FACTS This matter arises out of a motor vehicle accident between
Plaintiff and Defendant on March 28, 2011.
Jurors listened to concluding statements made by
both plaintiffs and defendants on Tuesday, June 14, marking the final stage of the two - month - long manslaughter trial on the deaths of two firefighters in a 2007 blaze at the former Deutsche Bank tower at 130 Liberty St.. The summations came after final testimonies made on Mon., June 7, -LSB-...]
With over decades of experience, litigating for
both plaintiffs and defendants on a wide - variety of civil matters, our attorneys are well versed in the idiosyncrasies of the law from all perspectives.
He also represents employers and employees on a range of employment law matters, including employment and non-competition agreements, drafting employee handbooks, counseling
plaintiffs and defendants on discrimination claims, and advising employers on compliance with the complex body of state and federal laws governing the modern workplace.
He has acted for
both plaintiffs and defendants on many claims related to broadcast and internet libel.
Not exact matches
Both the
plaintiff and the
defendant have a good opportunity here to prevail
and they're both going to put
on their best evidence to do so.»
If both sides, through their eyes
and their people's eyes, have concluded that the
plaintiff is absolutely going to win this case,
and the
plaintiff is going to get a lot of money because they're totally
on board with everything that has been presented, then that might be a good reason for the
defendant to agree to a settlement with the
plaintiff for less money than the potential exposure if the jury comes back
and finds willful infringement.
Plaintiff Christopher M. Sulyma,
on behalf of two proposed classes of participants in the Intel 401 (k) Savings Plan
and the Intel Retirement Contribution Plan, claims that the
defendants breached their fiduciary duties by investing a significant portion of the plans» assets in risky
and high - cost hedge fund
and private equity investments.
On May 3, 2013, the lead
plaintiff filed a consolidated complaint alleging that, during that same period, all of the
defendants violated Sections 10 (b)
and 20 (a) of the Exchange Act
and SEC Rule
The lead
plaintiff filed a motion for class certification
on November 4, 2014
and,
on December 15, 2014,
defendants filed their opposition to the motion.
On May 3, 2013, the lead
plaintiff filed a consolidated complaint alleging that, during that same period, all of the
defendants violated Sections 10 (b)
and 20 (a) of the Exchange Act
and SEC Rule 10b - 5 (b) by concealing material information
and making false statements related to Parent's acquisition of Autonomy
and that certain
defendants violated SEC Rule 10b - 5 (a)
and (c) by engaging in a «scheme» to defraud investors.
Not only was the printed matter
on the McIlhenny bottle
and carton copied, but
defendant adopted a bottle
and carton of the same size
and shape
and strikingly similar to that of
plaintiff.
Where
defendant, manufacturer of a sauce similar to
plaintiff's, copied the printed matter
on plaintiff's bottle
and carton
and adopted a bottle
and carton of the same size
and shape as
plaintiff's, he was guilty of unfair competition, although certain differences between the bottles could be discovered when the two were placed side by side.
Not only did
defendant adopt the name
and imitate the bottles
and cartons in use by
plaintiff, but at the very beginning, when he started the manufacture
and sale of his sauce in competition with the long established business of
plaintiff, he printed
on his bottle labels a caution to use «only the genuine Evangeline,» thus apparently seeking to create the impression that such «Evangeline» Tabasco Sauce was an old
and established brand, against spurious imitations of which the public should be warned.
The
plaintiff is seeking: A declaration that upon a true
and proper interpretation of the provisions of the 1992 Constitution, particularly Articles 88 (5), 218 (a)
and (e), 284
and 287 thereof, the 1st
defendant can not act as the legal representative for Honourable Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta, the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Ghana, in a pending investigation bordering on conflict of interest and abuse of office before the 2nd Defendant; A further declaration that the purported response filed by the 1st Defendant on behalf of the said Honorable Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta in respect of the petition concerning conflict of interest and abuse of office before the 2nd Defendant is unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect wh
defendant can not act as the legal representative for Honourable Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta, the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Ghana, in a pending investigation bordering
on conflict of interest
and abuse of office before the 2nd
Defendant; A further declaration that the purported response filed by the 1st Defendant on behalf of the said Honorable Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta in respect of the petition concerning conflict of interest and abuse of office before the 2nd Defendant is unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect wh
Defendant; A further declaration that the purported response filed by the 1st
Defendant on behalf of the said Honorable Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta in respect of the petition concerning conflict of interest and abuse of office before the 2nd Defendant is unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect wh
Defendant on behalf of the said Honorable Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta in respect of the petition concerning conflict of interest
and abuse of office before the 2nd
Defendant is unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect wh
Defendant is unconstitutional, null
and void
and of no effect whatsoever;
A declaration that
defendant (Asamoah Gyan)
on the 13th day of February, 2015 did have natural
and unnatural sex with
plaintiff (Sarah Kwablah) without her consent.
Plaintiff states that
on Thursday September 8, 2016, she participated in an Inter-Party Advisory Committee, IPAC, meeting called by the 1st
Defendant together with other registered political parties in Ghana during which the parties were informed by the 1st
Defendant that the filing fees for Presidential
and Parliamentary Elections would be GHC50, 000.00
and GHC10, 000.00 respectively.
A copy of the suit said: «This honourable court will be moved by Gary Nimako Marfo ESQ., counsel for
and on behalf of
plaintiff / applicants herein praying for an order of interlocutory injunction to restrain
defendants / respondents, whether by themselves, agents, servants, workmen, hirelings, privies or any person claiming under or through them or howsoever described, from holding out the second
defendant / respondent, [as] the parliamentary candidate - elect for Klottey Korle constituency.»
AN ORDER OF MANDAMUS is made directing
and or compelling the
Defendants / Respondents to provide the
Plaintiff / Applicant with up to date information
on recovered stolen funds since the return of civilian rule in 1999, including:
An order that the contents of relief (i) above be subject to the prior approval of
plaintiff,
and for
defendants to personally
and separately read out same
on all media networks mentioned in paragraphs 7
and 15 above
and doing so within 14 days from the day of judgment.
A copy of the suit, which is available to ClassFMonline.com said: «This honourable court will be moved by Gary Nimako Marfo ESQ., counsel for
and on behalf of
plaintiff / applicants herein praying for an order of interlocutory injunction to restrain
defendants / respondents, whether by themselves, agents, servants, workmen, hirelings, privies or any person claiming under or through them or howsoever described, from holding out the second
defendant / respondent, [as] the parliamentary candidate - elect for Klottey Korle constituency.»
The
plaintiffs are also seeking «damages, including aggravated damages for libel contained in the
defendants» publications indorsed
on the writ of summons by way of an attachment
and particularized in paragraphs 5
and 6 above»
and «cost, including lawyer's fees».
Asiedu Nketia, the 2nd
Defendant, said «No»
and that they needed cash so the
Plaintiff decided to issue two cheque payment vouchers
on 7th December, 2015 for GH cents 2,000,000.00
and the other one
on the same 7th December, 2015 for GH cents 2,199,340.00
and the said vouchers, according to the 2nd
Defendant, were received by Gyanu Edgar, an employee of the Electoral Commission.»
(ii) an order that the content of relief (i) above be subject to the prior approval of
plaintiff and for
defendants to personally
and separately read out same
on all media networks mentioned in paragraphs 12 above
and doing so within 14 days from the day of judgement
The court held that the
Plaintiff has made more than sufficient references to the specific allegations, the dates
and times were made plus the specific radio / media platforms
on which the allegations were made by
Defendants against the
Plaintiff.
They prayed the court for «an order nullifying the conduct of the congresses of the Ogun State chapter of the 1st
defendant (PDP) held
on October 27, 2017, October 28, 2017,
and November 4, 2017, electing
and or constituting another Executive Committee of the 1st
defendant in Ogun State when the tenure of the
plaintiffs have not expired.
By article 46, the first
defendant is endowed with independence in the performance of its functions including the initiation, regulation
and conduct of elections in the country... In our opinion
and as part of our function to declare what the law is, the above words which are unambiguous insulate the Electoral Commission from any external direction
and or control in the performance of the functions conferred
on it under article 45... A fair consideration of the functions of the first
defendant reveals that the demand which was made
on it by the
plaintiffs regarding the presence of ineligible
and deceased persons
and the latter's refusal to acquiesce in the said demands which provoked the action herein relates to its mandate under article 45 (a) «to compile the register of voters
and revise it at such periods as may be determined by law».
The summons states, «Beginning
on November 1, 2017,
Defendants knowingly
and / or recklessly published or caused to be published false, misleading statements against
Plaintiff Michelle J. Schoeneman, a candidate for the Erie County Legislature for the 10th Legislative District.
«Scared, helpless
and knowing that her job (only source of income) was
on the line,
Plaintiff Cater endured
Defendant Hoyt's behavior despite being
on the brink of a nervous breakdown,» the papers state.
He is also seeking an order «that the contents of the relief (i) above be subject to the prior approval of
plaintiff,
and for
defendants to personally
and separately read out same
on all media networks mentioned in paragraph 12 above,
and doing so within 14 days from the Day of Judgment.»
«An order of the court compelling the first
defendant to write a letter personally addressed to the
plaintiff admitting his comments were untrue
and unfortunate
and given his tacit commitment never again to spew such falsehood
and scandalous defamatory remarks
on the person of the
plaintiff.
In a suit filed Wednesday night, the
plaintiffs are seeking a declaration that the law is unconstitutional
and an injunction prohibiting enforcement of the provisions by the attorney's general's office
and the Joint Commission
on Public Ethics, which are the
defendants in the case.
As is so often the case, the
defendant showed another female employee a photograph of his penis
and commented
on its size,
and he repeatedly pursued a few of them outside of the workplace, the
plaintiffs say.
As I also testified, one of my goals (
and I believe this to also be a goal of the
plaintiffs» writ large) is to (a) get the state of New Mexico to release the data to an external evaluator to evaluate the models» functionality (this person certainly does not have to be me) or (2) release the data to the «expert witnesses»
on both the
plaintiffs» side (i.e., me)
and the
defendants» side (i.e., Thomas Kane of Harvard), so that we can both examine these data independently,
and then come back to the court with our findings
and overall assessments regarding the model's overall strengths
and weakness, as per the actual data.
All of us involved in the case — recall that Jesse Rothstein
and I served as the expert witnesses
on behalf of the
plaintiffs,
and Thomas Kane of the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) Project
and John Friedman of the infamous Chetty et al. studies (see here
and here) served as the expert witnesses
on behalf of the
defendants — knew that all of the
plaintiffs» claims would be tough to win given all of the constitutional legal standards would be difficult for
plaintiffs to satisfy (e.g., that evaluating teachers using their value - added scores was not «unreasonable» was difficult to prove, as it was in the Tennessee case we also fought
and was then dismissed
on similar grounds (see here)-RRB-.
Whereas,
Plaintiff, the United States of America filed its Complaint
on April 11, 2012, alleging that
Defendants conspired to raise retail prices of E-books in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. 1,
and Plaintiff and Settling
Defendants, by their respective attorneys, have consented to the entry of this Final Judgment without trial or adjudication of any issue of fact or law;
Pursuant to Section 2 (b) of the Antitrust Procedures
and Penalties Act («APPA» or «Tunney Act»), 15 U.S.C. 16 (b)- (h),
Plaintiff United States of America («United States») files this Competitive Impact Statement relating to the proposed Final Judgment against
Defendants Hachette Book Group, Inc. («Hachette»), HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C. («HarperCollins»),
and Simon & Schuster, Inc. («Simon & Schuster»; collectively with Hachette
and HarperCollins, «Settling
Defendants»), submitted
on April 11, 2012, for entry in this antitrust proceeding.
As with an ordinary lawsuit, an adversary proceeding begins when a
plaintiff serves a summons
and complain
on a
defendant.
Plaintiff / debtor listed a disputed debt to
defendant Sallie Mae, Inc.
on Schedule F with account number -LSB--RSB- in the amount of $ 29,774.00,
and another loan with account number -LSB--RSB-(believed to be the same account, under an abbreviated number).
«ORDERED
AND ADJUDGED that the student loan debt owed by the Plaintiff, -LSB--RSB-, to the Defendant, U.S. Department of Education, is hereby DISCHARGED in bankruptcy and the amount due on the subject student loan, Account Number XXX - XX - 1913 is zero.&raq
AND ADJUDGED that the student loan debt owed by the
Plaintiff, -LSB--RSB-, to the
Defendant, U.S. Department of Education, is hereby DISCHARGED in bankruptcy
and the amount due on the subject student loan, Account Number XXX - XX - 1913 is zero.&raq
and the amount due
on the subject student loan, Account Number XXX - XX - 1913 is zero.»
She asserts that prior to trial one of the
defendants came to the
Plaintiff's place of employment (a banking facility with video surveillance) as well as
on separate occasions approached
and intimidated her all in violation of a restraining order.
Plaintiffs thereupon brought this action claiming inter alia that
defendants» exercise of the «due -
on» clause in these circumstances constituted an unreasonable restraint
on alienation within the meaning of Civil Code section 711,
and that as a result they were damaged in the amount of the difference between what the Nolls owed them under the installment land contract
and what they in turn owed Lassen
on the original loan.
Judgment is entered in favor of
Defendants Microsoft Corporation, Electronic Arts Inc., Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., Majesco Entertainment Co., Ubisoft Inc., and Nintendo of America Inc.'s (collectively «Defendants») on Plaintiff Richard J. Baker's («Baker») claims for infringement pursuant to the Court's ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS» MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (D.I. 135) dated January 3, 2017 and filed on Januar
Defendants Microsoft Corporation, Electronic Arts Inc., Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., Majesco Entertainment Co., Ubisoft Inc.,
and Nintendo of America Inc.'s (collectively «
Defendants») on Plaintiff Richard J. Baker's («Baker») claims for infringement pursuant to the Court's ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS» MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (D.I. 135) dated January 3, 2017 and filed on Januar
Defendants»)
on Plaintiff Richard J. Baker's («Baker») claims for infringement pursuant to the Court's ORDER GRANTING
DEFENDANTS» MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (D.I. 135) dated January 3, 2017 and filed on Januar
DEFENDANTS» MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (D.I. 135) dated January 3, 2017
and filed
on January 4, 2017.
«Crytek has not been compensated for
Defendants» unlicensed use of Crytek technology in the Squadron 42 game,
and has been substantially harmed by being deprived of that compensation, which would ordinarily include a substantial up - front payment as well as a substantial royalty
on game sales,»
plaintiffs argue.
Both the
plaintiffs and the
defendant were requesting that the high court rule
on the subject of amateurism.
The format was straightforward — two hours each for the
plaintiffs and the
defendants,
and the judge had provided us with a series of questions
on the essential physics that he wanted addressed, as well as requesting a timeline of how our understanding of climate change has evolved over the past 150 years.
Plaintiff Oceana, Inc. («Oceana»)
on behalf of its adversely affected members hereby challenges the unlawful decision of the National Marine Fisheries Service («Fisheries Service» or «
Defendants») to adopt
and promulgate Amendment 5b to the Highly Migratory Species («HMS») Fishery Management Plan because it failed to establish measures necessary to end overfishing
and rebuild the dusky shark population to a healthy level as mandated by the Magnuson - Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act («Magnuson - Stevens Act»).
Nevertheless,
on page 20 of his
Plaintiff's Memorandum of Points
and Authorities in Opposition to
Defendants National Review
and Mark Steyn's Motion to Dismiss, Mann
and his Big Tobacco lawyer falsely cite the House of Commons report in Paragraph Two of Section C, titled «Dr Mann is Exonerated»:
He did, however, do so
on page 20 of his
Plaintiff's Memorandum of Points
and Authorities in Opposition to
Defendants National Review
and Mark Steyn's Motion to Dismiss.
The
Defendants (the Calgary Herald) state that the
Plaintiff (Ball) never held a reputation in the scientific community as a noted climatologist
and authority
on global warming.