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Regulators and plaintiffs lawyers say both restatements and sudden public bankruptcies often signal the presence of fraud.
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«These three engineers are seeking to ensure that Uber pays women and people of color equally for the hard work they've done — and will continue to do — to help make Uber successful,» said lawyer Jahan Sagafi of Outten & Golden which is representing the plaintiffs.
Its six lawyers will represent plaintiffs in civil rights, discrimination, public safety and product safety, consumer protection, healthcare and medical liability cases, the firm said in a statement.
The plaintiffs» lawyers said the complaint was based on ads for dozens of companies that they had discovered on Facebook.
Rich Palma, president of Golden Pear Funding, said plaintiffs who take out advances receive better protection than borrowers may in other lending situations, because their own lawyers typically review, and often sign, advance agreements.
«In the 50 years since the advent of modern day class action lawsuits, plaintiffs» lawyers have made millions of dollars in fees from these suits while consumers often receive little benefit,» the chamber said in a statement.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs said more than 90 former and current Google employees admitted to facing discrimination, according to The Wall Street Journal.
«A lawsuit opens the door, and judges almost always allow for a plaintiff to have a fishing expedition,» said Robert S. Bennett, the Washington lawyer who represented Mr. Clinton in the Paula Jones case.
«The bankruptcy proceeding doesn't affect our claim,» said Katie Mesner - Hage, one of the lawyers representing the plaintiffs, nine families who had a relative killed and a teacher who was shot and survived.
Several legal experts said that it was particularly unusual for a plaintiff using a lawyer being paid on a contingency basis not only to turn down settlement offers (several sizable settlements were proffered by Gawker) but also to pursue a strategy that prevented an insurance company from being able to contribute to a settlement.
But the lawyer for the plaintiffs, supported by Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said unlike legislatures, Greece had no official policy on prayers.
A lawyer for BPI, Erik Connolly of the law firm Winston & Strawn, said the plaintiffs would oppose the dismissal motion.
Murdoch says Crone did engage private investigators to look at plaintiff's lawyers.
According to the lawyers, until the court restrained the paper, it will further «publish or cause to be published the said or similar words defamatory of the plaintiffs», as it has threatened to publish stories about the plaintiffs.
READ MORE: Here's the number of times Ghana experienced gas explosions Nana Akwasi Awuah, lawyer for the plaintiff said the EPA did not consider the safety regulations before issuing permit to Allied Oil adding that the fuel station poses danger to his client.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs say the court's ruling could affect needy districts statewide.
The lawyer for the plaintiffs said he is considering an appeal, while Seabrook's lawyer crowed, «We are obviously pleased with the result.»
These inequities, and the rent subsidy which the 2011 IBO report revealed, was never the intention of the Legislature,» said plaintiffs» lawyer Arthur Schwartz.
Officials for the campaigns of four other Democratic candidates for the job — State Senator Eric T. Schneiderman; Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky; Eric R. Dinallo, a former state insurance superintendent; and Sean Coffey, a plaintiffs» lawyer and a former prosecutor — said they were not yet ready to reveal the fund - raising figures they would be submitting to the Board of Elections by Thursday, the formal deadline, in part because they were still processing donations and paperwork.
One of the plaintiff's lawyers, Eric Rothschild of Philadelphia - based Pepper Hamilton LLD, says that the judge's ruling «makes it clear that the emperor of ID has no clothes.»
For example, DOJ lawyers dispute the suggestion that hESC and adult stem cell research proposals compete directly for funding, and they say the plaintiffs» statements about the status of adult stem cell research are irrelevant.
Meanwhile plaintiffs» lawyer Dana Cody says «for the purposes of our clients, the litigation is over.»
Joseph Zito, the plaintiff's lawyer, says that his client, John Barthelow Classen, was the first researcher to connect vaccination schedules to immune disorders through animal studies.
John Balestriere, lawyer for the plaintiffs said the decision to allow clients to pursue a class - action suit was «a complete victory.»
Filed in U.S. District Court, the suit seeks to replace at - large elections with a system employing single - member districts, said Stephen M. Cody, a lawyer for the plaintiffs.
The class action was filed earlier this month in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, in Washington, on behalf of some 100,000 individuals who attended such schools from 1890 until the present day, said Jeffrey M. Herman, the lead lawyer for the plaintiffs.
In an effort to undercut Berliner's testimony, plaintiffs» lawyer Josh Lipshutz asked whether regardless of in - school or out - of - school factors, ineffective teachers can have an adverse impact on teachers, and Berliner said, «Of course.»
During moments of frustration with the district's intransigence, I would sometimes say to the courageous disability advocate lawyers representing the plaintiffs that I had a tough time figuring out how students and their parents benefited from maintaining the district at its current size, and that breaking it up into smaller units would better serve students» interests.
A nine - week trial begins Monday - and lawyers for the plaintiffs say the case could have ramifications well beyond the state's borders.That's because the lawyers for the parents and school districts says the state not only underfunds public schools, but essentially ignores the state's «longstanding bilingual and multicultural history.»
Plaintiffs» lawyer James Brown said Lake Forest and Lusher «respect the Court's ruling and are considering their next legal options.»
Naomi Nix, a journalist with the education news website, The 74, reported that a lawyer for the plaintiffs said they may appeal the dismissal or replead the case.
The lead plaintiff is a 7 - year - old second - grader who can't spell words like «need» and «help,» lawyers said.
But Zoe Salzman, a lawyer for the students and faculty members, said the state's highest court, in a 1985 ruling, had made an exception to that rule for some kinds of plaintiffs, like employees of a company that has started a foundation for their benefit.
Charles Schmerler, a lawyer for Knoedler, said the abrupt recess, right before the plaintiff's highest - profile witnesses were to be called, was only a scheduling conflict.
Exxon and other fossil fuel companies could face «a huge universe of potential plaintiffs» in civil liability suits in coming years, said Carroll Muffett, a lawyer who is president and CEO of the Center for International Environmental Law, with offices in Washington and Geneva.
The Plaintiff's lawyer said, «Maybe he was ready for this mediation last Wednesday before he started celebrating his weekend birthday, but...» His sentence trailed off as if to suggest his doubt.
Attorneys Justin Leto and Larry Bassuk launched Level Insurance last month and it's too early to say whether the product is a success but they hope to carve out a niche in competition with existing lenders who finance plaintiff lawyers with high - interest loans, often secured by personal property.
When asked whether plaintiff or defense lawyers are more helpful, 38 percent said plaintiff, 9.5 percent said neither and no one said defense.
the Plaintiff's lawyer opened by saying that he did not think we were taking his client's case «seriously.»
People familiar with the long - running investigation of whether the class action firm paid kickbacks to lead plaintiffs said the Milberg lawyers and L.A. federal prosecutors remained far apart on a deferred - prosecution agreement that's been discussed for months.
«This is a unique settlement for a very unique situation affecting a specific group of individuals,» says Sabrina Lombardi of McKenzie Lake Lawyers in London, Ont., who along with colleague Michael Peerless and Manitoba firm Troniak Law represented the plaintiffs in the class action.
A number of legal bloggers roundly condemned Jones Day for bringing the suit, with Public Citizen lawyer Paul Alan Levy leading the backlash with his post at the Consumer Law & Policy Blog in which he said that the lawsuit deserved a prize for «grossest abuse of trademark law to suppress speech the plaintiff doesn't like.»
After the interview, Abhyanker sent a statement to the ABA Journal that says the LegalForce plaintiffs «deny any and all allegations» made in the sanctions motion by Trademark Engine's lawyers at Holland & Knight.
Dismissing the complaints of tort reformists who argue that inflated jury verdicts in medical - malpractice cases are creating a crisis in the insurance industry, Satin says any plaintiffs» lawyer worth his salt knows that it doesn't pay to take on a bad case hoping for a settlement.
«It's something that you don't really see that often that a plaintiff is suing for damages to his reputation, not only as a lawyer but as a potential future career as a judge that could have been impacted by this as well,» says McNairn's lawyer, Jeff Saikaley, of Caza Saikaley LLP.
«Plaintiff lawyer ads targeting prescription drugs are frightening people out of taking prescribed medicines, and in some cases, even scaring them to death,» said ILR President Lisa A. Rickard.
The commonality of arbitration clauses for nursing home entry varies by state, says Antonio Romanucci, a Chicago plaintiff lawyer who handles nursing - home - abuse lawsuits.
A High Court judge issued the order after lawyers for the plaintiff said they did not know the defendant's precise whereabouts but were able to confirm that he has a Facebook page.
The Superior Court of the district of Montreal has authorized the bringing of what the plaintiff's lawyer says could be the largest environmental class action in Canadian history.
And even where non-English-speaking Hispanic plaintiffs are represented by an English - speaking lawyer, if that lawyer can't speak any Spanish, then he can't communicate directly with the client and share the kind of advice on those seeming trivialities — like how to answer a question or what tone of voice to use in the courtroom or what to do to keep from forgetting what to say — that put clients at ease and make them more effective witnesses in court.