Sentences with phrase «who accepted settlements»

The Joint Commission on Public Ethics, or JCOPE, refused to comment, but the prominent attorney representing women who accepted settlements in the scandal says she has received subpoenas from the panel.

Victims who accept a settlement from the Archdiocese surrender their right to file a civil suit under the program's rules.

Survivors who accept settlement offers prior to retaining a lawyer risk losing out on a significant amount of compensation without an ability to pursue it in the future.

on Update: Nearly $ 19,000 in Costs Awarded Against Lawyer Who Accepts Settlement Offer Without Instructions

Not exact matches

Whether it's class size and composition issues, downloaded costs to school boards without the extra funding to cover them, or public sector workers who previously accepted «net zero» or cooperative gains settlements, a balanced budget might be hard to achieve while keeping educators, parents, and students happy.

Lynda had sued a doctor who treated her husband and accepted a $ 175,000 insurance settlement, though some of that went to legal expenses and a judge awarded the rest to the two boys in the form of an annual payment.

Meanwhile, Republican John Cahill accepted the GOP nomination for attorney general with a scathing attack on incumbent Eric Schneiderman for signing off on the secret settlement Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) reached with two women who accused then - Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez of sexual harassment.

Republican John Cahill accepted the GOP nomination for attorney general with a scathing attack on incumbent Eric Schneiderman for signing off on the secret settlement Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) reached with two women who accused then - Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez of sexual harassment.

Reuters cites two unidentified sources who says that the European Commission has accepted Apple and four publishers» proposed ebook pricing settlement.

For example, a debt negotiation company who gets your creditors to accept a settlement payment on your account is better known as a debt settlement firm.

This is a loophole that applies to many borrowers who complete a debt settlement program, particularly just before the settlement is accepted.

Viatical settlements are when terminally ill people with less than two years to live accept less than their policy face value to get the money now, where life settlements involve people ages 65 and older who might live quite a while.

This process can create a high degree of risk for consumers, who are open to abuse by companies interested in only collecting up - front fees while leaving consumers to deal with disgruntled creditors, most of whom are not interested in waiting for years to accept a pennies - on - the - dollar settlement.

If you are over $ 10,000 in debt it would be wise to talk with a debt settlement company who can increase your chances of getting accepted for these government grants and will also be able to provide personal debt relief.

To that end, I would ask that the NFCC require its members who provide «less than full balance» programs or other settlement products to not accept payments, grants or other forms of compensation from creditors.

Most people who get injured in motor vehicle accidents have no idea what claims they can make, so they happily accept whatever settlement they are offered by the wrongdoing party's insurance company.

And finally, the families of victims who opted to sue the airlines rather than accept compensation from the settlement fund still wait for their day in court, as reported in this article from last week's New York Times.

The group of about 200 staff, who brought the employment tribunal claim in February, have accepted a settlement proposal of eight weeks» pay for each claimant, offered after administrators Quantuma admitted a «technical breach» in the required duration of a redundancy consultation when it was carried out by KWM.

Michael Smerconish, columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer and former trial attorney quoted Mr. Young, «Regardless of the failure to get «DD's» signature (and it was an either / or requirement on who signed for Trump), Ms. Clifford accepted the $ 130,000 payment and thus ratified the extremely well - drafted Confidential Settlement Agreement, with knowledge of that purported defect.

Ultimately, the litigants are the ones who suffer the most from the delays, he says, adding many of them accept settlements because they can't afford to wait for a trial, essentially forcing them out of the justice system.

On the topic of the purpose of Rule 37B the Court stated «the cost consequence (of Rule 37B) is meant to encourage litigants to reach settlements; reasonable settlements, and to impose penalties on those litigants who decline to accept offers which are reasonable in all of the circumstances...»

For this reason, people who think that they may have a wrongful death claim should always speak with an experienced lawyer before accepting a settlement offer or taking any other legal action with regard to their claim.

A claim for unfair redundancy and sex discrimination which settled with the member (who had very quickly secured alternative employment on more advantageous terms and had received an enhanced contractual redundancy payment) accepting the sum of # 15,000 in full and final settlement.

Even in cases where liability appears established and the damages are extensive, it is helpful to have witnesses who are unbiased or neutral and whose opinions and observations will be accepted by a claims adjuster or jury as reliable and credible so that your settlement or jury award for damages is maximized.

Woe unto the lawyer who advises a client to accept a settlement without advising the net amount to be received after deduction of tax.

A lawyer who handles the case as if it is going to settle either must accept a low settlement offer or try a bad case.

While there are a couple of Dallas law firms who accept dental or dentist malpractice cases, you should confer with your attorney about his or her previous litigation experience and the details about previous settlements he has obtained for clients.

Many people who go without legal representation eventually accept settlements that are far lower than they truly need.

Litigants are to be reminded that costs rules are in place «to encourage the early settlement of disputes by rewarding the party who makes a reasonable settlement offer and penalizing the party who declines to accept such an offer.

It has always been our policy to never accept a low settlement offer that benefits the people who caused our clients harm more than it benefits our clients.

While 66 per cent of the lawyers who received the simple version would have advised their client to accept the offered settlement, only 44 per cent who received the complex version made the same recommendation.

«The result is that for many of those people who can't wait, they're forced by our system of so - called justice to accept a settlement that is far less than what their case is worth.

[8] The rules on costs are intended to encourage the early settlement of disputes by rewarding the party who makes a reasonable settlement offer and penalizing the party who declines to accept such an offer.

She also confirmed that Mackrell Turner Garrett dealt with cases where Claimants, who have been unfairly dismissed, have accepted far lower settlement sums because they have found the cost of taking their claim to a tribunal too daunting.

Parties control when and where the mediation will occur, who will serve as the mediator, and whether they will accept a settlement offer.

Some think that mediation is what is done by many retired judges who call themselves «mediators»: They hear arguments, tell parties what the Court would decide, and then pressure the parties to accept that as their «voluntary» settlement.