plaintiff
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One goal of the bill is to aid plaintiff attorneys who figure they can obtain bigger legal payouts for accidents from Amazon than they could from its small-business partners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
She is not just part of the five person prosecution team, she is also a plaintiff in this case.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Safe to say, then, that the plaintiff has not agreed to the DOJ’s settlement changes.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Paramount has pushed back saying the plaintiff states have defined markets that fail to factor in the rise of technology companies, including Netflix, Google’s YouTube and Amazon Studios, which also attract significant swaths of viewership.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
“Donte, can I make you lead plaintiff? Can I do that?”
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Lawyers for the plaintiffs filed a motion for the injunction to block the Department of Homeland Security’s alleged mass warrantless arrest policy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The plaintiffs say those moments matter because Trump often uses the platform to announce major developments, such as during the Iran war, that can move financial markets.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Randy Mastro, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, filed a letter on Tuesday contesting the automatic stay and maintaining that the court’s emergency pause is still in effect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The Energy Department agreed to formal stipulations in exchange for the plaintiffs forgoing the discovery process, which likely would have meant officials would be deposed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
District Court in West Palm Beach on behalf of thirty-one Florida children, referring to most of the plaintiffs by their initials, although they used my whole name.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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