Sentences with phrase «against law firm sidley»

Defended a national law firm whose case was dismissed from the largest securities litigation pending against a law firm at the time.

An Ontario Superior Court judge has awarded damages against law firm Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP in the amount of $ 45 million for breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and professional negligence.

In June 2011, the HRTO dismissed all of Visic's allegations against the law firm.

In a recent judgment in Butera v. Chown, Cairns LLP, 2017, the court allowed a $ 5 - million negligence action brought against a law firm to proceed to trial in its entirety and rolled back a lower court judge's decision to dismiss part of the case.

My point then was that Fortune 500 GCs seeking a lawyer for a basic corporate deal did not require the same level of protection against a law firm's marketing as e.g. a terrified first - time criminal defendant or a teenager tragically injured in a car wreck.

Those dealers later joined together and launched a class action against law firm Cassels Brock.

The contract attorney has brought a lawsuit against the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, claiming some of the work he did for the firm should be eligible for overtime pay, according to a May 31 article in the Wall Street Journal, «Lawyer Sues Skadden for Overtime.»

Attorneys from Greene Broillet & Wheeler secured a $ 46.5 million verdict against the law firm of Jones, Day, Revis & Pogue in what was at the time the second - largest legal malpractice verdict in history.

In Allen v. Aspen Group Resources Corporation, Strathy J. refused to summarily dismiss a class action against a law firm, and held that the law firm may be vicariously liable under the Partnership Act for alleged breaches of s. 131 of the Securities Act by one of its partners in his capacity as a corporate director.

Obtained six - figure settlement on behalf of national lobbying firm against law firm for legal malpractice in Federal Court and mediation.

The court granted summary judgment and dismissed the action against the law firm.

Up in Boston, a female associate, Kamee Verdrager, filed a discrimination complaint at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination against her law firm, Mintz Levin.

At trial the Plaintiff's were granted judgement in the sum of $ 300,404.17 against the law firm.

These days, a lawsuit by a former associate for discrimination or wrongful discharge against law firm no longer carries the same stigma it once did.

In a federal age discrimination suit against law firm Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, the firm maintains that it has no mandatory retirement age for partners.

The Mississippi Court of Appeals, reviewing the district court's denial of sanctions against the law firm, held 6 - 4 that the complaint was frivolous and that Rule 11 sanctions should be awarded.

The lawyer's counterclaim against the law firm was also an abuse of process, in that it attacked findings of the trial court and of the Court of Appeal in the enforcement action.

And the Defense Wins Published by DRI: Dina M. Cox and Kameelah Shaheed - Diallo obtained a dismissal of a legal malpractice claim against their law firm client

As an illustration of the value of authentication, consider the screenshots of excerpts from two email reputation reports below - the first was run against a law firm email alert that did not use authentication; the second is the report for an alert that did.

Last week, district officials filed a malpractice suit against the law firm and turned over related investigative files to four agencies for review: the city attorney, the Los Angeles County...

Panama's public prosecutor against organized crime said Wednesday there was no evidence so far to take action against the law firm at the center of the Panama Papers scandal, following a raid lasting 27 hours on its offices.

Panama's public prosecutor against organised crime said there was no evidence so far to take action against the law firm at the center of the Panama Papers scandal, following a raid lasting 27 hours on its offices.

Professional negligence claims brought against law firms in the High Court have almost tripled in the last year, jumping to 418 in 2013/14, according to City law firm RPC.

Two major reasons for an increase in investment is the high level of cybersecurity incidents against law firms and the need to adhere with strict compliance regulations.

One of the best things lawyers can do to avoid hacking is to stay educated about the current attack vectors, especially those used against law firms.

Not only do you become increasingly non-competitive against law firms who are using the latest technology, but bar associations actually require lawyers to stay abreast of relevant technology.

Defeated a class certification action against law firms and major mortgage lenders for allegedly wrongful foreclosures that would have involved over 9,000 foreclosures and tens of millions of dollars in exposure.

Mr. Heffernan defeated a class certification in a putative class action against law firms and major mortgage lenders for allegedly wrongful foreclosures, which protected clients from tens of millions of dollars in potential exposure for more than 9,000 foreclosures.

LPOs are vigorously competing against law firms for legal work.

Groups against anti-piracy companies and law firms who allege heavy - handed tactics have launched Denial of Service Attacks against law firms and their clients.

(the whole Henry Ford: «if I'd asked my clients what they wanted, they'd have said a faster horse» argument) I've noticed a number of the directories, and legal media / publishers more widely, being more «guerilla» in their marketing lately, largely I think because they're up against law firms fatigued and wary of too much new product development.

Kevin O'Keefe makes a strong case against law firms building custom apps in an article titled, Why Your Law Firm Should Forget About Building An Iphone App.

Professional indemnity premiums are rising, amid a growing number of «potential claims» against law firms.

Pension claim fall - out from the Barber decision, tax planning under challenge from a cash - starved government, commercial property fraud, possible fall - out from securitisation of residential mortgages — the terms of which may be subject to severe challenge from insurers of small firms — and mergers and acquisitions which have turned out to be bad deals, are all building up a head of steam, not only in the UK but on the continent, where claims against law firms have traditionally been almost non-existent.

Not exact matches

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 Business Law.

Paul Weiss is the same corporate law firm that conducted last year's internal investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Roger Ailes, which resulted in the former Fox News chairman's resignation.

«Though the vast majority of Americans think it is wrong and should be against the law, [most state] laws do not protect the LGBT workforce from this kind of discrimination,» Peter Romer - Friedman, an attorney with Cohen Milstein, a law - firm in Washington, D.C., says.

David Sanford, chairman of Sanford Heisler Sharp, the law firm that argued the largest - ever employment gender discrimination case to go to trial — a class action suit against Novartis Pharmaceuticals that resulted in a $ 253 million jury award for plaintiffs in 2010, reduced post-trial to $ 175 million — noted that in that case, the company had just three investigators for a workforce of thousands.

Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, a consumer rights action law firm that also represented consumers in a recent $ 400 million lawsuit against Apple (aapl) for price fixing, filed the New York lawsuit.

The SEC brings numerous civil enforcement actions against firms and individuals that violate securities laws every year.

Various law firms filed a class action lawsuit last week against Westminster - based brake company Knorr - Bremse AG and its local Pennsylvania rival Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. on behalf of employees affected by their «no poach» agreements.

A law firm filed a class - action suit against Groupon for allegedly imposing illegal expiration dates on its vouchers.

Index funds are one of a number of issues in a 401 (k) lawsuit against Anthem, Inc. brought by the St. Louis law firm of Schlichter, Bogard & Denton, the big kahuna in the world of 401 (k) plan litigation, this January.

The Juscutum Attorneys Association, a Ukrainian law firm, is rallying NotPetya victims to join a collective lawsuit against Intellect - Service LLC, the company behind the M.E.Doc accounting software, the point of origin of the NotPetya ransomware outbreak.

Among his other accomplishments, he led a group of 20 law firms that prosecuted cutting - edge class action cases against financial institutions, such as Countrywide, Wells Fargo, and JPMorgan Chase, concerning destructive negative amortization loans that unknowingly caused borrowers to assume tens of thousands of dollars of additional debt.

That's what law firm Nichols Kaster calls the $ 1.3 billion retirement plan at the center of a proposed class action against Fujitsu Technology and Business of America Inc..

Earlier this month, Minneapolis - based law firm Nichols Kaster filed suits against American Century's $ 600 million plan and the $ 1.3 billion plan at Fujitsu Technology and Business of America, Inc..

Hagens Berman is one of the most successful auto litigation law firms in the U.S. and is presently leading nationwide cases against Volkswagen, GM, Mercedes and Fiat Chrysler for use of diesel emissions - cheating software.

While other firms play catchup with a reactive approach, Hagens Berman has become a proactive pioneer — testing vehicles, effecting scientific evidence of new fraud and leading the pack against automakers who violate the law.

The law firm has multiple complaints against the company, covering accusations of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) insider trading, undelivered funds, platform breakdowns, and loss of account access, which they are currently investigating.