(17) See Servicios Comerciales Andinos, S.A., 145 F.3d at 480-481; see also San Lucio, S.r.l., 2009 WL 1010981 (both explaining that the foreign
prevailing party attorneys' fees under Peruvian and Italian law provide numerous exemptions and defenses to awarding the
prevailing party its attorneys' fees).
The hidden mines: how the "English rule" on prevailing party attorneys' fees can apply in cross-border litigation in American courts
The report outlines the crux of the issue as follows: "If the resultant
prevailing wage rates are too high, they potentially cost the federal government and taxpayers more for publicly funded construction projects or, if too low, they cost workers in compensation."
House examines Davis-Bacon report
When
prevailing wage rates increase the cost of public projects by 30 percent to 40 percent for no added benefit, why continue it?
Prevailing wage can't prevail
Today 31 states and the District of Columbia enforce
prevailing wage laws.
Prevailing wage laws: public interest or special interest legislation?
The version of the
Prevailing Wage Act applicable to the Ha fner matter defined "public works" to mean "all fixed works constructed by any public body, other than work done directly by any public utility company, whether or not done under public supervision or direction, or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds." The term specifically includes all projects financed in whole or in part by certain funds created by statute or bonds issued pursuant to certain statutes.
Court: Prevailing Wage Act does not apply to TIF-financed private contractor: supporters of the Fourth-District decision say it, along with new legislation, will encourage private development and spur growth
The report also recommends that the Wage and Hour Division analyze data about violations of the
prevailing wage law to look for patterns that would help in enforcement.
Prevailing wage directory needs update: GAO
To qualify as a
prevailing party, taxpayers must not have unreasonably protracted the proceedings, and must have exhausted their administrative remedies.
NEW REGS ON RECOVERY OF LITIGATION COSTS
GLAA, however, called the piece "a dehumanizing (or at best disrespectful) characterization," citing the rifle of the piece as evidence that it sanctioned "adherence to
prevailing misconceptions about gender."
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Dissent
2 (1998) (providing exception to
prevailing wage law for certain "commercial establishments").
State agency accused of unauthorized rulemaking
This report examines "
prevailing wage" and school construction costs in Washington state by first examining 1985 through 1999 data on the state's school construction financing levels, the percentage of local share of funding, comparisons of average actual square foot cost versus the state's area cost allowance, and bond election successes versus failures by calendar year.
More and Better Schools with Repeal of Prevailing Wage. Special Report
The company's probability of
prevailing was just a few percentage points greater with the testimony than without it.
The use of litigation risk assessments to help make informed case management decisions
While giving a conspectus of more than fifty signal African American artists born before 1925, it treats the relation of their work to the
prevailing artistic, social, and political atmosphere both in the United States and abroad.
A History of African American Artists from 1792 to the Present
Baker & McKenzie, the trial court in San Francisco awarded Rena Weeks $1.8 million in attorneys' fees--1.7 times the actual hours her lawyers spent on the case multiplied by a
prevailing hourly rate--even though the jury awarded her only $50,000 in compensatory damages.
Attorneys' fleece: some potential dangers of 'loser-pays.'
Summary: Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 17 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday said that the danger of economic slowdown was looming large over India and urged the Centre to take serious note of the
prevailing economic condition.
Amid concerns of unemployment, poverty, there's now a danger of economic slowdown: Mayawati
Mendoza signs executive order to focus on
prevailing wage
Mendoza signs executive order to focus on prevailing wage