Sentences with phrase «years of litigation against»

Ferraro told the DBR that the settlement is somewhere between the $ 10 million he offered Lynn Kelley and the $ 35 million she requested in years of litigation against the firm cofounded by her late husband.

Slater, reduced by years of litigation against the fanatical animal rights group and other parties, is in financial straits and thinking of walking dogs to earn money.

Not exact matches

Executives who only a few days ago raged against all the elements of the current compromise now say it is the only possible deal, way better than two more - BC Premier Gordon Campbell topped that at five more - years of uncertain litigation.

After years of litigation, today's panel reports demonstrate that U.S. dolphin - safe labeling requirements do not discriminate against any imported tuna products and therefore are WTO - consistent.

Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by forward - looking statements based on a number of factors, including, without limitation: (1) risks related to the consummation of the Merger, including the risks that (a) the Merger may not be consummated within the anticipated time period, or at all, (b) the parties may fail to obtain shareholder approval of the Merger Agreement, (c) the parties may fail to secure the termination or expiration of any waiting period applicable under the HSR Act, (d) other conditions to the consummation of the Merger under the Merger Agreement may not be satisfied, (e) all or part of Arby's financing may not become available, and (f) the significant limitations on remedies contained in the Merger Agreement may limit or entirely prevent BWW from specifically enforcing Arby's obligations under the Merger Agreement or recovering damages for any breach by Arby's; (2) the effects that any termination of the Merger Agreement may have on BWW or its business, including the risks that (a) BWW's stock price may decline significantly if the Merger is not completed, (b) the Merger Agreement may be terminated in circumstances requiring BWW to pay Arby's a termination fee of $ 74 million, or (c) the circumstances of the termination, including the possible imposition of a 12 - month tail period during which the termination fee could be payable upon certain subsequent transactions, may have a chilling effect on alternatives to the Merger; (3) the effects that the announcement or pendency of the Merger may have on BWW and its business, including the risks that as a result (a) BWW's business, operating results or stock price may suffer, (b) BWW's current plans and operations may be disrupted, (c) BWW's ability to retain or recruit key employees may be adversely affected, (d) BWW's business relationships (including, customers, franchisees and suppliers) may be adversely affected, or (e) BWW's management's or employees» attention may be diverted from other important matters; (4) the effect of limitations that the Merger Agreement places on BWW's ability to operate its business, return capital to shareholders or engage in alternative transactions; (5) the nature, cost and outcome of pending and future litigation and other legal proceedings, including any such proceedings related to the Merger and instituted against BWW and others; (6) the risk that the Merger and related transactions may involve unexpected costs, liabilities or delays; (7) other economic, business, competitive, legal, regulatory, and / or tax factors; and (8) other factors described under the heading «Risk Factors» in Part I, Item 1A of BWW's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 2016, as updated or supplemented by subsequent reports that BWW has filed or files with the SEC.

Her over 20 years of practice as an attorney includes serving as litigation coordinator for the Women Against Abuse Legal Center in Philadelphia, and on Planned Parenthood's trial team in its challenge to the constitutionality of the Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, in a federal district court in Washington, D.C., the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a brief requesting that a federal judge not dismiss a case of litigation against senior CIA and military officials for the 2011 targeted killing of Anwar al - Awlaki (a suspected al - Qaeda leader) and his 16 - year - old son, both U.S. citizens.

Create a one - year window to allow survivors who are currently outside of the statute of limitations to bring civil litigation against the offender and the institution that enabled the abuse.

But the church, along with organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America, has said a one - year look - back period would open the floodgates to litigation against organizations that could have to defend themselves in cases involving alleged abusers who have been dead or retired for years or decades.

However, these amendments, leftover relics of discrimination from more than 100 years ago when a surge of Catholic immigrants caused some to worry about their religious influence in what was then Protestant public schools, continue to be used by opponents of school choice as whips against policymakers who have no interest in inviting litigation.

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.

Successfully resolving claims against clients for over 25 years on terms favorable to clients, including technology vendor contract disputes and other commercial litigation, lease disputes for national and regional companies, and early resolution of several class action claims against national retailers and international travel company.

After five years of litigation and a nearly two - week trial, the team received a defense verdict on a hard fought class action case for breach of fiduciary duty against Mr. Hughes.

He has 12 years» experience of major commercial litigation in such diverse areas as bribery and corruption of senior executives and misappropriation of corporate assets (including the 24 - week Fiona Trust trial), international arbitration (typically LCIA, ICC, LMAA and UNCITRAL and frequently for or against states or state - owned companies), proceedings in the Commercial Court under the Arbitration Act 1996, banking litigation, offshore engineering, shipping and insurance.

Our lawyers, with 40 years of combined employment law experience, are well - qualified to inspect your claim against ERISA and determine if you are receiving your appropriate pension benefits; and if not, pursue litigation through the court system on your behalf.

As head of the consumer financial services enforcement and litigation practice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, he's devoted much of the past year to defending banking and lending clients against litigation stemming from the subprime mortgage crisis.

The annual Haynes and Boone Securities Litigation Year in Review comments on significant securities - related decisions by the Supreme Court, federal appellate courts and district courts, notes key developments in SEC enforcement, and summarizes significant rulings in state law fiduciary litigation against directors and officers of public Litigation Year in Review comments on significant securities - related decisions by the Supreme Court, federal appellate courts and district courts, notes key developments in SEC enforcement, and summarizes significant rulings in state law fiduciary litigation against directors and officers of public litigation against directors and officers of public companies.

In the last financial year, KBH has achieved particularly significant litigation victories against a major financial institution and one of the biggest property developers in the UAE.

At Altman & Altman LLP, our Boston - based personal injury attorneys have over 50 years of experience getting our clients the benefits they are entitled to for as long as they require to get better, and aggressively pursuing litigation against negligent employers and third parties responsible for the injury — whether they are backed by billion dollar corporations such as Amazon or not.

More recently, the trial of the allegations of contempt against Sergei Pugachev in the Mezhprom litigation resulted in sentences totalling 8 years and 11 months being imposed for 11 different contempts.

I started my career working as an insurance defence litigator with Parlee McLaws and then spent nine years with Alberta Justice in civil litigation - where I represented the Administrator of the Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund and defended claims brought against the Province of Alberta.

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.

According to the article, Missouri is the top target of tort reformers seeking to dismantle laws that «they claim have led to gargantuan verdicts,» including three 8 - figure awards against Johnson & Johnson last year in the baby powder litigation.

You do some legal research, and you come across an arresting sentence in a law review from a dozen years ago: «Despite the overwhelmingly large number of people who die from hospital - acquired infections each year, there are virtually no instances of successful litigation against doctors or hospitals.»

We are the founder of Mass Torts Made Perfect, which is a national seminar attended by approximately 800 lawyers twice per year where we help teach the successful handling of personal injury litigation against the world's largest companies.

This recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada resolves nearly fifteen years of litigation regarding the lawyer's role in protecting against anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing.

Other highlights include a major MDL victory for WellPoint ending years of heated litigation over reimbursements for out - of - network services, a unanimous Connecticut Supreme Court ruling affirming our closely - watched class action trial win related to Anthem's demutualization and Initial Public Offering, and continued representation of the state of Hawaii in litigation against President Donald Trump's travel ban.

It is difficult to reconcile Local 773's normal litigation activity on this matter over the course of more than two years with its argument that the action against it was so seriously flawed as to constitute a nullity.

Paul Barrett of Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Roger Parloff of Fortune and Michael Goldhaber of The American Lawyer have been covering the Ecuador litigation for years, and most recently covered the racketeering trial against Donziger on a daily basis.

But even without its own devices or brand on the market, Nokia still stands to gain significant revenues from the smartphone business through patents it has licensed, rather than sold, to Microsoft: $ 1.65 bn of the $ 5.44 bn purchase price gives Microsoft a 10 - year non-exclusive licence to Nokia's smartphone patents — some of which it has been using in litigation against various Android smartphone makers — and reciprocal rights related to Here mapping services.