About 300 successful claims to the scheme are expected each year.

Bangladesh s ICT Act spawns record number of lawsuits against journalists

Mortgage banks kept some claims on their books, but sold most of them to investment banks as mortgage backed securities.

More and more tax claims are being produced, and not only against Yukos.

RWE announced it is considering to file 797 charges for trespassing.

EPA reverses decision to delay smog rule after lawsuits

Atari Inc. suffered from an image problem when a company named Mystique produced a number of pornographic games for the 2600.

And marketing as natural products that contain genetically engineered ingredients has led to lawsuits for false labeling.

Yes, all investors should have a very modest share of gold in their portfolios as a hedge against extreme tail risks.

And those defending themselves from claims know they have time on their side, which the claimants certainly do not.

Other countries in the EU such as Austria, Greece, Italy and Poland are also in the process of similar cases.

The artist has made and presented multiple sculptures of vaginas, none of which have been cause for legal concern.

Under previous administrations, EPA would often fail to meet designation deadlines, and then wait to be sued by activist groups and others, agreeing in a settlement to set schedules for designation, said Pruitt, who sued EPA more than a dozen times in his prior job.

Of course, there are downsides to patent law expansion, prime among them the increased incidence and cost of litigation.

His election is being challenged in court by other candidates, and Western backing could play a role in stabilizing his government.

Of course, there are downsides to patent law expansion, prime among them the increased incidence and cost of litigation.

According to a report from the Insurance Information Institute, nearly 70 of homeowners claims in Louisiana were settled by the end of January, for a total of 7.5 billion dollars.

Fokus' editor in chief has publicly stated that the magazine has had to institute self censorship due to the danger of financial ruin from defamation suits such as this one.

Since that time, the Tribunal has managed to hear more than 10 thousand cases related to air pollution, waste collection, geological developments, hazardous waste, and the construction of dikes.

Never mind that by the second half of 2003, it had become obvious that the government intended to use legal means in the form of massive tax claims to destroy the company.

The Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs pledged in May to eliminate the Section 57 of the law, which has been used to file these lawsuits, but has shown no progress on this thus far.

On March 31, 2005, Microsoft filed 117 federal lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

While complaints against parents, based on allegedly repressed and recovered memories of abuse, have declined, those against large institutions, such as the Catholic Church, have increased.

Back home, he is the subject of satirical songs and finds himself engaged in frivolous lawsuits about whether he dyes his hair or spends enough time with his wife.

The creditor countries, by contrast, would incur losses on their claims and investments denominated in euros and encounter stiffer competition at home from other eurozone members.

This trend might well continue until cross border claims become so small that they are no longer systemically important as was true before the introduction of the euro.

But even though it's the home of the fast fashion industry and you have a lot of luxury designers there, they don't register their garments, generally, and there's not a lot of litigation.

The group that owns thousands of former Nortel patents filed a barrage of patent lawsuits on Thursday against cell phone manufacturers including Google, the company it outbid in the Nortel bankruptcy auction.

Many organizations offer debriefing as part of their response to traumatic incidents such as police officers involved in firearm incidents, or bank staff who witness robberies. In some institutions interventions are compulsory perhaps out of a desire to reduce psychological distress, but also from a belief this will reduce exposure to litigation.

In some institutions interventions are compulsory perhaps out of a desire to reduce psychological distress, but also from a belief this will reduce exposure to litigation.

The land of the free has become a legal minefield, says Philip K. Howard especially for teachers and doctors, whose work has been paralyzed by fear of suits. What's the answer? A lawyer himself, Howard has four propositions for simplifying US law.

The EPA's reversal following our lawsuits is an important win for the health and safety of those 6.7 million New Yorkers, and the over 115 million Americans directly impacted by smog pouring into their communities, Schneiderman said.

Sixty seven tax evasion cases and 43 smuggling cases, with claims totaling more than 26 billion pesos and 58 billion pesos, respectively, have been filed against groups and individuals.

If a company is found to treat its employees poorly or behave unethically, even if regulators don't step in, it can face costly consequences from consumer boycotts, employee attrition and lawsuits, Quinlan said.