Sentences with phrase «because of a federal lawsuit»

And volunteers who make up the city's nearly 100 park advisory councils — created in the early 1980s to draw community input in part because of a federal lawsuit settlement — would now have to live in Chicago.

NRG backed away from its plan to convert Dunkirk to natural gas largely because of a federal lawsuit filed by Entergy Corp., said David Gaier, speaking for NRG.

Not exact matches

The Department of Labor lawsuit, originally filed in 2012, alleged that the company flouted the federal Fair Labor Standards Act because its workers weren't making minimum wage ($ 7.25 an hour) when their bosses required them to take unpaid breaks, according to the Associated Press.

Belk Inc. has agreed to settle a federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit that alleged the chain's Crabtree Valley Mall department store fired a woman because of her religious beliefs.

Last month, a Chicago couple filed a federal lawsuit accusing the Chicago Park District of violating their rights because it would not allow a reference to Jesus on a commemorative brick in a park.

The family of a 62 - year - old man who died last year in Nassau County jail custody has filed a $ 60 million federal lawsuit against the county and the facility's former medical provider, claiming the inmate died because he was denied proper care.

Speaking of Astorino, Westchester County lawmakers moved forward with a $ 380,000 settlement of a federal lawsuit by a former staffer who claimed she was fired because of a political feud with him.

The U.S. Justice Department announced it filed a motion to join a lawsuit against the New York City Board of Elections, alleging that the board's Brooklyn office violated federal voter registration law by erasing more than 117,000 Brooklyn voters from the rolls before the primary election simply because they had not voted in previous elections.

The family of a 62 - year - old man who died last year in Nassau County jail custody has filed a $ 60 million federal lawsuit against the county and the facility's former medical provider that claims the inmate died because he was denied proper care, court papers say.

The maker of Suboxone, a blockbuster drug that helps people control their opioid addiction, engaged in anti-competitive business practices, coercing patients to use an oral strip because the tablets were set to face generic competition, according to a federal lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and 35 other Attorneys General.

Meanwhile, proceedings in one federal and three state lawsuits have been delayed because of the upcoming criminal trial, which is slated to begin March 12.

Howe's attorneys — Kevin Hulslander, of Syracuse, and Richard Morvillo, of New York City — said the lawsuit belongs in federal court because it involves parties from different states and involves a sum of money over $ 75,000.

Yehuda Guttman claims the sites illegally promote games of chance — not skill — because athletes» performances are affected by elements of chance like injury, referees and weather conditions, according to his Manhattan federal court lawsuit.

But after the vote, Miles maintained she was an «excellent» administrator and filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday claiming the board's leaders, the borough president and his staff wanted her fired because of her age, not her abilities as district manager.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the American Federation of Teachers seeking to oust the president of the Federacion de Maestros de Puerto Rico because the 32,000 - member group wants to disaffiliate.

In a federal lawsuit filed Nov. 19, the three Brooklyn residents argue that their children's exclusion from the 15 - month course is illegal because of the June decision by the U.S. Supreme Court prohibiting districts from using students» race as a key factor in assigning students to schools.

On February 26, 2002, Shirley Woodard spoke to the Chicago Board of Education and told the board how she had won a federal lawsuit (and a jury award of $ 300,000) because Vallas had removed her from the principalship of the South Loop School.

The federal lawsuit, which is also backed by the National Education Association and the Florida Education Association, says that some teachers» rights are being violated because they are being assessed based on students that sometimes aren't even in their classroom — a byproduct, critics say, of the law's requirement that test scores account for a part of educators» pay even if there are no state exams in that grade or subject area.

You really need a lawyer who understands the proceedings of these cases, because construction lawsuits are complicated and usually involve federal, state, and local laws.

One of our contacts even told us about a municipal court landlord - tenant case that turned into a federal lawsuit involving the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act because the lessee was a foreign government.

The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 was favored by businesses likely to be defendants in future class action lawsuits (such as manufacturers), because state civil procedure law in some U.S. states such as California, is more favorable to class action plaintiffs than federal civil procedure laws related to class actions.

If, instead of bringing counterclaims in the original lawsuit, the defendant brings a separate lawsuit against the plaintiff, the plaintiff could seek to either (1) consolidate the cases if they are filed in the same court system (i.e. a federal case and a federal case, or a New York State case and a New York State case), or (2) move to dismiss the new lawsuit because the claims were required to be brought in the original lawsuit as mandatory counterclaims, or (3) move to stay proceedings in the second lawsuit pending resolution of the first lawsuit, or (4) move to dismiss the claims in the second lawsuit on the merits if it is apparent from the face of the countersuit that it does not state a claim upon which relief can be granted or was filed in the wrong court.

The lawsuit was granted in federal court because of premises identified in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

Because California is considered an «at - will» employment state, the filing of a lawsuit or legal action against an employer requires a highly experienced wrongful termination attorney who understands these very complex federal and state laws.

To illustrate the problem with accusing judges of bias, given the term's various meanings, the article focuses on recent federal litigation over NYC police stop - and - frisk policy in which (1) the district judge found «implicit bias» in police practices based on accumulated evidence and expert analysis, (2) the Second Circuit found that the district judge engaged in disqualifying judicial bias because of her comments in a prior related lawsuit and in the media, and (3) critics accused the Second Circuit of bias in making decisions that were hard to justify on either procedural or substantive grounds.

The lawsuit alleges that federal approval of the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline is unconstitutional because the consultation with First Nations was insufficient.

The defendant sought this order because the plaintiff's attorneys, who are members of the Florida Bar, had released statements and other prejudicial information with respect to a similar lawsuit involving the same defendant before a federal court in Florida.

We just completed a federal HUD and state of Colorado discrimination lawsuit because because we denied a tenant a pit bull as a service animal (even though the city of Denver does not allow pit bulls in city limits at all).

A California federal court has considered whether a group of blind individuals could continue with their lawsuit against the Target Corporation («Company») because the company's website, Target.com («Website»), was allegedly inaccessible to the blind and so violated the Americans with Disabilities Act («ADA»).