Sentences with phrase «dollar lawsuit in»

An East - side lawyer that owns a medical marijuana distribution or transfer center - the lawyer refuses to call his business a dispensary - filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit in Macomb County Circuit Court on Monday.

He filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit in federal court in New York last month against Lori Cheek for fraud, trade secret misappropriation, unjust enrichment, and conversion.

Not exact matches

The use of dubious billion - dollar lawsuits to apply pressure on Alfa's partners — filed in remote regions of Russia by obscure private shareholders whose interests somehow overlapped perfectly with Alfa's — became a favorite calling card.

Billion - dollar lawsuits, in - your - face anti-smoking campaigns and rigid marketing restrictions have reduced the number of smokers to six million.

The move, which Denton confirmed on Monday via Twitter, will temporarily prevent Hulk Hogan, the professional wrestler whose real name is Terry Bollea, from collecting millions of dollars in damages he was awarded from Denton in an invasion - of - privacy lawsuit in May.

The Justice Department said AT&T would use Time Warner's films and movies to force rival pay TV companies to pay «hundreds of millions of dollars more per year for Time Warner's networks» in its lawsuit filed late Monday in federal court in Washington.

«In the 50 years since the advent of modern day class action lawsuits, plaintiffs» lawyers have made millions of dollars in fees from these suits while consumers often receive little benefit,» the chamber said in a statemenIn the 50 years since the advent of modern day class action lawsuits, plaintiffs» lawyers have made millions of dollars in fees from these suits while consumers often receive little benefit,» the chamber said in a statemenin fees from these suits while consumers often receive little benefit,» the chamber said in a statemenin a statement.

«State attorneys general told five of the nation's largest banks on Tuesday they face a potential liability of at least $ 17 billion in civil lawsuits if a settlement isn't reached to address improper foreclosure practices» a «figure [that] doesn't cover additional billions of dollars in potential claims from federal agencies,» the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

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 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 trove of internal e-mails and employee interviews, filed as part of a lawsuit by one of the investors in the securities, offers a fresh glimpse into Wall Street's mortgage machine, which churned out billions of dollars of securities that later imploded.

In January, the CFPB dropped another lawsuit against four online payday lenders that allegedly stole millions of dollars from consumers» bank accounts to pay debts they didn't owe.

According to a United States lawsuit filed in July, hundreds of millions of dollars of the absconded funds were moved through bank accounts in Singapore and elsewhere.

The attack has likely sharply lowered the price Avid Life could muster in any sale of assets, assuming it could find a buyer willing to take on a company facing several multi-million dollars lawsuits and the challenge of rebuilding a computer network that has been so badly infiltrated.

A New York City advocacy group for low - income and minority residents filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase Bank last fall for what it says are illegal and exploitative tactics that have cost the two named plaintiffs thousands of dollars in penalty fees it contends they shouldn't have had to pay.

In the intervening six years, Uber was busy dismantling the global taxi industry, brawling with regulators and politicians, fending off employment lawsuits, exploring self - driving car technologies, and raising billions of dollars.

A Florida state jury awarded former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan $ 115 million dollars in a lawsuit against the -LSB-...]

• The fiduciary rule: This will go into effect June 9 and requires anyone working with retirement dollars to act in the best interest of the client at all times, and be able to prove it, or face possibility of a lawsuit.

The company has a long history with lawsuits and paying billions of dollars in compensation.

After being hit with scandals, lawsuits, and multimillion - dollar settlements, the bishops, in the early 1990s, tried to bring the situation under control, especially in the seminaries.

I do not believe and I can guarantee you that A) I've NEVER molested a child or person... unlike the Priests and other members of the cloth as you see lawsuits on an almost daily basis B) Help my fellow man with no questions asked or expectation of return C) Bilk millions of dollars from people who have so little all in the name of a God, then buy lavish homes and cars like they're owed it.

The inappropriate conduct of many priests, the emotional stress on the victims and the resultant billion dollars in lawsuits.

Since 2001, the LVPD and LVMPD has had to pay out $ 7.303 million dollars in settlements, restitution, and fines because of activities in their departments, 2 officers have been arrested, and they've had 5 lawsuits brought against them.

And then Julius Erving alone did what nine years of lawsuits and million - dollar bidding wars couldn't do: he merged the ABA and the NBA in 1976.

he is not in Ireland and is not a US citizen so that will definitely work against him.plus he sent 5 people to the hospital and could face at least 5 multi-million dollar lawsuits and 5 order of protections meaning he can in no way try to contact the 5 named or else violate his bond... his career is over and they will have his jail cell waiting for him...

the felonies alone can be up to 11 years... he will face up to 5 multi-million dollar lawsuits for the 5 that had to go to the hospital.he also has 5 orders of protection meaning he can in no way reach out to the 5 named or he violates his bond.when convicted he will be deported from the states and have visa problems in most countries as he will have a criminal record... now the incident at Bellator will come back to haunt his as it shows his thug mentality which may be ok in Ireland but not the rest of the world.

When my wife informed me when I visited that night I located the person in charge and told them that if they had of circumcised mt son that day they would have been slapped with a 1 Million Dollar lawsuit within 48 hours naming the Royal Brisbane Hospital and the pediatric surgeon as respondents.

Proskauer / Foley & Lardner are also named Defendants in my TRILLION dollar FEDERAL RICO & ANTITRUST LAWSUIT now marked legally related to a WHISTLEBLOWER LAWSUIT also in FEDERAL COURT.

ANDREW CUOMO SUED IN TRILLION DOLLAR FEDERAL RICO AND ANTITRUST LAWSUIT LEGALLY RELATED TO A NY SUPREME COURT WHISTLEBLOWER LAWSUIT.

Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa's ex-wife accuses him in a million dollar lawsuit of committing adultery with ex-NYC Councilwoman and current Queens BP candidate Melinda Katz and funneling money to her during their marriage.

Look at the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit, and the court settlement there and the fact that to this day we still are owed billions and billions of dollars in education funding.

A lawsuit filed by state AG Eric Schneiderman's office is seeking damages in the millions of dollars against those convicted in the dumping of 40,000 tons of contaminated debris at Roberto Clemente Park in Brentwood, Long Island.

Onondaga County's decision to spend half a million dollars to avoid a threatened lawsuit could land the county in court anyway.

The lawsuit, against BP Plc, Chevron Corp, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell Plc, follows similar lawsuits filed last year by San Francisco and other California cities seeking billions of dollars in damages from rising sea levels due to climate impacts.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Onondaga County's decision to spend half a million dollars to avoid a threatened lawsuit could land the county in court anyway.

«The advocates who were so verbal and litigious during my tenure as a spokeswoman for city government are now so completely in bed with these failing leaders, they don't dare do the same negative press or file lawsuits which cost city taxpayers millions of dollars,» she wrote.

Sad really, but these are the same woman who failed to mount a real effort at holding a Woman's right day in NNY, that put men o notice that sexual harassment in the work place would not be tolerated and we in Watertown and Jefferson County are still sitting on that 50 million dollar lawsuit by a Deputy Officer who was clearly wronged in the workplace.

The company Assemblyman Bill Nojay used to be paid for campaign work for Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren's 2013 primary race and a second firm he co-owned that's embroiled in a multimillion - dollar lawsuit, were not listed on his annual financial disclosure forms.

But the lawsuit said that debt was exaggerated by hundreds of millions of dollars in loans picked up by other hospitals, and dumped on St. Vincent's when it merged with the other institutions.

To raise revenues, Cuomo proposed requiring extending sales tax collections on online sales, imposing a surcharge on certain health insurers who received a windfall from federal tax cuts, tapping hundreds of millions of dollars in proceeds from lawsuit settlements and raising taxes «e-cigarettes» and taxing opioids (2 cents per milligram prescribed to go to anti-addiction programs).

[From The WSJ] John Liu, a former New York City comptroller who ran unsuccessfully for mayor last year, accused the city Campaign Finance Board in a federal lawsuit of unlawfully denying his campaign millions of dollars in public matching funds.

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.

Silver persuaded a physician to refer asbestos cancer patients to his law firm so it could seek multimillion - dollar settlements from personal injury lawsuits, a secret arrangement that allowed him to collect about $ 3 million in referral fees, Williams said.

But Republicans in the state Senate continue to be opposed to a program that uses either taxpayer dollars or even settlement money from lawsuits.

A lawsuit filed by Melania Trump depicts her heightened profile as a «unique, once - in - a-lifetime opportunity» to make millions of dollars in business, once again raising questions about the relationship between Trump's official role and his family's business interests.

Hundreds of Nassau businesses have filed lawsuits against the county in state court, contending hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines imposed on them by the county assessor are excessive and illegal.

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.

The appellate division of New York State Supreme Court on July 28 declined to rule on the allegations in a lawsuit filed by the UFT and a coalition of community groups and parents on Jan. 5, 2010 that the New York City Department of Education was misusing hundreds of millions of dollars in Contract for Excellence funds earmarked for smaller class sizes.

A group of motorists have added the Port Authority as a defendant in a lawsuit claiming th at they are getting soaked with thousands of dollars in fines for missing...