Sentences with phrase «dollar action against»

Acting for a corporate claimant in a multimillion dollar action against an ex-director in High Court proceedings in relation to breaches of fiduciary duty and other matters.

Not exact matches

LONDON, April 11 - The U.S. dollar slipped to a two - week low against a basket of currencies on Wednesday as trade war fears receded but uncertainty over possible Western military action against Syria bred risk aversion among some investors.

(New throughout, updates prices, market activity and comments; adds second byline and NEW YORK dateline) NEW YORK / LONDON, April 10 (Reuters)- Gold prices rose on Tuesday, hitting their highest in nearly a week as the U.S. dollar weakened and investors awaited potential U.S. action against suspected use of chemical weapons in Syria.

NEW YORK / LONDON, April 10 - Gold prices rose on Tuesday, hitting their highest in nearly a week as the U.S. dollar weakened and investors awaited potential U.S. action against suspected use of chemical weapons in Syria.

Meanwhile, the euro has been strengthening over the summer against the dollar, further hurting eurozone exports, and stressing the need for the ECB to take action.

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.

The euro, which had already been near its lowest level in 11 years on expectations of action by the central bank, weakened further against the dollar, falling about 1 percent to around $ 1.14, a move that could help European exporters.

: A new class - action lawsuit against Facebook for complaints of privacy violations is a «multibillion - dollar threat,» Bloomberg News writes.

Continuing its entry into Bitcoin regulation, one week after the Coinflip action, on September 24, 2015, the CFTC again brought and settled charges related to Bitcoin, this time against TeraExchange LLC (Tera), a provisionally registered SEF, for failing to enforce its prohibition on wash trading and prearranged trading.15 At issue was a U.S. dollar — Bitcoin swap transaction from October 2014 between the only two market participants then authorized to trade on Tera.

One method of emphasizing our disgust over selective abortion is to ensure all countries we support with our tax dollars have signed the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development who have agreed to «eliminate all forms of discrimination against the girl child.

The case against the park district, brought in a civil action filed last May by the Cook County state's attorney's office, alleges that park district officials improperly took office in the Southwest suburb, misspent hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayers» money, failed to hold any recreational events and violated numerous governmental codes, including the Open Meetings Act.

The New York State Public Service Commission is taking legal action against the parent company of a local cable television and internet provider, threatening a million - dollar fine and possible re-evaluation of its cable TV franchise deal in New York City.

Disability Rights New York has filed a class action lawsuit against the Dollar General Corporation for failing to make their New York stores accessible to people with mobility disabilities.

Stanley Fritz of Citizen Action is one of many who spoke against the state budget's priories at a rally on the Million Dollar Staircase at the Capitol on Wednesday

Stanley Fritz of Citizen Action is one of many who spoke against the state budget's priorities at a rally on the Million Dollar Staircase at the Capitol on Wednesday.

A political action committee associated with Jonathan Soros is prepared to spend millions of dollars against Republican state senators on Long Island if state lawmakers don't approve a system of public campaign finance.

One wonders why they are silent now when a company whose leader stands under indictment for alleged actions of fraud against BOCES is in a multi-million dollar agreement with the school board?

«Avengers» actor Mark Ruffalo speaks during the New Yorkers Against Fracking: An Urgent Call to Action rally on the Million Dollar Staircase in the Capitol on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Albany, N.Y.

The New York Times reported in 2011 that Cuomo, as New York's attorney general in 2009, used his office to threaten legal action against Chevron when Hinton was being paid $ 10,000 a month as a lobbyist for a group suing the oil giant in a multibillion - dollar court action alleging massive environmental damage in the Amazon.

Union leaders invite «all concerned Chicago citizens to unite in a day of action by: withholding your labor; withholding your dollars; boycotting the Magnificent Mile... engaging in nonviolent direct action protests...» against Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Gov. Bruce Rauner and Illinois» school funding formula.

The class action seeks damages «for the purchase of e-books, an injunction against pricing e-books with the agency model and forfeiture of the illegal profits received by the defendants as a result of their anti-competitive conduct which could total tens of millions of dollars.»

Price action of the Monthly Chart, shows that euro is in a bullish rally against the dollar, as you can see price is in a long awaited key level (after 3 years).

A person that is damaged by a credit services organization's violation of this chapter may: (1) bring an action to recover the greater of two (2) times the amount of actual damages or one thousand dollars ($ 1,000) and attorney's fees; and (2) bring an action against the bond or irrevocable letter of credit required under section 8 of this chapter to recover an amount equal to the person's actual damages.

By denying the permit for the pipeline, President Obama can take a concrete action against climate chaos without securing one Republican vote, without spending one tax dollar, without getting approval from the Tea Party.

I believe that a class action suit by tax payers against the major environmental groups and their billionaire backers for fraud is entirely justified, actual and punitive damages into the trillions of dollars could potentially be sought.

In some instances, attorneys may recommend victims join a class action lawsuit against defective drug manufacturers, which can potentially award millions of dollars to victims.

A Foley Hoag LLP legal team has turned aside a billion - dollar claim against Venezuela by Vannessa Ventures, a Canadian mining company that alleged Venezuela violated its investment treaty with Canada by, among other actions, refusing to approve Vannessa's 2001 purchase of Venezuelan mining company MINCA and rescinding Venezuela's contract with MINCA for the development of a gold and copper mine in Venezuela.

Nagel Rice is currently handling some of the highest profile cases in the country, including the carjacking wrongful death case against the Short Hills Mall, a cyberbullying suicide case against a New Jersey school district, a class action against the NFL for illegal ticket sales for Super Bowl XLVIII, and the multi-billion dollar RICO action against short selling hedge funds.

Moreover, to add insult to injury, in a related case, the Ohio Bar brought suit for unauthorized practice of law against a dad who succeeded in winning thousands of dollars in educational services for his son in an IDEA action against a school board.

It is at the heart of a multimillion - dollar class action a group of document reviewers has launched against Deloitte LLP.

And in a related case, the Ohio Bar brought a suit for unauthorized practice of law against a dad who succeeded in winning thousands of dollars in educational services for his son in an IDEA action against a school board.

The study was commissioned by civil - rights attorney Cyrus Mehri (a classmate of mine from Cornell Law» 88) whose firm, Mehri & Skalet, has been behind successful multi-million dollar class action employment discrimination suits against giants like Texaco, Coca Cola and Smith Barney.

On June 26, 2012, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that 2 major lawsuits against CIBC and Scotiabank, alleging that employees were denied hundreds of millions of dollars worth of overtime pay, may proceed as class actions.

Toronto lawyer launches multi-million dollar class action lawsuit on behalf of injured workers against WSIB, Toronto Star

Here's a stupid question you might ask: «As against a multi-billion dollar portfolio of risk weighted exposure, are there any causes of action, defenses or counterclaims that markedly increase exposure out of normal ranges?»

Advised employment practices liability insurer concerning application of prior notice and other coverage defenses against Equal Employment Opportunity Commission demand that insured contribute to multimillion dollar relief fund to avoid threatened class action on behalf of alleged victims of widespread sexual harassment, in Massachusetts.

Defended Fortune 500 energy company against allegations of conspiracy, price fixing, and unfair competition in multibillion dollar class action.

Winning hard - fought dismissals of numerous multi-million dollar class and individual actions brought against both public and private companies.

Defeated a class certification action against law firms and major mortgage lenders for allegedly wrongful foreclosures that would have involved over 9,000 foreclosures and tens of millions of dollars in exposure.

Mr. Heffernan defeated a class certification in a putative class action against law firms and major mortgage lenders for allegedly wrongful foreclosures, which protected clients from tens of millions of dollars in potential exposure for more than 9,000 foreclosures.

Along with shareholder Matt Schultz, Loehr has obtained judgments in excess of 40 million dollars representing individual smokers against the industry arising out of the Engle class action.

As times passes, and medical bills start coming in, often ranging into the hundreds of thousands of dollars within a short period of time, thoughts may turn to filing a legal action against the negligent driver.

Randee has successfully handled several class actions, including a trio of landmark ERISA class actions against major health insurers, which established coverage for 4 million individuals for the treatment of eating disorders as well as the recovery of millions of dollars of wrongfully denied benefits.

Won injunctive relief and recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for the music publishing industry in copyright infringement actions against Internet «file sharing» services Napster, Grokster, Kazaa, Morpheus and Aimster; Bertelsmann AG (for its investment in Napster); mp3.com; and UMG Recordings (the «Farmclub» case).

Represented Johnson & Johnson's Sequus Pharmaceuticals in an action brought against it for conversion and tortious interference of a license agreement related to patents and related patented technology regarding multi-million dollar liposome - based technology.

There was a decent action in BCH price this past week as it found support near $ 500 against the US Dollar.

There was no major action in ETH price against the US Dollar as it remained below the $ 308.00 resistance.

In fact in past postings that I made on this forum, I strongly disagreed with TREB's out of court settlement it made with RealtySellers and more recently I suggested that TREB should commence a multi-billion dollar law suit against the same people that are now bombarding them with a series of further unjustified multi-million dollar legal actions.

In an effort to put an end to their nuisense legal actions, in my opinion TREB should file a 750 BILLION DOLLAR lawsuit against Realtysellers.