Sentences with phrase «by a federal judge who»

Currently the department uses 60 cameras in five precincts and one public service area that oversees a city housing complex — the first phase of a rollout ordered by a federal judge who ruled in 2013 that the department's use of stop - and - frisk was unconstitutional because it disproportionately targeted minorities.

«I, Tonia» also takes on the themes of a psychological thriller, a crime story, one that involves Tonya Harding, a top - flight, Olympic - level figure skater who was banned from skating for life by a federal judge who found her guilty of interfering with a prosecution.

«Judge Shelves Gitmo Detainee Cases»: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, «Sixteen lawsuits by Guantanamo Bay detainees were put on hold Wednesday by a federal judge who said he may no longer have jurisdiction to hear their cases.

Unfortunately, AVVO takes a very arrogant and superior approach to these issues because its silly rating system was given First Amendment protection by a federal judge who openly noted how ridiculous lawyer rating sites truly are.

Employers should not «let their guard down about complying with background screening rules» such as the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) despite recent court rulings such as the dismissal of a proposed FCRA class action lawsuit against transportation network company Lyft, Inc. by a federal judge who cited a decision by the Supreme Court in the case of Spokeo, Inc. v Robins as a reason for the decision, according to an article on the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) website.

By revising their guidelines, the agencies now differ from those issued by a federal judge who is overseeing a consolidated court proceeding on Chinese drywall.

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Earlier this year U.S. District Judge William Alsup, who is hearing the civil action brought by Waymo, asked federal prosecutors to investigate whether criminal theft of trade secrets had occurred.

A Department of Labor rule putting the order into action entered the Federal Register in August 2016, but it was halted by a judge in October before it went into effect, who ruled it went beyond the authority Congress had given the president.

A federal judge in San Francisco on Wednesday slammed a legal settlement that proposed to pay $ 2.2 million to lawyers, but nothing to consumers who had the contents of their email scanned by Google without their knowledge or permission.

A federal judge in Florida dealt a blow on Thursday to legal claims by American technology workers who were laid off by the Walt Disney Company and forced to train foreign replacements, dismissing lawsuits by two workers who said Disney had conspired with outsourcing companies to violate visa laws.

«The searches were authorized by a federal magistrate judge, who had found probable cause to believe that the premises and devices searched contained evidence, fruits, and instrumentalities of conduct for which Cohen is under criminal investigation,» the Justice Department's filing said.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Condé Nast on Monday won a federal judge's preliminary approval to pay $ 5.85 million to settle a class - action lawsuit by thousands of former interns who claimed the magazine publisher underpaid them.

The Free Beacon's notification to the House Intelligence Committee came a few days before a deadline set by a federal judge for Fusion GPS's bank to respond to a subpoena issued by the committee for financial records that could have revealed who funded the dossier.

Federal prosecutors and attorneys for Michael Cohen on Wednesday suggested seven candidates who could be picked by a federal judge to review materials seized in an FBI raid of Cohen's home and office last week and determine whether any should be protected under attorney - client priFederal prosecutors and attorneys for Michael Cohen on Wednesday suggested seven candidates who could be picked by a federal judge to review materials seized in an FBI raid of Cohen's home and office last week and determine whether any should be protected under attorney - client prifederal judge to review materials seized in an FBI raid of Cohen's home and office last week and determine whether any should be protected under attorney - client privilege.

In October 2015, a federal judge approved a $ 10.2 million settlement for a nationwide class of persons who were «robodialed» by JPMC in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

The majority of Californians, including two - thirds of the state's black voters, have just had their core civil right - the right to vote - stripped from them by an openly gay federal judge who has misread history and the Constitution to impose his views on the state's people.

John Kennedy repeatedly appointed segregationist judges to the federal bench in the South, and the civil rights case that Robert Kennedy most vigorously prosecuted involved charges brought against Albany, Georgia, activists for violating the rights of a white storeowner by boycotting his business because he had served on a jury that cleared the sheriff who had shot a black man three times in the neck at point - blank range.

Los Angeles Times: Rabbi who refused to testify freed after seven months in prison A Brooklyn orthodox rabbi who was jailed after refusing to answer questions before a federal grand jury, saying his religion forbid him from testifying against other Jews, was ordered freed this week by a district court judge in Los Angeles, the rabbi's attorney said.

Like others who support the original understanding of the Constitution, I disagree with many of the Supreme Court's decisions under the establishment clause, but in our system of government a federal - district judge like Judge Jones is bound by those decisjudge like Judge Jones is bound by those decisJudge Jones is bound by those decisions.

Globo's Jornal Nacional, the most important daily TV news program in the country, has also spent a ridiculous amount of time exposing private telephone conversations between Rousseff and Lula that were secretly tapped and questionably made public by Sergio Moro, the judge who oversees the Car Wash Operation in the Federal Judiciary.

If the DACA deal - making in D.C. drags on too long, it could be disrupted by a different force: a federal judge in Brooklyn who has sternly warned that should policy makers prove unable to repair the program, he might have to do it.

The controversial Barry Diller - funded Pier55 park had its permit yanked by a Manhattan federal judge — who ruled the Army Corps of Engineers should never have allowed it to be built in a wildlife sanctuary.

Justice John Tsoho of Federal High Court, Abuja who adjourned hearing in the trial of Kanu with his co-defendants in a motion of notice filed on their behalf by Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, asked the Judge to disqualify himself from hearing the case over alllegations of «manifest bias.»

A federal judge today will hold a special hearing to discuss the roles in a Turkish - American businessman's legal case by former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former U.S. AG Michael Mukasey, a onetime federal judge who served in the George W. Bush administration.

A Manhattan federal judge ordered The New York Times to produce the author of an editorial for testimony next week in former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's lawsuit alleging she was defamed by a false claim that her political committee incited the gunman who shot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in 2011.

Manhattan Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh, who sits on the Assembly's Election Law Committee, said Trump's comments are discouraging in light of the fact that there are federal courts across the country with judges appointed by Republicans and Democrats saying that states» voter laws are unconstitutional because they target people based on their race and ethnicity.

A Manhattan Federal Court judge has ordered the release of prominent immigrant activist Ravi Ragbir, who had been detained by immigration agents...

Adam Skelos — who faces a retrial in June alongside his dad on corruption charges — had his bail conditions modified to include mental health treatment, according to an order issued by Manhattan federal judge Kimba Wood on Monday.

Granholm did not hold back, however, about whether Obama should be looking at candidates who are not currently sitting federal judges — a suggestion made often by Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D - Vermont, whose committee holds hearings on Supreme Court nominees.

Bharara, who was rebuked by a federal judge in April for a «media blitz» following the arrests of Silver and Skelos, maintained a relatively low profile during the prosecution of Silver and Skelos.

Silver was sentenced by a different federal judge, Valerie Caproni, who fined Silver $ 1.75 million and ordered him to forfeit another $ 5.39 million in assets.

Despite the flood of protest inundating Trump over his criticism of a federal judge who's Mexican - American, Rep. Chris Collins, the first House member to endorse The Donald for president, said he sees not even a hint of racism in the remarks by the presumptive nominee.

While a Daley - connected circuit judge, Thomas Kluczynski (who would later be appointed a federal judge by Kennedy, at Daley's recommendation), threw out a federal lawsuit «filed to contend» the voting totals, [42] the Republican - dominated State Board of Elections unanimously rejected the challenge to the results.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has slammed 14 charges against a Federal High Court judge, Hyeladzira Nganjiwa, who was cleared and reinstated by the National Judicial Council last week.

SILVER was sentenced in Manhattan federal court by U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni who also presided over the five - week jury trial.

The panel will consider a request by Judge Dora Irazarry, a federal district court judge in Brooklyn, who is hearing a lawsuit against the lines brought by civil rights grJudge Dora Irazarry, a federal district court judge in Brooklyn, who is hearing a lawsuit against the lines brought by civil rights grjudge in Brooklyn, who is hearing a lawsuit against the lines brought by civil rights groups.

«Florida to monitor Broward election chief after judge finds «unlawful» ballot destruction in Wasserman Schultz race «via Marc Caputo of POLITICO — The elections supervisor in Florida's second-most populous county broke state and federal law by unlawfully destroying ballots cast in U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz «s 2016 Democratic primary, a judge ruled Friday in a case brought by the congresswoman's challenger who wanted to check for voting irregularities.

A federal judge in Los Angeles has set a hearing for Friday on a bid by President Donald Trump and his embattled personal attorney Michael Cohen to delay a lawsuit filed by porn star Stormy Daniels, who claims to have had a sexual encounter with Trump about a decade ago.

Judge Crotty indicated that although he was obliged to follow the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in McCutcheon v. FEC, which recently invalidated federal aggregate contribution limits, he disagreed with the court's analysis and lamented that regular citizens «are too often drowned out by the few who have great resources.»

A New York federal judge granted Jay Z $ 8,000 in attorneys» fees in a lawsuit filed by an artist who claims to have helped create the logo for Roc - A-Fella Records, after the plaintiff and his attorney were sanctioned in December for failing to produce discoverable evidence.

Mentally Disabled Veterans and Guns — Vote Passed (240 - 175, 14 Not Voting) The bill would clarify the conditions under which individuals who receive federal benefits from the Veterans Affairs Department (VA) may be declared mentally incompetent for purposes of being added to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) and thereby prevented from purchasing guns or ammunition — requiring that an affirmative declaration be made by a judge that the person is dangerous.

It's known as Dillon's Rule and is named after John Forrest Dillon, who was appointed a Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Judge by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1869.

Donovan has been mentioned by political speculators who note his close association with Giuliani, a helpful relationship to have if the Republican congressman wants a spot in the new administration or related area, like as a federal judge.

She was nominated in 2011 by President Barack Obama to serve as a federal judge, but that appointment was blocked by Republicans in the U.S. Senate who complained of excessive liberal activism in her previous legal work.

Carl Kruger, the once - powerful New York State senator from Brooklyn who resigned his office in disgrace and pleaded guilty to corruption charges in December, was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday by a federal judge in Manhattan.

The 11 - page ruling, by Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein of Federal District Court in Manhattan, found that the city had overstepped its bounds in requiring, as part of a licensing process, that carwash owners buy a special bond within a two - tiered system: $ 30,000 for those whose workers were unionized or employers who agreed to monitoring, and $ 150,000 for all others.

A federal judge in California on Tuesday ordered Apple to step up efforts to help the FBI search the locked iPhone 5c used by Syed Rizwan Farook, who, along with wife Tashfeen Malik, is suspected of a mass shooting at a December 2 holiday party last year in San Bernardino, Calif., that killed 14 people and injured 22.

Several attempts to attend school were thwarted by the persistence of the National Guard and protesters, requiring the intervention of federal judge Richard Davies, who ordered the removal of the guard from the school, and President Dwight Eisenhower, who sent troops from the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division to manage the scene.

Named as the nation's 15th chief justice by President Richard M. Nixon in 1969, Mr. Burger disappointed Mr. Nixon, who admired the judicial conservativism Mr. Burger had espoused as a federal appellate judge.

The Department of Education will pay $ 4 million in damages to minority employees who alleged racial discrimination in the agency's employment practices, under a legal settlement approved by a federal judge last month.