Sentences with phrase «against the defendant in»

The queen mother is praying the court to award damages against the defendant in the sum of GHc500, 000.

A forfeiture of over $ 344,000 was levied against both defendants in connection with the salary and other attempted payments steered towards Adam.

Mercury has been served as a purported UM carrier and Plaintiff is seeking to hold Mercury liable to satisfy all or a portion of any judgment which might be rendered against Defendant in this matter.

And this was «precisely the case made» against the defendants in question.

On September 25, 2009 I released my Reasons for judgment wherein I granted the plaintiff judgment against the defendants in the amount of approximately $ 11.1 million dollars.

«Judicial hellholes» generally are defined as «places where judges systematically apply laws and court procedures in an unfair and unbalanced manner, generally against defendants in civil lawsuits.»

Because a successful deferred adjudication is not a conviction, in most cases it can not be used against the defendant in the future to enhance punishment.

Dismissal of federal charges against defendants in the KPMG tax fraud litigation after the judge said the U.S. coerced KPMG into denying legal funds to the ex-employees

Nevertheless, to end the war of words in the media, Kinder Morgan unilaterally dropped the civil suit, meaning that no further court challenges of Kinder Morgan's civil suit could be advanced, but leaving the transnational the opportunity to use the information from the civil suit against the defendants in future cases.

He commenced his lawsuit against the defendants in January 1996, but being unrepresented without a lawyer, he has faced challenges and delays in navigating the court system.

This was an action of trespass, brought in the Court below, by the plaintiff in error, against the defendant in error, for an assault and battery, and false imprisonment, to which the defendant pleaded the general issue, and a special plea of justification.

Punitive damages are awarded against a defendant in exceptional cases for «malicious, oppressive and high - handed» misconduct that «offends the court's sense of decency»: Hill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 1130, at para. 196.

Their view accords with my own in any event but, in my judgement, therefore, the decisions of the English Courts do create an issue estoppel against the Defendant in raising the argument that the waiver is insufficient where recognition, enforcement and execution are concerned.

It had been her decision to commence the unsuccessful action against the defendant in the first instance.

The Plaintiffs (property developers) had instituted proceedings against the Defendants in November 2014 claiming both breach of contract and negligence against the Defendants in relation to the construction of two houses in Co..

These cases can be filed against the defendants in addition to any criminal cases that may be simultaneously pending against them for the same incidents.

Indeed, the compulsory adverse inference instruction the court imposed against the defendants in this case helps assure that the plaintiff will not be unduly limited in succeeding at trial.

For foreign judgments rendered in other countries, our firm suggests that it would be better to file a new lawsuit against the defendant in Taiwan and use the foreign judgments as a leverage.

In the recent case of Antonio Gramsci Shipping Corporation & others v Recoletos Limited & others [2010] All ER (D) 241 (May), the claimants applied for summary judgment against the defendants in a case alleging fraud and «corporate theft».

[48] The claim in respect of injurious affection may be advanced against any defendant in whom a power of expropriation has been vested by statute but not exercised.

Our law firm has won significant verdicts and settlements against defendants in a number of bus accident claims.

The claimants issued a claim under RA 1886 against the defendant in respect of damage to, or destruction of, property in the centre caused by those detained in it during the riot.

A figure in respect of estimated costs can also be frozen, ensuring any costs orders made against the defendants in the proceedings can be recovered.

The claimant's separate claim in respect of the RTA against the defendant in that action, British Lead Mills Ltd, was still in progress at the date of the hearing.

The claimant issued proceedings against the defendants in negligence.

Schuckman Realty v. Marine Midland Bank (244 A.D. 2d 400)- broker not entitled to recover a commission from defendant under contract theory where broker entered into brokerage agreements with parties other than the defendant; broker's claim against defendant in quantum meruit fails due to the existence of a valid and enforceable agreement governing the particular subject matter (i.e., commission agreement between broker and other parties).

Not exact matches

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.

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.

Levandowski, who is not a defendant in the civil case, has asserted his Fifth Amendment privilege against self - incrimination and has refused to testify.

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.

The night after they obtained a guilty verdict against one defendant, in 2011, prosecutors and their staff spent a total of $ 763.80 for dinner at a country club (divided by the 18 individuals present, that comes out to $ 42.39 each).

As a senator, Sessions criticized the Justice Department in 2009 for dismissing three defendants from a voting rights lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party after allegations of voter intimidation outside a Philadelphia polling place.

«Given the nature of the charges against the defendant and the apparent weight of the evidence against him, defendant faces the very real possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison,» Ellis said of the former campaign manager.

An indictment in Atlanta federal court against Shalon and Aaron names as a defendant an unidentified hacker believed to be in Russia.

On April 11, 2018, Patrick K. McDonnell — a defendant in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's case against CabbageTech, Corp (DBA Coin Drop Markets)-- submitted a letter to Judge Roanne L. Mann of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

In February, the agency dismissed charges against six defendants in the case, according to federal court recordIn February, the agency dismissed charges against six defendants in the case, according to federal court recordin the case, according to federal court records.

In March, the judge initially presiding over the case, Jack B. Weinstein, granted the CFTC's preliminary injunction against the defendants.

NEW YORK — What do you do if you're one of the most criticized defendants in the nation awaiting a jury verdict on the criminal fraud and conspiracy charges filed against you?

Most recently, the agency brought charges against an additional defendant involved in the fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO) scheme conducted by Centra Tech Inc..

In December 2012, he added Gawker as a defendant in the state court case that he had already filed against Heather Clem and Bubba CleIn December 2012, he added Gawker as a defendant in the state court case that he had already filed against Heather Clem and Bubba Clein the state court case that he had already filed against Heather Clem and Bubba Clem.

The following documentation and statements were presented in Reg Howe's lawsuit filed in the District Court of Massachusetts against Defendants: Bank for International Settlements, Alan Greenspan, William J. McDonough, J.P. Morgan & Co..

We believe that market - rigging tactics of which banking institutions have been repeatedly accused — and, in many cases, are legal defendants in actions brought against them — have been disguised but are still widely practiced.

According to Reuters, Judge Kimba Wood issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the Alibabacoin Foundation, and ordered the defendants (including ABBC Foundation's CEO Jason Daniel Paul Phillip and CTO Hassan Abbas) to explain to the court «why an order should not be issued granting a preliminary injunction,» which would prohibit the defendants» usage of the Alibaba trademarks anywhere in the United States.

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 defendant's failure to testify in his own behalf is not to be taken as a circumstance against him.

But we jurors may have only those portions of it which the attorneys and the judge decide we must know in order to decide whether the defendant is guilty of the specific charge against him — no more, no less, and very little other, however interesting and important it might be.

After release of the escrow funds, the Company has remaining claims of approximately R$ 2.8 million that will be pursued against assets held by the defendants in Brazil

Not only did defendant adopt the name and imitate the bottles and cartons in use by plaintiff, but at the very beginning, when he started the manufacture and sale of his sauce in competition with the long established business of plaintiff, he printed on his bottle labels a caution to use «only the genuine Evangeline,» thus apparently seeking to create the impression that such «Evangeline» Tabasco Sauce was an old and established brand, against spurious imitations of which the public should be warned.

I share the view expressed by objective and reasonable members of the public that because the government was the 1st defendant / respondent against whom the Supreme Court made declarations of unconstitutional conduct in paying the judgment debt to Alfred Agbesi Woyome, the government has been pretending for purely political reasons at each turn to take steps to enforce the judgment and orders of the court only to deliberately abort them.

The federal courts found the Grand Street projects themselves, run by Silver allies, discriminated against black and Latino applicants in a suit that named Ralph Lippman, the father of the chief judge, as a defendant.