Formerly at CCR, Carey worked on litigation on behalf of the press in the court-martial of whistleblower Chelsea Manning.
In this capacity, Mr. Brater has worked on litigation to block enforcement of restrictive state voting laws, prevent unlawful purges, and ensure fair districts.
Further, I would expect NPE business models to adapt if the SHIELD Act were to become law by, for example, focusing on litigation financing of individual inventors.
"Obviously I work for a shop that relies on litigation as one of many tools in our toolbox, in terms of confronting bad projects that shouldn't have passed, or shouldn't pass environmental and regulatory reviews," Reid said.
The protection of the environment and the oceans is "the single biggest issue facing the world", said Pugh, who as a maritime lawyer in London worked on the litigation of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.
Physicians would not be charged with negligence for what was merely an error, even if an avoidable one, and far less would be spent on litigation, legitimate arguments of those opposing the current system.
Five years on from the financial crisis, billions of dollars have been spent on litigation and settlements, and hundreds of thousands of pages of new legislation have been added to America's already vast library of securities laws.
Big companies that choose to fight can easily spend tens of millions of dollars on litigation that could otherwise go on research and development.
To the Editor: Your article on litigation against mak-rs of antipsychotic drugs ("Side Effects May Include Lawsuits," Oct. 3) did not address the main reason for the high volume of prescriptions for them:they often help patients.
Without affiliates outside America, Andersen might be unable to audit large, international firms.Already, a plaintiff lawyer says, work is proceeding on litigation against Andersen because of questionable revenue figures reported by Global Crossing, a bankrupt telecom firm that was its client.
