Sentence examples for litigation rules from inspiring English sources

He cited as an example, that Mr. Gore did not respond to a speech in February in which Mr. Bush told a South Carolina audience of business people that Mr. Bush would immediately seek changes in litigation rules if elected.

Ralph Nader, the longtime consumer advocate who has been closely allied with trial lawyers on the issue of civil litigation rules, said Mr. Gore was allowing the president to take the heat of associating with the lawyers while he was reaping the benefits.

Judge Jamie D. Happas of New Jersey Superior Court, who is overseeing the multistate litigation, ruled last year that Dr. Biederman should be deposed.

By asserting its patents, Affymetrix also left them open to challenge, and the judge presiding over the Incyte litigation ruled one of Affymetrix's patents invalid in October.

The judge in the Soto litigation ruled in 1996 that the prosecution's evidence obtained in searches of the defendants' cars was tainted by the conduct of the state police in traffic stops on the turnpike.

Backed by the threat of litigation, this rule has resulted in broad protections that benefit untold numbers of workers.

"If that is allowed and one takes into account the relevant size of the different organisations and persons in this litigation, the rule of law is worth nothing," the barrister said.

But groups representing the energy industry and companies that require large amounts of electricity warned of higher energy bills and predicted more litigation when the rules emerge.

For co-chair Bob Goodlatte (R-Va)., that means a justice system wiped clean of "excessive and frivolous litigation" and "inefficient rules".

Private litigation is not ruled out.

After 13 years of litigation, a court ruled that Nicolas's parents were entitled to about $68,000 with a further $250,000 to go for the cost of care.