Sentences with phrase «district judge ruled»

The firm was also fined for «bad faith advocacy» after a U.S. District judge ruled that Hagens Berman had moved forward with several cases even though they knew the cases were «baseless.»

A federal district judge ruled Friday that the Bureau of Land Management violated the law when it made 80 billion tons of coal available for leasing and opened up more than 8 million acres for oil and gas development in the Powder River Basin without first assessing the environmental risks or considering any alternatives.

In 2011 a US District judge ruled against Prince and the Gagosian Gallery, which displayed the photos, stating that Prince's use of the images did not fall under fair use.

By August 23, Tomita, 59, must decide whether to accept $ 15.1 million in damages or proceed to a new damages trial, the U.S. district judge ruled.

Unfortunately, a federal district judge ruled against Tangi, ordering the school to forfeit its entire local share of education funding from the Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) to TPSB.

But in 2014, a federal district judge ruled against them, concluding that while the rating system seemed clearly unfair, it was nonetheless still legal.

News Release July 16, 2013 Media Contact Van Schoales, CEO A + Denver [phone] A + Denver Applauds Ruling to Uphold Innovation School plans A district judge ruled in favor of supporting many of Denver's Innovation school plans, a move that will mean higher levels of autonomy for several new schools.

In 2000, a federal district judge ruled that Arizona was violating this relatively obscure law, both by not spending enough on its Lau programs — a reference to a Supreme Court decision of 1974 and regulations of the federal Office for Civil Rights — and by failing to provide enough teachers, aides, classrooms, materials, and tutoring.

In what experts are calling the most significant court test to date of the concept of «comparable worth,» a federal district judge ruled this month that the state of Washington was guilty of wage discrimination in paying women employees less than men performing similar kinds of work.

The Louisiana law requiring that «creation science» be taught alongside evolution theory is unconstitutional because it «promotes the beliefs of some theistic sects to the detriment of others,» a federal district judge ruled this month.

Students in Texas must get the grades they earn and not an inflated score on report cards under the state's year - old truth - in - grading law, which bans minimum - grade policies, a Texas district judge ruled.

A federal district judge ruled that the display is an unconstitutional government establishment of religion.

She sued, and a federal district judge ruled in 1998 that the district could not restrain her speech about her sexual orientation.

Intelligent design (ID) has no place in a science classroom, a Pennsylvania federal district judge ruled today.

First daughter and White House adviser Ivanka Trump must give a deposition in a lawsuit claiming her clothing brand plagiarized a shoe design, a district judge ruled June 23.

What followed was a groundbreaking lawsuit that led to the district judge ruling in favor of Eric getting at least minimum wage, and opened the door to a bunch of successful illegal internship lawsuits in a variety of industries.

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«There may be dire consequences for them if DAPA is later found to be unconstitutional,» US District Judge Andrew Hanen, a George W. Bush appointee, said in his ruling.

U.S. District Court Judge William Conley on Tuesday ruled that Apple should pay $ 506 million in damages for allegedly infringing a patent owned by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF).

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton on Friday was on the last of seven challenges to the 2010 law.

(In 2011, a U.S. District Court judge ruled that Yelp was protected from accusations that it offered to highlight positive reviews and hide negative ones in exchange for paid advertising.)

Last month, a U.S. District Court judge in New Jersey ruled that a debt collector had violated the law when it sued Daniel Bock in order to collect an old credit card debt.

Federal judges found more problems in Texas» voting rights laws, ruling that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the growing electoral power of minorities, who former President Barack Obama set out to protect at the ballot box before leaving office.

He was convicted of criminal contempt for refusing to comply with the ruling of a U.S. district court judge that mandated him to cease his racist policing practices.

U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto issued the ruling Monday, saying it did not matter that investors eventually came out ahead since the amount of loss plays a significant role in federal sentencing guidelines.

A U.S. district court judge ruled that Marvel Comics — purchased by Disney in 2009 — will retain rights to those heroes and Kirby's many other creations.

In fact, in December 2017 a Virginia district court judge ruled against a female plaintiff in a lawsuit alleging sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation against defense contractor BAE Systems, in part, because she «did not take advantage of BAE's harassment reporting procedures of which she was well aware.»

A U.S. District Court judge has blocked the Interior Department from suspending an Obama - era rule meant to prevent planet - warming methane from escaping during oil and natural gas operations.

U.S. District Judge George Wu in Los Angeles said in his ruling that FilmOn X is entitled to a compulsory license under the Copyright Act to retransmit the broadcasters» programs if it meets the law's requirements.

The company «seems to believe» that the lawsuit should be pursued by individuals, not as a group, because «damages could amount to billions of dollars,» U.S. District Judge James Donato wrote in the ruling.

The city's law prohibiting employers from asking candidates to reveal their past salaries violates the First Amendment's free - speech clause, ruled U.S. District Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg.

In the ruling on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco said California drivers could sue as a group on the question of whether they are employees or contractors, and over their demand for payment of tips that were not passed on to them.

District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn agreed June 27 to allow the three lawsuits against DOL's rule that are pending in the state to be consolidated, and both parties filed a motion asking that the judge render a decision in the case as soon as OctJudge Barbara M.G. Lynn agreed June 27 to allow the three lawsuits against DOL's rule that are pending in the state to be consolidated, and both parties filed a motion asking that the judge render a decision in the case as soon as Octjudge render a decision in the case as soon as October.

The ruling, delivered Monday, May 15, by U.S. District Judge William Alsup, put Uber on the losing end of the battle, slowing its plight in the race to dominate the burgeoning self - driving industry, which market analysts believe could be worth billions of dollars in the long run.

In a blow to independent contractors for transportation companies seeking to be classified as employees of the firms they work with, a federal district judge in Massachusetts ruled the state's independent - contractor law failed to override a 1994 federal statute pre-empting state regulation of a motor carrier's rates, routes and services.

Judge Paul Oetken ruled that Alibaba failed to show that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has...

The new lawsuit against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was assigned to the same judge who ruled for the challengers earlier, U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen, who sits in the federal courthouse in the Texas border town of Brownsvjudge who ruled for the challengers earlier, U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen, who sits in the federal courthouse in the Texas border town of BrownsvJudge Andrew S. Hanen, who sits in the federal courthouse in the Texas border town of Brownsville.

US district court judge William Alsup is expected to rule this week on both Waymo's request for a preliminary injunction and Uber's motion to push the case to arbitration.

U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood did not issue a ruling on Friday and instructed Cohen's attorney to make sure his client is present for a hearing on Monday.

After listening to both sides, U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan said he would not immediately rule from the bench, but that he would issue an order before the shareholders meeting, according to Bloomberg.

NRF and its members won a major victory in 2013 when U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon ruled that the cap went beyond the «reasonable» and «proportional» level ordered by Congress.

The first oral arguments in the string of lawsuits filed against DOL's fiduciary rule were heard on Aug. 25 by Judge Randolph Moss, U.S. District judge for the District of Columbia, in the case brought by the National Association for Fixed AnnuiJudge Randolph Moss, U.S. District judge for the District of Columbia, in the case brought by the National Association for Fixed Annuijudge for the District of Columbia, in the case brought by the National Association for Fixed Annuities.

Lawyers representing the National Association for Fixed Annuities told a U.S. District judge Thursday that individual insurance agents would be forced to become registered investment advisors under the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule and that the current distribution system for fixed indexed annuities would have to be reworked.

Insiders expect that US District of Columbia Judge Amy Berman Jackson will rule against it on antitrust concerns.

Next up in the fiduciary rule legal battle is the preliminary injunction requested by insurer Market Synergy on Sept. 21 before Judge Daniel D. Crabtree in the District of Kansas, which Sweeney says is «historically a more hostile venue» for the DOL.

Judge Randolph Moss, U.S. District judge for the District of Columbia, heard oral arguments for close to three hours Thursday in the first hearing against DOL's rule, but did not immediately render a deciJudge Randolph Moss, U.S. District judge for the District of Columbia, heard oral arguments for close to three hours Thursday in the first hearing against DOL's rule, but did not immediately render a decijudge for the District of Columbia, heard oral arguments for close to three hours Thursday in the first hearing against DOL's rule, but did not immediately render a decision.

Ackman's allegations aren't evidence that Herbalife committed fraud, so investor Abdul Awad and two pension funds that joined his suit can't show that losses they suffered were caused by the company's alleged misrepresentations, U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer in Los Angeles wrote in a March 16 ruling.

On 6 August 2013, Federal Judge Amos Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas of the Fifth Circuit ruled that bitcoins are «a currency or a form of money» (specifically securities as defined by Federal Securities Laws), and as such were subject to the court's jurisdiction, [274][274] and Germany's Finance Ministry subsumed bitcoins under the term «unit of account» — a financial instrument — though not as e-money or a functional currency, a classification nonetheless having legal and tax implications.

On March 6, 2018, Judge Jack B. Weinstein of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled that virtual currencies are commodities under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and therefore subject to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) anti-fraud and anti-manipulation enforcement authority.1 Granting the CFTC's request for a preliminary injunction against the defendants who allegedly engaged in deception and fraud involving virtual currency spot markets, Judge Weinstein noted that «[u] ntil Congress clarifies the matter,» the CFTC has «concurrent authority» along with other state and federal administrative agencies and civil and criminal courts over transactions in virtual currency.2

Indeed, in oral arguments on Sept. 23 in the second case before Judge Daniel Crabtree in the District of Kansas, attorneys for insurer Market Synergy argued Labor failed to prove the current state - based regulation of fixed - indexed annuities is broken, and that the judge should «hit the pause» button on including them in the Judge Daniel Crabtree in the District of Kansas, attorneys for insurer Market Synergy argued Labor failed to prove the current state - based regulation of fixed - indexed annuities is broken, and that the judge should «hit the pause» button on including them in the judge should «hit the pause» button on including them in the rule.

Guess he should be suing the US Government next because a federal judge has also ruled that ID is not science, it has a purely religious agenda and it has no secular purpose (look up Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District).