Nevertheless, the Picowers "have initiated discussions with the trustee to reach a settlement" of the litigation "to avoid years of extensive litigation," Mr. Zabel said, adding "we would hope the trustee would devote his energy and resources to those discussions".
The stent companies refuse to publicly comment on the litigation, to avoid revealing their legal strategies and for fear of offending judges.
These individuals could bring further litigation to avoid repaying this money, legal specialists said.
"There are just too many questions, and so much litigation, for the Court to avoid the merits for too long".Whenever the day of judgment arrives, do not expect Justice Scalia to suddenly embrace a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.
Other states, including Mississippi and Kansas, watered down or abandoned tough bills to avoid the litigation and protests that Arizona faced.
Given an opportunity to avoid the litigation that went on for years over the police stop-and-frisk practices and which recently concluded with a stunning loss, the city chose to fight, at enormous cost.
Brigadier Gen. Mark S. Martins, the chief military commissions prosecutor, recommended dropping the conspiracy charge in order to avoid the "significant litigation risks" of proceeding and losing.
The privately-held Napster, by being tied up in litigation, may even have been able to avoid the chaotic spending on sales and marketing that doomed so many of its peers.
But there will be little that can be done to avoid the resulting litigation".
In some cases, investigations seemed to be used as an avoidance strategy to defer dealing with patients' worries, and were also instigated to avoid the possibility of litigation.
