Litigation Quotations

Ninety-five percent of the work in the attorney general's office is civil litigation and regulatory work, and I think I certainly have a lot more experience in that than most of the folks who have served in the office.

When my father was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 1991, I asked him if he had any regrets, and he said no. I was a burnt-out litigation solicitor in my thirties, hating my life, and his cancer made me re-evaluate it all.

As a lawyer, I could engage in killer litigation with the best of them. It was war, after all.

I was a litigation lawyer, working in downtown Toronto. I was successful, yet I was very unfulfilled. I had the sense that I really wasn't living according to my values, and I didn't have the passion or sense of mission I was looking for.

Imagine for a moment the result if everyone were to love one another as Jesus loves his disciples. We would have no bickering, quarreling, strife, or contention in our homes. We would not offend or insult one another either verbally or in any other way. We would not have unnecessary litigation over small matters.

I was a litigation lawyer, following the crowd off the proverbial cliff, when I pressed the pause button.

I was a litigation lawyer. That's all very logical. Become a litigation lawyer. Become successful. Have a nice office. But there was some pull inside of me saying, self-publish this book. I followed that intuition and it's been a great choice for me in my life.

We are pleased to welcome these two accomplished attorneys to the firm. Bill and Jim both have impressive track records handling the increasingly complex regulatory and litigation issues that are critical to our client base. I look forward to their contributions to the continued growth and success of our energy practice.

There is no more important economic policy issue today than helping our nation remain the global innovation leader. To do this, our leadership must focus on an aggressive agenda to support math and science education, patent litigation reform, healthcare information technology, and research and development. We thank President Bush for his leadership and urge all members of Congress to address these issues in a comprehensive fashion to get the job done.

We believe we have presented strong evidence through witness deposition, testimony and documents to support the government's case that Visa and MasterCard engaged in conduct that stifled competition and harmed consumers, ... The litigation team led by Melvin Schwarz did an outstanding job.

We believe this will be one of the largest pieces of litigation in U.S. history,

With the litigation now behind us, we believe investors will now focus on the fundamentals - particularly around the issues of market size, subscriber growth, and competition.

With the litigation behind us, we're looking forward to building on the momentum we're seeing in early (fiscal) 2007.

We know from 13 years of experience that being ready, willing and able to defend our products and people, even in judicial 'hellholes,' is the most effective way to control litigation costs.

With this case I would have been shocked if they (MasterCard) hadn't appealed. This is a market where there's been litigation all over the world and there are very few countries where there's a settled debate about that.

We are hopeful that we will be able to resolve this matter through a negotiated consent decree rather than through costly and protracted litigation ... (but) we are prepared to file a complaint if the matter is not resolved expeditiously.

We deeply regret having to resort to litigation with Tyco, our vendor for a number of our early systems.

We really feel that there's a litigation lottery. People roll the die and hope that their number comes up big.

The Cowboys have joined the NFL in this action. We will not be able to comment on specifics of the litigation other than to say we are standing side by side on the matter,

This win is very helpful on the litigation scene. This is a case that a lot of other states were watching.

When then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sued me in 2003 over my stewardship as a director of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE's legal expenses were more than $100 million, which made it perhaps the priciest litigation in the state's history.

We're confident given the court's past clear decisions on these types of cases that we will prevail in any future litigation as we have in all previous litigation.

Less regulation plus less taxation plus less litigation always equals more innovation and job creation.

Scott is a very important addition to our group, giving us added abilities in litigation and added experience in land use and real estate. We have tremendous opportunities for growth in the land use area in California. Scott's practice is statewide and really quite extraordinary.

Most people watching this litigation closely thought that Merck ought to win it. Despite the characterizations by Merck so far, I think this was really a loss for them.

No, no, companies don't do that. It's theoretically possible, but you'd look far and wide to find a serious business decision that went from litigation into mediation.

Pfizer clearly is a company with tremendous disregard for the generic drug industry and is not given to settling. But it is not altogether unlikely that Pfizer could settle its litigation. If Pfizer could translate some of its cash hoards into greater certainty on this litigation ... I think they would do that.

Philip Morris has done a good job running Kraft but they are still so involved that tobacco litigation is going to hold Kraft back a little bit.

I wouldn't have been in favor of moving ahead with litigation if I had not thought it was necessary. Is it unfortunate? Yes. It's very unfortunate, but when you have a room packed full of people asking what we're going to do about their jobs and the corporation worked for that lied to the heads of the state of Iowa ... then you have a situation in question that could keep those jobs here, you ask a judge to figure who's right and who's wrong.

If they do negotiate a lower price, they may open themselves up to litigation by essentially conceding that there has been a problem under management's watch.

If they attempt to do what he apparently wants to do, the people of Naples and Collier County, Florida, are in for a whole series of legal and constitutional problems and a lot of litigation indefinitely into the future.

I do a lot of litigation and lot of municipal work throughout Rockland County, and the town was interested in getting the most experienced council they can.

I believe there are similar class action rulings for settling purposes, but I agree that this seems to be the first ruling regarding New Jersey's CFA anywhere for a litigation class.

Barry is a highly regarded regulator and is widely respected among the financial services, business and regulatory communities. His experience in handling sophisticated securities enforcement matters and expertise in brokerage firm operations will be invaluable. We are delighted to add such a distinguished lawyer with deep senior-level regulatory and litigation experience to the securities group.

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.

I don't think we'll be in litigation or that the union will decertify. But we are not making progress.

For us, the litigation issue is really a risk assessment issue, and the fact that an injunction is almost always issued automatically creates a lot of risky situations.

Given the reserve addition in 2004 and the fact that trends in asbestos litigation have not deteriorated in 2005, we are not expecting a major charge from the company.

If we start analyzing every single action of a game, we may have a situation where litigation becomes the main occupation of UEFA.

Had the school district, in the first instance, offered Brian a public or private school placement equivalent to the one the district ultimately provided, this entire litigation and its attendant costs could have been avoided,

He's going to face that conflict inevitably. The town is involved in ongoing litigation in which his brother had been a leading attorney. It's not about whether you're for or against Blue Back Square. It's about protecting the town's legal interest.

He was kicking their butts. He had this huge litigation hammer hanging over their head. They knew he would chew them up and spit them out if they didn't ante up.

It is clear that the problems with the patent system have been exacerbated by a decrease in patent quality and an increase in litigation abuses.

I think we have resolved the vast majority of the litigation between us.

I think that one of the motivating factors was in my last year of law school: we had a competition, and I won the competition; it was judged by several of the federal judges at the time. I got a tremendous amount of encouragement to pursue litigation from them at the time.

I think this just opens more doors and asks more questions than it answers, ... We're going to see a whole of litigation because there's still no clear standard.

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,

It is apparent that Toyobo was duped by Second Chance. We were shocked by the level of Second Chance's deception when their behavior was finally uncovered because of documents that surfaced in litigation and through investigation.

Just absolute disaster from the standpoint of public safety, the community and the county at large, ... litigation catastrophe.

Our inability to reach an acceptable solution, combined with our concern over the litigation with our principal customer, necessitates this decision.

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.

Our attorneys in the civil litigation department contacted him and he seemed to have a firm grip of the issues. It seemed to be a good fit.

Our business in general has been growing, but the litigation has certainly helped. It's changed the profile of some accounts that were previously absolutely committed to RIM, who now seem absolutely committed to replacing them, or at least not relying on them.

Our business, in general, has been growing, but the litigation has certainly helped.

Restitution I have almost always believed is best handled through individual arbitration or litigation where individual investors, if they believe they have relied upon improper advice rendered by Merrill Lynch or anybody else, can file that claim, ... That is the best forum for those issues to be resolved.

Reform is needed, especially in the U.S., to curb the excessive litigation costs .

Patent litigation has been amicably resolved and the parties have agreed to dismiss the patent claims.

Steve has represented an entertainment industry Who's Who. Celebrities can be business entities as well, often very large ones. And, business-to-business litigation is a vital part of our practice. Because we have been on both sides of bet-the-company cases, we provide clients with a breadth of experience, as well as alternative fee arrangements that the traditional defense firms don't generally offer.

State law generally requires the city to indemnify and defend city employees in litigation arising out of the performance of their duties. We evaluate each case based on their individual facts and circumstances to determine whether any exceptions to this general rule apply.

Look at Philip Morris. Its stock value was depressed for a long time on litigation risks, but after all these years the value has finally come through.

Litigation of this magnitude is very, very costly. It's too bad that education money is going to be used to defend this.

Litigation is the basic legal right that guarantees every corporation its decade in court

Litigation is potentially much larger when you vaccinate healthy people.

Litigation is completely inappropriate and unfounded in light of the ongoing discussions between the company and all our bottlers to respond to a major customer's request for the benefit of everyone. We are extremely disappointed that a few individuals are attempting to hijack those discussions.

I think for the industry, it is also the most significant because it has the potential -- if litigation gets out of control -- to really increase costs a lot.

It did send a message to a number of companies of how serious we are. We would prefer not to go the litigation route, but will do so if necessary.

I think litigation is not getting any worse in the United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom and in Europe, (liability potential) is infinitesimal compared to the United States.

I think this is a very meaningful way for us to concludes this litigation and to be able to really focus in on developing and delivering the innovative products and services that will benefit not only these students and these educators, but the population broadly and around the world,

I'm sitting here with I don't know how many litigation cases and another dozen that we're looking at - you try to show me one (income trust) that's absolutely wonderful, terrific and fantastic and you're going to have a tough time.

The antitrust litigation currently in the federal courts in the U.S. against Monsanto will be the test case in the life sciences, just as the Microsoft case was the test case in the information sciences.

Merck is trying to send a very strong signal out there: 'Don't think you're going to toss you're hat in the litigation game and wait a couple months and we're going to toss you some money,' ... They're saying, 'If you're going to play the litigation game, you better be serious.'

Microsoft is a target because it has a huge bucket of money so I'm a little worried about litigation risk. What if Microsoft was held accountable for the costs associated with damage from hackers?

We do very aggressive litigation and trial work. So we prefer an activity that dovetails nicely with that aggressive culture, and hitting a little white ball on the greens doesn't do much for us.

We do not believe that they apply to our flash cards, and this litigation will not deter us from protecting Lexar's intellectual property from Fuji's infringement.

We're also not naive. We know that this will not end any litigation in this case and we will continue to stand and defend this verdict in any forum or any other action brought forward as long as we have to do that.

We have to wait for the successful outcome of that litigation before we'll be given final approval in Canada.

We know the litigation that's out there has the potential to cost in excess of $6 billion.

Under Section 10 of the state law it requires that the state provide attorneys fees and litigation costs when a title of property that was derived from the state is challenged. Pursuant to this section of law the state agreed to pay for the attorneys fees and litigation costs related to the land-in-trust applications.

We aren't making any public comments because of pending litigation and are waiting to hear from our attorneys about what we can and can't do.

We have not filed (a lawsuit) yet. We will ask them to reconsider their decision based on the information Mr. Bagwell has provided. If they continue denying the claim, we will file litigation against Connecticut General. We're going to give them several weeks to reconsider their position.

We anticipate Amgen to serve Roche an official court summons towards 3/06 timeframe upon which Roche will respond and the patent litigation suit will be in process. Ultimately, we continue to believe that Amgen will successfully defend its erythropoietin patents and that CERA will be found to have infringed.

We are delighted to be able to include Matt's expertise among the firm's resources. Our software patent procurement, counseling, and litigation practices have grown rapidly, and with the addition of Matt to the LL&A team, we have expanded our ability to fully meet the needs of our clients in these areas.

We had a period of time where we were challenging the league's rules on relocation that caused a rift between the Rams and the league office. Obviously, litigation ensued and there were four or five years that we had substantial difference of opinion with the commissioner.

We are confident that we will prevail in any future litigation just as we have in all previous litigation.

We recognize that this litigation is not over, that there are many more cases to go. We intend to defend these cases one by one.

The question is whether the public health advances and the money involved is enough for Wisconsin to say that it's time now to move past litigation and focus on cessation,

The Department of Defense continues to consult with the Department of Justice on this litigation to include additional legal options,

We asked the Alliance to agree to this arrangement while litigation is pending, but they refused. It left us no option but to seek a legal remedy. We want to assure that during this period it's business as usual at the Christ Hospital for the benefit of the patients, their families and our employees.

We do have litigation pending in district court and standing here now this morning I don't know what the end result will be.

We would like to have a permanent injunction to avoid future litigation should any similar claim come up any time after April 30.

There has been significant litigation with respect to Mr. Padilla, and he has had access to counsel, ... He has had access to counsel.

To avoid the controversy, to avoid the litigation and to avoid the adverse publicity that comes to this city.

We think we've seen the height of the litigation concerns here. We think we're on a down track here,

We think this bill is critical to meet a national priority and the president is prepared to sign it into law because it is narrowly tailored to deal with litigation dealing with the Y2K problem.

This trend suggests that the securities litigation market is now even more focused on the validity of financial results and forecasts presented in financial documents such as SEC filings and press releases.

We are settling these cases because we want to avoid the significant distraction and expense of further litigation and provide our shareholders with the certainty that these cases are finally resolved. We are confident that we will prevail in the two remaining Internet research cases.

We believe our ability to successfully reverse this volume erosion is limited by the continuing overhang of government litigation and investigation issues. The resolution of these issues remains among our highest priorities.

The players in the case were hoping that the litigation could contribute to correcting the flaws in the process. This result goes even further towards doing that. That's why everyone is happy with the result and it's a positive result for the exchange.

With the complexity of litigation growing more and more dense, if you will, we are seeing, and we will continue to see, executives who think they are doing the right thing because they consulted with counsel,

We are excited to have Nicole as part of our team. With the growth we are experiencing in our chemical and litigation practices, Nicole has arrived at a great time for LL&A and its clients, and she will be a terrific asset to both.