Sentences with phrase «by plaintiffs attorneys»

But contrary to the Journal's claim that the EPA disavowed that finding because the agency had been «barraged by plaintiff attorneys and Hollywood celebrities,» it was actually changed after the EPA's scientific advisory board, which evaluates the agency's «use of science,» pointed out that the draft conclusion wasn't supported elsewhere in the report:
After being barraged by plaintiff attorneys and Hollywood celebrities, the EPA in its final report substituted its determination of no «widespread, systemic impact» with the hypothetical that fracking «can impact drinking water resources under some circumstances» and that «impacts can range in frequency and severity» depending on the circumstances.
First, there's good news for autism blogger Kathleen Seidel who was hit with a subpoena by plaintiffs attorney Clifford Shoemaker, seeking disclosure of her research sources, financial records and communications with other bloggers in a lawsuit alleging that defendant Bayer's vaccine caused the plaintiff's autism.

Not exact matches

The bank's attorneys said the latest defenses by the Kelleys are «purely an effort to delay and thwart the plaintiff's foreclosure action.»
In what could be described as deliberate attempts to frustrate the Chief Justice's effort at cleaning the judiciary of miscreants; plaintiffs, complainants and attorneys are fuming over what they see as clever moves by court clerks and registrars to extort monies from them.
The bill expands the ability of successful plaintiffs in cases challenging records denials to have their attorneys» fees repaid by a government agency.
the legal firm of Lithur Brew and Company now representing the Plaintiff [Dominic Ayine] are also the lawyers for former President, John Dramani Mahama: the immediate past Attorney General, Marrita Opong Brew - Appiah was and is a member of the law firm as well as Tony Lithur who was also appointed by the former President as Chairman of the lucrative Ghana Airport Company Limited during his tenure of office and also holds himself out as the personal lawyer of the former President,» Martin Amidu noted.
The lead counsel for the 1,000 plaintiffs in the new round of Love Canal litigation has asked state Supreme Court Justice Richard Kloch Sr. to remove himself from the case, claiming he showed bias in remarks about past Love Canal cases in a newspaper article written by Kloch's daughter, and seemed to act a little too favorably to the local attorney for Occidental Chemical Co. during a past court session.
The bold particulars — $ 4 million in personal gain, a shakedown to turn cancer patients into fee - generating plaintiffs — unfurled over a three week trial as prosecutors led by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara painted Silver as a dry, inscrutable, greedy embodiment of Albany's problems.
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.
The Human Rights Division of the Superior court of Jurisdiction in High court of Justice Accra, preferred an out of court settlement, which was accepted by both the plaintiffs, Mr. Philip Ayamba and seven others and the Defendant, the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General's Department in respect of L.I 2146.
The 39 - page complaint, filed by attorney Cheryl Sovern of Clifton Park, alleges the plaintiffs were deprived of a fair hearing.
The plaintiff wants the suit, which also cites the Attorney General, to declare the action being initiated against the EC boss by the Judicial Council as unconstitutional, void and of no effect.
In a suit filed Wednesday night, the plaintiffs are seeking a declaration that the law is unconstitutional and an injunction prohibiting enforcement of the provisions by the attorney's general's office and the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, which are the defendants in the case.
But Pearl Robertson, a New York City — based attorney representing some of the plaintiffs suing Monsanto, says the cozy relationship is part of a pattern marked by Monsanto trying to shape the science around glyphosate.
Samuel Casey, an attorney for the plaintiffs, said in a statement: «We are disappointed by the Court of Appeals decision and, given the reasoning in the two concurring opinions, we are evaluating whether and on what grounds our clients will be seeking certiorari before the United States Supreme Court.»
The agreement still must be approved by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey before the refund process can begin, said Jonathan Tycko, an attorney representing plaintiff Thomas Wong.
Additionally, the judge ordered Spark Networks to pay $ 9,000 to each of the plaintiffs who brought the suit, as well as covering the full $ 450,000 in attorneys fees incurred by the two men.
But Church attorneys had repeatedly run interference for the perpetrators by settling claims out of court while simultaneously swearing the plaintiffs to secrecy via non-disclosure agreements.
Informed by countless chilling anecdotes about the consequences of today's tenure and seniority policies, conservative and liberal judges alike may nod in agreement when the plaintiff's attorney argues soberly, «My client shouldn't be forced to fund an organization that advocates for such laws.»
But the attorneys for the plaintiffs called the reforms championed by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy «trivial.»
On cross examination, plaintiffs» attorney Marcellus McRae tried to chip away at the heft of Fraisse's testimony by having the witness concede that the districts he led were relatively small with few schools and had student populations that were largely white, with much smaller percentages of blacks and African Americans.
The lead plaintiff in the case is Tiffini Forslund who is backed by Bonnie Dominguez, Roxanne Draughn, Justina Person, and five of Minnesota's top attorneys.
When asked by plaintiffs» attorney Marcellus McRae whether the dismissal and seniority rules had a disproportionate impact on low income, minority students, Raymond testified that it does.
If the two sides can't agree on a plan by December 4th, plaintiffs» attorney Scott Witlin says the judge could let the district develop an evaluation system unilaterally.
The credit results from the Settlement reached with Apple Inc. in an antitrust lawsuit filed by State Attorneys General and Class Plaintiffs about the price of electronic books.
The credit results from the Settlements reached with publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, and Penguin in antitrust lawsuits filed by State Attorneys General and Class Plaintiffs about the price of electronic books.
This credit results from the Settlements reached with publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, and Penguin in antitrust lawsuits filed by the State Attorneys General and Class Plaintiffs about the price of electronic books («E-books»).
Apple, Inc. (Apple) funded this credit to settle antitrust lawsuits brought by State Attorneys General and Class Plaintiffs about the price of electronic books (eBooks).
Whereas, Plaintiff, the United States of America filed its Complaint on April 11, 2012, alleging that Defendants conspired to raise retail prices of E-books in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. 1, and Plaintiff and Settling Defendants, by their respective attorneys, have consented to the entry of this Final Judgment without trial or adjudication of any issue of fact or law;
The eBook Settlement is the result of an antitrust lawsuit filed by the State Attorneys General and Class Plaintiffs about the price of electronic books («eBooks»).
According to the message from Amazon, «The credit results from legal settlements reached with publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, and Penguin in antitrust lawsuits filed by State Attorneys General and Class Plaintiffs about the price of eBooks.
Attorneys for the plaintiffs alleged that the price - fixing between Apple and the publishers pushed the cost on some e-books to $ 12.99 or $ 14.99 from the $ 9.99 charged by Amazon.
«Apple, Inc. (Apple) funded this credit to settle antitrust lawsuits brought by State Attorneys General and Class Plaintiffs about the price of electronic books (eBooks),» Amazon's email to Kindle customers reads.
Publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan and Penguin settled several antitrust lawsuits about eBook prices that were brought by a coalition of state Attorneys General, and by a Plaintiff Class.
If there is a problem with the quitclaim deed you won't find out until it's challenged in court by a plaintiff's attorney in a potential lawsuit.
The plaintiffs seek declarations that the defendants have violated RICO by committing mail and wire fraud and that their conduct constitutes unfair, deceptive or unconscionable sales practices; damages including treble damages, costs of litigation and attorneys» fees.
(The attorneys for Vox and the plaintiff did not respond to my attempts to contact them by email and phone for comments on the case by my deadline.)
Up until now the same plaintiffs» attorneys have been behind each of the cases, spearheaded by climate activist and attorney Matt Pawa.
In the last two months, February and March 2018, multiple climate change accountability lawsuits moved forward: the New York Attorney General's argument against Exxon was bolstered by the Second Circuit Citizen's United decision, the Federal Government's writ of mandamus was rejected in favor of the children plaintiffs in the Juliana case, and in The People...
Between 2000 and 2010, nearly $ 90 million went to pay attorney fees, with another $ 33 million going to plaintiff organizations or groups designated by plaintiffs.
Attorneys Justin Leto and Larry Bassuk launched Level Insurance last month and it's too early to say whether the product is a success but they hope to carve out a niche in competition with existing lenders who finance plaintiff lawyers with high - interest loans, often secured by personal property.
Follow - up analysis was conducted by separating ratings of plaintiff attorneys from those of the defense attorneys.
In Plaintiff's Emergency Motion for Protective Order filed yesterday, attorney Joe Klock advised the court that today, July 14, «the deposition of Mr. Strickland was scheduled to be and is to be taken by Hugh Morgan, Joe Klock was to defend the deposition of Mr. Brakenhoff, and Juan Carlos Antorcha was scheduled to take the deposition of Mr. Pennekamp.»
Data was analyzed by grouping all of the prosecuting attorneys and plaintiffs» attorneys together as one group (referred to as plaintiff attorneys hereafter) and all of the criminal defense attorneys and civil defense attorneys as another group (referred to as defense attorneys hereafter).
An American magistrate judge (sort of like a master) has ruled that a plaintiff suing a company for improperly sending a takedown notice under the DMCA has waived a number of heads of attorney - client privilege by discussing the details of her legal case too broadly by email and on a blog (Eric Goldman blog (per Venkat)-RRB-
He took $ 244,000 from the plaintiffs plus $ 27,642 in «attorney fees» by forging court papers to make it look as though they owed fines to the city and county governments with regard to the mold in their property.
«We are pleased the court ordered the Department of Homeland Security to restore DACA under the same conditions set forth by a federal court in California,» said New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, one of the plaintiffs, in a statement.
The complaint says that Bluford pretended to be an attorney, manufactured «official» court and government documents, including court orders signed by a made - up judge, and fabricated legal claims and court hearings, extracting more and more money from the plaintiffs at every step along the way.
Before forming Burnside Law Firm LLP, attorneys Thomas R. Burnside, III and Mark B. Williamson worked at Burnside Wall LLP under the direction of senior partner and founding member, Thomas R. Burnside Jr. (1938 - 2007), who in 1998 received the Tradition of Excellence Award given annually by the General Practice and Trial Section of the State Bar of Georgia to a plaintiff's lawyer who has demonstrated a tradition of excellence in his chosen profession.
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