Sentences with phrase «brought on behalf of the group»

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Further, a Dispute can not be brought as a class or other type of representative action, whether within or outside of arbitration, or on behalf of any other individual or group of individuals.

Collective actions could allow approved organisations, like Citizens Advice Bureaux, (which saw an 18 per cent increase in employment discrimination enquiries in 2008/09) to bring claims on behalf of groups of people.

«This is a scheme by landlords to evade the rent laws,» said Legal Aid staff attorney Kathleen Brennan, who brought the case on behalf of a group of homeless occupants at 60 Clarkson Ave.

I'd been mostly digging the opening act, which shows how and why Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) brings together a group of «bad guys» / «metahumans» — Deadshot (Will Smith), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), El Diablo (Jay Hernandez), Boomerang (Jai Courtney), Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye - Agbaje) and Enchantress (Cara Delevingne)-- to act on the U.S. government's behalf, should there ever be another Superman - like figure who isn't so friendly.

Save for a few NAACP branches (including its affiliate in Connecticut, have stepped up in the discussions over Gov. Dan Malloy's school reform effort, and advocated on behalf of Bridgeport mother Tanya McDowell, who will serve five years for trying to provide her child with a high - quality school), the nation's oldest civil rights group offers nothing substantial on addressing issues such as ending Zip Code Education policies, expanding school choice, addressing childhood illiteracy, and revamping how teachers are recruited, trained, paid, and evaluated (especially when it comes to bringing more black men into the teaching profession).

The advocacy group that brought the Vergara case on behalf of California students has called the ruling a game - changer and says it could be a template for similar court battles in other states.

That case, brought on behalf of several public school students in Southern California, was backed by a nonprofit group calling itself Students Matter, founded by Silicon Valley entrepreneur David Welch.

On behalf of the Secretary of Transportation, OST - R's Research Development and Technology (RDT) Office convenes a group called the RD&T Planning Team that brings together the research directors of each of DOT's modal operating administrations.

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.

For example, in 2006, then - Senator Kerry filed an amicus brief on behalf of an ultimately successful federal lawsuit brought by several environmental groups against the Bush administration, challenging the administration's suppression of the National Climate Assessment process.

On behalf of local and national environmental and community groups, Earthjustice has been in the courts and in Congress to bring the protections of the Clean Water Act to the people, communities and waters of Appalachia.

Ha.The California - based Newport Trial Group brought the suit in a U.S. District Court on behalf of individuals seeking restitution for these false claims, which are thought to be responsible for a significant amount of Fiji's increased market share.

Though this case was brought by only two Uber drivers (on behalf of a group of 19), the decision is significant because of its implications for Uber's 40,000 drivers and other companies that also claim that those working for them are contractors.

Kleanthous v Paphitis [2011] EWHC 2287 Appeared on behalf of three respondents at the hearing of an application brought by a minority shareholder in the Ryman Group to continue derivative proceedings against Theo Paphitis and others.

The two consortiums of class counsel (referred to as the «Rochon Group» and «Koskie Group») brought similar proposed class actions on behalf of shareholders, albeit on the basis of pleadings that differed, since the Rochon Group relied on broader allegations.

The article discusses some of the successful continency cases brought by large firms, such as the $ 2.5 billion verdict obtained by Faegre & Benson on behalf of a group of Alaskan fisherman claiming damage to their livelihood by the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

In others, a representative claim brought on behalf of a transient, vulnerable population may not require evidence from individual members of that group to succeed.

After an application brought by Zivkovic Samardzic on behalf of Serbian commercial television network Prva, the Commercial Court in Belgrade has granted an interim injunction against the Pink International Company, the parent company of the Pink TV network in Serbia and a member of the regional Pink Media Group.

This proposed class action is brought on behalf of the approximately 60,000 Canadian taxpayers who participated in the Global Learning Group Inc. (GLGI) charitable donation program (the Program) between 2004 - 2014, but excludes those who sold the Program or were otherwise involved in its operations.

Intervened on behalf of farmers, ranchers, and agricultural entities in numerous federal ESA citizens suits brought by environmental groups;

The landmark case, brought by Thompsons on behalf of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) concluded that workers do not need to prove the «reason why» the practice in question puts, or would, put the affected group at a particular disadvantage.

The action was brought on behalf of a class of people defined as follows: The action relates to a transaction whereby $ 40,000,000 was taken from the participating policyholders» account of GWLAC and used towards the financing of the acquisition of London Insurance Group Inc. (the parent company of London Life Insurance Company) by GWLAC and Lifeco.

Consumer class actions are civil federal or state court cases brought by one or more individuals on behalf of themselves and a larger group or «class» of individuals who have suffered the same harm.

These lawsuits are similar to «class actions» commonly used in the United States, whereby cases can be brought on behalf of large groups of individuals, all of whom have allegedly been wronged by a company in the same way.

Claims brought by a person on behalf of a group of persons to establish a precedent on a particular point of law («test cases»)

Acting for the RBoS Shareholders Action Group on behalf of institutional clients and over 35,000 individual shareholders, bringing claims in excess of # 1 billion against RBS over its 2008 rights issue following the acquisition of ABN Amro.

His cases also often have an international element raising complex issues of jurisdiction and applicable law and are often brought on behalf of classes or large groups of claimants.

Such groups can help bring lawmakers up to speed and can also lobby on behalf of the budding cryptocurrency industry on Capitol Hill.

Claims brought by a person on behalf of a group of persons to establish a precedent on a particular point of law («test cases»)

It is the native title claim group which provides the authorisation under s 251B [requiring the group to authorise those bringing the native title claim], and it is the group on whose behalf the claim is then pursued and, if successful, in whose favour a determination of native title is then made.2

«John has brought a fresh perspective to our company from his tenure as a global branding leader in the hospitality industry, and I am confident in his ability to continue leveraging his valuable insight on behalf of our leading real estate brands,» says Richard A. Smith, chairman, CEO and president of Realogy Holdings Corp. «He is the right business leader to focus our efforts and execute our plans for continued strategic growth and innovation at the Realogy Franchise Group.»