The company said it expects adjusted EBITDA ex-litigation costs to be positive in the quarter.
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Rather than incur millions in litigation costs, branded and generic companies often prefer to settle.
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Deutsche has already said it has set aside money to cover any litigation costs over rate-rigging.
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The Survey polled corporate counsels on litigation costs, which on average rose 73% over a six-year period.
Insurance premiums have been rising both because of increasing litigation costs and falling interest rates, LaCroix said.
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Note: the NWFund cannot be used to pay fines or other litigation costs, those come from tax-payer dollars, not rate-payers.
The crossbench peer argued that deficiencies in the law result in high litigation costs and have a negative impact on families.
The ECB urged banks to make "adequate provisions" against nonperforming assets "as well as any other foreseeable expense, " such as litigation costs.
The tobacco suit law firms say the money all went toward litigation costs -- document production, travel, paralegal costs and so on.
Once the property is seized, the owner may file a claim, at peril of being indicted, or of incurring heavy civil litigation costs.
With the number of net winners estimated to be in the thousands, this approach would seem likely in an effort to prevent litigation costs.
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Big banks like Citigroup are struggling to deal with surging litigation costs stemming from the credit crisis while also dealing with more stringent capital standards.
He joked that if there is a next time he would negotiate for the government to pay any future litigation costs that arise from such an acquisition.
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Based on his conversations with CEOs and other business leaders, Mr. Fisher says one of Texas's huge competitive advantages is its ongoing reform of the tort system, which has driven litigation costs to record lows.
Bringing suit to stop funds from charging investors for ICI dues is impractical, because individual recoveries would not cover litigation costs, according to Joel Feffer, a Wechsler Harwood attorney who represented the shareholders in the 2000 suit.
But when the potential recovery on a dubious theory is substantial (either because of pressures to settle or because there is a very small chance of a very large recovery), most lawyers will hesitate before fronting litigation costs.
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Hurricane Sandy, coupled with litigation charges and even costs, pushed operating margins down 50 basis points to 20.85, the company said.
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It would be based on a 1995 decision by the ever-loopy Ninth Circuit in California that reversed a Tax Court decision and found that lawyers could write off the costs of litigation in the year they were incurred, instead of when they actually get a fee.
The costs of patent litigation roll down-market: the pace of innovation slows and consumers pay more for less.
Whether or not the litigation is frivolous, it costs dearly.
Fifth, if you are approached with potentially invalidating prior art, you may wish to force your own patents to be examined ex parte in order to save both the time and multi-million dollar costs involved with litigation.
This process would delay disciplinary actions used to protect workplace safety and drive up costs due to increased litigation.
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"Many companies, including ours, take drugs that enjoy FDA approval off the market because of the costs of insurance and litigation in the U.S., "he says.
Mr. Murdoch said in July the size of the settlement was derived from a judgment about the likely damages and costs if the company pursued litigation and lost.
Expect more such litigation as insurers and Obamacare regulators try to rein in healthcare costs.
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But after years of asbestos litigation, mounting overseas competition, rising energy prices and labor costs, the aluminum company filed for bankruptcy in 2002 and was liquidated.
It costs a lot of money and it can bring up a lot of litigation.
As a result, costs have become so inflated that they are now a common subject of litigation in their own right.
IR Any comparison of the costs of the British and American health-care systems is incomplete without reference to the impact of litigation.
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