While Frank does seek to be paid, he says he only applies for a fee when he improves the value of a settlement.
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Judges who understand the law know it is their duty to inquire into the value of a settlement on behalf of absent class members.
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Mr Bullock's lawyer, Jill Greenfield, said the compensation or the actual claim value cannot be revealed because the settlement was arrived at in a private hearing.
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It also facilitates the many other currency features that are so important to users, but not to governments, such as unrestricted person-to-person payments, user-defined anonymity and untraceability, near-immediate bearer settlement, transaction irreversibility, reliable store of value, multi-grid capable, and decentralized processing.
While the terms of the settlement will remain confidential and are not anticipated to have a material impact on our financial results for 2012, this settlement is a great step forward in validating the value of our IP portfolio and the investments we have made in the mobile market.
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Chicago was home of the Gautreaux housing settlement in the 1970s, a social experiment on the value of breaking up dysfunctional neighborhoods and dispersing inhabitants to communities with intact families, intact schools, intact employment opportunities.
Other banks are required under the national settlement to cut principal to no more than 120% of the home's value.
DirectBuy had no reason to object to a settlement that offered a two-month extension to existing customer memberships and nuisance-value fees to the lawyers.
Forbes points to a consumer class action against a company called DirectBuy, in which, it says, attorneys for the class sold out consumers by agreeing to a settlement that provides nothing at all for half the class, and benefits of very little value to the other half.
Although Mannesmann chairman Klaus Esser has not ruled out an amicable settlement, he insists that Vodafone's offer is far less than Mannesmann's potential value.
Additionally, although the 2003 settlement agreement indicates the amount of cash Tucson agreed to pay for the fill, it does not value the other benefits Boone received.
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We expect one or more lawsuits to be filed over this matter, with a class-action suit likely, though (and be sure to note this is not legal advice) most owners would be better served accepting the proposed gift-card settlement than becoming involved in a long-term suit that might ultimately prove to be of little value.
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