Sentences with phrase «federal court of law»

The time has come for all 100,000 Real Estate Agents to each put $ 1,000.00 into the account of the best Litigation Lawyer we can find, and launch a court action against the Federal Government in a Federal Court of Law.

Manning was convicted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice in a general Courts Martial, not in the Federal Court of law.

Not exact matches

The action, which was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, alleges that the Company violated federal securities laws.

The class action, filed in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, and docketed under 18 - cv - 02213, is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired BRF American Depositary Receipts («ADRs») between April 4, 2013 and March 2, 2018, both dates inclusive (the «Class Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the «Exchange Act») and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.

The state of Florida passed a separate, and more strident, physician gag rule (known as the «Docs vs. Glocks» law) in 2011 — but a federal appeals court overturned that this past February.

The class action, filed in United States District Court, for the District of Illinois, Eastern Division, is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Akorn's securities between March 1, 2017 through February 26, 2018, both dates inclusive (the «Class Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.

The action, which was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges that the Company violated federal securities laws.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that whistleblower protections in a federal law passed in response to the Enron financial scandal apply broadly to employees of publicly traded companies and contractors hired by the companies.

That court said the federal DMCA protections were not applicable to recordings from before 1972, the year Congress first included them in the scope of federal copyright law.

Last year, the New York - based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed, finding that the DMCA applied to infringement claims brought under federal and state law, including oldies songs.

The findings of racially motivated mapmaking satisfied Democrats and minority rights groups, who are now pushing a separate federal court in Texas to determine that the voter ID law was also crafted with discriminatory intent.

The next day that firm filed two lawsuits against Diageo, one in federal court, raising a suite of traditional trademark and unfair business practices claims, but the other in New York State Supreme Court, seeking a permanent injunction under a seldom - used statute available only to charitable organizations, known as Section 135 of the New York General Businesscourt, raising a suite of traditional trademark and unfair business practices claims, but the other in New York State Supreme Court, seeking a permanent injunction under a seldom - used statute available only to charitable organizations, known as Section 135 of the New York General BusinessCourt, seeking a permanent injunction under a seldom - used statute available only to charitable organizations, known as Section 135 of the New York General Business Law.

That was a big deal, legally speaking, because gender stereotyping was key to one of the biggest Supreme Court cases upholding federal anti-discrimination laws, involving a woman's inability to make partner at the former accounting firm Price Waterhouse.

Several federal courts have agreed that the provision of the law is unconstitutional, a situation that practically ensures that the high court will step in.

Gorsuch, who serves on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, has previously indicated he thinks there are too many federal criminal laws and regulations bogging down the courts.

«There is enough grey in grey marketing law and the lack of federal government enforcement of labelling and packaging laws to prevent the characterization of the defendants» conduct as sufficiently egregious to attract further condemnation from the court,» Myers wrote.

In a recent court case, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Department of Justice is prohibited from using federal funds to prosecute businesses who operate within state laws regarding medical marijcourt case, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Department of Justice is prohibited from using federal funds to prosecute businesses who operate within state laws regarding medical marijCourt of Appeals ruled that the Department of Justice is prohibited from using federal funds to prosecute businesses who operate within state laws regarding medical marijuana.

Trump did not elaborate on how exactly he thought the election would be rigged, though he did make mention of his displeasure that a federal court had struck down a North Carolina voter ID law that the court said was specifically aimed at disenfranchising black voters.

«In concluding that Aetna's acquisition of Humana would violate federal antitrust laws, the court has protected consumers and the competition on which they rely.

(Chicago constructed this story from thousands of pages of federal court records, police reports, and court testimony from related cases, as well as from official government reports and dozens of interviews with federal and local law enforcement officials and attorneys for some of the defendants; through a spokesman, prosecutors in the Zambada case declined comment.)

Under federal law, the shooter shouldn't have been able to buy a gun because he'd been convicted in military court of assaulting his spouse and their child while in the Air Force.

A federal appeals court has affirmed four lower court judgments that debt collector Portfolio Recovery Associates violated federal law by failing to report to credit bureaus when consumers disputed the amount of debt they supposedly owed.

The judge said in a 91 - page decision that, while the Army Corps substantially complied with the National Environmental Policy Act, federal permits issued for the pipeline violated the law in some respects, saying in a court order the Corps did not «adequately consider the impacts of an oil spill on fishing rights, hunting rights, or environmental justice.»

Their suit would require the Pentagon to submit to federal court monitoring of its compliance with the reporting laws it has broken time and again.

Judge Easterbrook, of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, wrote a great article about the internet back in the 90s called «Cyberspace and the Law of the Horse.»

«Stock Ownership and Patterns of Recusal in Federal Courts,» with James Anderson and Merritt McAlister, Georgetown University Law Review 103 (5): 1165 - 1210, 2015.

Not one executive of any major Wall Street firm that caused the financial crash in 2008 through fraudulent activities was prosecuted by the U.S. Justice Department — which was headed at the time by law partners from Covington & Burling — the Big Tobacco law firm that was singled out in a Federal Court decision for hiding the deadly effects of cigarette smoke for decades.

NRF has argued before Congress and in court that the practice is a violation of federal antitrust law the same as if retailers were to collude on the price of specific pieces of merchandise.

Vice President Mike Pence called former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was convicted of federal contempt of court last year, a «champion of... the rule of law» and said he was honored that Arpaio attended an event with him on Tuesday in Tempe, Ariz..

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing Christie et al vs NCAA et al, the crux of which is whether the state of New Jersey can legalize sports betting in its state, despite a 1992 federal law that banned sports betting everywhere in the U.S. except Nevada.

A spokeswoman declined to answer a series of direct questions from CNBC about his case, instead providing a statement from Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department's Tax Division: «Bradley Birkenfeld was afforded due process of law and sentenced by a federal district court after full consideration of all relevant facts and circumstances, including his admission that he advised wealthy UBS clients on how to conceal their assets from the U.S. government,» she said.

You will want to discuss all of your options with your attorney or tax advisor before taking action, especially if creditor protection is a concern for you, as the Supreme Court has ruled that Inherited IRAs are not protected under federal bankruptcy laws (although state law creditor protection of inherited IRAs still varies).

There, the High Court held that those who purchase securities on exchanges outside of U.S. borders can not pursue fraud claims under U.S. federal securities laws.

The home - rental site filed a lawsuit Monday (June 27) in federal court alleging rules recently passed by the city of San Francisco violate free speech and privacy laws.

On 6 August 2013, Federal Judge Amos Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas of the Fifth Circuit ruled that bitcoins are «a currency or a form of money» (specifically securities as defined by Federal Securities Laws), and as such were subject to the court's jurisdiction, [274][274] and Germany's Finance Ministry subsumed bitcoins under the term «unit of account» — a financial instrument — though not as e-money or a functional currency, a classification nonetheless having legal and tax implications.

As the Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed, a law aimed at suppressing or reducing an «evil» or addressing a public concern relating to peace, order, security, morality, health, or some other similar purpose is a valid exercise of the federal government's criminal law power.

Mr. Lieberman is working with the Firm's international clients to craft a response to the Supreme Court's ruling in Morrison v. Nat» l Australia Bank, Ltd., which limited the ability of foreign investors to seek redress under the federal securities laws.

Two notable and highly - public examples include the relaxation of the «bona fide» office requirement in New Jersey permitting the use of virtual offices, and the very public federal court battle about New York Judiciary Law § 470and its office requirements for non-residents.

Under federal law, Kelley shouldn't have been able to buy a gun because he'd been convicted in military court of assaulting his spouse and their child while in the Air Force.

In 1911 a Federal court ruled DuPont in violation of antitrust laws, and the following year ordered the complete dissolution of Eastern as part of a remedy.

And should the Supreme Court be unwise enough to impose same - sex marriage on the whole country, the decision will be greeted not like Loving v. Virginia (overturning antimiscegenation laws in 1967), as an achievement of obvious justice, but like Roe v. Wade, with a tireless movement dedicated to overturning its obvious injustice, and a reinvigorated effort to pass a federal marriage amendment.

I learned this in my first few months of law practice in 1964 when, as low person on the totem pole, I had to handle routine motions in both state and federal courts.

Finally, Cook says that the FBI is proposing what Apple is calling «unprecedented use» of the All Writs Act of 1789, which authorizes federal courts to issue all orders necessary or appropriate «in aid of their respective jurisdictions and agreeable to the usages and principles of law.»

The suit alleges that the law gives the Ugandans standing to sue Lively for his activities, which had a crucial nexus in the U.S. and therefore come under federal courts» jurisdiction; it also charges that Lively not only advocated bad ideas in an abstract context but helped various Ugandans conceive and manage a campaign of persecution, thus involving himself in a joint criminal enterprise.

The Court rightly concluded that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) protects certain kinds of corporations from federal laws that substantially burden the exercise of religion.

A federal judge will hear arguments Monday on a temporary restraining order against an Oklahoma referendum that would ban the use of Islamic religious law in state courts.

The amendment would require Oklahoma courts to «rely on federal and state law when deciding cases» and «forbids courts from considering or using» either international law or Islamic religious law, known as Sharia, which the amendment defined as being based on the Quran and the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed.

A practicing lawyer, advising a legislative committee or governor, would predict the following: the law would meet immediate legal challenge and be struck down by a federal district court, which would be affirmed by the court of appeals.

That wasn't even Olson's case, but with assists from a federal district court judge who came out as being in a same - sex relationship only after ruling and retiring, and elected officials who chose to forgo their traditional duty to vigorously defend state law, Olson and Boies did succeed in disenfranchising millions of Californians on a procedural technicality.

If enough of congress voted on it (greater than 2 / 3rds majority), we elect a racist president, and the Supreme Court just rubber stamped it without reading, the 13th amendment COULD be repealed, and slavery could be «allowed» again by federal law.