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...Northwest had also been mired in governance problems, settling with the SEC over failures in financial reporting oversight....
...Miller’s lawsuit names Crown Castle’s board members and Elliott as defendants. Crown Castle described the Miller suit as “without merit”, while Elliott declined to comment....
...Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway averted a courtroom showdown over its purchase of a truck stop operator founded by a Tennessee billionaire, after settling a dispute centred on the value of the business...
...“The big players are not settling,” according to one senior white-collar lawyer who is working on several large crypto cases in the US....
...A representative for Heritage told the Financial Times in August last year that it was then in “very positive discussions” with Windhorst about settling the claim....
...The government hoped that the buyers would develop their purchases, settling the West and increasing the value of the neighbouring government squares in the process — and voilà, the thing would pay for itself...
...At first glance, a regulator lawsuit may not seem especially exciting, given US regulators’ notorious proclivity for settling without their targets admitting guilt. But then we get to the i-word....
...It would also raise the stakes for the credibility of the court, faced with a defendant with a history of provocation of the SEC....
...The plaintiff, the Orlando Police Pension Fund. alleged that the Twitter board breached its fiduciary duties in settling that fight — in part by unnecessarily selling $1bn worth of convertible bonds to the...
...Baring Vostok has held talks over settling the multi-jurisdictional dispute with Mr Avetisyan over Vostochny — whose profits fell by 83 per cent year on year in the first half of 2020 — but has yet to convince...
...They become the defendants to the case and their insurers have to pay the compensation....
...The trial against all the other defendants is scheduled to begin next week....
...Settling quietly to avoid the multiyear court case might be in both its interest and those of Litigation Capital Management, which has reported a case success rate of 95 per cent....
...Prosecutors are seeking fines of €900,000 each against the 13 individual defendants in the case and the companies....
...“The defendant, through his conduct, encouraged and assisted his brother Salman to carry out this attack....
...Prosecutors accuse Mr Calvey and the other defendants of defrauding Vostochny Bank of Rbs2.5bn ($39m) in a related-party transaction....
...He alleged malicious prosecution and conspiracy by unlawful means, arguing the defendants were conspirators in a scheme to pressure him into settling commercial litigation by encouraging the UK’s Serious...
...It unsuccessfully argued that its contract with Good prevented other parties settling without its permission....
...A person close to the shareholder group said on Monday night that it was “very very close” to settling. RBS declined to comment....
...They say that they are still settling claims, as they were before, and that they do not want to see the whole situation drag on....
...As our consumer advocate points out, “Since the election, you see more [defendant] companies choosing to litigate with the CFPB rather than settling”....
...Dentons and Rory McAlpine The collapse of Unique was not the only case involving defendants in the HBOS Reading trial with which Dentons was connected....
...Royal Bank of Scotland moved closer to settling a high-profile legal case with thousands of investors after a majority of shareholders indicated they were willing to accept the bank’s latest offer of about...
...They further allege that Mr Holyoake is using “spiteful” and “fantastical” claims to press them into settling the case....
...A group of investors is close to settling a high-profile lawsuit with Royal Bank of Scotland over a £12bn rights issue during the financial crisis....
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