Sentences with phrase «result in law suits»

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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.

The suit argues that a law requiring children to attend schools in the municipalities where they live had resulted in statewide school segregation.

This was a result of Apple having filed a law suit on this aspect and won a ruling that stopped Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the German market it its present form.

While the goals of LA&W are similar to those of legal writing classes taught at many schools — to teach students to understand, analyze, and apply legal authority and to communicate the results of that analysis in writing — the course also contains some components that are influenced by its Legal Methods roots, as well as some that may or may not be taught in a first - semester civil procedure class: a focus on judicial methods, an introduction to legal institutions and processes, and instruction on the anatomy of a civil law suit, the timeline of a civil case, and the link between procedural and substantive law.30 The full set of course goals was outlined in the 2000 Report and has remained unchanged:

Soon after spending half a billion dollars, they were served with a law suit for an open source licence violation, resulting in bad press, lawyers» fees and, ultimately, an out of court settlement.

After all, if the student doesn't learn to hand in her papers on time while in law school, won't she be developing bad work habits that she will carry with her into practice, when a late filing could result in dismissal and a subsequent malpractice suit?

In recent years, fraud and bad faith law suits on behalf of consumers can often result in significant exposure to punitive damageIn recent years, fraud and bad faith law suits on behalf of consumers can often result in significant exposure to punitive damagein significant exposure to punitive damages.

When your career is jeopardized and results in a loss of income, you may also be able to claim the loss of income in a law suit against the at - fault driver, provided that you can provide adequate proof of the loss and job path.

The Innu of Uashat, Mani - Uteman and Matimekush - Lac John in Northern Quebec brought a $ 900 Million law suit against the Iron Ore Company of Canada and the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway, claiming infringements of Aboriginal rights and treaty rights as a result of the companies» mining, port and railway activities.

It's often easy to assume bigger means better, but that is not always the case with law firms; boutique practices specialise in just one legal field and as a result can often offer the same (if not better) advice on a more personal level at a typically lower hourly rate — Global Law Experts looks at the independent lawyers and law firms as well as the full service «big players» in the market to showcase an in - depth cross section of quality international advisers to suit a variety of needs and budgelaw firms; boutique practices specialise in just one legal field and as a result can often offer the same (if not better) advice on a more personal level at a typically lower hourly rate — Global Law Experts looks at the independent lawyers and law firms as well as the full service «big players» in the market to showcase an in - depth cross section of quality international advisers to suit a variety of needs and budgeLaw Experts looks at the independent lawyers and law firms as well as the full service «big players» in the market to showcase an in - depth cross section of quality international advisers to suit a variety of needs and budgelaw firms as well as the full service «big players» in the market to showcase an in - depth cross section of quality international advisers to suit a variety of needs and budgets.

Not all of these birth injuries result in damages, injuries or law suits.

Her objective is to use every rule in the book (and she has) to get a result for her clients within an agreed budget and timescale that will enable people in business to continue to run their companies without the distraction of a law suit.

General counsel who promote in - house lawyers, and executive management hiring general counsel are looking for those who have the experience and judgment to discern which law firms are best suited to what matters based on how they perform the work, predictably price their services, and deliver the right value and result.

Representation includes notable results under Texas, Florida, and Kentucky law before suit, during litigation, and at trial, especially in personal injury.

In this episode of the ABA Law Student Podcast, host Chris Morgan talks to ABA President Linda Klein about the PSLF program, how it has fallen short, and the resulting suit that the ABA filed against the Department of Education.

Federal law has allowed patent suits to be filed wherever a defendant is subject to personal jurisdiction, and as a result something like 40 percent of suits are filed in the rural Eastern District of Texas, known for its pro-plaintiff rulings and procedures.

In somewhat the same vein, put up a hand if you're in favour of a new rule of lawyer's professional conduct which states that lawyers acting for the winning side in a law suit are allowed to comment on the merits of the result for the media — print, electronic, and otherwise — only if the lawyers concede, on the record, that the decision is wrong on the facts and the law, and that they were surprised (nay, astonished, flabbergasted, etc) that any of their arguments were accepted by the judgIn somewhat the same vein, put up a hand if you're in favour of a new rule of lawyer's professional conduct which states that lawyers acting for the winning side in a law suit are allowed to comment on the merits of the result for the media — print, electronic, and otherwise — only if the lawyers concede, on the record, that the decision is wrong on the facts and the law, and that they were surprised (nay, astonished, flabbergasted, etc) that any of their arguments were accepted by the judgin favour of a new rule of lawyer's professional conduct which states that lawyers acting for the winning side in a law suit are allowed to comment on the merits of the result for the media — print, electronic, and otherwise — only if the lawyers concede, on the record, that the decision is wrong on the facts and the law, and that they were surprised (nay, astonished, flabbergasted, etc) that any of their arguments were accepted by the judgin a law suit are allowed to comment on the merits of the result for the media — print, electronic, and otherwise — only if the lawyers concede, on the record, that the decision is wrong on the facts and the law, and that they were surprised (nay, astonished, flabbergasted, etc) that any of their arguments were accepted by the judge.

As a result it appears that the government has encouraged law enforcement agencies in the UK to follow suit.

Payments on automobile insurance claims can help one pay for extremely expensive hospital stays, repairs to their vehicles, damages resulting from a law suit or any other a hundred different things that could potentially deplete one's savings and leave them in debt that could last a lifetime.

Also pays for medical expenses that an insured person is legally liable for as the result of a law suit for an accident caused by the insured person resulting in bodily injury to another person / third party.

I do agree with Mr. Radamsky that many of the law suits were the result of an inappropriate use of the form or an error in judgement by the REALTOR involved.

A few hundred dollars in your pocket now could result in you being named in a future law suit possibly lose you a future tree of business from the client.