Sentences with phrase «against the lawsuit brought»

Defend Against Lawsuits Brought by National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Navient, and Other Student Loan Lenders

In 2011 it revealed that it spent $ 7m defending itself against a lawsuit brought by a collector, Joe Simon - Whelan, over his «Warhol» silk - screen self - portrait whose authenticity it had rejected.

The Cooper Union Board of Trustees will continue to vigorously defend against the lawsuit brought by The Committee to Save Cooper Union.

Harvard Law Professor Charles Nesson's defense of alleged file - sharer Joel Tenenbaum against a lawsuit brought by the Recording Industry Association of America has been nothing if not controversial.

Public Liability Insurance applies to forms of third party liability insurance which protects the insured against lawsuits brought by members of the public for accidental injury and / or property damage.

Employers liability coverage insures the alternate employer against lawsuits brought by injured workers (like Jane's suit against Divine Delights).

Liability coverage helps protect you against any lawsuits brought on by others who are injured within your home.

Not exact matches

WASHINGTON, May 1 - A District of Columbia federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by state bank regulators against the U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich wrote in her decision tossing out the case, issued late on Monday.

Drivers for both companies are currently classified as contractors, but the ones who have brought lawsuits against both companies contend they're misclassified and should actually be considered W - 2 employees, a status that would grant more workplace protections.

The gift comes after a judge ruled in favor of the CEO in a lawsuit brought against him by his brother.

The California Public Employees Retirement System, or Calpers, brought the lawsuit against Moody's and other rating agencies in 2009.

And it may be why consumers seeking remuneration have turned to joining class - action lawsuits brought against individual automakers.

Abramovich was in Fribourg court as part of a lawsuit brought by the London - based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development against Abramovich, Russian oil tycoon Eugene Shvidler, and the Russian energy company Gazprom Neft, a bank spokesman said Wednesday.

The Paypal cofounder and Facebook board member also argued his bankrolling of a lawsuit brought by pro-wrestler Terry «Hulk Hogan» Bollea against media conglomerate Gawker, which ultimately drove the company into bankruptcy, was not a threat to freedom of the press.

A lawsuit brought against Sater and others in 2015, which is ongoing, alleges that «for most of its existence it [Bayrock] was substantially and covertly mob - owned and operated,» engaging «in a pattern of continuous, related crimes, including mail, wire, and bank fraud; tax evasion; money laundering; conspiracy; bribery; extortion; and embezzlement.»

For example, Paul Ceglia brought a lawsuit against Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg in 2010 claiming partial ownership of the company, but «forensics revealed that the contract he claimed existed was actually forged,» Aquilina says.

Part of the reason why these questions are on the table now can be traced back to a lawsuit brought by Verizon against the FCC that was settled in January of this year.

A federal judge has thrown out a civil lawsuit brought President Trump's former campaign chairman against Robert Mueller.

Her organization has pushed for rules implementing the program, bringing a 2004 lawsuit against the Bush administration.

A federal judge in Washington has thrown out a civil lawsuit brought President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman against Robert Mueller.

Former sheriff's deputies in Virginia brought a lawsuit against their old boss, claiming he had fired them because they had liked the Facebook campaign page of his opponent in the upcoming election.

Bhakta recommends that entrepreneurs put into the contract that if a minority shareholder brings a lawsuit against a majority shareholders, that the company pays the legal fees.

«Even if it was human error and not intentional, one IT person is probably going to put this company out of business,» Loomis said, pointing to lawsuits that may be brought against the company by those who had their information exposed.

According to Singh, his lawsuit was the first ever to be brought against a project creator on Kickstarter, but he has a feeling it won't be the last.

Five lawsuits filed against the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule bring hope that rule will be voided.

In Lavender v. Miller Bernstein, Justice Edward Belobaba sided with investors who brought a class action lawsuit against an accounting firm that had audited a now - defunct securities dealer, Buckingham Securities.

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.

Allegations of excessive index fund fees in retirement plans are at the heart of a new proposed class action lawsuit brought by New York Life Insurance Co. employees against the company.

Of the five lawsuits filed against DOL, a Topeka, Kansas court will hold the first hearing on Aug. 24 in the case brought by insurer Market Synergy.

Otto, a self - driving truck company bought by Uber for $ 670 million, is using sensor technology that is now part of a lawsuit brought against Uber by Alphabet - owned Waymo.

On October 13, 2017, the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed a case brought by the blockchain firm R3 Holdco against Ripple Labs, another company active in the space, ruling that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the lawsuit.

Less than three months after filing its lawsuit on the ABACUS deal, the SEC settled with Goldman Sachs for $ 550 million, bringing charges solely against a low level trader, Fabrice Tourre.

The startup figures at the center of Alphabet's lawsuit against Uber, which alleges Otto co-founder Anthony Levandowski stole files to bring to Uber when he left Alphabet to found the startup.

A District of Columbia federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by state bank regulators against the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency over its proposal to offer charters that would let so - called fintech companies do business nationwide.

The first oral arguments in the string of lawsuits filed against DOL's fiduciary rule were heard on Aug. 25 by Judge Randolph Moss, U.S. District judge for the District of Columbia, in the case brought by the National Association for Fixed Annuities.

Mr. Cosby paid Ms. Constand $ 3.38 million in 2006 as part of the confidential financial settlement of a lawsuit she had brought against him after prosecutors originally declined to bring charges.

President Trump's longtime attorney, Michael Cohen, will invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self - incrimination in a civil lawsuit brought by adult entertainer Stormy Daniels — a move that would prevent him revealing anything that could be used later by federal prosecutors.

Lawsuits are still being filed in connection with the dossier: Three Russian oligarchs on Friday brought a new suit against Steele in Washington, D.C. And the Democratic National Committee on April 20 filed suit against Russia, the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks, alleging there was a conspiracy to interfere in the 2016 presidential elections.

New York city is the latest U.S. city to bring a lawsuit against Purdue Pharmaceutical and other companies involved in manufacturing and distributing prescription painkillers, known as opioids.

Cogburn also ruled that a related lawsuit - by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission brought against Bank of America, can move forward.

But in recent weeks, in the face of several new lawsuits brought against Gawker that are unrelated to Mr. Hogan's case and seem to personally attack certain Gawker writers, Mr. Denton is having second thoughts.

And Max Mosley, the former head of Formula One who successfully brought a series of suits against News of the World for publishing pictures of him involved in an orgy, later funded a number of lawsuits against the same tabloid by people who said its journalists had hacked their phones.

Cryptocurrencies are commodities The ruling gives the CFTC the needed authority to bring a fraud lawsuit against Patrick McDonnell, a New York resident charged -LSB-...]

This is the first lawsuit to be brought against the bank for the fake accounts.

The ride - hail company is not only going through a complete overhaul of its culture and governance, it's also navigating a major self - driving lawsuit brought against it by Alphabet, and it lost more than $ 700 million last quarter — though that's down from more than $ 900 million.

Uber is mired in multiple federal inquiries and lawsuits, including one brought against its former CEO, Travis Kalanick, by Benchmark, one of his early investors.

In challenging their status as independent contractors, Lyft's drivers were unable to bring a class action lawsuit against the app company thanks to an arbitration clause contained in their contract with Lyft.

The National Beef lawsuit is the latest in a string of class action lawsuits brought by Kistler on behalf of workers against meatpacking plants and food processing companies.

That said, I'm glad I still live in an America where people can question and rally for or against things, even bring - up lawsuits if they feel wronged or are acting on behalf of an oppressed party.

In the first place, it will be hard to win a civil lawsuit brought against the heirs of anyone who was, before 1861, merely operating under the laws of the time.