The first time the world will see Nike's new double act in action will be on Thursday when McIlroy and Woods line up for the HSBC Championship in Abu Dhabi.
Class-action suits have long been a way for common consumers to use their strength in numbers to address grievances and apply accountability against companies but have recently hit high walls since the business-friendly Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 was passed (See "Class-Action Law Gums Up Courts").
But you don't have to wait for the bureau to act to take action.
It is easier to act if the action does not reward countries if they are overspending and backsliding.
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) Kasey Kahne's bumper-banging battle with Brad Keselowski was just the warm-up act in an action-packed race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Also, working with Congress, this President has on several occasions, most recently through the Budget Control Act, taken action to cut costs, cut spending, reduce our deficits and deal with our fiscal challenges.
"We feel that we have waited and waited, that we have been very transparent, that we have given them every opportunity to act but the action hasn't happened", said UWT chief executive Heather Thompson.
The first major piece of legislation, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act enacted in 1995, specifically targeted securities cases while the Class Action Fairness Act, passed some years later, placed broader obstacles before potential plaintiffs.
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The Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) of 2005 expanded federal jurisdiction over class-action lawsuits primarily to reduce so-called "forum shopping, " where plaintiffs would look for the locale friendliest to class-action cases and then file in courts there.
Another case challenges a creative work-around lawyers dreamed up after Congress passed the Class Action Fairness Act in 2005.
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R. 4276, the House version of the FY 1999 Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary Appropriations Act now awaiting House action.
In an acute dollar crisis, Congress would be forced to act, and the action that would best address the problem would be to define the dollar in terms of gold.
In its 20-page appeals petition, the big investor group argues that Judge Pauley made a mistake in ruling that the Class Action Fairness Act gives his federal court jurisdiction over the settlement proceeding.
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He voted for the Class Action Fairness Act only after it was clear it would pass, for example, and did so after voting for several Democrat-proposed amendments that would have gutted the bill.
The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that plaintiffs could not circumvent the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) by capping the value of their claims in an attempt to keep their cases in state courts.
Business has less riding on this case than it did before 2005, when Congress passed the Class Action Fairness Act making it much easier to pull class actions out of state court into the federal system.
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He also co-sponsored a bill designed to cut down on malpractice litigation in 2005, and voted for the Class Action Fairness Act, a law that made it harder for trial lawyers to file some of their most lucrative cases.
The Class Action Fairness Act was intended to prevent what business interests have described as the gaming of the legal system by plaintiffs' lawyers to drag out lawsuits and make fighting them so expensive that companies would rather settle than continue in court.
The President congratulated Prime Minister Najib for recent action on the Strategic Goods Act, which will strengthen the ability of Malaysian authorities to take action against individuals and entities engaged in proliferation.
The President, as you know, will be focusing this trip on the American Jobs Act, the need for Congress to take action on the individual components of the jobs act.
So he proposed in the American Jobs Act that Congress should take action, that together we should take action to help return teachers to the classroom.
Finally, the scope of the investigation should include looking far into the past, given that the industry has been cleaning up its act in anticipation of SEC action.
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The UK's controversial Digital Economy Act makes provisions for tough action against those who downloading pirated music and films - initially sanctioning a letter-writing campaign asking them to desist.
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act bars employers from taking action against National Guard and Reserve members based on their military service and allows them to reclaim their jobs after periods of active duty or training.
With the passage of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, which required class action firms to seek the largest holders of securities to serve as lead plaintiffs in their cases, suddenly local pension lawyers were being offered substantial referral fees by national class action firms if they could persuade their pension clients to lead such class actions.
Schools or retailers with exclusive contracts with suppliers could face legal action under the Competition Act.
"Suspension is a neutral act and is not a disciplinary action against the head teacher, " said a Powys council spokesman.
These numbers should act as an urgent call to action for the Cambodian government and development partners to intensify efforts and increase coordination to promote national literacy.
Three police officers face disciplinary action for failing to act on a warning that the man who murdered his ex-lover had a gun and had made death threats.
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