Clinton signed a bill in 1994 setting limits on civil lawsuits against aircraft manufacturers.
There will likely be civil lawsuits that Penn State will have no choice but to settle.
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Similarly, parties in civil lawsuits answer written questions or 'interrogatories' put to them by their opponents.
Other court documents put Mr. Stern at the center of tangled civil lawsuits and counterclaims involving Citigroup Inc.
But, as the civil lawsuits over tobacco have shown in America, tenacious investigation can put names to specific decisions.
He also raised the possibility that civil lawsuits against banks might be so large as to undermine financial stability.
But possible criminal and civil lawsuits could very well drain him now.
It would allow parents to bring civil lawsuits against people who help their kids get an abortion without parental consent.
So far, Microsoft's campaign has generated 64 criminal raids and resulted in 17 civil lawsuits being filed in 15 countries.
The obligation to preserve the evidence began, they say, when the company first received civil lawsuits related to the hacking.
That, she argues, changes everything, since the protections applying to criminal defendants are different to those fighting off civil lawsuits.
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In America, for instance, rules governing civil lawsuits now require firms to produce all relevant pieces of digital information in court.
Ironically, the national news media has bolstered the bogus complaints and made the prospect of still more expensive civil lawsuits more likely.
Even if the SEC and Goldman agree to a deal, the company faces numerous civil lawsuits related to its activities during the mortgage bubble.
The two civil lawsuits were filed by Yerushalmi on January 6, 2010, and because they arise out of the same facts, the cases were consolidated.
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Most of those efforts succeeded, often as a result of settlements with defendants in civil lawsuits filed by the SEC, though the agency couldn't provide exact figures.
Lin Wood, one of Jewell's attorneys, told CNN Monday morning that he would be filing civil lawsuits against media outlets, and that Jewell faced a tough road reclaiming his reputation.
Police had investigated the matter in 2006 but re-opened their probe at the beginning of this year after new information surfaced through civil lawsuits and an internal investigation at News International.
Absent from the witnesses Wednesday were representatives of hedge funds SAC Capital and Rocker Partners, both defendants in separate civil lawsuits involving allegations of manipulative short-selling, as well as representatives of Gradient.
's U.K. newspaper unit from late 2007 to mid-2009, has said he became aware of widespread wrongdoing in late 2010 as a result of evidence that surfaced in civil lawsuits against the paper.
Four civil lawsuits were filed separately by two brothers and two other people, and the plaintiffs reached a settlement this month with the church and Mahony, said attorney Vince Finaldi of Irvine, California.
Even a deal in which Goldman neither admitted to nor denied committing fraud in the Abacus deal would damage the 141-year-old firm's standing with clients and increase the likelihood of a wave of civil lawsuits.
Imperial Sugar still faces 36 civil lawsuits, including suits by families of those killed and some of the 40 people injured, as well as a handful of shareholder suits, according to its most recent quarterly results.
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But the Supreme Court has undermined that idea over the years, most powerfully with its Daubert ruling in 1993, ordering judges to determine the credibility of scientific witnesses before they can even be allowed to provide evidence in civil lawsuits.
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The civil lawsuits on behalf of allegedly defrauded Enron (otc: ENRNQ - news - people ) shareholders are in their early innings and will have to compete for attention and court space with likely criminal trials, which normally proceed first.
Cases in the court's upcoming session include two suits to determine the legitimacy of patents, a case that will help determine the scope of federal jurisdiction in civil lawsuits, and a challenge by Waste Management to a Mississippi ordinance limiting where it can dispose of solid waste.
He developed a program similar to Crime Stoppers that would allow companies to contract with his business, Redline Solution, to obtain confidential information from anyone and be paid for that information totally anonymously and without any personal identification that could later be discovered by either the company or law enforcement or in civil lawsuits.
Cases in the court's upcoming session include two suits to determine the legitimacy of patents, a case that will help determine the scope of federal jurisdiction in civil lawsuits, and a challenge by Waste Management (nyse: WMI - news - people ) to a Mississippi ordinance limiting where it can dispose of solid waste.
But if Gemstar prevails, it will be seen as a big positive for the company and could set the stage for a favorable outcome in Gemstar's civil patent lawsuits.
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