Sentences with phrase «bringing lawsuits against»

In its response to Dale's request for intervenor status, CREA says that Dale «and his now - defunct company» Realtysellers have «a long history of bringing lawsuits against CREA and the Toronto Real Estate Board...»

By bringing lawsuits against negligent manufacturers, polluters and other offending organizations, consumers have prevented countless injuries and saved millions of lives by compelling these entities to end their misconduct and develop safer products.

All plaintiffs bringing lawsuits against governmental entities are required to provide notice to the relevant entity in order to bring a valid lawsuit.

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

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.

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.

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.

Actually, under this new act, which is being referred to as FERA, the AG, a local government, or a whistleblower to bring a lawsuit against any party who makes or uses a false or fraudulent claim, record or statement to obtain government funds.

The removal of the schools has become a point of contention between the Education Department and state Division of Budget and is now playing out in state Supreme Court after parents brought a lawsuit against the state.

Two years ago, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman brought a lawsuit against Grand River to try to stem the flow of untaxed and unregulated cigarettes coming into New York from Canada.

The party still expects to bring a lawsuit against the new March petition deadline in Oklahoma.

As part of the push to end the legislative session by Thursday, state lawmakers representing the PFOA contaminated village of Hoosick Falls want to extend the statute of limitations to bring lawsuits against polluters.

But Baker says she's grateful to Senator Marchione for trying to push the bill to expand the time to bring lawsuits against polluters.

Cuomo, with the backing of the White House, intervened, threatening to bring a lawsuit against the gunmakers on behalf of the nation's public - housing authorities and, in Spitzer's view, undercutting his own negotiations.

The Nation initially brought a lawsuit against the state in 1999 but said it was ultimately rejected by a federal court because a state under the Constitution couldn't legally be sued.

As part of the push to end the legislative session by Thursday, state lawmakers representing Hoosick Falls — where water has been contaminated with PFOA — want to extend the statute of limitations to bring lawsuits against polluters.

Two Republican Assemblymembers from Staten Island, Ron Castorina and Nicole Malliotakis, brought a lawsuit against de Blasio's administration late last year, when the city announced plans to destroy copies of underlying records, such as copies of passports or bank statements, that applicants submitted to prove their identities.

When a New York attorney general brings a lawsuit against a prominent business person, there are two things you can count on out of that office — lots of political bluster and little accountability.

Claiming that their «constitutional liberties» were violated, New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms have just announced that they have brought a lawsuit against the state senate for the passage of same sex marriage.

For civil cases, a person would have until their 28th birthday to bring a lawsuit against a predator, up from the current 23.

Richard Amper, executive director of the Long Island Pine Barrens Society, which brought the lawsuit against the county, said he believes the state law will not come to fruition since it involves an issue that is currently in litigation.

The accuser intended to bring a lawsuit against Erie County if damages were not paid within a «reasonable time.»

The Catholic Church has argued that the 90 - day requirement is biased since current law gives an adult who was abused as a child up to the age of 23 to bring a lawsuit against religious organizations, the Boy Scouts and other private and nonprofit institutions.

New York state is considering bringing a lawsuit against the federal government should the House GOP's Obamacare repeal - and - replace plan be passed into law with a provision requiring that the state absorb Medicaid costs currently covered by counties.

ALBANY — Republican state Sen. Kathy Marchione has effectively killed off her own bill that would allow those harmed by contaminants to bring a lawsuit against a polluter, including her constituents in Hoosick Falls.

«We're going to bring a lawsuit against the city,» said John Samuelsen, president of Transport Workers Union Local 100, which has been working to organize the pedicab drivers.

She has been berated, attacked and brought lawsuit against by Paladino.

She brought a lawsuit against her ex-boyfriend and fellow Tinder co-founder Justin Matteen, citing sexual harassment and sexual discrimination, which resulted in a hefty settlement for Wolfe.

Robert Kearns seeks to be compensated and brings a lawsuit against the Ford Motor Company for patent infringement.

Stormy Daniels has also brought a lawsuit against Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen for defamation.

There are new deformities: Stu has Mike Tyson's tribal tattoo freshly inked on his face (an idea that brought lawsuit against the film by the design's original artist) and Alan has his head (but not his beard) shaved.

Mr. Haeder brought the lawsuit against the school and a mountain guide, Ralph Summers, who helped lead the 13 - member expedition up the mountain.

The National Association of School Boards, representing public officials elected to Nevada's school boards, filed a «friend of the court» brief before Judge Wilson supporting the parent who brought the lawsuit against SB302 vouchers, because of the great harm that these vouchers would inflict on public school education.

In December, Jeffries and 12 other parents brought a lawsuit against the city calling for Black's removal.

If you've accumulated more credit card debt than you can repay, you need to understand how the law limits the amount of time creditors have to bring a lawsuit against you for that debt.

One of a consumer's biggest fears is when a creditor tries to bring a lawsuit against them.

I view it as 100 percent horrible that I need to bring lawsuits against people I have long thought of as friends (and who long thought of me as a friend).

The situation we want to avoid is where you settle with one or two accounts only to have the other accounts bring a lawsuit against you forcing you into litigation or bankruptcy after having expended your limited resources on settling with some creditors.

You fall behind and at some point, Discover (or a debt collector) brings a lawsuit against you.

A year to the day after Nestlé Purina PetCare Co. brought its lawsuit against Blue Buffalo Co. LTD, Purina spokesperson Keith Schopp said, «Through a $ 50 million annual advertising campaign that flooded airwaves and pet food aisles alike, Blue Buffalo told consumers over and over, emphatically and without qualification, that its products never contain poultry by - product meal.»

I understand that by signing my name below, I am releasing whatever rights I would otherwise have occasion to bring a lawsuit against the Yolo County SPCA.

Ms. Townsend originally brought the lawsuit against Pfizer in October of 1999, two years after the tragic death of George.

-LSB-...] 2013, a group of Executive Club members brought a lawsuit against British Airways for imposing fuel surcharges on award tickets.

In December, photographer Mitchel Gray brought lawsuits against Jeff Koons, the auction house Phillips Auctioneers, and an unnamed former owner of Koons» work, alleging that the artist plagiarized his photograph in a 1986 work that was then sold at the auction house.

Retired corrections officer Robert Fletcher brought the lawsuit against the artist in 2013, claiming that Doig had sold the picture to him in the 1970s, and that Doig's subsequent denials of his account were false.

«For this reason, Plaintiff brings this lawsuit against Defendants for breach of statutory duties, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duties, recovery of chattels and an accounting,» court documents state.

After Ms. von Saher brought a lawsuit against the Norton Simon, we have sought to fairly vindicate the [museum's] rights in court.»

Photographer Art Rogers brought a lawsuit against Jeff Koons for copyright infringement in 1989 (in October 2006, Koons won for fair use); in 2000 Hirst was sued for breach of copyright over his sculpture Hymn despite the fact that he transformed the subject; and in 2008 photojournalist Patrick Cariou sued artist Richard Prince, Gagosian Gallery and Rizzoli books for copyright infringement.