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USA Recht | 16. März 2012 — ... Legal Reform WASHINGTON — The question before the Supreme Court on Tuesday was whether lawsuits against corporations for some kinds of human rights violations are categorically forbidden. Some ... under a 1991 federal law, the Torture Victim Protection Act. The law allows civil l…
USA Recht | 9. Februar 2012 — Institute for Legal Reform. News Daily, Mortgage Settlement Talks Look Like Tobacco II More to read [...] ILR Mortgage Settlement Talks Look Like Tobacco II …
USA Recht | 25. Juli 2011 — Mortgage Win for Goldman (sub. req.) Wall Street Journal | July 22, 2011; Goldman Sachs Group Inc. scored a victory in one of the highest-profile lawsuits that accuses it of duping investors on mortgage securities that were sold during the buildup to the financial crisis. In a ruling that giv…
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USA Recht | 15. Juli 2011 —Analysis: Wal-Mart Ruling No Knock-Out Blow for Class Actions New York Times | July 12, 2011 The end of the road for a class-action discrimination lawsuit brought by female employees of Wal-Mart Stores Inc has not spelled doom for employment lawsuits facing other big U.S. companies. …
USA Recht | 6. Juli 2011 — ... raises outlook for tort reform Business Insurance | July 4, 2011 Promoting tort reform as a means to foster economic growth may be a winning strategy to win passage of such measures, tort reform advocates say. They point to Texas, where Gov. Rick Perry – a possible Republican presidentia…
USA Recht | 3. Februar 2011 — ... ; he never expected that one of them would thank him with a lawsuit. Juskys was in the process of improving an apartment complex he had ... , you’re going to get sued. We’re easy prey.” The lawsuit not only took away from Juskys’ ability to focus on his ... . Juskys now understands why…
USA Recht | 5. Januar 2011 — ... the rewards are not guaranteed by any means,” Singer says. “When you throw in the additional risk of lawsuits and their potential cost, it has a serious effect on the economic engine of this country.” In 2006, one the company’s neighbors – who had filed 23 previous lawsuits in the county – …
USA Recht | 23. Dezember 2010 — Hier mehr…. ein wachsender Geschäaftsbereich …. …
USA Recht | 17. November 2010 — ... In recent years, the average has been about eight such lawsuits a year. The cases are mix of class actions and ... online research service that includes thousands of databases of judicial rulings, lawsuits and other legal information. None of the 24 shareholder suits ... of about two …
USA Recht | 25. Oktober 2010 — ... content with bringing cases involving purchases of securities within the United States, these lawyers want to represent the entire world – and inflict on already-crowded United States courts lawsuits that have little or nothing to do with this country. Recent Supreme Court Dec…
USA Recht | 15. Oktober 2010 — ... prize for proposal of the year goes to Connecticut Attorney General and Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal. Asked in a debate to justify the hundreds of lawsuits he’s filed against companies – employers – in his state, the Democrat replied: “Our lawsuits, our legal actions, actually create…
USA Recht | 29. Juli 2010 —US panel asked to consolidate oil spill lawsuits, By CURT ANDERSON, July 29, 2010;, The Associated Press: BOISE, ... panel meeting in Idaho is considering where to consolidate more than 300 lawsuits filed in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill against BP and other ... and businesses are suing for sever…
USA Recht | 25. Juli 2010 — TY Mitschnitt vom 9.Juli 2010 zum Thema US-Klagen und ihr Mißbrauch zu Lasten der Gesellschaft (“Lawsuit victim Crystal Chodes and Manhattan Institute’s Jim Copland on how lawsuits hurt small business.”) …
USA Recht | 21. Juli 2010 — ... , 2010; U.S. Chamber Study: Cost of Lawsuits Another Burden for America’s Job Creators; ... current economic downturn, this study shows that our lawsuit system continues to be a drag on job ... be paying $152 billion in tort costs. “Our lawsuit system is increasingly burdening owners, wor…
