Sentences with phrase «faces federal litigation»

Armor also faces federal litigation with the families of four deceased inmates.

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In addition to possible federal litigation, legal experts have said Exxon also could face lawsuits from states, private plaintiffs in the U.S. or abroad, or shareholders.

Will also defends financial advisors, stock brokers, insurance agents, appraisers and other professionals facing claims of negligence and fiduciary duty violations was well as restaurants, hotels and other retail establishments in premises liability litigation in state and federal courts.

And when companies find themselves facing trade secret litigation in federal or state courts, our deep bench of commercial, employment, and intellectual property litigators provide effective, forceful representation.

Businesses facing mass torts and multidistrict litigation (MDL) also turn to Dowd Bennett to serve as lead counsel in cases consolidated in federal court, as well as parallel actions in various state courts.

For decades, Williams & Connolly LLP has been the firm of choice for directors and officers facing civil litigation and government investigations of all types, including by federal agencies and congressional committees.

Troutman and his team feel equally at home litigating multi-billion dollar telecommunications class actions in federal court as they do developing and executing national litigation strategies for institutions facing an onslaught of individual TCPA matters.

With former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver facing federal corruption charges in connection with questionable asbestos litigation, the American Tort Reform Association today urged Albany lawmakers to «promptly kill an insurance litigation bill that would open yet another lucrative line of business for personal injury lawyers at the expense of New York consumers and jobseekers.»

The triple threat facing today's employers, in the context of corporate employment background screening programs, consists of EEOC and FTC regulation, state and federal legislation, and private party litigation.

As a result of trying to avoid treating at - home workers as employees, Rosen indicates that background screening firms can potentially face liability for federal and state payroll taxes that should have been paid for misclassified workers, substantial penalties to the IRS or state, fees and damages if litigation is involved, and responsibility for benefits and overtime pay the independant contractors would have received if classified as employees.

As a result of trying to avoid treating at - home workers as employees, Rosen indicates that background screening firms can potentially face liability for federal and state payroll taxes that should have been paid for misclassified workers, substantial penalties to the IRS or state, fees and damages if litigation is involved, and responsibility for benefits and overtime pay the independent contractors would have received if classified as employees.

A federal judge said Wells Fargo must face litigation seeking to hold it responsible for investor losses stemming from its alleged failures as a trustee overseeing risky residential mortgage - backed securities.