It's a narrow response to litigation, benefiting a few thousand farmers at most, when what the water crisis requires are comprehensive solutions serving all stakeholders and the public at large.
Impact litigation generates benefits beyond a specific case.
Moreover, Mr. Picard is determined that all Madoff claims should be handled through the federal bankruptcy court, not through piecemeal litigation that benefits only small groups of investors.
"Providing a green light for this project at this time will only lead to protracted litigation which benefits no one," the Skeena Corridor Nations said in a statement.
But Commissioner Julie Brill, a former assistant state attorney general in Vermont who was active in state litigation against benefit managers, vehemently disagreed and issued her own statement.
She works in the employment law department and concentrates on employee benefits litigation.
All those shareholder suits are costing a ton of money and the shareholders, in a sad irony, are footing the bill for the litigation that supposedly benefits them.
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By that, he said, "I mean the difficult, costly, confusing and seemingly endless processes" that generate studies, administrative appeals and litigation without tangible benefit to forest lands.
A meaningful, not superficial, apology integrated into the litigation process will benefit all parties and the legal system should provide incentives for this.
