Sentences with phrase «u.s. federal court judge»

HARRY POTTER LEXICON BREACHED COPYRIGHT — In September 2008, a U.S. federal court judge held that a proposed book called The Harry Potter Lexicon contained no substantially new material and it breached copyright in the J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.

Well, a few months ago U.S. Federal Court Judge Hon. Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers thought she was that somebody.

A U.S. federal court judge in Albuquerque, New Mexico, banned RIM from using the BBX name at a conference being held in Singapore this week after finding that software company Basis International Ltd. had registered and used the trademark for 26 years.

Not exact matches

The settlement was filed on Monday in the federal court in Manhattan and won preliminary approval from U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet.

A three - judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear arguments Monday from lawyers for Bayou Bridge Pipeline LLC, federal regulators and...

Separately on Tuesday, a judge for the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, ruled narrowly in favor of the subsidies in a case called David King.

At a hearing in San Francisco federal court, U.S. District Judge William Alsup said he was skeptical Waymo could ultimately prove that Uber's self - driving car program used Waymo trade secrets.

The Obama administration decided to block construction on federal land shortly after a U.S. District Court judge rejected a request from Native Americans for a court order to block the proCourt judge rejected a request from Native Americans for a court order to block the procourt order to block the project.

The two sides were set to face off in court on Tuesday, but late on Monday a federal judge in Riverside, California, agreed to the government's request to postpone the hearing after U.S. prosecutors said that a «third party» had presented a possible method for opening an encrypted iPhone.

After warning the City of Stockton that its pension obligations did not enjoy a privileged position in federal bankruptcy court, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein proceeded to confirm the city's plan of adjustment.

A federal judge on Monday cleared the way for a U.S. government lawsuit seeking nearly $ 100 million in damages from disgraced former professional cyclist Lance Armstrong to go to trial, according to court papers.

A federal judge has fined Apple $ 25,000 per day for failing to produce court - ordered documents to Qualcomm for use in its defense against a U.S. Federal Trade Commission's antitrust lfederal judge has fined Apple $ 25,000 per day for failing to produce court - ordered documents to Qualcomm for use in its defense against a U.S. Federal Trade Commission's antitrust lFederal Trade Commission's antitrust lawsuit.

On March 6, 2018, Judge Jack B. Weinstein of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled that virtual currencies are commodities under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and therefore subject to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) anti-fraud and anti-manipulation enforcement authority.1 Granting the CFTC's request for a preliminary injunction against the defendants who allegedly engaged in deception and fraud involving virtual currency spot markets, Judge Weinstein noted that «[u] ntil Congress clarifies the matter,» the CFTC has «concurrent authority» along with other state and federal administrative agencies and civil and criminal courts over transactions in virtual currency.2

The week before, after three days of hearings in a U.S. District Court in Indianapolis, Federal Judge James Noland reversed a USAC ban that would have kept six CART teams — numbering among them drivers such as defending Indy champ Al Unser, his brother Bobby, and former winners Johnny Rutherford and Gordon Johncock — from competing in this year's race.

SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters)- A U.S. appeals court on Friday denied Utah's bid to further block legal recognition of about 1,300 same - sex weddings performed after the state's gay marriage ban was briefly lifted by a federal judge in December.

Judge Ruben Castillo determined last week in U.S. District Court in Chicago that allowing lead shot to fall into ponds at the site violates the federal Clean Water Act.

For example, in case number 87 C 10746, Gutzmacher v. Public Building Commission, in U.S. District Court for the Northern District ofIllinois, Eastern Division, Senior Federal District Judge James B. Parson ruled on Dec. 4, 1989 that the Public Building Commission was enjoined from discriminating against all forms of religious expression and ordered the Public Building Commission to permit Gutzmacher to erect a nativity scene display during the Christmas season,» added Scholten.

Manhattan federal prosecutors told the judge who sentenced Dean and Adam Skelos last week that the government won't push for them to go to prison until at least three - plus months after the U.S. Supreme Court rules in a pending case on anti-corruption laws.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, in a federal district court in Washington, D.C., the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a brief requesting that a federal judge not dismiss a case of litigation against senior CIA and military officials for the 2011 targeted killing of Anwar al - Awlaki (a suspected al - Qaeda leader) and his 16 - year - old son, both U.S. citizens.

Citing disagreements on the law that have emerged in different federal appeals courts, Silver claims that at trial, U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni applied the wrong standards to money laundering, bribery and extortion charges.

U.S. District Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis in Brooklyn ruled Monday in favor of the Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies.

Today, the U.S. Appeals Court for the Second Circuit denied disgraced former Bronx Assemblyman Eric Stevenson's appeal of his federal trial judge's order seizing his pension contributions assets that can be used to pay his $ 22,000 restitution penalty.

«The settlement provides an important example for other correctional systems around the country,» Manhattan federal court judge Laura Taylor Swain said, calling the settlement between the city, the U.S. Justice Department and a group of inmates «groundbreaking.»

Walsh's defense attorneys have argued in court papers that federal prosecutors now unfairly want U.S. District Judge Arthur Spatt to boost the potential sentence to 37 to 46 months — by taking into account new assertions.

Former SUNY Polytechnic Institute leader Alain Kaloyeros has been cleared by a federal judge to travel all over the continental states, subject to the approval of the U.S. district court's pretrial services office.

But in a brief filed this week in federal court, lawyers for the Justice Department tell U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe that if he does set a primary for New York, that he make the date earlier than Augcourt, lawyers for the Justice Department tell U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe that if he does set a primary for New York, that he make the date earlier than AugCourt Judge Gary Sharpe that if he does set a primary for New York, that he make the date earlier than Aug. 18.

U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe has set June 26 to become the new primary date for federal elections in New York in a long - awaited ruling handed down this afternoon.

SILVER was sentenced in Manhattan federal court by U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni who also presided over the five - week jury trial.

Judge Crotty indicated that although he was obliged to follow the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in McCutcheon v. FEC, which recently invalidated federal aggregate contribution limits, he disagreed with the court's analysis and lamented that regular citizens «are too often drowned out by the few who have great resources.&rCourt's decision in McCutcheon v. FEC, which recently invalidated federal aggregate contribution limits, he disagreed with the court's analysis and lamented that regular citizens «are too often drowned out by the few who have great resources.&rcourt's analysis and lamented that regular citizens «are too often drowned out by the few who have great resources.»

The reason the issue is on the table is because of a 2012 decision by U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe requiring the state to set federal primaries for the fourth Tuesday in June.

Federal prosecutors in a letter to U.S. District Court Judge Valerie Caproni filed Thursday signaled they will present evidence at the corruption trial of a former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo that a Connecticut lobbyist sought an internship for his daughter at the the energy company linked to the case.

A New York federal judge ruled Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son can stay free on bail while appealing their convictions on corruption charges, saying jury instructions in their trial could be flawed in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe indicated today that he would decide on the state's federal primary by Dec. 27.

She was set Tuesday to file a legal declaration with the U.S. District Court, hoping to block Bloomberg's effort to put on hold a judge's recommended reforms to stop - and - frisk, including a federal monitor.

If there's no rejection, the settlement would be submitted for final approval by a federal judge at U.S. District Court in Connecticut

Federal judge issues injunction on U.S. DOJ plans to tie grant funds to sanctuary city status U.S. Circuit Court Judge Harry Leinenweber issued a preliminary injunction on Friday to prevent the U.S. Department of Justice from suspending public safety grants -LSBjudge issues injunction on U.S. DOJ plans to tie grant funds to sanctuary city status U.S. Circuit Court Judge Harry Leinenweber issued a preliminary injunction on Friday to prevent the U.S. Department of Justice from suspending public safety grants -LSBJudge Harry Leinenweber issued a preliminary injunction on Friday to prevent the U.S. Department of Justice from suspending public safety grants -LSB-...]

Halligan's name has routinely been floated for high - profile federal judge positions, even a possible U.S. Supreme Court nomination.

Seminerio pleaded guilty to services fraud before Federal Court Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald, who set his sentencing for Oct. 20, a spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Lev Dassin said.

U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas imposed the sentence in White Plains Federal Court on the once - powerful Queens pol, who was stone - faced throughout the proceeding.

If there wasn't enough going on regarding redistricting this week the whole sordid affair got a kick in the pants thanks to U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe who has ruled that unless that state takes legislative action all of New York's future federal non-presidential primaries will be held on the fourth Tuesday of June.

A postponement of the case is warranted until insider trading prosecutions of the company, as well as Steinberg and Martoma, are concluded, Assistant U.S. Attorney Micah Smith told U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan Wednesday in Manhattan federal court.

U.S. District Court Judge Gary L. Sharpe has been on the federal bench since 1997.

Scarborough, 69, apppeared in federal court before Senior U.S. District Judge Thomas J. McAvoy, admitting crimes involving a program receiving federal tax dollars.

U.S. district court Judge Thomas McAvoy sentenced 43 - year - old Jeffrey Turner of Fenton, to 30 years in federal prison for producing child pornography, to run concurrent with the 8 years he was sentenced in Broome County court for rape & criminal... Continue reading →

In one of the longest cases — lasting almost five years — in the history of the U.S. federal courts, Honeywell v. Sperry Rand, Judge Earl R. Larson concluded in the 1973 verdict that Eckert and Mauchly's patent for the ENIAC was invalid.

Ultimately, Judge Nancy Firestone of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C., selected 44 landowners to serve as «bellwether plaintiffs» to assess the claims.

A panel of judges from the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to rule this week on whether a temporary halt placed on the order by a federal district judge should be kept in place.

Senator Tom Harkin (D — IA) called the hearing of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on labor, health and human services, and education in the wake of the 23 August ruling by Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., that hESC research violates a law barring federal funds for research that harms human embryos.

``... [E] xtracting a gene is akin to snapping a leaf from a tree,» Judge William C. Bryson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit wrote.

In September 2010, The New York Times reported that the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that federal funding of embryonic stem cell research could continue under the new rules while the court considers Judge Lamberth's ruling [source: New York TiCourt of Appeals ruled that federal funding of embryonic stem cell research could continue under the new rules while the court considers Judge Lamberth's ruling [source: New York Ticourt considers Judge Lamberth's ruling [source: New York Times].