example; the drug Paxil‚ it is prescribe to patients with depression or anxiety. The side effects include; addictive behavior‚ birth defects‚ withdrawal symptoms‚ and suicidal tendencies. The side effects in children are worse. GSK had a class-action lawsuit filed against them. They were accused of marketing the drug Paxil for young children and hiding the fact that this drug was unsafe for children. Psychiatrist‚ Maria Carmen Palazzo was accused and sentenced to 13 month in prison for committing fraud
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of directly being able to start working on the project. There is a 40% chance Steeley would win the lawsuit. If the lawsuit is won‚ then Steeley would be awarded $1 million and gain another $3 million return for building the apartments. Due to the legal cost and time involved in the lawsuit‚ the EMV has lowered to $1million. This is a loss of $821‚000. There is a 10% chance the lawsuit would linger in the court system which would cost Steeley an additional
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firefighters and based on the case law experiences‚ the fire service place women firefighters at a disadvantage when they enter the fire houses generally based on gender and not on the ability to do the job. This observation is based on the innumerable lawsuits brought by women against their fire departments‚ firefighters and officers based on the boorish‚ egregious‚ discriminatory and continuous illegal conduct against our women firefighters during the hiring process‚ the probationary period‚ promotions
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incremental capital costs‚ and no loss in time in terms of selling the development. These two decisions and the net pay off would be influenced by two key uncertainties viz. whether a) we would get the lease or not (now in question due to the lawsuit)‚ and‚ b) after development if we would be able to generate enough popularity for the resort to reap additional returns. In case the decision on the lease is not favourable‚ we are better off going for our alternative safe option with a net pay
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reports on Solid Waste financial statements for the period 1993 through 1996. Androids and Solid Waste agreed to pay USD 229 million to settle the class-action suit. The Solid Waste case followed Androids’ decision to pay USD 110 million to settle a lawsuit on audits at Sunbaemic. Both cases are the point of discussion between David and Ken Bailey‚ a junior partner to solve the Enronaa’s case. 2001 : David began to painfully explain the technical intricacies of Enronaa’s accounting to Ken. Both of
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The documentary Hot Coffee by Susan Saladoff was exceptionally inspiring to contemplate the commonly accepted ideas on the United States legal system. Hot Coffee begins by clarifying the truth behind the lawsuit of Liebeck v. McDonalds Restaurants. After presenting what really happened to Stella Liebeck‚ the documentary leads into the tort reform movement that has been confining civil rights since the beginning. Showing how dissembled the tort reform has been‚ Hot Coffee presents the spilled coffee
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This case discussed a confrontation between an employee Alex Fuhrman and his colleague‚ Christopher Hibbs in Uvex Corporation. Alex Fuhrman would commence a lawsuit against one of Frederick Fontaine’s division employees‚ Christopher Hibbs and Uvex Corporation. Frederick Fontaine was West Coast division manager for the Uvex Corporation. And the Uvex Corporation started as a small family-owned medical centre on the southwest coast. The father and son recruited only the best
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with Facebook and suits that have happened domestically and internationally to show and explain the difference between international and domestic laws. Case 1: International Max Schrems a law student and Austrian citizen launched a class action lawsuit against Facebooks Ireland Headquarters‚ alleging that Facebook violated the European data protection law and
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Assignment 1: Local Lawsuit Alana Robinson Strayer University LEG 100: Business Law Prepared for: Professor Matthew Grasham November 4‚ 2012 Abstract This paper is going to examine the difference between Black Bike week and Harley Davidson Spring Bike Rally (predominantly white) in Myrtle Beach‚ South Carolina. We are going to see if the NAACP had a valid reason to file a lawsuit against Myrtle Beach and several of its businesses. If so‚ we are going to see how risk management could’ve
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A current issue involving the Native Americans and the federal government is the settling of Cobell vs. Salazar Lawsuit filed in 1996. The lawsuit alleged illegal conduct in the management of Native American money held in trust accounts and managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The trust was established to allow nontribal groups to use Native American lands. The trust contains money from oil and gas production‚ coal production‚ grazing leases‚ and timber sales. Elouise Cobell was the treasurer
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