Sentence examples for litigation hours from inspiring English sources

"But there has never been an economic incentive for lawyers to pursue criminal actions because there are no billable litigation hours in criminal cases".

See Brief for Secretary of Labor as Amicus Curiae in In re Novartis Wage and Hour Litigation, No. 09 0437 (hereinafter Secretary's Novartis Brief).

Men's Wearhouse said profit for the year ended Jan . 31was $1.27 a share, less than the $1.33 reported earlier, after estimating costs expected from wage-and-hour litigation in California.

The Ninth Circuit's decision conflicts with the Second Circuit's decision in In re Novartis Wage and Hour Litigation, 611 F. 3d 153 1553–155 (2010) (holding that the DOL's interpretation is entitled to controlling deference).

(a) The DOL filed amicus briefs in the Second Circuit and the Ninth Circuit in which it took the view that "a 'sale' for the purposes of the outside sales exemption requires a consummated transaction directly involving the employee for whom the exemption is sought". Brief for Secretary of Labor as Amicus Curiae in In re Novartis Wage and Hour Litigation, No. 09 0437 (CA2), p. 11.

Paguirigan's hiring in 2001 in South Gate as a $200-per-hour litigation specialist stirred controversy in the working-class city, and the resulting publicity, prosecutors said, led the latest victims to come forward.

In the Tyco securities litigation, of the 423,380 hours that the lawyers for the class claimed to have worked (not including clerical staff), 290,552 hours (69%) were accounted for by contract lawyers reviewing 83.5 million documents.

Documents seen by the Guardian show that it was fear of disruption stemming from litigation at the eleventh hour.

Still, Zwirner got a lesson in the American way of tactical litigation and the billable hour, and the public got a glimpse into the opaque, cliquish workings of art allocation — "a realm of self-proclaimed royalty full of 'blacklists,'grayliststs,' and astonishing chicanery," the presiding judge declared.

After facing initial rejection and then litigation, the new 24 Hour Fitness Super Sport center in Burbank opened on Saturday.

Consider the litigation system, in which the hours worked by lawyers at large law firms are a common complaint.