Those who entered into sub-prime loan agreements were convinced otherwise, and the resulting cascade of foreclosures did far more to damage the economy than a collective case of cold feet about buying ever could.
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Unless you start with everything being privately acquired, there is ambiguity over ownership and in that case you require collective decision-making.
Later, prosecutor Marianne Hemmeter criticized the efforts by the hacker collective Anonymous to publicize the case, saying the extra attention led to a chilling effect on those willing to testify.
An equally pressing conflict between individual and collective rights is presented by another case from the same appeals court.
It was one of the few times an oil sands project received such a designation, which also allows the company to reach a collective agreement with one union--in this case, the Christian Labour Association of Canada, whose members earn less and pay smaller dues than others--and apply it to workers from other unions.
An interesting part of the current collective bargaining agreement is a provision that prohibits an antitrust case from being filed until six months after the current agreement expires if the players association decertifies after its expiration.
David Boies, the owners' lead lawyer in the antitrust case, said the league was ready to return to the collective bargaining table as quickly as possible.
Shortly after the White case was settled, the players association reorganized and entered into a collective bargaining agreement with the league that mirrored the settlement agreement.
Owners, on the other hand, are trying to have the case dismissed as quickly as possible, arguing the two sides should settle their disputes through collective bargaining.
Collective action problems are sometimes thought to arise inevitably from common ownership of resources, but this is not the case.
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This is a case of technology helping to facilitate new and effective ways for practitioners to share experiences and expand their collective knowledge base.
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