Sentences with phrase «brought against a company»

«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.

«Without forcing the parallels, because climate change is in many respects sui generis, a similar suite of allegations could readily be brought against a company for its responses to this new challenge,» they write.

The charges were brought against the company in response to the Food Authority's investigation into a salmonella outbreak in 10 aged care facilities on the South Coast and ACT between January and March 2015.

Assume that the board of directors of XYZ Co. passes a resolution prohibiting the use of company funds to resolve cases of sexual harassment brought against the company.

Respondents in this year's survey pointed to five main causes of the field's less than favorable reputation: drug and product recalls such as the withdrawal of Avandia; safety issues such as the discovery of problems with raw material from China used in medical products; scandals, including evidence that pharmaceutical companies have failed to release data from trials whose results cast doubts on their drugs» safety and efficacy; lawsuits brought against companies that failed to warn patients of problems with their products; and ethical issues such as kickbacks for physicians promoting specific medications.

New York, NY — March 2, 2011 — Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, today announced that it has settled a lawsuit brought against the Company by Spring Design, Inc..

The real worry on what might kill the Star Citizen project isn't its fans asking for refunds due to non-delivery of product, it's the lawsuit Crytek has brought against the company.

On March 7, 2012, Lightfoot attorney William Morrow and in - house counsel for United States Steel Corporation, Tony Jeselnik, obtained a defense verdict in a case brought against the company for alleged violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act.

Can criminal charges be brought against companies in your jurisdiction for violations of securities and related laws?

A national news source recently reported that GM was set to go to trial in early January in a 2014 lawsuit that was brought against the company.

A class action suit is a case brought against a company whose actions have damaged a group of people in a similar way.

Sajic has successfully represented the Krajina Osiguranje Banja Luka insurance company against a claim of unjust enrichment brought against the company by RK BOSKA Banja Luka worth EUR 3.2 million.

We are also well placed to assist in the event of a claim being brought against your company by former employees.

Collective actions brought against companies that breach competition law could require all affected consumers — not just those who bring the legal action — to be compensated.

Countrywide has reserved millions to settle cases that they project will be brought against the company for this security breach.

If the truck that caused your accident and injuries was not insured, this may be another cause of action you need to bring against the company.

The decision by Mr. Justice Teare empowers lawyers for broker TFS Derivatives to use the social networking site to track down former employee Fabio de Biase as part of a suit brought against the company by investment manager AKO Capital.

In the first case, criminal charges may be brought against a company, provided that the following conditions are met cumulatively:

However, criminal charges can only be brought against a company provided certain conditions are met (see question 40).

In the second case, if certain specific offences are committed (in particular money laundering, corruption in the private or public sectors, criminal organisation, etc), charges can be brought against the company irrespective of the criminal liability of any individual, provided the corporation failed to take all reasonable organisational measures that were required in order to prevent such an offence.

Weil also successfully obtained the dismissal of a related shareholder derivative action brought against the company's officers and directors.

Pollution liability insurance provides coverage for any claims brought against your company that are related to pollution of property or that causes harmful effects to people.

This lawsuit, to the best of our knowledge, is the sixth brought against the company since its abrupt closure in mid-January.

Not exact matches

During the boom years, those companies were brought to market too soon and scattered their resources in a race against one another, she says.

Investigators with the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission last year began probes into the loss but have not brought any public actions against the company.

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.

As France did not seek the Commission's approval Uber argued that criminal charges brought against two of the company's French managers were not valid.

«The tech companies will have little say and the government say explicitly they have the power to bring legal action against them if they do not comply.»

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.

Generic pharmaceutical company Teva brought the suit against Pfizer hoping to produce a generic version of Viagra before Pfizer's patent was due to expire in 2014.

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.

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.

«The companies are bringing their own claims and defenses against Qualcomm.»

The attack on Sony Pictures is regarded to be the most destructive against a company on U.S. soil because the hackers not only stole huge quantities of data, but also wiped hard drives and brought down much of the studio's network for more than a week.

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.

The SEC investigated the company, stating The DAO sold securities without registering with the SEC but decided not to bring enforcement actions against the company.

«A majority of PAE suits are brought against non-tech companies,» says Colleen Chien, whose work is cited extensively in a white paper that accompanied the administration's legislative proposals.

Charney was never charged or convicted for the sexual harassment claims brought against him, which included allegations from American Apparel board members that he kept kept graphic photographs of him having sex with staff members on company computers.

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.

Retrophin, Inc. («Retrophin» or the «Company»), by its counsel Cooley LLP, brings this Complaint against Martin Shkreli, its founder and former CEO, for repeatedly breaching his duty of loyalty to Retrophin.

During the hearing, Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy brought up the company's role in the ongoing ethnic violence in Myanmar, citing one incident where death threats against a Muslim journalist did not violate the platform's rules.

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.

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.

Each year the SEC brings hundreds of civil enforcement actions against individuals and companies for violation of the securities laws.

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.

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.

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.

A recent rise in the value of the Japanese yen against the U.S. dollar is adding to pressures on Japanese companies who had reaped record profits as the yen weakened in recent years, fattening earnings brought back to Japan in yen terms.