had released statements and other prejudicial information with respect to a similar lawsuit involving the same defendant before a federal court in Florida.

A party seeking a no - fault divorce in Connecticut must meet a residency requirement by indicating which of the following applies when filing the divorce complaint: 1) the Plaintiff (the spouse filing the divorce complaint) or the Defendant (the non-filing spouse) has lived in Connecticut for at least the twelve months immediately prior to the filing of the divorce complaint or before the divorce becomes final; 2) the Plaintiff or the Defendant lived in Connecticut at the time of the marriage, moved away, and then returned to Connecticut, planning to live there permanently; and / or 3) the marriage broke down after the Plaintiff or the Defendant moved to Connecticut.

In Nowe, the defendant proposed that each party be limited to one expert each and that the plaintiff advise the defendant of the area of expertise by November 17, 2012, approximately ten months before the scheduled trial.

Plaintiffs can assess how their chances of success vary across districts, and defendants can determine how transfer to different venues compares with remaining before the judge they have.

It appears to me that the defendants in these cases might have known about the REBBA license exclusions before hand and thence sucked the plaintiffs in, encouraging / contracting them to provide services for which the defendants believed that they would not be legally held monetarily accountable.