But suppose the government made these valuable services available only to prospective plaintiffs that paid a small fee when the contract was signed?
In these deals Elan joins another drug company in a joint venture, makes a cash investment in the venture, then gets some or all of the cash back in the form of a license or contract fee spread over the agreement for Elan technology.
For a fee, a service contract protects against failure of covered parts.
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In that climate of uncertainty the U.S. Agency for International Development opted for a cost-plus, fixed-fee deal--a contract often used by governments to exert some control over costs and give the contractor incentive to engage in open-ended work.
Fulham have signed Dickson Etuhu from Sunderland for an undisclosed fee on a three-year contract.
He sued for his 40% of the foregone fee, and Illinois courts upheld his contract.
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So how is this any different than being in a 24 month contract with an early termination fee?
Nasdaq charges a transaction fee of about 30 cents for each contract that is executed on its exchange.
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With no annual contract, tax and regulatory fee-inclusive service plans and feature-rich smartphones, MetroPCS continues to deliver the most value to its customers throughout the holiday season and into 2013.
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Despite the high jinks and copious drinking (or perhaps because of it), their large brains came up with a way of reducing risks for bond buyers: a bilateral contract that, for a fee, enabled investors to pass on the risk of default to another party.
There is no contract and no line-rental fee: the user simply buys call vouchers from shops and petrol stations.
Instead, they pay a monthly fee over a 10 or 20-year contract in exchange for the electricity the solar systems generate.
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They will only be able to take on a customer and charge them a fee if that person has signed a written contract.
Class-action activist Ted Frank has filed an objection to the proposed fee, however, saying the markups on contract attorneys are excessive given experience levels of many of the lawyers involved.
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But most people look for a handset subsidy: a lower upfront cost for getting the phone in return for paying some set fee per month over the life of the contract.
The fee, IRI indicates, is on top of contract and mutual fund expenses, which averaged 2.49% in the fourth quarter of 2010.
Add all the information you would need to remove those negotiable items: account numbers, contact information, company names, contract details (is there a cancellation fee?) and so on.
Great Britain prop forward Carvell, 28, signs a three-year contract with Wolves and arrives for an undisclosed fee.
That small amount of profit would come after you received your Buy-Back credit in the form of a Best Buy gift card and absorbed the penalty of breaking your two-year phone contract, commonly known as an early termination fee (ETF).
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Cowie, 28, joined the Hornets from Inverness Caledonian Thistle in January 2009 for a nominal fee, signing a two-and-half-year contract.
If it can drill more oil from a well than the contract says it must, it charges a higher fee.
The 27-year-old has agreed a two-and-a-half-year contract with the Hammers after the clubs agreed an undisclosed fee for the ex-Portsmouth star.
Even when the client and vendor agree to a fixed fee, the vendor can charge for work not outlined in the original contract.
Under the terms of the MASN contract, both the Nationals and Orioles must get the same television fee.
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The Premier League teams had already settled upon a transfer fee for the 37-year-old Friedel, who only extended his contract with Blackburn through to 2010 in February, but Blackburn had previously said they would only sell if another club accepted their offer for a replacement -- which has now happened.
Mr Rothnie said easyJet had a contract with Luton Airport guaranteeing access to the old terminal for a set fee.
But Albion successfully won that supply contract, and in return had to pay Dwr Cymru Welsh Water a fee for using its pipes.
"Whenever we bid for a contract, we have to bear in mind the interests of licence-fee payers and we always have to seek value for money, " the BBC said in a statement.
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