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English to Italian: THE DECISION TO COMMENCE A LAWSUIT
Source text - English THE DECISION TO COMMENCE A LAWSUIT
In our experience, legal fees and the costs associated with litigation, render it uneconomical to begin a commercial lawsuit in New York City unless the case meets each of the following five (5) requirements:
1. There is a basis of liability entitling the Plaintiff to recover from the Defendant. In other words, your claim must be a valid one under applicable law. This is for your attorney to determine; generally, unpaid unreturned goods ordered by the buyer, always provide a sufficient basis of liability, enabling the buyer to bring an action against the seller;
2. The amount to be recovered in damages is – unless we decide to take your commercial case on a mixed-fee basis (fixed fee plus success fee) – at least $20,000.00;
3. The Defendant is a juridical person able and amenable to pay an eventual judgment. Unfortunately a small percentage of would-be Defendants are what we call "judgment-proof." In other words, they are able to organize their affairs so that enforcing a judgment against them can often turn into an expensive and fruitless game of cat and mouse. Other Defendants may not have the means to satisfy an eventual judgment; in extreme cases, some Defendants choose not to pay for legal representation of their matter and allow the entry of a default judgment against them, See our Section on Defaults at page 11 below; or some Defendants decide to file for bankruptcy as a way of stopping the lawsuit, See below our Section on the "Automatic Stay" at page 6 below.
4. Furthermore, in many cases your claim must be substantiated by writings/documents signed by the person now about to be sued.
5. Litigation is expensive. The client need consider whether to invest in the claim. Please find set forth below some basic information about each of these five (5) matters.
Translation - Italian LA DECISIONE DI AVVIARE UN’AZIONE LEGALE
Per esperienza, le spese legali e i costi associati alla causa, rendono antieconomico avviare un’azione legale nella città di New York a meno che il caso non presenti ciascuno dei seguenti cinque (5) requisiti:
1. Ci sia un fondamento di responsabilità che dà titolo all’attore ad ottenere un risarcimento da parte del convenuto. In altre parole, la vostra richiesta deve essere legittima in riferimento alla legge applicabile. Spetta al vostro avvocato determinarlo; generalmente, i beni non pagati e non restituiti ordinati dal compratore, forniscono sempre un fondamento di responsabilità sufficiente a dare diritto al venditore di far causa al compratore;
2. L’ammontare del risarcimento per danni richiesto sia di almeno $20,000.00 – a meno che non decidiamo di prendere in carico il vostro caso sulla base di un onorario misto (una parte fissa più una parte in caso di vittoria);
3. Il convenuto sia una persona giuridica in grado di, ed assoggettabile a pagare nel caso di un’eventuale sentenza di condanna. Sfortunatamente solo una piccola percentuale di pretesi convenuti sono ciò che in gergo chiamiamo "judgment-proof" (a prova di sentenza). In altre parole, i convenuti spesso sono in grado di organizzare i loro affari in modo tale che l’esecuzione di una sentenza, a loro contraria, si trasformi in un gioco costoso ed infruttuoso del gatto col topo. Altri convenuti possono non avere mezzi sufficienti ad adempiere ad un’eventuale sentenza di condanna; in casi estremi, alcuni convenuti scelgono di non avere una rappresentanza legale in giudizio consentendo così la costituzione di un giudizio in contumacia nei loro confronti, consultate la Sezione sui giudizi in contumacia a pagina 13 qui di seguito; o alcuni convenuti decidono di presentare istanza fallimentare, come strumento per bloccare l’azione legale, consultate la sezione sottostante sulla "Sospensione automatica" alla seguente pagina 6.
4. Inoltre, in molti casi le richieste devono essere sostenute da carte/documenti firmati dalla persona a cui si vuole fare causa.
5. Intentare una causa é costoso. Il cliente deve considerare se investire nella causa.
Qui di seguito trovate alcune informazioni base su ognuno dei precedenti cinque (5) punti.
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My name is Massimo Stancari,
I graduated with a degree in Law at the University of Bologna, Italy, where I come from.
I have worked in the legal field for many years as legal counsel. I am an expert in drafting of contracts, charters of public and private companies and entities. I also worked for an Internet Review (DirittoItalia.it) where I wrote articles and more than 200 court opinion commentaries and abstracts (domestic and E.U. jurisprudence).
I moved to the US (Tampa, Florida) in September 2006, where I live (permanent resident). During this period of time I attended and successfully completed the Paralegal Studies Certificate Program at the University of Miami.
Since my transfer to the US, I have been working as a professional translator in a media production company that provides clients with rich multimedia knowledge content. I use SDL Trados software on a daily basis.
Occasionally, as freelance translator, I translated web site content for law firms and attorneys.
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