In response to these and similar cases, the department set up the Special Litigation Support Unit last month, with an 11-member staff of officers and civilians, said Thomas Antenen, the deputy commissioner of public information.
The settlements indicate that the former Lehman officers and directors may have concluded the government is unlikely to pursue a case against any of them, so wrapping up the private litigation can be a major step toward putting the firm's collapse behind them.
We aren't paying for it - the good taxpayers of Texas are willing to pick up the tab for the litigation, right?
A judge in the province of Buenos Aires ordered that the mural be locked up in a lot until the litigation, which is continuing, was over.
It's conceivable that might drive the company to consider purchasing companies with similar or related Web-based technology to speed up its move away from the litigation threat hanging over them.
Institutional investors need to pick up the mantle of litigation.
Garrett said, "You think you've really teed up the information for litigation, and a client doesn't want to do anything.
That said, the changes Mr. Steinberg is championing — which include exempting urban projects from parking and aesthetic reviews, and speeding up the pace of litigation — are considerably short of the broader rollback of environmental reviews sought by business leaders.
The hundreds of millions (and perhaps billions) of dollars of TPLF undoubtedly will drive up the demand for litigation attorneys, but its ripple effects will also increase the demand for transactional and regulatory attorneys.
In England between the 13th and 16th centuries, extramarital sex was policed with such energy that up to 90% of the litigation handled by church courts was about combating fornication, adultery, sodomy and prostitution.
And, because the C.P.P. is already tied up in litigation, the E.P.A. must request permission from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to reconsider the rule.
