The arbitration provision in their contracts prohibited them from sharing the cost or from consolidating their claims into one case, so each was left with no way to press a claim.
Typically, the agreements also prohibit the arbitrator from consolidating similar claims.
It can accelerate efforts at consolidating its claims on the ground, vehemently reject any unfavorable arbitration outcome as an affront to its national integrity, and impose sanctions on and/or diplomatically isolate the Philippines as a form of reprisal.
wall street journal Judge Allows Investor Lawsuit Against Goldman Sachs | A federal judge said on Thursday that shareholders could go ahead with a lawsuit that consolidates claims that Goldman Sachs failed to disclose it was betting against clients by taking short positions on several collateralized debt obligation deals, Reuters reports.
This, Spender claims, provides circumstantial evidence that 'males have encoded sexism into language to consolidate their claims of male supremacy' (Spender 1985: 144).
Kasimdzhanov will face Garry Kasparov later this year as part of a deal to consolidate the claims of the rival factions.
The holiday is a result of a "solvent scheme of arrangement," a legal proceeding in which creditors and insurance companies consolidate certain claims and liquidate them at an agreed-upon price.
A panel of judges that decides whether to consolidate similar claims brought in different jurisdictions into a single courtroom ruled Friday that lawsuits filed in several states will be heard in the Central District of California, where Pacquiao was said to injure his shoulder while training for the fight.
The step was taken, she said, because the mediation process was "not moving at any pace". A Chapter 11 bankruptcy process will consolidate the claims before one judge in one court who would likely appoint a mediator to broker a resolution.
Building off that framework, and drawing on lessons from securities law, we propose a mechanism that opens antitrust suits to indirect purchasers, consolidates multiple claims into a single proceeding, and designates a presumptive lead plaintiff.
