Sentences with phrase «defendants in cases on»

She has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in cases on a wide variety of claims, including breach of contract, fraud, defamation, and civil liability for cyberstalking.

At the last sitting, Justice Cornelius Akintayo while refusing the ex-parte motion had ordered the applicant to put the defendants in the case on notice to prepare for defence.

Not exact matches

At the opening of the trial in Rome, the U.S. investment bank the other defendants asked a three - judge panel at the Court of Accounts, which rules on abuses of public funds, to reject the case in an acknowledgement that the judges do not have jurisdiction, Marco Fratini, one of the judges, said.

Multiple defendants in the case, as well as Trump himself, have gone on the offensive, saying the lawsuit provides an opportunity to obtain records from the DNC.

«Furthermore, although the average sentence lengths (conditional on case, defendant and judge attributes) do not differ by defendant race in the absence of a football effect, it appears that an upset LSU football game loss increases the disposition length (sentence severity) of black defendants more severely in comparison to white defendants.

Levandowski, regarded as a visionary in autonomous technology, is not a defendant in the case but is on Waymo's witness list.

On April 11, 2018, Patrick K. McDonnell — a defendant in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's case against CabbageTech, Corp (DBA Coin Drop Markets)-- submitted a letter to Judge Roanne L. Mann of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

On April 12, 2018, in a telephone conference to discuss the letter he submitted the day before, defendant Patrick McDonnell requested that the court extend the deadline for answering the CFTC's complaint so that he may confer with the Federal Pro Bono Clinic, rather than simply letting the case go into default.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

The first line of cases began with In re Daou Sys., where the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court's decision dismissing a Section 10 (b) action on the ground that the plaintiffs had not alleged any disclosures that defendants were engaging in improper accounting practiceIn re Daou Sys., where the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court's decision dismissing a Section 10 (b) action on the ground that the plaintiffs had not alleged any disclosures that defendants were engaging in improper accounting practicein improper accounting practices.

The fool on the other hand has rushed in where the angels feared to tread, and the case for Christianity is being lost by the default of the defendants.»

«Whether such cases end in conviction or acquittal appears to rest on, firstly, the ability of police or prosecutors to link the defendant with a particular association, and secondly, whether the judge decides to uphold an individual's constitutional right to share beliefs as a private citizen,» Victoria Arnold reported for Forum 18.

Justice Ibrahim Buba of the court in his ruling on the defendants» preliminary objection on Monday, held that the engineers «had not made out a case of infringement on their fundamental rights even on the merit of the application,» and dismissed their applications.

Dr Evan Harris, who pushed the amendment, told politics.co.uk the party wanted to alter the burden of proof in libel cases so that it rested on the claimant, not the defendant.

«The U.S. Attorney's statements violated no ethical rule, did not unfairly prejudice the defendant, and were consistent with the stated mission of the [Department of Justice],» Bharara's team wrote in a Manhattan federal court filing responding to Silver's motion to have the case tossed based on the prosecutor's post-arrest statements.

Further, he said he believes other defendants charged on the same day last year could be making similar requests to get their criminal cases tossed out or re-assigned to courts in upstate.

Oliverio's statements on behalf LPCiminelli are part of the defendants» legal strategy to move the court case from the Southern District of New York in Manhattan, where Bharara is based, to the Western District in Buffalo.

The jury said it couldn't reach a unanimous decision on a fourth defendant in the case, energy company executive Peter Galbraith Kelly, who had been accused of arranging a $ 90,000 - per - year job for Percoco's wife.

«It is my decision that this court has jurisdiction on the charges filed against the first defendant in this case and the notice of preliminary objection is dismissed,» Justice Solebo ruled.

In her ruling on Monday, Justice Anwuli Chikere upon being provided with the details of the Supreme Court judgement which on March 18, held that the defendant has a criminal case to answer granted EFCC the leave to re-arraign the former governor.

«First, we have a witness on subpoena in the person of Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, former President of Nigeria, who is a vital witness for the first defendant and after his testimony, we will appraise the case of the first defendant with a view to making up our minds as to whether we will need further testimony of the first defendant or another witness.

The criminal complaint charging Seabrook and his fellow defendant, hedge - fund manager Murray Huberfeld, strongly suggests that a witness who is cooperating with the government in the case, Jona S. Rechnitz, could also serve as an important witness in at least one of the fund - raising inquiries centered on NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Lawyers for the defendants deny the charges and have been seeking to toss the case on a number of grounds over the past year, including court decisions in unrelated public corruption cases.

At a separate press conference in Midtown on Monday, the defendants who brought the case and their lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights hailed the Judge's decision.

To address concerns by some Democrats and Republicans that a look - back would infringe on the due process rights of accused predators, the bill would allow for a dismissal of cases if the delays in bringing them can be shown to have «materially prejudiced the defendant in the defense or investigation of an action.»

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara on Monday charged Skelos with corruption charges that include extorting real estate execs and a environmental firm to enrich his son, Adam, also a defendant in the case.

Oliverio said the judge has not yet ruled on the request by several defendants, including Ciminelli, to move the case against three former LPCiminellli executives, along with Kaloyeros and two Syracuse developers, to a courtroom in Buffalo.

Other defendants in this case include Kelly, a former executive with Competitive Power Ventures (CPV), which has for years been developing a controversial gas - fired power plant in Orange County, N.Y., while successfully pushing one in Oxford; and Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi, top executives with COR Development of Syracuse, which secured contracts on a number of projects initiated by Albany - based SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

Justice Kolawole had on March 21, 2017 stopped the trial of the defendants in the case when the EFCC in a press statement quoted the court proceedings upside with claims that the defendants were indicted for N36B contract fraud and put on trial before the court.

When the prosecution answered in the affirmative, the court then stood down the case for ten minutes and directed counsel to meet and agree on certain conditions for bail for the defendants which would be subjected to the approval of the court.

ALBANY — Federal prosecutors in the corruption case against state Senator Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, on Thursday filed a 164 - page letter detailing the application for a wiretap against the two defendants.

Justice (Mrs.) J. O. Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday refused to grant bail to defendants in the N8bn mutilated currency fraud case involving staff members of the Central Bank of Nigeria and some commercial banks.

The jury could not reach a unanimous decision on one count for Peter Galbraith Kelly Jr., the fourth defendant in the case.

The Acting Chairman of the Commission, Hon. Abdullahi Bako, who made the presentation on behalf of the Commission explained that the amendment had become necessary given the fact that the Commission is restricted by its extant law to prosecute cases only in State High courts which has hampered its prosecutorial effectiveness because high profile defendants often wield substantial influence within a state.

An expert on Freedom of Information Law is saying the City of Buffalo has more to gain in complying with a Freedom of Information Law request than a defendant has to lose in a federal civil rights case.

Todd Howe, center, exits court on Monday after his first day of testimony as a government witness in the corruption case against Joseph Percoco and three other defendants.

In his submission, counsel to the 2nd defendant, Chief Tochukwu Onwugbufor, SAN, said it was the duty of the Judge under the law to sign subpoena to order anybody to appear before him to give evidence on a case.

Delivering ruling in the no - case submission argued by Mr. Rickey Tarfa (SAN) on behalf of Ndume, Justice Kolawole held that the prosecution failed in all fronts to link the defendant with the alleged heinous crime of hoarding information on terrorism activities and sponsorship the Boko Haram Islamic sect.

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 casIn 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 casin the case.

This gene already has figured in a court case in Italy, Hyman said, where a defendant's sentence was reduced based on testimony that he had the gene and was predisposed to violence.

According to US law, defendants in this kind of liability case are supposed to be judged on their conduct, regardless of the consequences of that conduct.

Defendants in a high - profile lawsuit that could have significant implications for thousands of patents on human genes have now asked a federal judge to dismiss the case, calling it a «thinly veiled attempt to challenge the validity of patents.»

As bloggers have noted, this case will be one of the first tests of a new Texas law designed to discourage capricious libel suits by putting the burden on the plaintiff (Wakefield in this case) to prove that the defendants» speech has caused damage before the suit can go forward.

He's given this opinion in court on several occasions as an expert witness in cases where a lawyer of a defendant caught drink - driving has claimed that their client has undiagnosed auto - brewery syndrome.

Ignoring the picture's preposterous premise that an expert witness for the prosecution would ever exhibit such sensitivity towards a defendant in a criminal case, the film nonetheless works because of the way in which two females manage to mind - meld and make peace on a middle ground.

The District Attorney, Thomas Krasny (Coyote, Sphere), is out to make a name for himself by putting away Forrester, but on Jack's side is former Assistant DA Teddy Barnes (Close, Fatal Attraction), who once worked for Krasny until she discovered that he suppressed evidence in a case that would have exonerated the defendant.

All of us involved in the case — recall that Jesse Rothstein and I served as the expert witnesses on behalf of the plaintiffs, and Thomas Kane of the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) Project and John Friedman of the infamous Chetty et al. studies (see here and here) served as the expert witnesses on behalf of the defendants — knew that all of the plaintiffs» claims would be tough to win given all of the constitutional legal standards would be difficult for plaintiffs to satisfy (e.g., that evaluating teachers using their value - added scores was not «unreasonable» was difficult to prove, as it was in the Tennessee case we also fought and was then dismissed on similar grounds (see here)-RRB-.

Torlakson, a defendant in the Vergara case along with Gov. Jerry Brown, called for maintaining a steady course as the state continues its transition to the Common Core State Standards and a new funding formula based on local control.

In May, as it negotiated a new contract with Hachette Book Group (a settling defendant in the ebooks price - fixing case), Amazon pulled the preorder buttons on most Hachette titles, stopped recommending its authors» works, and burdened Hachette's books with artificial delivery delayIn May, as it negotiated a new contract with Hachette Book Group (a settling defendant in the ebooks price - fixing case), Amazon pulled the preorder buttons on most Hachette titles, stopped recommending its authors» works, and burdened Hachette's books with artificial delivery delayin the ebooks price - fixing case), Amazon pulled the preorder buttons on most Hachette titles, stopped recommending its authors» works, and burdened Hachette's books with artificial delivery delays.

We can't be sure how soon Amazon will jump on the pricing issue given that there are still unsettled defendants in the DOJ case, but the end result will definitely benefit Kindle owners immensely.