Sentences with phrase «against cases involving»

Not exact matches

Uber has sought arbitration in other cases involving alleged sexual violence against its passengers by drivers, as well as in battles with its drivers seeking better compensation.

Gawker Media founder and CEO Nick Denton will file for personal bankruptcy protection as early as Monday after losing a fight in a Florida court for a shield against a judgment in a breach of privacy case involving professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, according to a person familiar with the matter.

As investigators wrap their case against more than a dozen traders involved in the recent LIBOR scandal — which involves executives at Barclays and a growing list of international banks attempting to manipulate the benchmark figure for trillions of pounds» worth of financial contracts — they're revealing a curious fact about how some of the details were leaked in the first place.

In fact, while the billionaire doesn't mention it in his op - ed piece, he has also reportedly been involved in financing several other lawsuits against Gawker that haven't gone to trial, some of which have even less legal merit than the Gawker case.

In fact, in 2014 when the last major cases involving such infringements were decided, the court ruled unanimously against patent trolls.

«Sometimes issues involving non-bank dealers overlap with end - user issues and in those cases, they can be working with the banks and against the banks at the same time,» the lawyer said.

The Federal Communications Commission, in a report to for seven Democratic senators, said it had reviewed the cases, which involved wireless carriers exempting streaming video from counting against customers» monthly data limits, a practice known as zero rating.

«For more than four years, the government of Ecuador has offered to cooperate in facilitating the questioning of Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, as well as proposing other political and legal measures, in order to reach a satisfactory solution for all parties involved in the legal case against Julian Assange, to end the unnecessary delays in the process and to ensure full and effective legal protection, Ecuador said in a statement, Press Association reported.

The case involved a claim of attempted monopolization levied against Uber, brought by the Philadelphia Taxi Association and a number of individual taxi drivers.

Bitfinex is pushing back against allegations it is involved in a money laundering case in Poland.

Through the following op - ed in Thursdayâ $ ™ s Toronto Star, the United Steelworkersâ $ ™ Canadian Director makes the case for a carbon tariff. It is now widely accepted that the struggle against global warming will involve placing a price on carbon emissions.

AUSTRAC will up the ante in its case against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, with the transactions regulator expecting to file fresh allegations on Thursday that it breached the law 100 additional times while facilitating banking by criminal syndicates involved in money laundering and terrorist financing.

One hopes that Judge Sprizzo's decision will give other judges, faced with cases involving nonviolent protest against abortion, pause for thought.

In many cases this literary approach has involved reading against the grain of the text.

John Kennedy repeatedly appointed segregationist judges to the federal bench in the South, and the civil rights case that Robert Kennedy most vigorously prosecuted involved charges brought against Albany, Georgia, activists for violating the rights of a white storeowner by boycotting his business because he had served on a jury that cleared the sheriff who had shot a black man three times in the neck at point - blank range.

While John Locke's admonition against the «blind precipitancy» of passion should always guide the serious philosopher, an excess of zeal may well be forgiven when it involves the kind of innocent fallout that inevitably accompanies genius — as is the case with Karl Popper.

(iii) Ironically the US and German cases evinced against the Pope concerning abuses back in the 70s and 80s (as with the much more recent Ealing headmaster case used very prominently against Archbishop Nichols) show the Church being decades ahead of the game as they had all involved full and appropriate cooperation with civil authorities.

In US cases, 60 \ % of which involved post-pubescent boys, 40 \ % of allegations against clergy were in the yearsl975 - 1980.

The ACCC secured its first criminal case under the laws in 2017 against Japanese shipping company NYK, which was fined $ 25 million, and has launched another case against Japanese shipping company K - Line, however Mr Sims said they were «foreign companies and don't involve individuals».

In the case of complaints against the actions of a RA - Cert client, the complainant should first attempt to resolve the issue directly with the client prior to requesting that RA - Cert become involved.

It's not the first time that racial incidents have been reported in Russia following cases involving Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure in particular during a Champions League group game against CSKA Moscow in 2013 [via Mirror Sport].

Apart from the environmental and health case against airco, it also makes it impossible to dress for outings that involve being both outside and in.

In extreme cases, the abuse involves hitting a child's head against a hard object, like the wall or the floor.

The current cases involve the looting and sharing of war fund, while our fighting soldiers were being humiliated and killed in hundreds for lack of appropriate weapons and equipment in the fight against Boko Haram.

My report finds that whilst the Constitution has been referred to in only a limited fashion in cases involving the protection and enhancement of women's rights, notable exceptions include violence against women resulting from religious edicts: «In response to a spate of violence directed at young rural women as part of their sentencing by fatwa... the Supreme Court declared such sentences unconstitutional in 2001.»

Because of the many uncontrolled variables involved in comparisons between countries, I don't believe such statistics can help the case for or against gun control.

He argued that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision tossing out the corruption case against former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell showed that his actions also did not involve illegalities.

The removal of independent appeal panels are against natural justice and are likely to involve headteachers in expensive court cases.

Long Island Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor who was elected in 2016 running on an anti-corruption platform following Skelos» conviction (but was not involved in either the Silver or Skelos cases), released a statement saying the Silver decision demonstrates the need for state lawmakers to stop relying on the feds to bring corruption cases against state - level elected officials, and also pass more anti-corruption measures, which lawmakers declined to do this past session.

The roundtable will assess the on - going fight against corruption, and is expected to come up with key programme agenda for among others mobilising Nigerians to get involved in the fight against corruption, and agenda for increasing the tempo of the anti-corruption fight including by revisiting outstanding cases of high - level official corruption and prosecuting high - ranking public officials.

Azrack said the cases were different for three reasons: The de Blasio case involved only «campaign contributions» and not personal gifts, a fact that would increase the government's burden of proof for bribery; the defendants failed to demonstrate they are «similarly situated» to de Blasio; and, critically, the de Blasio matter was already reviewed by a different set of federal prosecutors, who declined to move forward with a case against him.

Notable among the cases is the case against the Board of Trustees of the Synagogue Church Of All Nation, SCOAN, and the engineers involved in the construction of the collapsed building.

The Leaderships of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress are demanding for the resignation of the Minister of State, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, for alleged involved in the handling of the case of corruption against the Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Dr. Angela Uwakwem.

DENVER — Two - time Olympic taekwondo champion Steven Lopez has been temporarily suspended while the US Center for SafeSport resolves a case against him involving sexual misconduct allegations.

Linking the three men are centenarian mega-donor Leonard Litwin of Glenwood Management and the unceremonious scuttling of the Moreland Commission — both believed to be involved in the cases against Mr. Silver and Mr. Skelos.

His company was a key player in an alleged kickback scheme involving former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, as well as a figure in a corruption case against former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

WBFO News asked to conduct an interview with Hochul following her UB appearance to question her about the recent lawsuit involving a sexual harassment case against Sam Hoyt, former head of the region's Empire State Development Corp..

(c) And also for * submissions based on the assertion that Mr. Woyome had no contract with the Government of Ghana * and therefore had no valid claims against the Government be determined by the High Court, and not by this Court (the Supreme Court), since they do not involve, according to the relevant case law, the interpretation and enforcement of the Constitution and do not therefore fall within the ambit of the Court's original jurisdiction under Article 130 (1) of the 1992 Constitution.

A verdict against a Milwaukee - area gun store is breathing new life into similar litigation nationwide, including the case involving the outlet that sold guns via a straw purchaser to William Spengler, who in December 2012 killed two firefighters at his home in the Rochester suburb of Webster.

Donald Trump said he hoped the Republican convention in July «doesn't involve violence» as he pressed his case that the system is rigged against him.

Trump implied Saturday that the Trump University lawsuit filed against him by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman may have been a conspiracy involving President Barack Obama, and also suggested he might ask that the judge in the case — who is Hispanic — recuse himself.

The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, had a case to answer in respect of the money laundering charges involving the sums of N400m and $ 2m instituted against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

One troubled company is Medisys, the corporation involved in the criminal case against Senator Carl Kruger, Assemblyman William F. Boyland Jr. and six others.

Nevada (R): The decision by the Justice Department not to pursue charges against Sen. John Ensign in a case involving the husband of his mistress is actually bad news for national Republicans.

The penalty exceeded those imposed on many employees who had committed acts of abuse or neglect against people with developmental disabilities, and the case was complicated by the fact that the co-worker involved had previously been fired for cause.

The oversight bill will inject much - needed scrutiny into the annexation process and require a super-majority vote of the locally involved municipal boards in cases where the county planners recommend against annexation.

While Glenwood Management executive Charles Dorego continues to find himself involved in federal cases against former Albany politicians Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos, public documents have revealed the role of Dorego's ex-wife, attorney Doreen Small, in obscuring lobbying efforts against city waste removal initiatives.

The interview, Cuomo said, involved the complex case against Percoco, his executive deputy secretary, along with eight others.

«The courts would be overwhelmed with cases in which people say I have been exposed to a harmful chemical and, therefore, I have cellular changes and I'm entitled to medical monitoring,» said Birnbaum, a New York City attorney often referred to as the «Queen of Torts» for her work in mass - tort litigation involving lawsuits filed against corporations.

A key prosecution witness in a federal corruption case against a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo testified Wednesday to his own yearslong criminal résumé that included fraud, embezzlement and lawsuits involving friends, family, his lawyers, a gym, a tutor and even a dog walker.