"If they end up trying to get everyone to sign one of these agreements that's unlawful, they are inviting a lawsuit and substantial punitive damages".
"But it will have a pretty substantial impact on the lawsuits, not because of anything legal but because of what it does to the dynamics of the settlement negotiations and the dynamics of the trials if there are any trials".
The law also details "civil recovery statutes," by which retailers may use the threat of a civil lawsuit to recover substantial settlements for even minor thievery.
Teach for America, which has vociferously opposed the lawsuit and has substantial clout on Capitol Hill, is the most likely suspect behind the covert attempt to overturn the court's decision through stealth legislation.
The Whole Truth Project seeks to shed light on the fact that there is substantial fraud in the police lawsuit marketplace, by encouraging the media to expose to the public how there are far too many bogus "wrongful conviction" law suits which are in reality gangsters playing a form of "Cop Lotto".
Although Moody's said its outlook on the ratings was stable, it said it expected further downgradings if the lawsuits resulted in substantial damages against Bayer.
However, when Internet radio was developed several years later, the RIAA used the explicit threat of multiple lawsuits and the substantial power of its D.C. lobbying machine to force the small group of fledgling webcasters (all now defunct) to accept a completely different, highly discriminatory method for determining royalty rates that has wreaked havoc with the industry ever since.
Mr. Weissman's lawyer, Glenn Colton, said: "We are gravely concerned about substantial misstatements of fact in the lawsuit.
The costs of treating H.I.V. are substantial, and both sides in the lawsuit agreed that Alabama provides high-quality care.
But for CMJ, which was founded in 1978 as a trade publication for college radio and has struggled to maintain a place in a fast-changing business, the lawsuit could be a substantial blow.
Ford, which earned a $6.6 billion profit in 2010, warned investors in its annual report earlier this year that it could face "substantial" damages if it lost the lawsuit and if the judge applied the formula from the February ruling.
