In shareholder litigation these days, plaintiff law firms are hired by states and public pension funds rather than individuals.
Other defendants in the WorldCom litigation have 45 days to agree to settlements on the terms agreed to by Citigroup.
Lawyers representing two men who say they were sexually abused by the Rev. Paul R. Shanley have agreed to suspend litigation for 30 days in an effort to settle the cases.
She added that under the New York City Pet Law, if a tenant keeps a dog in an apartment in violation of the lease, and the landlord does not begin litigation within 90 days after finding out about the dog, the landlord is deemed to have waived his right to enforce the no-pet clause.
As in those days, litigation proved determinative.
Everybody is litigation-crazy these days.
Mrs. Pressman is a litigation associate at Day Pitney, a law firm in Parsippany, N.J.
Shareholder merger litigation is everywhere these days.
After 14 days of litigation, the State Supreme Court today unanimously rejected a last-ditch appeal by Bret D. Schundler to keep Bob Franks's name off the June 26 ballot.
Ultimately, they stuck to Europe, also because it wouldn't be a good idea for them to travel to the U.S. because of pending litigation from the Kazaa days.
