Sentences with phrase «against the corporations which»

Putting your own money up against corporations which have staff attorneys and / or libel insurance is not a wise move if you don't have a strong case (which neither of the above did, nor does Mr. Wakefield in my opinion).

A bunch of climate alarmist scientists have written to President Obama urging him to use RICO legislation against corporations which may «knowingly have deceived the American people about the risks of climate change.»

Not exact matches

Big corporations typically have the resources to fight them off, which explains why most patent infringement lawsuits are filed against small to medium - sized companies.

The Division also oversees the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC), which is a private, non-profit corporation that insures the securities and cash in the customer accounts of member brokerage firms against the failure of tCorporation (SIPC), which is a private, non-profit corporation that insures the securities and cash in the customer accounts of member brokerage firms against the failure of tcorporation that insures the securities and cash in the customer accounts of member brokerage firms against the failure of those firms.

A mobile app, co-developed by Corporate Knights and Energy Mobile Studios, which any company can use to rank themselves against a screened universe of over 4,000 corporations across 24 industry groups.

Finally, revenues of consolidated Crown corporations (VIA Rail, CBC, etc), which were netted against their total expenses as payments to Crown corporations, are now also part of «Other revenues».

Not only do they have to compete against other companies in the small business arena, but against much larger corporations as well, many of which have national marketing reach.

I maintain that all kinds of violence are the same the violence of the soldier who kills, the revolutionary who assassinates; it is true also of economic violence — the violence of the privileged proprietor against his workers, of the «haves» against the «have - nots»; the violence done in international economic relations between our societies and those of the third world; the violence done through powerful corporations, which exploit the resources of a country that is unable to defend itself [Violence (Seabury, 1969), p. 97].

And this is true not only of physical violence — the violence of the soldier who kills, the policeman who bludgeons, the rebel who commits arson, the revolutionary who assassinates; it is true also of economic violence — the violence of the privileged proprietor against his workers, of the «haves» against the «have - nots»; the violence done in international economic relations between our own societies and those of the Third World; the violence done through powerful corporations which exploit the resources of a country that is unable to defend itself.

The declaration of war against terrorism provides a context in which the world's only superpower can attack any enemy of the global dominance of corporations.

Yesterday, five judges of the International Tribunal against Monsanto stated in their advisory opinion that the corporation «has engaged in practices which have negatively impacted the right to a healthy environment, the right to food, and the right to health» citing its widespread dissemination of dangerous agrochemicals in industrial agriculture, the introduction and release of GM crops, and introduction of persistent organic pollutants such as PCB in the environment.

The ACCC today filed a Notice of Appeal from the Federal Court's decision dismissing the ACCC's proceedings against the Australian Egg Corporation Ltd and others, which commenced in May 2014.

Jack, District Judge: Plaintiff, McIlhenny Company, a corporation of the State of Maine, which, with its predecessors, for many years past, has manufactured at Avery Island, Louisiana, a condiment known as «Tabasco Pepper Sauce,» brings this action against defendant Ed.

April 12 — West Ham's move to London's Olympic Stadium will come under increased public scrutiny following a ruling by the UK's Information Tribunal which rejected in full the London Legacy Development Corporation (LDDC)'s appeal against an earlier Information Commissioner ruling to reveal full details of the secret contract enabling West Ham to move into the publicly owned Olympic Stadium.

Rep. Brian Higgins and Assemblyman Sean Ryan are speaking out against the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation's proposal for Outer Harbor redevelopment, which calls for a big emphasis on new housing.

Further controversy was aroused by an unsigned editorial [296] in the News Corporation - owned Wall Street Journal which lashed out against the company's critics, specifically mentioning the BBC, The Guardian and the news website ProPublica.

Outside spending groups like Rove's American Crossroads super PAC are the progeny of the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision, which allowed corporations and unions to spend unlimited sums for and against individual candidates.

Emails obtained by the investigator show the campaign rejected two attempts, first because the corporation attempted to purchase the ticket, which is illegal in New York, and the second time because the company's founder, a Canadian national, tried to personally buy it — that's against federal law.

Because dividends are not tax free (as they are in pass through entities once tax on entity level earning has been paid by the owners - which would look politically ugly in a publicly held company context letting people receive millions in dividends and pay not taxes on it), and there is no deduction for dividends paid to the corporation (in most contexts), and there is no tax credit for taxes paid at the corporate level against income tax liability on dividends, the end result is that there is double taxation of corporate profits both when the profits are earned by the corporation and again when they are distributed to shareholders.

The corporation, which sued the Town Board after it voted in 2003 against a change of zone to allow for the store, took its case to a seemingly skeptical Mattituck Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night.

«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.

The first Defendant (Badeh) pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against him, while the court relied on Section 478 of the Criminal Justice Act to enter a «not guilty» plea for the second defendant which is a corporation.

Civil libertarianism is a strain of political thought that supports civil liberties, or which emphasizes the supremacy of individual rights and personal freedoms over and against any kind of authority (such as a state, a corporation, social norms imposed through peer pressure, etc.).

The dispute involved an appeal to the U.S. District Court by Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc., (as assignee of Geron Corporation), which sought to overturn both decisions by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) against Geron in its patent interferences.

Book 1: Luck and Judgment.Gail Everett must have justice from the corporation which destroyed her father's life - but no courtroom has ever found against them.

You might also want to set up your business as an S corporation or limited liability company, which can protect your personal finances from claims against your business by creditors.

Without admitting fault or liability, 32 lenders agreed to settle allegations against them, including CitiMortgage (which paid a fine of $ 700,000), Equitable Trust Mortgage Corporation, Baltimore, MD ($ 277,500), Financial Mortgage USA, Inc..

If they depreciate in a corporation, that depreciation charge is accounted for against income and it's not a big deal — the company just distributes the cash that it can based on retained earnings which accounts for depreciation expense.

Final Fantasy VII Remake, which retells the story of the original game, follows Cloud Strife, a former Shinra soldier who joins the AVALANCHE eco-terrorist group as a mercenary to fight against the Shinra corporation, who have been draining the planet's life energy, only to become involved in something much bigger.

This victory marks the second time Nintendo has prevailed against Technology Properties Limited LLC, Phoenix Digital Solutions LLC and Patriot Scientific Corporation, all of which are patent - licensing companies.

In developing this work, Cameron - Weir researched materials related to Storm King's founding and the Art Center's history with the surrounding region, including the testimonies given against a proposed Con Edison power plant to be built into nearby Storm King Mountain (a fight that lasted from 1962 until 1980), and employee handbooks from the Star Expansion Industries Corporation, which produced industrial steel fasteners and expansion bolts in nearby Mountainville from the mid-1950s until 1996.

Calling into question the warfare of corporations against the working class, the starkly contrasting pattern, which initially reads as wallpaper, is in fact powdered tire rubber silk - screened on clayboards.

In that case, the Supreme Court will be considering the controversial decision of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled that the Alien Tort Statute (which allows lawsuits in U.S. courts for violations of international law) does not create a legal basis for such suits against corporations.

One of the most disturbing things that large corporations can do is lobby against environmental regulations which are essential for the wellbeing of the biosphere but inconvenient for them financially in the short term.

An arbitral award was rendered in India against a United States corporation, which argued before the Court that it should not be enforced in the United States on grounds that India would not have enforced the award had it been rendered in the United States in its favour, and that therefore, «the reciprocity between India and the United States as required by the Convention [article XIV] was absent».1394 The contesting party further argued that article XIV requires courts to determine the extent to which India applies the Convention and whether India treats awards rendered in India in favour of Indian parties in a similar manner.

This appeal was brought by Rovi against a judgment and consequential revocation order made by Mr John Baldwin QC on 14 July 2014 (Rovi Solutions Corporation & Another v Virgin Media Ltd & Others [2014] EWHC 2301 (Pat)-RRB- in respect of European Patent (UK) 1,327,209, which the judge ruled was invalid due to the lack of an inventive step.

The case of Whiteley v. Osprey Media Publishing Inc. and Sun Media Corporation involved an allegation from a lawyer that the respondents (Osprey Media Publishing Inc., Sun Media Corporation, which is owned by the Quebecor media chain, and the Ontario Human Rights Commission) discriminated against him on the basis of place of origin in goods, services or facilities.

No firms gain more by dragging out litigation than the big firms because they have the clients with the tens and hundreds of millions of dollars of capitalization who can afford, with the help of the taxpayer, to pay the astronomical fees they charge for as long as it takes to take on similar corporations similarly represented, or to squash the little guy (which is why FCT has McCarthy's on retainer and Stewart has Borden's on retainer — the given real estate file / title insurance claim is small potatoes but the title insurers make it dead obvious that if you sue them, you will up against a Big Firm.

Georgina Rowley Qualified: 2004 Made partner: 2015 Key cases: Acting for the US defendant on the high profile jurisdiction litigation brought in England by James Petter against EMC Corporation, which is currently heading for the Supreme Court.

Upon joining the Firm of which he is now a principal, Bruce has had the primary responsibility for managing and litigating the firm's most protracted and complex cases, including product liability cases against such major manufacturers as General Motors Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Caterpillar, Inc., GlaxoSmithKline, Bausch & Lomb, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Dow Corning Corporation.

A great deal of our work involves class actions, in which a large number of clients come together to put in a claim against large corporations or organizations that have caused them harm as a group.

Bill 300 establishes a complaints mechanism under which any Canadian citizen or permanent residence or resident or citizen of a developing country may lodge complaints against corporations that contravene the guidelines for environmental and social behavior referenced in the Bill.

Such vital data which are usually shielded utilizing top information security providers can be used by unauthorized individuals to commit crimes tender etc. that were repair, such as insider - trading States around the globe have regulations to prevent such unauthorized information access and noncompliance with the guidelines is cognizable offense against the corporations spending substantial fees to the government, if the data security measures are broken.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has denied a petition for a writ of mandamus vacating an order by a federal district court in Delaware which denied a motion to dismiss or transfer a patent infringement suit against a Taiwanese corporation for improper venue

Osborn acted as the agent, or officer, of the state of Ohio, in collecting from the bank, under an act of the state, a tax or penalty unconstitutionally imposed; and if, in such a case, jurisdiction could be sustained against the agent of the state, why can it not be sustained against a corporation, acting as agent, under an unconstitutional act of Massachusetts, in collecting tolls which belong to the plaintiffs?

My husband and I hired the Law Office of Patrick Conkey to defend us in business litigation which was brought by a corporation against us.

On the other hand, Goldsmith's logic might permit alien tort suits against U.S. corporations — which ironically includes five of the six signatories of his brief.

RGL is a forensic accounting firm which collects relevant personal information from its clients (insurance companies and other corporations, either directly or through lawyers) for the purposes of assessing and quantifying claims made against them, or claims that they are making against another party.

This is separate from the CRTC's power to issue administrative monetary penalties of up to $ 10,000,000 against offending corporations, which has been in place since July 1, 2014.»

The case of Whiteley v. Osprey Media Publishing Inc. and Sun Media Corporation involved an allegation from a lawyer that the respondents (Osprey Media Publishing Inc., Sun Media Corporation, which is owned by the Quebecor media chain, and the Ontario Human Rights Commission) discriminated against him...