Sentences with phrase «action under the federal rules»

(The suits are referred to as a mass action because they involve multiple suits that raise similar claims, but they don't seek to be certified as a class action under the federal rules of civil procedure.)

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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 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.

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).

At that session, Northern People's Congress (NPC), with National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroon (NCNC) partisans pushed for a federal take - over of the West, under the ruling Action Group (AG).

By deciding to sue the Federal Communications Commission to protect «net neutrality» rules established under Obama in 2015, his office took its 100th action against the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress.

Prosecutors said the Boyland ruling, which held that under a different federal law a wider variety of actions was sufficient for conviction, strengthened their hand.

But in her motion challenging the EFCC's ex parte application, Mrs. Jonathan, through her lawyers, argued that the EFCC's «Ex parte Originating Summons» was not one of the modes of commencement of action under Order 3, Rule 1 of the Federal High Court (Civil Procedure Rules) 2009, and that it was not known or provided for by any law or rules of cRules) 2009, and that it was not known or provided for by any law or rules of crules of court.

Additionally, a recent Supreme Court ruling determined that professional licensing boards (e.g. Dietetics boards and their members) are now liable under federal law, and may be prosecuted and sued for civil damages for anti-competitive actions.

Adoption of these rules is a nondiscretionary, ministerial action that FMCSA may take without issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking and receiving public comment, in accordance with the good cause exception available to Federal agencies under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).

Without limiting your right to file arbitration claims against Capital One Investing under FINRA Rule 12200 or its affiliates or successors, you consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue of the federal and state courts in King County, Washington for any court action or proceeding relating to your Account and you agree that all such claims by you against us or our affiliates or successors will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the federal and state courts in King County, State of Washington.

In the recent decision of Dennis v Canada, the Federal Court upheld the principle of the «no - costs» approach for plaintiffs who wish to discontinue an action under Rule 334.39 (1) of the Federal Court Rules (the «Rules»).

Canadian Class Actions Monitor Federal Court confirms no cost awards granted against Plaintiffs for discontinuance of class proceedings under Rule 334.39 (1)

In response to the policy argument against allowing relitigation of class certification, the Court noted that stare decisis and comity are the legal system's remedies for repetitive litigation that falls outside of the rules of preclusion, and that once a class action is removed to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA), 28 U.action is removed to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA), 28 U.Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA), 28 U.S.C.??

In Shady Grove Orthopedic Associates v. Allstate Insurance Company, the Supreme Court held that a New York law placing limits on class actions did not preclude a federal district court sitting in diversity from entertaining a class action under Rule 23.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently ruled that a plaintiff not named as a joint inventor on several patents and pending patent applications has standing to maintain an action to correct inventorship under 35 U.S.C. § 256, despite the fact that he previously assigned all rights...

Lead counsel for investor in a toy company sued in federal court in a class action securities fraud action under Rule 10b - 5 for alleged insider trading

Defended national bank and its directors in class action securities fraud case under Rule 10b - 5 in federal court

The article discusses the decision in Riverside Church v. City of St. Michael, where a federal court in Minnesota ruled that actions taken under RLUIPA's safe harbor provision absolved a local government of possible RLUIPA violations.

I. Whether differences among individual class members may be ignored and a class action certified under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 (b)(3), or a collective action certified under the Fair Labor Standards Act, where liability and damages will be determined with statistical techniques that presume all class members are identical to the average observed in a sample; and

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