Under the law, successful cases can earn whistleblowers between 15 and 25 percent of a settlement.
But there are dozens of examples of successful cases where people are very happy to pay for access.
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The SEC will reward individuals who act early to expose violations and who provide significant evidence that helps the SEC bring successful cases.
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And in each of the four successful cases they were able take the patient off immunosuppressant drugs within 8-14 months, with no sign of rejection.
Michael Biggs, a sociologist at the University of Oxford, says some of the most successful cases were Irish republicans fighting the British state - Thomas Ashe, killed during forcible feeding in Dublin in 1917, Terence MacSwiney, starved to death in London in 1920, and Bobby Sands, starved to death in Long Kesh in 1981.
Successful antitrust cases against conglomerate 3M and dental equipment specialist Dentsply over the past few years show that judges could be growing more receptive to arguments that market-dominating companies are abusing their power.
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Ms. Rogers said the defense was successful in a few cases but that most defendants claiming it have been convicted.
In 2011 trials will finish on one vaccine (RTS, S) which has proved successful in reducing severe cases of malaria by 50%.
But efforts to curtail legal aid for asylum cases were successful, as were new laws that allowed the police to raid the offices of immigration solicitors.
In some cases, successful companies are able to go public, creating opportunities for all types of investors to own shares of stock in such companies (Genentech, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Wal-Mart, Home Depot and on and on).
While I have pointed out some examples of successful fundraising, in other cases, districts had ambitious sponsorship plans that went wanting.
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Mr Rick Popert, Consultant Urological Surgeon, at Guys and St Thomas, who carried out Mr Mooney's operation said that the results of the new form of brachytherapy were proving very successful in low-risk cases (cases with a PSA of less than 10).
In FYE 2011, IRS closed over 4.7 million cases in their highly successful Automated Underreporter Program (AUR).
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Of the 247 appeals heard so far, in 40% of the cases the appeal was successful for the claimant.
Former Supreme Court chief justice KG Balakrishnan has said the fast track courts were quite successful in reducing the backlog of cases.
They were not necessarily the most successful financially (though in many cases they were), but they were getting paid to pursue their passion every single day.
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What about tying defense payments to the successful and low-cost resolution of cases?
While handling humdrum cases, he made a successful run for the city council and a losing one for the school committee.
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In fact, each of these cases is an example of failed, not successful, governance.
Today, Rahul Bathija is an entrepreneur at the helm of a successful mobile phone company, Bling Accessories, which makes cases and screen guards.
Before joining the firm in December 2008, Bassin tried big tax shelter cases for the government, including the first successful case against Son of Boss.
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In both cases what really makes the entity valuable and successful is the very special way the intangibles and tangible assets come together to generate a present value of future net income.
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The FDIC may have to select their first cases in a state where the record of successful use of the in pari delicto defense by third parties is less than in New York or Pennsylvania, for example.
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In fact, in many cases rules of thumb prove to be a more successful way to move people toward solid financial decisions.
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They also pointed out that in civil cases people could recover their expenses if they are successful, and urged Mr MacAskill to look at whether people could recoup criminal legal aid contributions if they are acquitted.
British American Tobacco said that to date there have been 60 class actions cases against tobacco companies in the US and none have been successful.
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