Sentences with phrase «case against the firm»

But Marc Cohodes, a retired U.S. hedge fund manager, added a new wrinkle to the case against the firm by alleging corporate malfeasance.

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David Sanford, chairman of Sanford Heisler Sharp, the law firm that argued the largest - ever employment gender discrimination case to go to trial — a class action suit against Novartis Pharmaceuticals that resulted in a $ 253 million jury award for plaintiffs in 2010, reduced post-trial to $ 175 million — noted that in that case, the company had just three investigators for a workforce of thousands.

And even in cases where abuse is well documented — as in Ellen Pao's unsuccessful sexual harassment lawsuit against the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers — the men responsible are rarely punished, and the overall picture rarely improves.

Among his other accomplishments, he led a group of 20 law firms that prosecuted cutting - edge class action cases against financial institutions, such as Countrywide, Wells Fargo, and JPMorgan Chase, concerning destructive negative amortization loans that unknowingly caused borrowers to assume tens of thousands of dollars of additional debt.

Hamburger says these lawsuits mark «the beginning of a trend» that starts with suits against large plan sponsors and large financial services firms — which, in the case of New York Life and Morgan Stanley, are one and the same — then spreads to smaller sponsors and smaller financial firms.

A research firm recently compared their estimated audiences in the U.S. against the Census and found discrepancies totaling in the tens of millions in some cases.

On October 13, 2017, the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed a case brought by the blockchain firm R3 Holdco against Ripple Labs, another company active in the space, ruling that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the lawsuit.

Hagens Berman is one of the most successful auto litigation law firms in the U.S. and is presently leading nationwide cases against Volkswagen, GM, Mercedes and Fiat Chrysler for use of diesel emissions - cheating software.

A state judge in Massachusetts ruled Wednesday that the Massachusetts Attorney General can move forward with a potentially gigantic data breach case against the credit reporting firm Equifax.

There's one notable case finding that it's not, and one even more notable complex of cases — the Dahl «club deal» antitrust lawsuit against all of the big private equity firms — suggesting that it might be.

In some cases, Cohodes» battles against Canadian companies have turned personal, as is the case with Concordia International, the pharmaceutical firm headquartered in Oakville, Ontario.

A look at economic developments and stock market activity around the world Wednesday: ------ WASHINGTON — Financial firms that play a dominant role in the energy futures market brought their case against broad limits on speculative trading to...

In some cases, evidence of past incorrect opinion is sufficient: The CEO of the software firm Mozilla, Brendan Eich, was hounded from his post in 2014 for a $ 1,000 contribution to a 2008 California referendum campaign against gay marriage, evidence of a position he shared at the time with Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

That this is the case should be gratifying to the Western liberal democracies who, for half a century, stood firm against the manifold onslaughts of those who sought to snuff out the flame of liberty.

In some cases (for example the merger between Time Inc. and Warner Communications) a mega-merger would seem the only option against the foreign invader on the home - market (in this case the German firm Bertelsmann).

A similar case was recently filed in California (by the same class action firm - Milberg) against Frito - Lay — the snacks division of food and beverage giant PepsiCo.

The case is just the latest in a series of actions against scientists, including a writ against Peter Wilmshurst, heart specialist at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, by American firm NMT Medical, for suggesting medical trials into one of its devices had been described inaccurately.

Glenwood Management, the real estate development firm at the center of the federal corruption cases against former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, is the state's most generous political donor and a robust utilizer of the LLC loophole.

The case brought by the Ministry of Defence and Dubai businessman Harvey Boulter against US Post-it note maker 3M ultimately forced Liam Fox, the former defence secretary, to reveal his reliance on Werritty, his best man and firm friend of 13 years.

The firm discontinued working on cases against New York State to avoid «any conflict of interest» with Silver as of counsel.

A cloud hung over Meara Avella Dickinson after it was widely reported that a partner in the firm, veteran lobbyist Brian Meara, was cooperating in Mr. Bharara's corruption case against Mr. Silver, the former Assembly speaker.

The other donor, Leonard Litwin's Glenwood Management, stopped giving at about the same time a senior vice president at the firm signed a non-prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors in their case against former Senate majority leader Dean Skelos.

In the case of billionaire real estate developer Leonard Litwin, described as «Developer - 1» in the complaint against Silver, the firm represented at least five different limited liability companies as five different clients, according to data maintained by the New York City Tax Commission.

The Joint Commission on Public Ethics settled its case against Fred Hiffa, formerly of Ostroff, Hiffa, & Associates, Inc., following allegations that he had violated the state's lobbying gift ban in 2006 by hiring Matthew Libous in 2006, retaining the Binghamton lawmaker's son for $ 4,166 a month for one year to a Westchester County - based law firm.

Important to the case against Silver are referral fees he received for sending a developer to a law firm.

«We were shocked to learn about the allegations against him of impropriety in the referral of cases to our firm.

The feds also intend to repeat their entire case at a new trial against Espada's son, Pedro Gautier Espada, who is charged with a total of eight counts of theft, embezzlement, conspiracy and other charges connected to his work at Soundview and the operation of related firms that provided contractual janitorial services to the health care chain, a source confirmed.

Avella's firm, Meara Avella Dickinson, includes Brian Meara, a key cooperating witness in US Attorney Preet Bharara's corruption case against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan).

ALBANY — The federal corruption case against Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver rests in part on his alleged scheme with a doctor who referred asbestos cases to the Weitz & Luxenberg law firm where Silver is of counsel.

Glenwood appeared in the case against former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, who allegedly directed the company to a law firm that paid his fees and is now under federal scrutiny.

Dowd, who has an ongoing priest abuse case against the Diocese of Rockville Centre, said it doesn't matter that Flanagan is no longer at the firm or may not have handled cases involving the church.

The series, from executive producer David E. Kelley, stars Billy Bob Thornton as Billy McBride, a washed - up lawyer whose professional life is turned upside down when a young lawyer who has just been fired from his old firm brings him a wrongful death case that pits him against the head of his former firm.

Last summer, Socrates attracted nationwide publicity in winning a court case against the Law Society, in which the Law Society was ruled to be illegally abusing its dominance by forcing law firms to buy its own training products.

The firms, Larson King, Zimmerman Reed, and McSweeny & Fay, have already successfully settled in a case against Pearson involving incorrect scoring on a Minnesota state test

While the final outcome of the Vergara case remains to be seen, the unions» firm stance against reform could help prompt tenure opponents to mount an initiative campaign — a routine occurrence in California politics.

The second action is against both Citibank and two debt collection law firms it used that falsified court documents filed in debt collection cases in New Jersey state courts.

Prior to joining Francis & Mailman, Joseph worked with a New Jersey law firm helping to expand their consumer protection practice, and successfully litigated cases against numerous large financial institutions.

As is sometimes the case at financial institutions or security firms, employees are bonded by the firm's insurance company to protect against employee theft and dishonesty.

While there is nothing much that can be done against the market volatility, there is a protection mechanism in place in case the broker firm runs into a financial trouble.

The authors of the study point to other regulatory and legislative acts, including the «order precedence rule,» commonly known as the «Manning Rule» after a legal case against Charles Schwab, the Gramm - Leach - Bliley Act, which saw the end of the Glass - Steagall Act of 1933 and formally allowed the combination of commercial banks, securities firms and insurance companies, Regulation Fair Disclosure, which devalued stock research, and the Global Settlement ruling, which has made research coverage tougher for issuers to secure.

Pawa's firm was acquired by Hagens Berman earlier this year «in an effort to pursue climate change litigation against companies,» and Pawa is now leading the San Francisco and Oakland cases.

A personal injury law firm has won its case against an insurer which settled claims with clients behind its back, in a major victory for claimant lawyers.

A USA Today story published Wednesday reports that Biden worked to defeat a bipartisan bill designed to curb asbestos lawsuits at a time his older son Beau's law firm was filing asbestos cases and a former aide was lobbying against the measure.

The plaintiffs are represented by the law firm Sanford Heisler Sharp, which has also filed cases against Greenberg Traurig; Chadbourne & Parke (now Norton Rose Fulbright); Sedgwick; Ogletree Deakins; and Proskauer Rose.

However, the cases Masoud Taheri has tried for his clients against multinational companies, he and his firm has won almost 90 % of these...

If you have a viable product liability claim against an auto manufacturer for a defective door latch, it is important that you contact Wilshire Law Firm immediately to get started on your case.

The dedicated South Florida personal injury lawyers at the law firm of Friedman, Rodman & Frank have extensive experience helping Florida nursing home residents and their families pursue cases for compensation against negligent and abusive nursing homes.

Our personal injury firm is able to deal with insurance companies as well as file lawsuits against the negligent party in these types of personal injury cases.

The students assume the role of a partner in a firm approached by a friend regarding a possible case of sex discrimination against her former employer.

The Reinartz Law Firm handles all types of New Jersey injury cases, in addition to wrongful death matters, which are initiated by the estate of a deceased person against the negligent parties responsible for the untimely death.