Sentences with phrase «years as a class action»

As a result, after years as a class action and mass tort litigator, Alex became a comic.

Not exact matches

Even closer to home for advisors is the class action lawsuit brought employees of CheckSmart who are charging that CheckSmart and Cetera Advisor Networks, as co-fiduciaries, allowed «grossly excessive» fees in a 401 (k) plan whose investments performed poorly over a period of six years.

Now, years later after the win against Cryptsy, Silver has become the face of so many crypto class action lawsuits that, as he told Cointelegraph, he has moved from «D - list famous» in the crypto sphere to maybe «C, or C + to B -.»

As one of the largest wine and food events of its kind in the United States and the largest in all of Southern California, the San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival (now in its 13th year) is an action - packed week brimming with cooking classes, tasting panels, celebrity chef dinners and multiple tasting events — the most notable of which in my opinion is the Lexus Grand Tasting event, this year on Saturday, November 19, which tops off what's always a truly exceptional epicurean experience.

Later, thyroid cancer patients would win a class - action lawsuit against the federal government, as the American public learned that the toxic heavy metals from the bombs caused devastating health problems for millions of Americans who lived within 300 miles of that site, during years of detonations.

Years later, the movie observes as the Department of Veterans Affairs repeatedly refuses to treat her, and a class - action suit she joined is dismissed because rape is an «occupational hazard» of a career in uniform.

Indeed, John Wick holds up years later as a straightforward yet savoury revenge drama with tragedy to spare (our protagonist is spurred to action by not only a dead wife and a stolen car but a murdered puppy, too), backstory that knows not to overstay its welcome (Wick is an erstwhile member of an international assassin class that gathers for respite in plush underground lodgings and abides by a strict professional code), and action that doesn't quit, all sauced up with a just - slightly smug sense of self - awareness.

This past school year, students from four Oakland middle schools had an opportunity to learn more about the their neighborhood as part of our community action class — a class that was designed to engage our students with the community in a meaningful way.

In a recent class, my Year 11 students were sent a two - second video of a sporting action which they then had to analyse to determine the major energy systems at play as well as the skill classification that the action would fall into.

The school - to - prison pipeline phenomenon that has been a major topic of discussion in education circles in recent years is defined as a result of policies that encourage a police presence at schools, harsh tactics such as extreme physical restraint, zero - tolerance policies and other automatic punishments that result in suspensions and out - of - class time, and other actions that could increase a student's chances of landing in the criminal justice system, according to Teaching Tolerance magazine, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Phase II The focus and goal of this action research project was to increase students» understanding and use of rhyming words as a pre-literacy skill and asked the question: How will implementing active rhyming strategies in a four - year - old kindergarten class impact student mastery of rhyming?

Among other developments, back in 2008 there was a GM Instrument Cluster Class Action Settlement which was applicable to your make and model year, as well as applicable to many other GM...

And now, when he was sixty - five years of age, the very political class he'd so attacked and hounded and scorned from his redoubt, mocked without consideration or respect for the ties of family or friendship (and he'd lost quite a few friends as a result; even a few relatives no longer spoke to him), that very same political class had decided to put the gigantic Colombian machinery of sycophancy into action to create a public homage that, for the first time in history, and perhaps the last, would celebrate a cartoonist.

A class action suit was created, which after 8 years ended up with nothing for any of the plaintiffs, and as far as I can tell, the lawyers lost money as well, since they were seeking a share of the recovery.

A dog owner in the Chicago area has filed a class action lawsuit alleging that his 9 - year - old Pomeranian died as a result of eating Nestlé Purina's Waggin» Train Yam Good dog treats.

It celebrates working dogs, which are fit and healthy enough to perform the jobs for which they were originally bred, such as those in the Gamekeeper classes or which line up for the Police Dog Team Operational and Humanitarian Action of the Year award, and it hails hero dogs through the Friends for Life competition.

Praised by IGN as «amazing» and «a superb sequel», declared a «masterpiece» by Eurogamer, and hailed «a must - play revenge tale among the best in its class» by Game Informer, Dishonored 2 is the follow up to Arkane Studio's first - person action blockbuster and winner of more than 100 «Game of the Year» awards, Dishonored.

NWEI courses are sparking shared learning, shared stories, and shared action in a wide variety of campus - based settings — from first - year to graduate level classes, with community - based learning initiatives, in residence halls and learning communities, as professional development for faculty and staff, and in other campus - wide programs.

2002 Global Science Forum Remedies: Learning from experiences Targeted actions: Initiatives to increase students» interest for S&T studies can be classified as follows: Communication (information about science & scientists, S&T careers, educational opportunities...) Innovative pedagogical tools (hands - on experience, unisex classes, schools for best students...) Incentives (tuition fees, grants, call for projects...) Educational reforms (extra orientation year, curriculum content...) Coordination, networks /

Externalities may be addressed by either a tax / credit or some other public policy, public ownership and management of the commons, or privatization of the commons, or through court actions — each option may have it's own costs — for example, the large - scale privatization of the climate system may be impractical with given technology (analogy with toll roads), and even without that, it has at least an aesthetic cost (nature is supposed to be nature; and psychologically, humans may benifit from some amount of public space) and perhaps scientific (ie nature — in this context, nature as it is with relatively small impacts of humankind — is not nature if it is not being itself) costs; there may be inefficiencies in the court system that could be bypassed for issues that are easily addressed with legislation (unless we had a class - action lawsuit on behalf of all people now until the year).

A year ago, the delay to certain long civil trials, such as a complex class action or commercial trial, was up to 22 months.

In 2008, Gordon Wallace retained McKercher LLP to represent him as the leading plaintiff in a class action lawsuit on behalf of Prairie farmers against Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, and others for allegedly overcharging them for grain transportation over 25 years.

Rodrigue told Legal Feeds she will be at the Montreal office two days a week and will continue to commute to Toronto as she has for the past seven years as the former co-chair of the national class actions team at Norton Rose and its predecessor Ogilvy Renault, where she began her career as a stagiare 22 years ago.

As I've previously discussed here on LBW (and here), a class action race discrimination lawsuit was filed this year complaining that neither the television show «The Bachelor» nor its sidekick show, «The Bachelorette,» has ever «featured a single person of color» as the lead Bachelor or BachelorettAs I've previously discussed here on LBW (and here), a class action race discrimination lawsuit was filed this year complaining that neither the television show «The Bachelor» nor its sidekick show, «The Bachelorette,» has ever «featured a single person of color» as the lead Bachelor or Bachelorettas the lead Bachelor or Bachelorette.

As one of a distinguished group of attorneys who have been listed in Best Lawyers in America for 20 years, Andy has been selected by his peers for inclusion in eight categories: Appellate Practice, Bet - the - Company Litigation, Labor & Employment Litigation, White - Collar Criminal Defense, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs, Civil Rights Law, and Real Estate Litigation.

Class action status is sought that would cover as many as 4,000 people — current and former residents of the facility over a four - year time frame.

We are proud to say that we have recovered more hundredths of millions in settlements and verdicts in our years of experience, and we have been involved in cases with very real and very applicable results — such as serious catastrophic injuries and wage violation class actions.

In 2014 Benchmark Canada named Torys Class Action Firm of the Year and praised the firm as having «achieved recognition and a prestigious standing all throughout Canada.»

The class action settlement lawyers at Harrell & Harrell, P.A. have years of experience representing individuals and organizations in prosecuting specialized cases known as business torts.

Strathy, who was born in Toronto but then spent his early years in Montreal and later the Bahamas for a period of time, says he had a bit of luck as a judge when it came to handling a good portion of the class action files at Ontario's Superior Court.

He served for three years as co-chair of the ABA Class Action & Derivative Suits Committee and as the immediate past chair of the Business Torts and Antitrust Section of the Alabama State Bar.

Earlier this year, a federal judge approved the settlement of that lawsuit as a class action — awarding damages to all NFL players with diagnosed head injuries.

More than ten years ago, in Western Canadian Shopping Centres v. Dutton, 2001 SCC 46, [2001] 2 S.C.R. 534, the Supreme Court of Canada wrote of the social need for class action lawsuits to resolve problems that arise when many persons suffer similar harms as a result of a single act or decision.

Mr. Friedman began his neutral career in 2011 following 37 years as a trial lawyer handling cases in the areas of insurance, class action, professional liability, business, real estate, and entertainment.

The Cochran Firm in Dothan has been working with clients in personal injury law, class action litigation, and employment law, as well as car and truck accident lawsuits for over 30 years.

Cohen Milstein, as one of the co-lead counsel, filed a national class action alleging that Dish Networks unlawfully raised its prices for satellite television services in February 2011 by raising prices on customers who were bound by a two - year contract with discounted pricing for the first 12 - months.

Prior to joining Williams Montgomery & John, he practiced for four years at another Chicago - based civil litigation firm where he represented real property developers, motor vehicle dealers, lending companies, food manufacturers and family owned businesses as both plaintiff and defendant in commercial litigation matters involving breach of contract, fraud and disputes under the Uniform Commercial Code, and defended his clients in consumer class action litigation.

Ontario Superior Court Justice Paul Perell certified the action and approved lawyer Tarrie Phillip as the new class representative in the case, after the original representative was removed last year.

Katy Miller earned her reputation as a first - rate employment attorney, tough litigator and savvy negotiator over a 25 - year career that includes successfully pursuing wrongful termination, class actions, and discrimination cases of all types.

R. David Proffitt has spent many years working with financial service litigation, personal injury, and class actions and appeals, representing both small and large businesses as well as individuals.

Unlike the comprehensive Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA), which was implemented by the government in September 2007 and remains the largest class action settlement in Canadian history, Sixties Scoop lawsuits remain stuck in the deathly pipeline of legal litigation facing strong governmental resistance (Ontario's Sixties Scoop is no exception as the case was bitterly fought and litigated for eight years).

Phillip Stano relies on more than 30 years of experience — as a regulator, then as counsel for a life insurers» trade association and now as a defense attorney — to achieve positive outcomes in class action suits, other complex financial services litigation, and regulatory and compliance counseling.

He served for many years as lead national coordinating and trial counsel defending a drug company in thousands of product liability cases as well as a series of economic - loss class actions.

In 2014 and 2015, the National Law Journal cited the Harborview and RALI MBS in designating the firm an Elite Trial Law Firm and placing the firm on the Hot List; Law360 cited the RALI and Harborview cases in designating the firm one of «The Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms» in 2015, the third year in a row that Cohen Milstein received the designation; and in 2015, Law360 selected Cohen Milstein as the sole plaintiff firm to be chosen in two «Practice Groups of the Year» categories and one of only five class action law firms to be recognized, singling out the RALI and Harborview cases in the awyear in a row that Cohen Milstein received the designation; and in 2015, Law360 selected Cohen Milstein as the sole plaintiff firm to be chosen in two «Practice Groups of the Year» categories and one of only five class action law firms to be recognized, singling out the RALI and Harborview cases in the awYear» categories and one of only five class action law firms to be recognized, singling out the RALI and Harborview cases in the award.

The significance, size, complexity, diversity, and number of our class action representations led Law360 to select Quinn Emanuel as a «Class Action Practice Group of the Year» in 2015 one of only five selected from among nearly 550 nominatclass action representations led Law360 to select Quinn Emanuel as a «Class Action Practice Group of the Year» in 2015 one of only five selected from among nearly 550 nominaaction representations led Law360 to select Quinn Emanuel as a «Class Action Practice Group of the Year» in 2015 one of only five selected from among nearly 550 nominatClass Action Practice Group of the Year» in 2015 one of only five selected from among nearly 550 nominaAction Practice Group of the Year» in 2015 one of only five selected from among nearly 550 nominations.

Under his leadership, the Legal 500 has recognized Cohen Milstein as a Leading Plaintiff Class Action Firm for seven years in a row and Law360 selected the Antitrust Practice Group as a Competition Law Practice Group of the Year in 2013 and 2014.

Reathaford brings more than 12 years of experience handling class action litigation, as well as individual and multi-plaintiff actions, up to and including trial.

The Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) could have a significant impact on the Canadian class action environment, as it conducts a review of experiences with the Ontario Class Proceedings Act over the last 20 years as requested by the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney Genclass action environment, as it conducts a review of experiences with the Ontario Class Proceedings Act over the last 20 years as requested by the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney GenClass Proceedings Act over the last 20 years as requested by the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General.

This year's survey found that labor and employment (particularly, wage and hour litigation), consumer fraud, product liability, and antitrust matters collectively accounted for two - thirds of class action spending by respondents, with data privacy and security matters lurking as a potential next wave in 2018.

Australians are frustrated with the regulatory practices of the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), as this class action against Johnson & Johnson will be the third against the manufacturer in just three years.