Sentences with phrase «by federal judges after»

Aspects of the order have been delayed by federal judges after protests erupted at international airports around the country.

EMEDIA WIRE — Apr 3 — International Marriage Broker Regulation Act (IMBRA) was upheld by a federal judge after a Constitutional challenge by an internet dating company.

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Sysco Corp. shares rose the most in nine months after its planned $ 3.5 billion takeover of US Foods Inc. was blocked by a federal judge, bringing relief to investors concerned about the company undertaking an ambitious merger.

Sysco Corp. climbed 3.1 percent, the most since September, after its planned $ 3.5 billion takeover of US Foods Inc. was blocked by a federal judge.

It was elevated to the Connecticut Supreme Court after a lower court judge dismissed the lawsuit last year after she found that the claims it raised fell «squarely within the broad immunity» provided by federal law.

Less than two years after the citizens of Washington voted by referendum to uphold the state's prohibition of physician - assisted suicide, a federal judge invalidated the statute as....

A federal judge has denied a request by Hobby Lobby to block the part of the health care overhaul that requires it to cover the morning - after and week - after pill for its employees.

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.

A federal judge has denied a request by Hobby Lobby to block the part of the health care overhaul that requires it to cover the morning - after and week - after pill for...

Finally, in 1852, long after the Saints» exodus from Illinois (so there was no conceivable political or other cause for anyone to favor the Prophet), a federal judge concluded this litigation with a decree that found no fraud or other moral impropriety by the Prophet.

SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters)- A U.S. appeals court on Friday denied Utah's bid to further block legal recognition of about 1,300 same - sex weddings performed after the state's gay marriage ban was briefly lifted by a federal judge in December.

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Nov 19 (Reuters)- A federal judge denied a bid by a group of Christian churches on Monday to force a California beachside town to reopen a park to a nearly 60 - year - old Christmas - season nativity display it discontinued after atheists upstaged the event last yeaBy Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Nov 19 (Reuters)- A federal judge denied a bid by a group of Christian churches on Monday to force a California beachside town to reopen a park to a nearly 60 - year - old Christmas - season nativity display it discontinued after atheists upstaged the event last yeaby a group of Christian churches on Monday to force a California beachside town to reopen a park to a nearly 60 - year - old Christmas - season nativity display it discontinued after atheists upstaged the event last year.

Shooting had been suspended by order of a federal judge in 1998 after residents complained of contamination.

A federal judge ordered shooting to stop at the 27 - acre park in 1998, after a lawsuit by a neighbor raised the possibility that the lead shot was harming the environment.

The overturning of Skelos's 2015 conviction comes 10 weeks after former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's conviction was similarly tossed by a federal judge.

But political hopeful Philip Pidot is pressing for a new primary in federal court after a state court judge ruled he was eligible to run as a Republican ballot but there was not enough time to get Pidot's name on the primary ballot by last Tuesday.

In an unrelated discrimination case filed by a client in 2015, he told a Brooklyn Federal Court judge that the mob was after him, potentially on the order of Staten Island Democratic Party Chair John Gulino, the Staten Island Advance reported.

A Manhattan federal judge on Monday promised to decide by the end of August whether to let a libel suit by Sarah Palin against The New York Times proceed after hearing 90 minutes of arguments on the case.

A federal drug case that was personally overseen by Preet Bharara suffered a setback after a Manhattan federal judge nixed one of the counts and called the government's evidence «misleading»...

«the compensation system for federal judges in the United States creates a very powerful economic incentive to retire at a reasonable retirement age by virtue of how the defined benefit pension plan works, that most judges assent to not long after reaching that age.»

But, the compensation system for federal judges in the United States creates a very powerful economic incentive to retire at a reasonable retirement age by virtue of how the defined benefit pension plan works, that most judges assent to not long after reaching that age.

A court filing signed by federal Judge Valerie Caproni lays out the schedule of events after Silver was convicted, and the sides will have until March to file paperwork before any sentencing date is scheduled.

A politically connected lawyer says the Manhattan US Attorney should now go by «Ayatollah Preet Bharara» after the prosecutor's underlings on Thursday persuaded a federal judge to move ahead with indicted state Sen. Malcolm Smith's corruption trial in January — rejecting a bid to delay it to accommodate his wife's problem pregnancy.

A politically connected lawyer says the Manhattan US Attorney should now go by «Ayatollah Preet Bharara» after the prosecutor's underlings on Thursday persuaded a federal judge to move ahead with...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said today that he will announce a date for a special election to fill the vacant seat of former Congressman Michael Grimm «shortly» — hours after a federal judge ordered him to do so by February 20, or expect to explain himself in court.

«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.

Bayside Patch: A federal judge is recommending court intervention in the redistricting process, after considering a lawsuit co-filed by a Bay Terrace man.

Just hours after they began deliberating Tuesday, jurors in the federal corruption trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver erupted in a series of notes reporting confusion, stress and discord that remained unresolved by the end of the day, with one juror seeking a private meeting with the judge.

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.

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.

MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT — After less than two hours of deliberating the fate of Assemblyman Sheldon Silver in his corruption trial, a «stressed out» juror pleaded with a Manhattan federal court judge to be excused, saying she was being criticized by fellow jurors and her heart was poFEDERAL COURT — After less than two hours of deliberating the fate of Assemblyman Sheldon Silver in his corruption trial, a «stressed out» juror pleaded with a Manhattan federal court judge to be excused, saying she was being criticized by fellow jurors and her heart was pofederal court judge to be excused, saying she was being criticized by fellow jurors and her heart was pounding.

This time around, New York state lost two congressional seats after new lines were drawn by a federal judge.

Meanwhile, black and Latino legislators and activists are protesting today around the state to urge Cuomo to forge a legislative solution that would disregard the congressional lines drawn by a federal judge (after the legislature failed to agree on a proposal for them), saying the map won't help the chances of electing more minority members of Congress.

by David Greene Immigrants, visitors and refugees from seven predominantly Muslim nations are once again being allowed to travel to the United States after a federal judge in Seattle, WA., deemed the ban unconstitutional.

Lawyers for six former trustees suing to get their positions back after they were kicked out by Mayor de Blasio and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz revealed in court papers the library has retained a high - powered former federal judge to probe leaks that led to a series of stories in The News about library director Thomas Galante's $ 392,000 salary and his free - spending ways.

Although the ID debate was not an issue in most congressional races, voters may have punished Santorum because the once - vocal ID supporter tried to distance himself from the movement after a federal judge struck down an attempt last year by the Dover, Pennsylvania, school board to insert ID into the curriculum.

Kenneth Kwak, 34, of Chantilly, Va., was also fined $ 40,000 by a federal judge in Washington, and will serve five months of home confinement after his prison term.

Federal Judge Rules Amazon Must Refund Parents Duped By In - App Purchases (Gizmodo) No surprises here after the same thing happened to Google and Apple.

The ruling came less than a month after another federal court judge ruled that a similar climate case, brought by the cities of San Francisco and Oakland, should be tried in federal court.

The governor in a statement after the judge's decision said «At a time when the federal government has abdicated its leadership on climate change, [this ruling] ensures our progress will not be blocked or rolled back by fossil fuel interests and others seeking to maintain the status quo.»

Yet, with the Sentencing Commission playing fairy godmother by urging federal judges to view departures as still beautiful after Booker, in 2006 we are seeing traditional departures making a notable comeback.

At least one ship has already been seized for unpaid fuel debts, off of the coast of Long Beach California; this seizure came after a Federal bankruptcy judge ruled that the Hanjin ships could be seized by United States creditors.

David Ardia at Citizen Media Law Project gives the rundown on the fast - paced turn of events that resulted Friday in a federal judge issuing a permanent injunction shutting down Wikileaks.org — a site for anonymous leaking of government and corporate documents — and then amending the order soon after to allow it to resume operations, but without the documents sought to be blocked by the plaintiff, Cayman Islands banking entity Julius Baer Bank and Trust Company.

A year after the decision in Richard, an Ontario Superior Court judge was asked to determine this issue in the context of an action brought by the federal commissioner of competition over claims made by wireless providers about the number of dropped calls.

The latest eDiscovery hot topic revolves around a Federal Judge Survey that highlights a key point, in which we at D4 are not surprised by: after all these years of talking about eDiscovery, many practitioners, and the legal industry overall, still do not understand the eDiscovery process and how to properly handle Electronically Stored Information (ESI).

According to the judge's order posted at Lat's site (we'll get to that in a minute), the law firm of Snell and Wilmer figured out that it could take advantage of a Utah federal court's after - hours filing system by stamping the first page of a filing on the due date and returning it to the office.

After interest has been expressed in seeing this policy spread to other areas of federal research funding, such as education, it appears that Elsevier, the leading corporate publisher of scholarly journals, and other publishers have pushed for the Research Works Act to put an end to such initiatives (judging by Elsevier's campaign support for the bipartisan sponsors of the bill, as Peter Suber documents in a website devoted to the bill).

««The Costs of Judging Judges by the Numbers» Main Webcast of House hearing on federal sentencing after Booker available»

Just days after a federal judge in a multi-district litigation proceeding ordered a review by the court of any litigation funding agreements connected to the claim, three United States Senators have submitted a bill that seeks to mandate disclosure of third party funders and agreements in all commercial class actions and MDL claims....

A California federal judge has granted the Internal Revenue Service's motion to dismiss a $ 7 billion lawsuit brought by Facebook Inc. that alleged the IRS unjustly denied the social media company's right to appeal the agency's decision to adjust its taxes after an audit of its returns.