Sentences with phrase «years of litigation based»

After thirty years of litigation based forensic accounting I could count on one hand how many times clients genuinely thanked me for my services.

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Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

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.

In 2002, Sheldon Silver began working for the Weitz & Luxenberg firm, which specializes in asbestos litigation and paid him $ 120,000 a year «based on his official position rather than any work he was expected to perform for clients of the firm,» said Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara.

With over 29 years of experience, Gherson's expertise extends from meeting the migration needs of international business people and those of UK - based companies to litigation in all UK jurisdictions.

The German - based botmaker made headlines for the last few years thanks to ongoing litigation provoked by its sale of cheat, bot, and hack programs for multiple Blizzard games.

The Zurich - based firm, in an examination of the consequences of globalization of class actions on insurers, said, «We expect, however, that climate change - related liability will develop more quickly than asbestos - related claims and believe the frequency and sustainability of climate change - related litigation could become a significant issue within the next couple of years...»

The 2018 rankings also included five Salt Lake City - based attorneys as «Lawyer of the Year:» N. Todd Leishman for his work in Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Brad R. Cahoon for his Government Relations Practice; P. Christian Anderson in Corporate Governance Law; James D. Gilson for his work in Litigation — Construction; and Paul M. Durham for Litigation — Real Estate.

In her 30 + years in practice, she has handled just about every kind of lawsuit you can think of — from shareholder derivative suits to medical device litigation, from disputes about insurance (life, title, commercial general liability) to claims based on federal statutes (RICO, TCPA, ERISA).

Moreover, chemical manufacturers and processors who attest to the safety of products once labeled safe but since found to be unsafe could face litigation arising from claims based on submissions made years, or even decades, prior to any known potential for harm.

Trumped - up allegations of misconduct, bogus reasons for dismissal, malicious references or dragging out litigation for years based on frivolous defences may have been improper conduct, but seldom was there was an incentive to stop it.

I have been working in Family Law for over 12 years now and SMS Attorneys have over 20 years of experience in family litigation and on that bases, I say that Every state has laws that govern the visitations and contracts.

«The last two years were a crucible for Citigroup Inc., the New York - based financial services behemoth and the biggest client of the litigation department of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.

We produce an annual report to our clients and friends of the firm each year that is entitled «Looking Forward», which includes observations from all of our practice groups about what we think may lie ahead based upon the securities regulators» priorities and emerging trends in financial industry litigation.

Karimullin Law Firm combines a nearly 20 years» of professional advisory practice under Russian business law mostly gained at Moscow - based international law firms with a wide range of litigation experience.

He enjoys representing businesses as their «outside in - house counsel,» providing a wide range of legal advice on business and litigation matters based on his many years of experience in the practice of law.

In the last several months, we have had several very junior and mid-level lawyers for various periods of time working in both our litigation support and contracts management departments, and have senior (more than 15 years) lawyers in operational and executive positions — a few of whom actually live in and work out of Delhi, and some of whom travel and work between India and their bases in the United States.

The year 2017 saw two notable decisions in the area of shareholder derivative and class actions, one granting a corporation's motion to dismiss a derivative suit based on the results of a special litigation committee investigation, the other upholding the denial of class certification on the grounds that the proposed class representative could not adequately represent the class.

Based in Hong Kong, she has nearly 15 years» experience of advising clients on arbitration and litigation proceedings in Asia Pacific.

Having developed one of the first PC - based litigation support software programs way back in 1983, (a money - loser - to early on the curve), I now see in the fullness of time what I predicted foolishly 35 years ago - the total transformation of the practice of law by information technology.

The court found that the expert's reasonable royalty opinion was unreliable, being based upon a single litigation settlement that (a) occurred 5 years after the hypothetical negotiation, (b) pertained to a different patent, and (c) accompanied no analysis of comparability.

With 15 years of litigation experience, personal injury attorney Joseph A. «Tony» Mesa, III from Mesa Law Firm could provide helpful counsel and aggressive representation on an affordable contingency fee basis.

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.

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.

About BoyarMiller BoyarMiller is a 27 - year - old Houston - based law firm comprised of two practice groups: business and litigation.

The Large Corporation Rules were enacted to discourage large corporations from engaging in a full reconstruction of their income tax returns for a particular year, after the objection or appeal process has started, based on developing interpretations and the outcome of court decisions in litigation involving other taxpayers.

Working closely with clients, we create rock - solid corporate and litigation solutions, based on years of legal and industry experience.

Terry Singleton is a San Diego - based attorney with more than 40 years of experience in civil litigation.

After practicing as a commercial and litigation lawyer for seven years with one of the leading Dutch law firms, Houthoff Buruma, she joined a global legal search firm in 2004 in Amsterdam — the first office the firm had ever opened outside of the UK — and she focused on servicing and further developing the in - house counsel client base across the mainland European region.

In an award issued in December 2015 and clarified in March of this year, Sir Phillip criticised Essar's conduct and ordered it to pay Norscot's costs on an indemnity basis, including the sum of # 1.94 million, which Norscot owed to Woodsford pursuant to the litigation funding arrangement.

The program also included a discussion of ten lessons municipalities and their counsel should heed based on the past 10 + years of RLUIPA litigation.

Jones Walker is one of many large New Orleans - based firms representing defendants in litigation tied to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year.

Datt is the founder of Loom Analytics, a Toronto - based AI startup that launched last year and has developed an app that promises «Litigation intelligence at your fingertips» to its target market (as of now) of lawyers and insurance companies.

The winners of Benchmark Litigation 2018 Law Firm of the Year have been chosen based upon research conducted between March and November 2017.

With 20 years of experience and professional practice, in both public and private law, litigation and commercial law, N - Advogados & CM Advogados has a set of professionals and technical methods based in solid values of rigour, excellency and dedication to its clients.

Prior to joining the company, Jonathan was a Director of Recruiting with a well - established New York based legal recruiting company for five years after practicing law as a litigator with a national litigation firm and boutique litigation firm in Manhattan.

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Before joining Lateral Link, Marion practiced for almost 11 years in the commercial litigation department of an Atlanta - based Am Law 200 firm, where he focused on acting as national coordinating counsel for corporate clients involved in class actions and complex, high exposure litigation.

Alma Asay: Allegory is a litigation knowledge management platform that I designed based on my experiences working at Gibson Dunn where I was an associate for six years and really frustrated that the focus of litigation technology seemed just to be on eDiscovery and we were left with email, Excel and shared drives to manage our litigations.

The Hon.. Mr. Justice MacCallum presided over the Milgaard Inquiry in Saskatoon between February 2004 to 2007, in which the extensive paper trail generated by the many years of that litigation was rendered manageable by computer - based records.

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.

Some of our notable entertainment and media attorneys are: John Quinn, General Counsel of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, who has also represented entertainment and media clients in a number of high profile cases; Kathleen Sullivan, the former Dean of Stanford Law School, First Amendment scholar, and nationally renowned appellate advocate, who heads the firm's appellate practice group; Bob Raskopf, an expert in the sports, entertainment and media bars in New York, who is perhaps best known for his work on behalf of professional sports leagues and teams, newspapers and publishers; Claude Stern, who has represented a broad array of leading software developers, videogame manufacturers, online publishers and other media clients in all forms of intellectual property litigation, including copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark, and licensing disputes; Bruce Van Dalsem, who has tried and resolved disputes for studios, producers and performing artists in the film, television, music and finance businesses, securing a top five verdict in California based on the misappropriation of a film library; Gary Gans, an expert litigator in motion picture financing, production and distribution disputes, as well as copyright and idea theft cases, who has been named in 2012 by The Hollywood Reporter as one of America's «Top Entertainment Attorneys;» Jeff McFarland, who has litigated entertainment related cases for more than 20 years, including cases involving motion picture and television series profits, video game licenses, idea theft and the «seven year rule;» and Michael Williams, who represents a satellite exhibitor and other media clients in trademark, copyright, patent, antitrust and other commercial litigation.

MLS Vani & Associates, a modern Indian business law firm offering a variety of associated services, seeks for Corporate and Litigation Associates with minimum 3 - 5 years PQE for their office based in Mumbai.

Following more than a year of litigation, BlackBerry and Flordia - based Android manufacturer Blu have entered into a patent licensing agreement.

With over 29 years of experience, Gherson's expertise extends from meeting the migration needs of international business people and those of UK - based companies to litigation in all UK jurisdictions.

In response to our clients requests and in our continuing efforts to keep our existing clients as well as our potential clients apprised of issues in matrimonial and family law as well as our own thoughts and conclusions based on several years of mediation and litigation experience, here is our Mediation Associates» Newsletter Notes from August 2005.

Rather than immediately assuming that all holidays are to be divided equally and allocated to the parties on an even year / odd year basis as typically happens in litigation, Collaborative Divorce starts by asking more out of the box questions such as «Does either parent's extended family have holiday traditions associated with certain holidays that the children enjoy attending that we should try and facilitate with the Parenting Plan?»