Nontraditional and Traditional Litigation Felicia Cobbs Law 531 Business Law Professor Herndon October 17‚ 2011 Nontraditional and Traditional Litigation “Litigation is the bringing‚ maintaining‚ and defense of a lawsuit” (Cheeseman‚ 2010). There are two forms of litigation: traditional and nontraditional. The pretrial process is divided into pleadings‚ discovery‚ dismissals and pretrial judgments‚ and settlement conference. This is followed by the trial proceedings and appeals‚ if applicable
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Legal Process Paper University of Phoenix Employment Law MGT/434 Patrice D. Carrington‚ Esq. March 3‚ 2009 Legal Process Paper John’s first step in the process is to go online or visit the nearest EEOC office. There they have an assessment system consisting of two parts. To determine if the EEOC is the appropriate agency to give John help‚ Part one asks general questions about the complaint. John will be asked if he wants to complete Part two after he answers the Part one questions
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Chapter 9 Terms Administrative Law (p. 261)—written law produced by state and federal regulatory agencies as opposed to government bodies (thus‚ some disagreement exists as to whether administrative law is law in the full conventional sense or merely a “body of rules”); many of the activities classified as white collar crime are violations of administrative rather than statutory law. Antitrust Law (p. 251)—law directed against monopolistic practices that interfere with the operation of
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and The Non-Traditional Forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and explain why both these systems are important parts of the legal system. The Traditional Litigation System ‘The process of bringing‚ maintaining‚ and defending a lawsuit is called litigation’ (Cheeseman‚ 2010). The traditional system of litigation involves various phases‚ which include suit‚ answer‚ discovery and trial or jury. In order to start the process of litigation the person who is suing‚ called the
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be considered when taking legal action against a foreign business partner. Some of the practical considerations are the law of the country‚ the binding of the contract and the fact that the country can stop all transactions from the business if a lawsuit is filed. With any decisions you make‚ there will always be pros and cons. In the simulation CadMex’s made a decision to grant sublicensing agreements‚ which there are factors that could work against them. Some of the factors that could work against
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agreed upon‚ for all sorts of asserted wrongs" (http://www.crinfo.org/CK_Essays/ck_civil_litigation.jsp‚ Copyright © 1999-2004‚ The Conflict Resolution Information Source‚ retrieved May 12‚ 2006). He further states that when one thinks of the term "lawsuit"‚ this is the process that is being referred. The Process According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission‚ one must ask oneself a series of questions prior to filing a charge of employment discrimination. As a general rule
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waste such as trichloroethylene into the back of their site where the company was located into a small running river. However‚ the river was connected to the city’s water wells and caused harm to many children that drank the water. The way each lawsuit is handled can be related to a sociological perspective. The Marxist approach can best explain the process and outcome of the case in A Civil Action. Section 1: Karl Marx sided with three principles regarding law and how it relates to the upper
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has never given Parody permission to use his image. He further contends that through his attorney he sent Parody a cease and desist letter. Parody refused to stop selling cards with Swoboda’s name and images. In response‚ Swoboda filed the instant lawsuit to enjoin Parody from the continued use of his name and likeness and for damages for violating his right to publicity‚ and‚ alternatively‚ damages for unjust enrichment. The trial court sustained the exception of lack of personal jurisdiction and
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value of their case or claims”. The article also found that a case can be dropped due to reasons that should have been foreseen by the plaintiff and his attorney. Thorough investigations should be made by a plaintiff and his attorney before filling a lawsuit as this would reduce the number of claims which ultimately reduces the litigation cost. Some scholars from the University of Michigan found that “when defendants provide information efficiently to plaintiffs‚ it helps reduce the number of new cases
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and universal professional codes of ethical standards. Case : Amgen Whistleblowing Case Amgen‚ a Thousand Oaks‚ California–based company‚ had the unenviable task of dealing with lawsuits filed by 15 states in 2009 alleging a Medicaid kickback scheme.1 To make matters worse‚ two additional whistleblowing lawsuits were filed against the company in Ventura County. The complaints‚ which don’t appear related to the fraud alleged by the group of states‚ were brought by former employees who said they
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