Sentences with phrase «settled years of litigation»

When the veto was announced late on Friday, Cuomo referenced worries of jeopardizing the 2013 settlement agreement between the state, the Oneida Indian Nation, Madison County, and Oneida County, that settled years of litigation over property tax, land and reservation issues, as the driving factor for his rejection of the bill.

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The Manhattan Beach, Calif., school district has settled a special education lawsuit for $ 6.7 million, bringing to an end six years of litigation between the district and the parents of a student with autism.

A six - year legal battle between Sony and a group of lawyers in the United States has finally concluded, with the console maker agreeing to settle the litigation with a multi-million dollar payment.

My first seven years were spent primarily on the defense side, where I developed an intense frustration with insurance carriers who would settle meritless claims for nuisance value when the better long - term view would have been to fight against vexatious litigation as a matter of principle.

After four years of litigation, our law firm settled that claim for $ 101 million.

With 30 years of experience as a securities lawyer, Mark knows knows what it takes to effectively, and efficiently, handle litigation matters - when to settle, and when to take the case to a final hearing.

More than a year after the injury and months of litigation, we mediated and settled a Georgia car accident case for a client yesterday and the client commented to me, «I had no idea it would take this long to settle my case.»

After years of litigation and finally a mediation, the defendants, for their reasons, decided to settle and the plaintiffs agreed to settle.»

The fee request comes from lawyers Roxanne Conlin of Des Moines and Richard M. Hagstrom of Minneapolis, who settled the case in April for $ 179.95 million, but not before three trips to the Iowa Supreme Court and some seven years of litigation.

The settlement came about in order to avoid years and years of litigation, but originally, Trump denied he would ever settle the Trump University lawsuit: «I could have settled this case numerous times, but I don't want to settle cases when we're right.

The Competition Act contains several provisions designed to prevent strategic litigation, including a prohibition on cases proceeding where the Commissioner is investigating or has settled a matter, as well as provisions setting out the ability of the Tribunal to award costs against any party, the right of the Commissioner to intervene in proceedings, and a one - year limitation on the commencement of proceedings from the cessation of the conduct being questioned.

Following two years of contentious litigation and a six - week trial, the court found that our client's effort to settle the underlying tort case was both prompt and reasonable, and entered judgment in its favor.

He spent the early years of his practice representing injured workers and plaintiffs; however, he spent seven years having represented employers and insurance carriers in litigating, negotiating and settling workers» compensation and civil litigation matters.

One attorney had this to say about Judge Perk: «Judge Perk was a hard - working jurist who for years demonstrated a fire in the belly to settle cases with the credibility of his understanding of both simple and complex litigation and a keen ability to cut to the chase to the real issues.

As you well know, the months of November and December often involve warp - speed client deals that must close before the end of year; litigations that need to move off a client's books before the bubbly is poured; and tax issues that need to be settled before anyone begins to even consider humming «Auld Lang Syne.»

A spike in lawyers advising clients to take cases to trial instead of settling out of court would create a bubble in litigation service and for the forensic support business, as well as end - of - year bonuses all involved.