Sentences with phrase «brought against major»

He cited two recent lawsuits brought against major players in the online space.

We also defend False Claims Act claims brought against major ship construction companies.

Jon also defends product and premises liability cases brought against major retailers.

Jon also defends products and premises liability cases brought against major retailers.

El - Aref International Law Office was recently involved in defending shareholder actions brought against major companies and / or their directors.

I guess in the actual class action suit — and before I get too far ahead of myself, North Country ostensibly deals with the first class action sexual harassment lawsuit brought against a major Union company — a few of the women actually testified against the whistleblower.

It's significant as the first set of charges brought against a major UK bank for crisis - era activity.

Not exact matches

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.

The only major point of contention I would bring against Gioia's essay is its suggestion that, during the postwar Catholic boom in American letters, Catholic writers forged a visible community.

It should bring great benefits to them, such as being audited against one standard instead of two, thereby making major savings on auditing costs.

The two major objections brought forward against the procurement of armed drones are that it (1) might make warfare «too easy» and thereby increase the likelihood of wars and (2) that these UAVs could be used for targeted killing campaigns as carried out by the CIA in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.

The trial of the senator representing Kogi West Senatorial district in the senate, Dino Melaye in the alleged false information dissemination brought against him by the Federal Government suffered a major setback in Abuja.

These could include providing more resources to the police and intelligence services, bringing lesser charges against terrorist suspects to enable them to be held in custody while the major investigation proceeds, and the use of tagging, surveillance or control orders.

Given the ongoing uproar over Clinton's use of a private email server while she was secretary of state — and the FBI's refuel to bring charges against her, a major GOP talking point — the last thing the Democrats want or need right now is another mess involving emails.

Felony bid - rigging charges filed Sept. 22 against SUNY Poly President Alain Kaloyeros, lobbyist Todd Howe and developers in other upstate cities have brought a new round of scrutiny to the college's shadowy contracting practices as Cuomo's administration scrambles to reconfigure who oversees the state's major economic development projects.

«This settlement shows our enforcement efforts have motivated major developers like Glenwood to embrace their obligations under the law by making retrofits in thousands of apartments, compensating aggrieved parties, and establishing procedures to ensure accessibility at ongoing and future development projects,» Bharara said in a statement, noting this is the 10th case of this kind his office brought against city landlords.

The speech outlined Mr. Stringer's first year in office — touting audits that uncovered waste in the New York City Housing Authority and city schools, his efforts to bring more transparency and open elections to the boards of major corporations, and his ClaimStat program to track suits against the city.

This brings up the major difference I've noticed between dating in and outside the Christian world, and one of those generalisations I warned against: Christians date people they are interested in, outside the church people date to find out if they are interested.

The major Caucasian characters in the film are almost all forces of opposition: Tim Roth plays bigoted governor George Wallace as a weak man raging pitifully against progress, while Dylan Baker brings a perfect squareness to J. Edgar Hoover, assigned by Johnson to spy on and possibly discredit King.

It also qualifies director Joe Wright as a major talent; his active camera is so visceral that a soldier framed against a bleeding sky in a field of scorching poppies brings tears to the eyes.

These anxieties are wired into Major, a.k.a. Mira Killian (Scarlett Johansson), an anti-terrorist «weapon» whose combat abilities extend to hacking the minds of those who wish to bring harm against the state.

What the book reminded me of is the male - dominated way justice worked - how the Major brought murder charges against his wife and then how he «dropped» the charges and Placidia was released.

It is precisely the insistence upon a modest, proficient, self - demeaning level of amateurism as a «suitable accomplishment» for the well - brought up young woman, who naturally would want to direct her major attention to the welfare of others — family and husband — that militated, and still militates, against any real accomplishment on the part of women.

Following Alice Neel, the Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles brings to the space the British artist Paul Nash (1889 - 1946), a major painter of the 20th century still under - recognized in France, whose works selected for this exhibition are imbued with a surrealist atmosphere and a sense of the finite, against a backdrop of death and war.

Judge William Alsup had requested this tutorial to bring him up to speed on the fundamental science before proceedings begin in earnest in a case brought by the cities of San Francisco and Oakland, on behalf of the people of California, against a group of major fossil fuel companies, addressing the costs of climate change caused, they argue, by products those companies have sold.

The conservatives (denialists) in a society see themselves as being near the top of the heap, mechanisms that bring about major social changes are likely to be bad for their position, in comparison the liberals (alarmists) see such mechanisms as an opportunity to bring about social change to their advantage, examples of how conservatives fight against such changes can be seen all over the place, from giving women the vote, to civil rights legislation, to gay marriage, etc..

Acting for a major international telecommunications company based in the Middle East in bringing proceedings against its former directors for breach of fiduciary duties and misappropriating company funds.

Defending a major financial institution against a multi-billion dollar claim brought against it in Thailand, arising from the bank's role in the restructuring of a large Thai energy company.

And prosecutors try to prove each count brought against an accused, even minor, summary counts, when they should simply drop the minor counts in the indictment and focus on the major ones.

The WMATA is a major organization, and bringing a claim against them might be an intimidating process if you do not have an attorney that has been through many personal injury cases before.

Throughout our extensive legal experience, we have represented plaintiff clients in claims brought against numerous major airlines and air carriers, including United Airlines, Delta Airlines, American Airlines, and many more.

Anton is currently instructed by a major private Russian bank in a fraud claim (brought under Russian law) for more than US$ 1 billion against former directors and shareholders and their wives: National Bank Trust v Yurov & others [2016] EWHC 1913 (Comm).

Brad also has substantial experience defending marine classification societies in major malpractice cases, including the $ 1 billion suit brought by the Kingdom of Spain against the American Bureau of Shipping concerning the massive oil spill from the M / T PRESTIGE off the coast of Spain, and another brought by cargo interests against Bureau Veritas concerning the catastrophic failure and sinking of the M / V STAR OF ALEXANDRIA.

Notable mandates: The firm is currently co-representing the plaintiffs in a long - standing class action in Quebec brought against the three major Canadian tobacco manufacturers.

The plaintiffs, who were active duty Army officers, sustained significant injuries, and brought suit against our client and a major component manufacturer.

Paul Key QC and Siddharth Dhar acted for the Republic of Kazakhstan in major 7 - day Commercial Court trial involving detailed allegations of Kazakh and Lebanese law relating to very significant claims brought against the State by Ruby Roz, a Kazakh poultry farm company.

The case involved a lawsuit brought by the Justice Department against major online publishers, including Apple, alleging price - fixing in regard to e-books.

Beth represents major financial institutions, bringing actions against fraudulent debt relief companies and defending against consumer financial services lawsuits.

He has been involved in many environmental cases, one of which included serving as third - party plaintiff's counsel to seven Fortune 500 companies in bringing a third - party complaint against more than 350 other generator and transporter companies in a major Superfund site in Ohio.

Arbitrated breach of contract case brought by a land owner and developer against major retail company

In a case brought by our toy injury team against major toy manufacturer Mattel, Inc., for example, the company was ordered to provide free lead testing to children who may have been exposed to toys coated with or containing lead.

Representing a major oil company in defence of claims threatened and brought in Europe alleging a breach of contract arising from invocation of force majeure as a result of the EU sanctions against Libya.

Among the firm's most significant results were wins on behalf of Kleiner Perkins in a gender discrimination case brought by former partner Ellen Pao, DISH Network in its copyright fight with the four major U.S. broadcast networks, MobileIron in a patent infringement suit against rival Good Technology, and Broadcom in a Dodd - Frank retaliation claim brought by a former employee.

Represented major French company in an action brought in federal district court in Chicago against that company, alleging RICO, fraud, and misappropriation of trade secrets and obtained dismissal of that action.

Successfully defending an institutional lender against a # 30 million + mis - selling claim brought in connection with the hedging of a major property finance project.

a consultant whose conduct came under DOJ and SEC scrutiny in connection with an investigation of a major, multinational public company in the agricultural business (charges were not brought against our client).

A # 5 million sex discrimination claim brought by a senior banker against a major US investment bank

Mishcon de Reya's Fraud Defence Group has successfully struck out a High Court claim brought by Russian state - owned oil company PJSC Tatneft against four Ukrainian businessmen over allegations they misappropriated more than US$ 334 million owed from a major oil transaction.

Our powerful blend of litigation and arbitration experience brings expertise to all sides of complex disputes, including successfully defending clients against private, government, and class action suits and representing plaintiffs in major cases of first impression.