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Lawsuits are rare and catastrophic experiences for the vast majority of men, and even when the catastrophe ensues, the controversy relates most often not to the law, but to the facts. In countless litigations, the law Is so clear that judges have no discretion.

Being a professional musician doesn't mean you spend 12 hours a day playing music. It means you spend up to 12 hours a day taking care of business, dealing with litigation, with the various characters who've stolen your interests, or fending off hostile lawsuits from former members of the band.

I think writers of memoirs need to be respected for the bold decision they take to bare their lives open. That alone should be enough. The things I write about, if you notice, are sensitive issues for a lot of people. If I told you my age, they would get ideas. The next thing you know they'll be filing lawsuits against me.

This week I was proud to join with my colleagues to help pass two important, common-sense pieces of legislation that will limit the frivolous lawsuits by trial attorneys and personal injury lawyers that clog our courts and hurt our small businesses.

We are pleased to have resolved this range of complex issues. Now we can put these lawsuits behind us and move forward with providing basic public services to the people of Santa Clara County and city of San Jose.

Unions are focused on this company and these lawsuits are only increasing, ... The other thing that both shareholders and analysts will focus on is: Where does Wal-Mart go from here? In other words, what is next in terms of its growth?

We regard Microsoft's loss to be a foregone conclusion, which subjects it to damages that will likely be undetermined for a period of months. We also believe the issuing of the conclusions of law opens Microsoft to a flood of civil lawsuits seeking monetary damages.

We're hoping that some kind of limited liability agreement can be worked out with the government that limits the liability for Good Samaritans who take in these evacuees. We don't anticipate that there would be a lot of lawsuits out of that, based on the fact that people are voluntarily helping out, but that doesn't mean that still won't occur in some rare instances.

What the state of California expects to recover as a result of our lawsuits goes well above and beyond the resolution that was reached today.

Like all manufacturers of consumer products, Cooper has lawsuits filed against it for a variety of reasons. Unfortunately, car accidents occur and there can be fatalities. We hardly believe plaintiff attorneys are in a position to judge the quality of our products or the quality of our manufacturing facilities.

Senator Graham's amendment complements Senator McCain's amendment. At the same time, his amendment prevents detainees who are not U.S. citizens from filing habeas corpus lawsuits in federal courts.

Millions of dollars have been spent on these lawsuits (restricting casinos), and no one has stepped up and taken responsibility for paying the bills. The question is, who is paying for it.

Now that the worst lawsuits are fading it seems a golden opportunity to do that. Kraft is limping.

Neither digital security nor lawsuits will stop Internet theft of content.

Nobody welcomes lawsuits and she's an obvious target for this kind of stuff. She will go about dealing with the legal system the way anybody else would.

Nobody's going to drop any of these lawsuits unless we sign on to the commission, and we will never do that.

Right now, more lawsuits are being filed under federal labor law than anytime in the history of the country.

I wish they would have left more in the contingency reserve, because they have six lawsuits pending against themselves.

I can't guarantee aren't going to see some lawsuits because you probably are. Why not do it in a licensed model? If usage happens, value follows.

Frivolous lawsuits are booming in this county. The U.S. has more costs of litigation per person than any other industrialized nation in the world, and it is crippling our economy.

Frivolous lawsuits and skyrocketing insurance rates are driving doctors out of business and threatening access to care across America.

Frivolous lawsuits against the food industry present the latest effort undermining personal responsibility. An overwhelming majority of Americans oppose these abusive lawsuits and are disgusted by these frivolous claims,

Furthermore, this lawsuit is just the beginning of other class action lawsuits highlighting Wal-Mart's practice of unfairly or illegally exploiting their workers.

Her efforts to limit lawsuits and access to the courts are troubling,

Lawsuits seeking to hold the firearms industry responsible for the criminal and unlawful use of its products are brazen attempts to accomplish through litigation what has not been achieved by legislation and the democratic process,

I think Sun's primary business strategy these days is to try and file as many court cases against Microsoft as possible. I think our only point is that Sun should try and focus on making their technology work and less on trying to bring new lawsuits against Microsoft.

I think every government in the world, particularly a NATO ally, understands the potential effect on relations with the United States if these kinds of frivolous lawsuits were ever to see the light of day.

Our intent is to achieve a fair resolution of these lawsuits and avoid a prolonged, uncertain and costly litigation process. A final settlement would remove a significant impediment to Nortel's future success and allow ... the Nortel team to move forward.

Over the next two years, I think you will see this problem of too many lawsuits be resolved, and that will happen because the patent office will become more educated about this sector of the technology industry.

Our lawyers feel these guys were trying to pull out all the stops from bringing our low fares to the marketplace and felt the suit was necessary. Frankly, I always view lawsuits as negative energy, and a lot of time spent on lawyers' pay with very little good coming out of them. But it's clear these guys were willing to pull out all the stops and so we felt we had no choice.

Sue the industry and have them cave in or face imminent financial ruin by having to defend an avalanche of legally dubious lawsuits and bad publicity. That's their game plan,

We need an aggressive, sustained and comprehensive assault by industry, government and consumers to stop spam, ... Today's lawsuits are exactly the kinds of action we need to put illegal spammers out of business.

I would advise any CFO doing an acquisition to factor in a very hefty human resources legal budget, because the lawsuits start going wild.

Microsoft has been in the forefront of placing bounties on hackers and in filing lawsuits against software pirates.

We have to take steps to prevent lawsuits from bankrupting the national firearms industry and denying all Americans their fundamental right to bear arms,

We hope the lawsuits end, the delaying tactics stop and that the claims can proceed. These people have waited for years to get back the use of their property.

Today the Supreme Court has unleashed a new era of legal uncertainty on America's innovators. The newly announced inducement theory of copyright liability will fuel a new generation of entertainment industry lawsuits against technology companies. Perhaps more important, the threat of legal costs may lead technology companies to modify their products to please Hollywood instead of consumers.

The president would prefer that all lawsuits involving negligent HMOs be handled in federal court, where injured patients would have to travel far from home and wait in a long line behind criminals and other miscreants to have their cases heard, ... This is wrong and we reject it.

We apologize to those who were harmed and to the Texas City community. We cannot change the past or repair all the damage this incident has done. We can assure that those who were injured and the families of those who died receive financial support and compensation. Our goal is to provide fair compensation without the need for lawsuits or lengthy court proceedings.

We are concerned about the continuing effort by third party groups to mischaracterize and misrepresent the facts surrounding these lawsuits and the degree of concern over this issue. From what regulators have said, there is little empirical evidence that widespread abuses such as naked short selling are occurring.

This would open the floodgates to RICO being used in all garden-variety lawsuits against corporate defendants.

Today's actions were pretty well discounted and well telegraphed. It's much more difficult to ascertain what the magnitude of the potential costs from lawsuits might be. So there's still a high degree of headline risk for the brokerages.

We do believe that these lawsuits are without merit. We are contesting them vigorously.

We should point out that significant legal hurdles face the plaintiffs before they could prevail in these cases. Many of the agreements between the managed care companies and the physicians require arbitration and this could defuse the class actions ... However, we believe current HMO valuations assume these lawsuits will be dismissed out of hand. This is unlikely.

We should not encourage lawsuits that blame others for our own choices and could bankrupt an entire industry.

We have concerns about the way they've handled the case. Our competitors helped bring this case against us, and the Justice Department has been suggesting governments overseas bring their own lawsuits against us. Many members of Congress agree with us that this is inappropriate.

We will find out the details and deal with it as we do with all other claims and lawsuits against Michael.

When a customer comes to our system with an idea, we want to consider it as a system for the benefit of our consumers and our entire system, which is how we have handled this request. We are currently reviewing a complex and unrealistic proposal from the Coca-Cola Bottlers Association and have committed to responding to it by Feb. 22. These lawsuits will only shut down for everyone what we believe had been a productive business dialogue.

There has never been a time in our military history where an enemy combatant or prisoner of war has been allowed access to federal court to bring lawsuits against the people they are fighting,

The governor realizes that ultimately consumers are the ones that pay for frivolous and junk lawsuits in the form of higher prices for goods and services and higher insurance premiums. His view is that the system must have more balance and fairness built into it, and that balance and fairness is for plaintiffs, for consumers and for employers alike.

The governor is not inclined at this point to join in lawsuits against the Department of Defense, ... Now is not a time to press hard on this issue.

We all knew the lawsuits were coming. If J&J walks away from this deal, it'll be because of money, not because they're surprised by something in these documents.

Bringing a suit like that as a class-action is obviously designed to be sensational, get media attention. And, unfortunately, these are the kinds of lawsuits that drive up health care costs for everybody in the system.

Everything will have a Yelp review. And if you're a worker, there will be like credit scores. There already are to some extent. How reliable are you? How many jobs have you had? Have there been lawsuits filed against you? How many traffic tickets?

A significant investor benefit of using the Internet as the delivery platform is that investors will cast more informed votes, ... The tragic fact is that today, few ordinary investors read the proxy statements, which are written more like insurance policies against lawsuits than shareholder-friendly guidance.

Critically, there has been an explosion in warranty litigation in the last five years. In Atlanta alone, as an example, in 2000 we had less than 50 warranty lawsuits filed in the courts. Today there are literally thousands of them.

Fear, hype and misinformation over mold in 2001 and 2002 created an insurance crisis in Texas that we're still paying for today. Our court system was flooded by questionable lawsuits driven by personal injury lawyers who preyed on people's health fears, despite the lack of any scientific evidence.

There's no doubt about it there will be a lot of lawsuits (in a down market), ... The industry is well aware that there will be a rash of class-action lawsuits.

There's lawsuits threatened on everything we do. You got to vote what you think is right for the kids. If somebody wants to sue you, let them sue.

The same Republicans who rail against frivolous lawsuits are happy to have their lawyers fire away when their candidate drops in polls. The president's job approval rating is in the 40s, and Republicans are launching their lawyers to try and save their campaign.

These radical groups are determined to stop the meat processing industry with whatever it takes?full page ads in the New York Times or filing frivolous lawsuits with no standing. In the meantime, I've not seen them put one penny of their money toward actually caring for unwanted horses. It's a problem they'd like to sweep away and pretend doesn't exist.

The shame of this situation is that both Ford and Bridgestone/Firestone have known about this problem for eight years, ... The companies have settled a number of lawsuits under gag orders, which prohibited the lawyers or victims in the cases from talking about them. As a result, safety officials and the public have been kept in the dark.

These lawsuits are a waste of taxpayer dollars.

The terms of that settlement were never disclosed - not even to me. I was asked if I wanted to know and having had enough of lawsuits I declined.

Rather than seeking personal injury damages for the consequences of obesity, there will be lawsuits based on state consumer protection laws. There's a lot of deception in the marketplace and a lot of it is relevant to the obesity epidemic. But here we don't have to prove anyone got fat.

People dedicated to committing piracy are going to find ways to do it. Lawsuits and other action by the RIAA serve to remind people that this is illegal activity and that they are being watched.

As governor, Bush took a stand to limit liabilities imposed in lawsuits against gun manufacturers, HMO's and other businesses. Because tobacco is also a legal product, we believe Bush would support similar limits on cash damages awarded to plaintiffs in lawsuits filed against tobacco companies.

As of 2005 Wayne County has filed over 1,000 lawsuits on vacated and abandoned properties and we have resolved over 80 percent of those cases.

This is a particularly valuable option for physicians and other high-risk professionals who are at constant at risk of lawsuits in our increasingly litigious society.

This critical legislation is about returning fairness to the legal system by holding those responsible for only their fair share of the damages, instead of allowing for lawsuits targeting deep-pocket defendants.

There may be more lawsuits and a fine, but I think they will be manageable,

They have nothing to do with the Sunflower. People can sue if they don't like the way you look, and there's always two sides to the story. When you're in the business world, you're involved in lawsuits unfortunately. The other people that have spoken against me, I'm sure they don't have the cleanest record either.

There is still some trepidation about Y2K, as 6 percent of CFOs expect their firm will be subject to lawsuits as a result of problems that occur when the calendar changes from 1999 to 2000. And 13 percent of banking and finance firms anticipate lawsuits.

Asset protection is not a do-it-yourself exercise. Anyone interested in protecting their assets from lawsuits and creditors should consult an asset planning specialist.

It's just so there will be no dispute about who owns what. As lawsuits go, this is about as friendly as they get.

It's a hornet's nest. There are many types of lawsuits that can be brought against many different people. There will be plenty of work to go around.

It's certainly not a shock to me, and I don't think it would be a shock to anyone on Wall Street that the number of lawsuits has increased.

It's a never-ending battle that we will continue from year to year. Hopefully it won't be court battles. Hopefully it won't be involved in lawsuits and Supreme Court cases. Hopefully it will be missions and policies that are directed by the electorate of the people.

It's an emerging issue. There's some feeling this is additional tax revenue that local governments should be getting. It's premature to bring federal lawsuits to solve this issue.

No industry should be threatened by 'junk' lawsuits based not on established legal principles but driven by extreme political agendas. This legislation restores and reaffirms the common-sense notion that no manufacturer should be held liable for the criminal misuse of its products. We are pleased that the House of Representatives has passed this important reform measure.

It's very obvious that there's a lot of strong leadership in this facility. Lawsuits occur in jails. They happen. But if you can show the documentation and show that you have taken some action to correct that issue, it says a lot about the facility.

They could face a flood of lawsuits now. Anyone who thinks they've been harmed by Microsoft can sue them. The company has a huge war chest to fight this, but it could be a long and expensive process.

The vote count on Tuesday night showed Governor Bush won Florida's election and a recount has now confirmed his victory. We hope Vice President Gore and his campaign will reconsider their threats of lawsuits or still more recounts which could undermine the constitutional process of selecting a president and have no foreseeable end.

They are using every stall tactic they can to postpone a ruling. I think MasterCard wants to delay the lawsuits because it could cause problems for their planned $2.5 billion IPO.

There's time, but the clock is ticking. We are fearful of what might happen in the absence of legislation. It could leave us open to lawsuits and judicial rulings which might severely damage the Illinois wine industry.

The intended consequence of these frivolous lawsuits could not be more clear -- the financial ruin of the firearms industry.

The message to illegal file sharers should be as clear as ever -- we can and will continue to bring lawsuits on a regular basis against those who illegally distribute copyrighted music,

The fact they are blaming restaurants for creating obesity in this society is absurd, ... You're not going to end obesity in Americans by filing lawsuits against the restaurant industry.

I'm encouraged that some issuers are doing this. I think penalty fees are a disingenuous way of making money, ... I'm encouraged the marketplace is responding to pressure from lawsuits and consumer complaints.

I'm afraid lawsuits of this kind...may encourage other states to resist. That cannot help this major effort to help poor kids.

In New York and Arizona there were lawsuits brought on the same grounds against the states' smoke-free laws and the states prevailed. We'll see tomorrow. Judges do what judges do.

In addition to threatening the food industry and its 12 million employees, these noxious lawsuits raise the food costs to American consumers,

In 2009, UnitedHealth, a leading insurance company, paid $350 million to settle lawsuits brought by the American Medical Association and other physician groups for shortchanging consumers and physicians for medical services outside its preferred network.

Because the litigation has become so much of what they are, the lawsuits tend to eclipse anything else they try to do. And if it goes bad for them with IBM, I doubt anything they do with software will be able to save them.

He thinks it's certainly reasonable to have a law that you just can't sue a restaurant because you're overweight. He doesn't think we should have those kinds of lawsuits here.

Generally speaking, as is true anywhere, if these kinds of lawsuits take place with American servicemen in the cross-hairs, you bet it's something we take seriously,

The judges, who all don't want to be involved in the cases, say that the lawsuits should not have proceeded in the first place.

This has been nothing but lawsuits for years. For three decades or more, there's been a lot of heat generated, but not much light.

The Florida legislature has the opportunity to fix our broken legal system by passing reform legislation to stop abusive lawsuits and inject personal responsibility back into our courts. Florida citizens want to see fairness in our courts, not more junk lawsuits. Now is the time for citizens to urge their elected officials to take action.

A glut of lawsuits are going to be filed over all of this.