At present a settlement seems to be the most likely outcome for the multi-billion dollar case.
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Originally, when the decision was made to appoint a single damages expert, Donziger had worried that in Ecuador anyone with that much influence over the outcome of a multibillion-dollar case could be bought.
To cut down on the risk of a plaintiff or his lawyers foolishly rejecting a settlement and rolling the dice on a trial, or accepting too little for a big-dollar case, Fields spends most of his time trying to determine whether the parties are aligned in their interests.
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Ironically, having just won a billion-dollar-case, Apple is now on the defensive in the Court of Public Opinion where the outcome matters most.
But with his meticulous detailing of the damages allegedly caused by sulfur-laced wallboard U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon has established another multibillion-dollar tort case in the making.
Last year, Mr Smith managed to retain control of the factory under an arrangement he reached with a group of creditors, who were suing him in a multi-million dollar fraud case.
The immediate impact of such a battle would be a stronger dollar, as has already been the case in the last month with the dollar rising against the yen.
Eventually, a fund called Burford Capital, which is based in the Channel Islands, made a multimillion-dollar investment in the case.
Buenos Aires is a case of dollar appreciation plus very reasonable prices.
This same month, news broke that Royal Dutch Shell, along with the Panalpina Group, which has 14, 000 employees in more than 80 countries, face multimillion dollar fines in a case that could set new standards for overseeing foreign contractors.
Wall Street is not looking forward to this possibility and many have moved into gold, silver and other commodities, or are building short dollar positions in the case of an eventual downgrade by any one of the three major rating agencies.
And if Japan becomes more aggressive in QE than the US, the dollar may rise, as has already been the case in the last month with the dollar rising against the yen.
Emerging economies' rising heft will also undermine some of the cushy global arrangements that have benefited the West, such as, in America's case, the dollar's reserve-currency status.
It is still the case that the dollar and the euro play a greater role beyond their natural spheres of influence than does the RMB but that is changing in favor of China.
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In the case of Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
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Emerging market currencies may have also bottomed against the U.S. dollar, with Brazil a particular case in point.
And Cannon says it makes Indymac's multi-billion-dollar collapse something of a special case.
If the euro appreciates against the dollar, this will strengthen the case for lower interest rates, because it would reduce inflation and squeeze exports.
In dollar terms, losing positions in that case would outweigh winners, even though the average annual performance of the fund is very high.
Intel could face multimillion-dollar fines, or jurors in the case could be instructed to hold any failure to provide documents against the company.
And, these trillion dollar cash reserves are controlled in every case by the respective royal families, typically in sovereign or quasi-sovereign wealth funds.
His is the largest case affecting an individual plaintiff, and also the first Libor case to put an exact dollar figure on the financial losses.
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In today's case, to devalue the dollar more to eradicate a nonexistent deflation would merely add gasoline to the fire, with greater unemployment and bankruptcy the result.
Nonetheless, a lesson of the 1930s is that the existence of two semi-dominant currencies (in that case, the pound and the dollar) can be destabilising.
In either case the weakening effect on the dollar should lift short-term earnings prospects for American exporters and the positive market response should spur consumer spending via the wealth effect.
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Although under America's anti-bribery law the penalties can be fearsome (multi-million-dollar fines and jail terms), only one case a year on average has actually been prosecuted.
"Rather than alluding to a goodbye to the U.S. dollar, Zhou may as well be making a case -- implicitly -- for including the (Chinese) renminbi into the list of currencies when the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank work on the SDR in the future, " Zha explained.
However, as was the case for the Reagan recovery, a strong dollar was an essential element of Clinton's prosperity program.
Many are big supporters of the Democratic party and some participated in the multibillion-dollar tobacco settlement, raising the political stakes if the case proceeds.
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