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summer, has previously been ordered to pay $15.9 million in fines for not complying with court orders. RON ALBERTSON PHOTO
An unlicensed optician who undercut the competition and illegally prescribed
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and sales to its 57 franchisees, stretching back 6 years Under Ontario's "loser pays" litigation system, successful defendants rarely recover anywhere close to the real costs of litigation from
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than the old one, No franchisor support, Only 3 ways out: resell to next loser, independence & be sued or abandon and go bankrupt, Renting a business causes problems down the road, Sunk costs: franchisee's trapped capital keeps them chained to treadmill, Canada, 20090414 Food court
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lawyer to bring a bad case."
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Risks: David and Goliath story, Big Tobacco, Tobacco industry-type defence, Class-action dead end, Lawsuits, class-action, Loser pays court costs, Contingency fees, Jackpot justice, Canada, 20050321 Tobacco class-
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the law, Lender's due diligence not done properly, Ludicrous demands, Lawsuit is frivolous, without merit and will defend vigorously, Lawyer drops client, Libel chill, Loser pays court costs, Lost
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Risks: Canada: white-collar crime haven, Cease-and-desist court judgement, Contempt for the law, Contempt of court, Cost of doing business, Criminal charges, Emboldens industry
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? Those favoring arbitration contend it is faster than court litigation. Others say that the finality of an arbitrator's decision - the loser is stuck with it - makes it a riskier path than the courts
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Auto Masters, which was found by the WA Supreme Court to have acted unconscionably in trying to take his business off him, ended up with it anyway, paying a giveaway price of less than $4000 after
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Bergez told the court that Justice David Crane's order to impose a $1-million fine in November 2006 was "a crushing decision."…"It was a mil that nobody could pay." Ironically, however, Bergez
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the poor, and rich men rule the law, Lawsuit that would crush whole sector, Lawsuits just a cost of doing business, Lawyer drops client, Lender's due diligence not done properly, Loser pays court costs
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