Sentences with phrase «taking adversarial»

There's no crime in this of course, but you're taking an adversarial tack on these things and I think that's unreasonable.

«We turned that relationship around — collaborating instead of taking an adversarial stance can do so much more,» says Sellyn.

In a later interview, Finn (2004) dismissed the value of technical expertise: «I get fed up with technical experts [who] take an adversarial stance toward some of the things that are most important in the views of those operating NAEP, such as setting standards» (Finn, 2004, p. 261).

For exactly the reasons you outline, creditors and agencies have taken an adversarial stance against the industry at large and come to view the involvement of a debt settlement firm as being a hindrance rather than a benefit.

Too many firms would have taken an adversarial approach to the problem well before it was solved.

As Mr. Mosten formerly litigated family law matters for over 30 years, he is experienced and prepared to represent you in settlement discussions even when your spouse's attorney may take adversarial positions or threatens court action against you.

He made this decision based on the fact that the insurer had denied the benefits for six years in order to delay payment to take advantage of the insured's economic vulnerability.5 Moreover, the claims advisor for the defendant took an adversarial approach and did not deal with the claim fairly and in a balanced way.6 As such, the insurer was deemed to have acted in bad faith and the plaintiff was awarded $ 200,000 in punitive damages.

Instead, many state and local officials have been convinced by self - interested personal injury lawyers to take an adversarial approach, inviting additional problems that neither officials nor their constituents need.

If it was not, they could always take the adversarial route.

You and your spouse will take an adversarial stance in the courtroom if you choose to litigate.

Not exact matches

Few things will cause more customer dissatisfaction and ruin your reputation faster than being difficult, adversarial, and uncooperative when people believe what you said in your guarantee and take you up on it.

The US delegation to China, which consists of both hawks and moderates on trade issues, is likely to seek a balanced outcome on bilateral trade issues with China rather than taking the predicted adversarial approach, said Chinese experts.

J.P. Morgan has taken a less adversarial approach to cryptocurrency.

Watching these guys was an encouraging analogy of taking advantage of what is sometimes an adversarial issue.

Unfortunately, rather than encourage more active parenting in both parents, it's been used to create an even more adversarial system where suddenly parents are crazed and criminal and facts are taken out of context in smear campaigns.

Broadly, the source said Cuomo's speech will take on an «adversarial federal government» and charge that it has put the state's economic and politically liberal values at stake.

Adversarial, winner - takes - all politics with clear government and opposition is the way in the UK and Ireland, but not everywhere.

If Wall Street executives had any concerns about the governor before — as a vestige, perhaps, of the rather more adversarial pose he struck following the financial collapse, which took place when he was attorney general — they seem to have disappeared with de Blasio's election, and the mayor's immediate push for a tax hike and limits on the proliferation of charter schools.

De Blasio has taken the more adversarial route so far.

O'Neill's predecessor, Bill Bratton, long had an adversarial relationship with Trump, refusing the mogul's requests to address his officers and mocking him as a wannabe tough guy who had «never taken a punch in his life.»

We are confident that judges will take advantage of the AAAS offer to provide a slate of candidates to serve as court - appointed experts in cases in which the court has determined that the traditional means of clarifying issues under the adversarial system are unlikely to yield the information that is necessary for a reasoned and principled resolution of the disputed issues.

Marvin takes the kid under his wing; their relationship is part adversarial, as the weary elder tries to educate the fool how to survive on the line.

SURVIVORS VS. ZOMBIES — An adversarial multiplayer mode where one player takes over the role of Zombie Master (top - down view) spawns enemies and springs traps with a simple touch on the Wii U new controller; while a second player (first - person view) fights for survival with the Classic Controller!

Taking over control points in the adversarial modes ends up as aggressive games of tug - of - war that any shooter vet is more than familiar with.

However, the boys not only have an adversarial relationship with Principal Krupp, they have to also endure the wrath of Melvin (voiced by Jordan Peele, «Keanu»), the school's overachieving whistle - blower who has never taken a shine with the spirited George and Harold.

Taking the «he said / she said» adversarial quality out of the evaluation will free both administrator and teacher to build a more collaborative relationship.

«It takes it out of the adversarial realm and puts it into more of a collaborative partnership, creating a win - win for everyone,» said Borden.

Third, he said that «ADR can frequently take the rough edges off of adversarial proceedings * * * When one is engaged in a bitter dispute, one may lose sight of the greater purpose.»

One of the biggest issue publishers face with ebook production is the somewhat adversarial attitude ereader and app vendors have taken towards publisher stylesheets.

· Location: the location where the movie takes place will be one of the multiplayer maps available in the adversarial mode of the video game.

The game itself is an adversarial 2 - 4 player card - based board game where you and your fellow detectives must take on the task of protecting the innocent, incriminating the guilty and work out who might not be quite who they say they are.

Mr. Oehlen's contemporaries tended to take a more adversarial, Dadaist approach, which he did not fully absorb.

Unfortunately, these scientists at NASA have taken a well entrenched adversarial role against Steve, and the «discourse», such as it is, has to be pursued far more in the mode of political disputes than of scientific inquiry.

It took a very brilliant friend and me a solid, stressful, nasty year of playing adversarial roles — and we didn't always * feel * adversarially disposed to each other so it took a lot of discipline to stay hard, but by the end of it this dynamic had become a rather beautiful partnership.

In an adversarial system, it takes two to tango, yet Groia was the only one charged.

They can make the mistake of taking it too lightly, being too laid back about it, being too trusting, and not realizing how adversarial it is and how the insurance company is going to take advantage of them to their detriment.

The adversarial litigated divorce model takes a process which was not easy to begin with and makes it devastating, leaving wounds which are difficult to heal and even when healed, which leave scars which impact a spouse's future relationships.

Before taking new matters into account based on statistics which have not been considered in the judgment under appeal, the adversarial process requires that the court ensure that the parties are given an opportunity to deal with the new information by making further submissions, oral or written, and allowing, if requested, fresh material in response.

Especially if it took a less adversarial, perhaps inquisitorial?

For the judiciary, the desire to allow the adversarial process to take its course coupled with the lack of resources to engage in «hands - on» case management is seen as a powerful explanation in this regard.

It would take a particular and troubling kind of confidence for a judge in an adversarial system of justice, which relies on the evidence and argument of the parties, to think that he knew enough of the law and the facts to decide what law properly applies without either.

Non-Indigenous parties and lawyers, notes Nahwegahbow, are comfortable with the adversarial design of the system, and they trust that if they have a conflict, «the system will take care of it: the adversarial process will produce justice.»

Today, procedural skirmishes litter the playing field, as Crown counsels have taken a more adversarial approach to tax litigation and have been challenging not only the legal bases for taxpayers» positions, but also the factual underpinnings of every case.

She is at the forefront of this changing landscape and its implications and works closely with clients to take proactive steps to obtain competitive advantage from an adversarial and patent procurement standpoint.

In the face of those Rules, lawyers still see their primary role as adversarial advocates on behalf of their clients, thereby taking full advantage of a situation in which it is clear that an unrepresented party can be «gamed» through their ignorance of basic trial procedure.

In his decision, the Judge chastised both parties for the adversarial approach that they took, rather than trying to reconcile their differences in a more conciliatory manner.

In adversarial proceedings that will likely affect the health, welfare or security of a child, a lawyer should advise the client to take into account the best interests of the child, if this can be done without prejudicing the legitimate interests of the client.

The list of adaptations and alterations that might help litigants without counsel better negotiate the family justice system continues, of course, and could include the codification and simplification of the rules of evidence, the rewriting of legislation to eliminate adversarial language and presumptions, and a reorientation of the dispute resolution default setting from litigation to processes that take place outside the courthouse.

Perhaps it is the adversarial mindset that takes hold in an intense dispute situation.

A law firm that adopts a confrontational or adversarial position with its millennial lawyers is taking a short road to obsolescence.