Lawsuit

and prevention seriously. A major problem in the NFL (National Football League) is dealing with concussions. Players are getting concussions by playing the brutal sport of football and many players end up filing a lawsuit against the NFL. The NFL players are filing a lawsuit against the NFL because the brutal hits they took and the multiple serious…

needed precautions were taken. If CleverTech somehow found OpenTech to be using their trade secrets in a design product, CleverTech may be in a fair position to submit a lawsuit against OpenTech (Evans, 2012). This could be highly detrimental to the much smaller company, OpenTech. Likewise, if CleverTech does not win the lawsuit, OpenTech’s decision to use the trade secrets and make them OpenSource and available to all could put CleverTech out of the race to market. Ethically, the obligation…

In July 2014, Flintco Pacific, Inc. (Plaintiff), considered as the prime contractor of the expected LEED Platinum building, Mitchell Park library in Palo Alto, California, filed a lawsuit against the project owner, City Of Palo Alto (Respondent). In fact, the City cancelled the contract with Flintco Pacific in early 2014 and it also announced a takeover agreement to let a new general contractor finish the project. Besides, the City…

in the likelihood of children exposed to radiation to develop cancer later in life. After the documents were disclosed to public by O'Leary, many lawsuits were filed against the government by people affected from radiation experiments. An example of these lawsuits is three of the pregnant women involved in the above mentioned experiments filed a lawsuit against Vanderbilt University and they eventually won $10.3 million in addition to receiving a public apology issued by the school. A major…

Did you know that the average cost of a typical data breach is $5.4 million in the United States? A data breach can take a toll on a company of any size and consumers alike, which is why it is so important for both consumers and companies to take necessary precautions to reduce the risk of breaches. Security Breaches have a compound impact on both consumers and businesses. Consumers shop with companies under the faith that their personal information will be protected. When a security breach…

Nevada law, because the civil action occurred in Las Vegas and totaled more than $10,000 it is heard by the Clark County Civil Court (Clark County Courts, n.d.). According to the Clark County Court website, defendants must be served a copy of the lawsuit and have 20 days to respond. From there they meet to discuss procedures such as discovery, a possible settlement or alternative methods of resolution. If need be it continues on to scheduling a trial where it can be tried before a judge or a…

The NAACP as a part of the Civil Rights movement managed to persuade the justice department into filing a lawsuit against pro- segregation schools on behalf of the US government. The movement also managed to get the government to agree on withholding funding from such schools. NAACP representatives gave arguments in court emphasizing the importance of black children…

discipline the harasser, it could have potentially put him in a situation where he would have been attacked and a possible victim of a hate crime. Henry Blue is the only employee of Aqua America to file a lawsuit. There is no information regarding if other people quit after they heard about the lawsuit, whether anyone contacted the media, or if any of the employees created unions. HOW ISSUES IMPACT…

the reasonableness of contingency fees and the hours spent on the case. For instance, under the Ontario Solicitors Act, contingency fee agreements should be in writing between the lawyers and clients with the court's approval in large class action lawsuits. Masry had informed the residents at the meeting that if they won the case the award would be 40% of the settlement. The lawyer was paid reasonable because you must consider the time and labour required, the novelty and difficulty of the…

million and XYZ bank lends HOLO based on the financial reports. Six months later, when the embezzlement and cover-up are revealed, the stock prices of HOLO drop drastically, Vanderbilling Equity Fund and XYZ filed lawsuits. b. Issue: Were Doug, Sam, Tony, PPW, and HOLO liable for this lawsuits? c. Answer: Yes d. Rationale: 1. Common law fraud. HOLO issued false financial reports and hided the embezzlement on purpose, Tony willfully expressed the unqualified opinion on financial statements and…