Sentences with phrase «dozens of lawsuits»

Investors have filed dozens of lawsuits in courts across the country over a 2012 government decision to replace Fannie and Freddie's 10 percent dividend to the U.S. Treasury with a new one equal to almost all of their profits.

The ArrivalStar patent had been used as the basis for dozens of lawsuits against entities like the state of California, the city of Cleveland, and the Illinois Commuter Rail.

While the company, Global Equity Management (SA) Pty Ltd (GEMSA,) knows its way around U.S. courts — having filed dozens of lawsuits against big tech companies claiming patent infringement — it has failed to respond to ours.

His companies have since launched dozens of lawsuits against technology ranging from streaming video to financial transactions.

«With the average U.S. enterprise facing dozens of lawsuits at once, organizations are recognizing the urgent need to ensure data analytics are being leveraged to increase efficiency and accuracy.

The country's two most popular phone makers, Apple (AAPL) and Samsung, are still getting smacked by dozens of lawsuits from so - called «patent trolls,» which are shell companies that make no products.

Dozens of lawsuits have been filed on behalf of Houston homeowners seeking compensation as a result of a federal decision to release water from two reservoirs during Hurricane Harvey.

Free Beacon (2/8/13) reports: «Interior secretary nominee Sally Jewell previously served on the board of an environmental group that has filed dozens of lawsuits against the federal government, including against the Department of Interior.

The company has fended off dozens of lawsuits from environmental groups and Alaskan tribes who say that drilling could threaten sensitive wildlife habitats.

Some borrowers are stuck making payments on loans that were fraudulently made by dealers, according to an examination of dozens of lawsuits against dealers.

The New York Times just released breaking news; «As Paperwork Goes Missing, Private Student Loan Debts May Be Wiped Away» The New York Times stated that; «Judges have already dismissed dozens of lawsuits against former students, essentially wiping out their -LSB-...]

Dozens of lawsuits were filed nationwide claiming that the engine surged and stalled at high speeds.

The Affordable Care Act has afforded millions of Americans new coverage guarantees but has done so at exorbitant cost to millions of those covered, limiting their ethical options, and with dozens of lawsuits, many still pending, over its lack of conscience protections for subscribers and employers alike.

Dozens of lawsuits against Facebook, its underwriters and the Nasdaq ensued.

Apotex, Canada's largest pharmaceutical company, often has dozens of lawsuits outstanding at a given moment, and the outcomes occasionally have significant impacts on Sherman's personal wealth.

The film alleges that the COS was only declared tax - exempt by the IRS after it waged a decades - long campaign against the agency, which included filing dozens of lawsuits against both the organization and individual IRS workers, and hiring private investors and fake journalists to dig up incriminating information about individual IRS workers.

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A passenger who survived the deadly Southwest 1380 flight filed a lawsuit against the airline carrier after an engine exploded earlier this month, killing one person on board and leading dozens of others to prepare for an untimely death.

While Remington maintains that the guns are safe, the lawsuits linked the guns «to hundreds of serious injuries and at least two - dozen deaths,» CNBC reports.

Facebook Has Been Hit By Dozens of Data Lawsuits.

The lawsuit filed in Santa Clara Superior Court alleged that Anderson violated his contract by attempting to recruit at least a dozen Tesla engineers, taking confidential and proprietary information, and doctoring and destroying evidence to «cover his tracks — all for the benefit of a competing venture he launched while still a Tesla employee.»

The lawsuit also revealed a rebellion by dozens of current and former Stanford staff against Saloner.

Second, today Herzer — who had insisted her previous litigation wasn't about money — filed a new $ 210 million lawsuit against Redstone's daughter Shari, her two adult sons, and a half - dozen members of Redstone's nursing and household staff.

Companies registered at 2710 Thomes Avenue have been named in a dozen civil lawsuits alleging unpaid taxes, securities fraud and trademark infringement since 2007, a review of Westlaw data shows.

Two trade groups and about a dozen technology companies signed a letter to the Trump administration late last week calling for the continuation of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit against Qualcomm over patent licensing.

It's a key factor in many of the dozen lawsuits filed by San Francisco - based lawyer Christopher Dolan — he argues Uber should be held accountable for the misdeeds of its drivers, while Uber counters it's not to blame because the drivers are independent contractors.

In response, TBN has filed half a dozen lawsuits nationwide accusing Koper and her husband of engaging in a smear campaign to divert attention from their own financial sins.

These aggressive lawyers file dozens of cases and often force the food industry companies to engage in expensive discovery before the lawsuit is resolved.

After waves of lawsuits alleging the failure to warn about the dangers of the sport and that helmets were ineffective in preventing concussions, the number of companies making them dropped from more than a dozen in the late 1970s to only a couple of major names by the early 1990s.

The lawsuit alleges that Mr. Astorino undertook a «frantic» effort to win the backing of the party — the allegations include racketeering, conspiracy, wire and maul fraud — by coercing dozens of staff members, political associates, friends and family members to switch their party affiliation to the Independence Party.

The dozens of asbestos lawsuits were filed by Weitz & Luxenberg, where Silver was «of counsel» and received $ 5.3 million in what federal prosecutors say were kickbacks.

Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara, who joined the class - action lawsuit on the side of the dozen inmates and against the city, hailed the decision.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, along with a coalition of fellow state attorneys general, a half - dozen cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors, announced a lawsuit Tuesday intended to block a citizenship question on the U.S. Census.

Viverito last week signed on to a lawsuit to block dozens of charter schools from sharing building space with traditional public schools — including Dream Charter School on her own turf.

According to a lawsuit a group of his former staffers filed against him, the Cheektowaga Democrat harassed about half a dozen women who worked for him — remarking often on their looks, talking about visits to strip clubs, inviting them to share hotel rooms with him and suggesting two of them wear a «sexy elf costume» and sit on his lap for a staff Christmas photo.

The lawsuits, brought by the United Federation of Teachers and Public Advocate Letitia James, would reverse more than two dozen co-locations previously approved by the Bloomberg administration.

Half a dozen senators and several private citizens of filed a lawsuit challenging the law pushed through by the Senate Democrats last year that changed the way prisoners are counted for the purposes of redistricting, Senate sources confirm.

Retired Spring Valley Police Officer Francis Brooke has filed a lawsuit against Rockland County, Director of the Rockland County Police Academy Steven Heubeck, The Sheriff's Dept., Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco, Spring Valley Police Chief Paul Modica and a half dozen or so other individuals and entities, many involved in law enforcement activities, claiming he has been the victim of illegal «retaliatory actions» against his speaking up on «matter of public concern regarding issues at the Rockland Police Training Academy.»

A dozen independent owners of medallions not affiliated with a taxicab fleet and an advocacy group which supports these owners slapped the city and top Taxi & Limousine Commission honchos on Wednesday with a Manhattan federal court lawsuit seeking to overturn the longstanding policy.

A few years ago, I and dozens of others frustrated by the state's failure to resolve the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit and provide the resources coming to the city schools as a result barricaded the entrance to the Capitol in Albany in an act of civil disobedience.

Dozens of recipients have been diagnosed with autoimmune disorders, the US government has recently banned most implants because of doubts over their safety, and manufacturers are now swamped with lawsuits.

Even before the recent push to bring on a full - time marine mammal guard to look out for almost a dozen of the Navy's submarines and 9,500 personnel, the Navy considered bringing dolphin guards to Kitsap - Bangor two decades ago, but the move was stalled by a lawsuit from environmental groups charging that the Navy failed to analyze the effects of the proposed actions on the dolphins themselves and then a loss for security funding in the 1990s.

Chasing any lawsuit that will end in a payday, Galvin lies right to the faces of dozens of people.

John Cusack (Identity, Serendipity) stars as Nick Easter, who reluctantly goes in for jury duty for a major trial involving the lawsuit of the gun company which manufactured the weapon used in an office shooting which killed almost a dozen people, including the plaintiff's husband.

In lawsuits in more than a half - dozen states, secondary school students claim that they have been barred unfairly from athletic competition because of learning disabilities.

California recently settled a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union against dozens of Golden State schools that levied fees for classroom materials, lab fees, and afterschool activities.

More than a dozen federal class action lawsuits have been filed seeking damages from the Educational Testing Services (ETS) for errors in grading the PRAXIS Principles of Learning and Teaching Grade 7 - 12 exam required for entry - level classroom certification in many states.

In fact, much of the followup to last session involved covering a half dozen lawsuits challenging nearly every part of the Republican education policy platform.

Legal On Thursday 20th Century Fox filed six lawsuits against several dozen people the studio claims sold DVDs containing unfinished versions of X-Men Origins: Wolverine before the movie's May...

These lawsuits come on top of over a dozen class - action lawsuits, the first of which was filed last August, and a formal antitrust investigation by the European Commission.

In a lawsuit filed on May 29, 2007, Stuart Davis» son Earl Davis accuses Salander of selling dozens of his father's paintings without informing him or sending him any of the proceeds.