Sentences with phrase «dollar lawsuit alleging»

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The lawsuits said the alleged offenses were committed over a four - year period and involved multiple individuals, including Malaysian officials and their associates, who conspired to fraudulently divert billions of dollars from 1MDB.

The decision could help investors in several lawsuits in Manhattan seeking to hold banks liable for billions of dollars in damages for alleged price - fixing in U.S. Treasuries, commodities, currencies, derivatives and other rates.

The Cook County state's attorney's office filed a civil lawsuit last May that alleged Park District officials improperly obtained their offices, 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.

Gerard Terry, an influential political operative and chairman of the North Hempstead Democratic Committee, has for years received government work paying him hundreds of thousands of dollars even as he compiled an income tax debt of $ 1.4 million and battled lawsuits alleging fraud and failure to pay back loans, a Newsday review of public records shows.

As the criminal complaint against Silver alleges, he used his authority to disburse HCRA grants to enrich himself, directing hundreds of thousands of dollars to renowned Columbia University physician Dr. Robert Taub for the completion of a center to study mesothelioma, a rare cancer that can be caused by asbestos exposure, in exchange for Taub's agreement to direct clients with cancer to Silver's law firm Weitz & Luxenberg, which specializes in lucrative asbestos lawsuits.

Gerard Terry, an influential political operative and chairman of the North Hempstead Democratic Committee, has for years received government work paying him hundreds of thousands of dollars even as he compiled an income tax debt of $ 1.4 million and battled lawsuits alleging fraud and failure to pay back loans.

Newsday has reported that Mehta secured the position, which paid $ 79,000 a year, despite a checkered financial past that includes a home foreclosure, two bankruptcy filings, a tax lien and lawsuits against him by creditors who allege that he owes thousands of dollars in unpaid bills.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a lawsuit against two law firms Wednesday, alleging they duped 2,700 homeowners out of hundreds of dollars a month in specious legal services.

In August, we reported on the lawsuit brought by the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), against the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, in an effort to stop USC's alleged attempt to bring a multimillion - dollar Alzheimer's disease research project along with its new recruit, neuroscientist Paul Aisen, from UCSD to USC.

The class - action lawsuit alleged that Trebol Motors Inc. made cosmetic changes to Volvo 200 series cars, such as adding aluminum wheels or leather seats, then sold them for thousands of dollars more than their actual price.

In fact, debt buyer Asset Acceptance paid $ 2.5 million dollars to settle a FTC lawsuit, which alleged that Asset Acceptance failed to tell consumers that certain debts were too old to be legally enforceable.

In July 2014, the Animal Legal Defense Fund and three Pennsylvania residents filed a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, alleging illegal expenditure of state tax dollars on unlawful regulatory activity.

California cities San Francisco and Oakland filed separate lawsuits against five oil companies on Wednesday seeking billions of dollars to protect against rising sea levels they blamed on climate change... Marin and San Mateo counties and Imperial Beach, California, in July brought similar public nuisance and failure to warn lawsuits alleging climate change impacts.

The lawsuit alleges that requiring the tobacco companies to add these warnings to their product will violate their free speech rights; cost millions of dollars to print; and require them to feature anti-smoking advocacy more prominently than their own brands.

The lawsuit, brought by New Zealand company Axe Market Garden, alleges that the owner's son, Craig Axe, took $ 241,000 (around $ 126,000 in U.S. dollars) from a company bank account.

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.

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has filed a multimillion - dollar lawsuit against Russia, the Trump campaign and Wikileaks over an alleged 12 offences, including conspiracy, fraud and violations of the Wiretap Act.

A plaintiff brought a multi-million dollar lawsuit against a financial services company, alleging that it gave her negligent investment advice.

Represented a refinery service contractor in a multi-million dollar lawsuit involving claims arising out of the refinery's refusal to pay for services and counterclaims by the refinery relating to alleged breaches of safety procedures.

he provided information that in late 2004 and early 2005, Angela M. Ford, appellants» attorney, filed lawsuits against Cunningham, Gallion, and Mills alleging that these attorneys stole millions of dollars from their former clients.

The lawsuit goes on to say, «As a result, Spotify has built a billion dollar business on the backs of songwriters and publishers whose music Spotify is using, in many cases without obtaining and paying for the necessary licenses,» the lawsuit alleges.

The AGs» letter addresses the lawsuits filed by the EEOC against Dollar General and BMW that alleged that the companies» use of «bright - line» criminal background checks to eliminate job applicants was discriminatory.