Sentences with phrase «significant number of defendants»

That amounts to a significant number of defendants: even when bail is $ 500 or less, only 15 percent can afford to pay it immediately, Ms. Mark - Viverito's office said.

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Even a very incomplete list gives an impression of the large number of significant opinions he has written: seminal administrative law cases such as Chevron v. NRDC and Massachusetts v. EPA, the intellectual property case Sony Corp v. Universal City Studios (which made clear that making individual videotapes of television programs did not constitute copyright infringement), important war on terror precedents such as Rasul v. Bush and Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, important criminal law cases such as Padilla v. Kentucky (holding that defense counsel must inform the defendant if a guilty plea carries a risk of deportation) and Atkins v. Virginia (which reversed precedent to hold it was unconstitutional to impose capital punishment on the mentally retarded), and of course Apprendi v. New Jersey (which revolutionized criminal sentencing by holding that the Sixth Amendment right to jury trial prohibited judges from enhancing criminal sentences beyond statutory maximums based on facts other than those decided by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt).

The case was favorably settled after the Court issued a claim construction order adopting several of the Defendants» key positions advanced during the Markman hearing and after a number of significant admissions were obtained during the depositions of the inventors.

Because accidents involving drunk drivers can be complicated and complex, a lawyer who has significant experience dealing with claims that involve a number of defendants or multiple insurance companies will increase your chances of a successful outcome in your case.

Some stakeholders GAO interviewed said that the increase in 2011 was most likely influenced by the anticipation of changes in the 2011 Leahy - Smith America Invents Act (AIA), which made several significant changes to the U.S. patent system, including limiting the number of defendants in a lawsuit, causing some plaintiffs that would have previously filed a single lawsuit with multiple defendants to break the lawsuit into multiple lawsuits.

Our law firm has won significant verdicts and settlements against defendants in a number of bus accident claims.