Sentences with phrase «alleging conspiracy by»

Represent Credit Suisse in class actions alleging conspiracy by the world's largest banks to restrict competition and raise the price of CDS trading.

Finally, let me use this opportunity to react to the fake news making the rounds concerning a supposed Sergeant in the Nigerian Army, named David Bako, who said he was part of an alleged conspiracy by the Government to abduct the Dapchi girls.

The lawsuit also alleged a conspiracy by me, Michael, and Rich to disparage PA and ASB.

He specifically alleged a conspiracy by the Board and its members in restraint of trade, unfair competition and practices, and a group boycott.

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The Nunes memo alleges that this surveillance was not properly vetted by the court; specifically, that it relied on the now - infamous Steele dossier, the document prepared by former British spy Christopher Steele alleging the existence of a conspiracy between Donald Trump and the Russian government.

President Donald Trump is currently deciding whether or not to release a controversial secret memo, compiled by Rep. Devin Nunes (R - CA), that alleges an anti-Trump conspiracy at the FBI.

Or else, as right - wing celebrity former Sheriff David Clarke alleged, maybe it's a conspiracy organized by George Soros.

Three female plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed Wednesday «allege a conspiracy spanning more than two decades to conceal sexual abuse committed by church members» throughout the 1980s and 1990s, according to the Associated Press.

Their suit alleges fraud and conspiracy by the archdiocese.

While Nwaoboshi was dragged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged money laundering and conspiracy, two counts of money laundering and conspiracy before Mohammed Idris, a judge of the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court.

Wu says while a grand jury will have to determine whether any actual crimes were committed, he says alleged interference by Cuomo's staff in an ethics commission sending out subpoenas is potentially in violation of several state statutes, including conspiracy to perform official misconduct and the hindering of prosecution.

The lawsuit alleges that Mr. Astorino undertook a «frantic» effort to win the backing of the party — the allegations include racketeering, conspiracy, wire and maul fraud — by coercing dozens of staff members, political associates, friends and family members to switch their party affiliation to the Independence Party.

These are just the latest in a string of high profile inquiries by parliamentary Select Committees over the past 6 years that have also seen Rupert Murdoch attacked with a custard pie, Michael Gove alleging a «Trot conspiracy» in English schools and a vice president of Google being informed that «you do evil».

He alleged that the Fulani leaders were committing a conspiracy of silence by allowing the herdsmen to engage in violence against the country.

The legal luminary submitted that the alleged offences were bailable and drew the attention of the court to the fact that his client had earlier been arrested, detained and investigated by the EFCC in connection with the account of his tenure as minister of the FCT, in respect of unsubstantiated allegations of conspiracy, abuse of office and money laundering, and had been in its custody between October 24, 2016 and December 9, 2016.

A statement from EFCC signed by Wilson Uwujaren, Head, Media & Publicity said, «Mustapha and Esthon were docked following a complaint alleging criminal conspiracy between the accused persons and a prima facie case established against them.

New York University (NYU) associate professor of radiology Yudong Zhu and NYU graduate student Xing Yang, both Chinese citizens, were arrested on 19 May on federal bribery charges in connection with an alleged conspiracy to pass nonpublic information from research funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to a Chinese company with ties to the Chinese government.

Thus, they assert, «the more that participants believe that a person at the centre of a death - related conspiracy theory, such as Princess Diana or Osama [bin] Laden, is still alive, the more they also tend to believe that the same person was killed, so long as the alleged manner of death involves deception by officialdom.

In 2005 the magazines Rolling Stone and Salon copublished a story by environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (nephew of former President John F. Kennedy) alleging a government conspiracy to cover up evidence that thimerosal, a mercury - containing preservative once used in vaccines, can cause brain problems, including autism.

The video below, meanwhile, edited from material widely published on the web, includes a smirking Wakefield betraying the whistleblower, and a confection of false claims with which the former trainee gut surgeon seeks to exonerate himself of research dishonesty and child abuse charges by alleging a fantastic conspiracy.

The class - action lawsuit, brought forward by 33 U.S. states, alleged that Apple was a dominant figure in an ebook price - fixing conspiracy designed to increase ebook prices and challenge Amazon's hold within the ebook industry.

The statement of claim in B.C. alleges that the defendants conspired to change the method by which e-books were sold, driving up prices, and with the intention of eroding the market share held by Amazon, which was the largest eBook seller «before the alleged conspiracy was implemented,» it says.

The suit filed on March 18, 2014 by PA / ASB alleged defamation and conspiracy by Writer Beware «to disparage PA and ASB,» and sought $ 800,000 in damages.

The Justice Department has sought to portray Amazon at the non-jury trial as the central victim of the alleged antitrust conspiracy amid disapproval by publishers of the low prices it was offering consumers for new and best - seller titles.

Spooky CIA Conspiracy Art Is Actually True — Anyone dubious about Garrett Pruter's installation at Armory Week's Spring Break outlining the CIA's alleged 1953 murder of Frank Olson, a scientist who became unsettled by the government's secret biological - warfare atrocities he witnessed in Project Artichoke, should check out this article about a new lawsuit that Olson's family has filed against the CIA.

This occurs when defenders of one conspiracy theory find it necessary to implicate more and more people whose failure to discover or reveal the conspiracy can only be explained by their alleged complicity.»

The environmentalists» case only exists by blurring distinctions between logically distinct categories of knowledge, by ignoring the order of events, by reducing matters of degree to binary true / false axioms, and by exaggerating the influence of the alleged conspiracy.

There is a big conspiracy — by the deniers who take every bit of alleged irregularity and weave it into the scenario you wish to believe.

6) Both allege conspiracy and censorship by the «mainstream science journals».

4 The second conspiracy count alleged that D had conspired with other named but unindicted co-conspirators, including the other appellants as well as Rhodes and Dam, during a three - month period ending in late June 2002 «to commit the indictable offence of robbery by conspiring to plan, prepare and execute a series of home invasion style robberies».

Plaintiffs, which were represented by class counsel led by Boies Schiller, alleged that New England - based C&S and Supervalu, another leading wholesaler based in the Midwest, entered into a conspiracy to allocate the New England and Midwest territories between themselves for a period of five years, resulting in inflated grocery prices.

Officials knew their investigation was hampered by an alleged conspiracy, which caused a lengthy delay in the filing of charges against the suspects.

The plaintiffs alleged that Tim Hortons violated the Competition Act's conspiracy and criminal price maintenance provisions by agreeing with its distributor to raise prices for Always Fresh baked goods.

Representing Odfjell ASA in the investigation by the US and EU of an alleged conspiracy among major chemical tanker companies

He was instrumental in negotiating settlements that totaled $ 473 million in In re TFT - LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation, an antitrust case in the Northern District of California that alleged a decade - long conspiracy to fix the prices of TFT - LCD panels, and over $ 90 million in In re Potash Antitrust Litigation, an antitrust case in the Northern District of Illinois that alleged price fixing by Russian, Belarusian and North American producers of potash, a main ingredient used in fertilizer.

The conduct alleged against the appellant, a «combination... or conspiracy by traders in restraint of trade», with the added ingredient (s) of an intention financially to prejudice the conspirators» customers, was capable of being regarded by ordinary people as dishonest.

In Smith v. First Family Financial Services, the Supreme Court of Alabama addressed allegations by borrowers against a mortgage lender and correspondent lender alleging fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and conspiracy.

One conspiracy allegation centered around the alleged boycott by Iowa Realty for refusing to pay a cooperative fee to Next Generation and Homebuyer's.