For his part, Hausfeld has embraced this litigation as a cause akin to a lawsuit he once filed against Texaco for discriminating against minority employees.
In a telephone interview, Mr. Gould said the Russian executives' history of litigation was "a cause for reflection," but he added, "I don't think you should take the past as a guide for the future".
Howard made the threat of litigation a public cause, warning that individual greed was replacing community values.
Mr. Kerry's camp spread the word yesterday that the National Vaccine Advisory Committee of the Health and Human Services Department had reported the litigation threat was not a cause of the shortage.
It is unclear if the litigation will cause a delay in the law, which is set to go into effect in August.
Throughout the 1590s the incorporation of church properties by Protestant governments was a cause of litigation before the empire's courts, as Roman Catholic authorities sought to compel the return of everything confiscated since 1555; Protestant states, in turn, made support for the emperor's war against the Turks dependent on further concessions.
Some states recognize a customary public right to use beaches for recreation, regardless of what property holders say, but others allow greater latitude for exclusion — an issue that is a cause of widespread litigation.
As you can see, governments all over the world are well aware that resolving disputes by way of litigation causes a great deal of damage to business, family, and community relationships.
Ms. Quinn said through a Council spokesman, Justin Goodman, that Mr. Lander's bill would have the unintended consequence of giving a cause of action for litigation and thus make "homeownership less attainable and more expensive" without reducing discrimination.
Wyeth (48, WYE) is emerging from the litigation cloud of diet drug Fen-Phen, a cause of heart problems.
