"No doubt the public is interested in knowing the status of the latter proceedings," Judge Holland wrote, referring to the 2006 reopener claim, "and this court is very seriously interested in seeing overall closure of the litigation flowing from the grounding of the Exxon Valdez".
After the Supreme Court banned antitrust suits by indirect purchasers of goods, for example, several states interpreted the law the other way, and litigation flowed to those states.
"We believe investors will get a better chance for an opportunity in Altria once the dust settles from the expected litigation news flow over the next zero to three months.
Those assignments, particularly Lehman, generated hundreds of millions of dollars in fees, not only in bankruptcy work, but also from the reams of litigation that flowed from them.
In the absence of such an analysis, we suggest that courts, which may observe the ebb and flow of litigation in real time through their dockets, are best suited to craft solutions and balance the interests and incentives of corporate constituents, rather than having their discretion curtailed by one-size-fits-all legislation.
Congress has periodically attempted to address the issue, notably through the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Twenty-Fourth Amendments and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but as the steady flow of litigation demonstrates, the problem persists.
Like the pilot fish humping along behind a ship and inhaling the blowback from its turbines, these publishing companies became dependent on financial extravagance, massive deal flow, complex litigation, and intricate regulation produced by the financial-legal-regulatory money machine.
"Since taking over the complex, CWCapital has resolved four major litigations, doubled the cash flow and tripled the value of the asset," Andrew MacArthur, a managing director, said in a statement.
The changes within the litigation group, such as flows of members and changes of the cultural framework, were also analyzed.
They blame, among other things, regulatory obstacles — "endless studies, government reviews, and litigation" for interfering with the free flow of financing.
