Sentences with phrase «federal claims by»

Representation of a major state university, including the president, chancellor, and dean, with regard to numerous state and federal claims by a professor, leading to settlement whereby the professor agreed to curtail unacceptable behavior and forbear from any future claims or actions against the university.

This collection of essays examines the shifting legal landscape of federal claims by foreign plaintiffs in the federal courts and focuses on the most common statutes invoked by foreign plaintiffs, as well as the threshold issues of personal jurisdiction and pleading standards that govern such suits.

Not exact matches

In a court ruling authorizing the arrests, Brazilian federal judge André Duszczak said «Faria and other BRF officers sought to cover up claims of possible food contamination, as shown in certain laboratory tests, made by a former employee in a labor lawsuit.»

(By 2008 the company settled a lawsuit and a complaint from the Federal Trade Commission, agreeing to pay back as much as $ 30 million to its customers over the sketchy claims.)

The «Winklevii» claimed they were misled by the company's valuation, but the settlement was upheld by a federal appeals court.

The suits by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Human Rights Campaign, filed in federal courts in Baltimore and Seattle, claim Trump's plan violates the Equal Protection clause of the Constitution.

He points to the fact that Smith is currently investigating the activities of federal climate scientists whose research last year undermined claims by Climate Change skeptics that global warming was going through a «hiatus».

A tax plan approved by the House of Representatives on Thursday would sharply curtail a federal deduction that millions of Americans can now claim for tax payments to state, county, city and town governments.

A federal judge ruled Monday that millions of the social network's users can proceed as a group with claims that its photo - scanning technology violated an Illinois law by gathering and storing biometric data without their consent.

To qualify for this guarantee: (i) you must have filed your original 2017 federal income tax return through Credit Karma Tax on or before April 16, 2018; (ii) you must be entitled to a federal tax refund from the IRS; (iii) you must have filed an amended federal income tax return using the same Tax Return Information through another online tax preparation service; (iv) your amended return must have been accepted by the IRS; (v) you must submit your complete Max Refund Guarantee claim to Credit Karma Tax no later than December 31, 2018; and (vi) the larger refund can not be attributed to claims you make on your tax return that are contrary to law.

Proponents of the deduction counter that the portion of an individual's income claimed by state and local taxes is not really disposable income, and that taxing it at the federal level is double taxation.

A federal judge in Florida dealt a blow on Thursday to legal claims by American technology workers who were laid off by the Walt Disney Company and forced to train foreign replacements, dismissing lawsuits by two workers who said Disney had conspired with outsourcing companies to violate visa laws.

For example, if state income taxes increase by $ 100 for families claiming the SALT deduction on their federal returns who are in the 35 percent federal income tax bracket, the net cost to them is $ 65; that is, state taxes go up by $ 100, but federal taxes go down by $ 35.

Jurors in the federal free speech lawsuit filed by James Tracy took just three hours to reject his claim that the university...

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Condé Nast on Monday won a federal judge's preliminary approval to pay $ 5.85 million to settle a class - action lawsuit by thousands of former interns who claimed the magazine publisher underpaid them.

It was elevated to the Connecticut Supreme Court after a lower court judge dismissed the lawsuit last year after she found that the claims it raised fell «squarely within the broad immunity» provided by federal law.

Fried Frank Of Counsel and author of the leading False Claims Act treatise, John T. Boese (on left), and his partner Douglas W. Baruch, offered insightful analysis on two recent Department of Justice policy documents (the «Granston Memo» and the «Brand Memo») and their impact on FCA actions by both qui tam relators and federal prosecutors.

The federal agency found merit to claims from three Tesla factory workers that they were harassed by supervisors and security guards as they handed out union leaflets.

Mary Edwards, who leads Accenture's work with federal civilian health agencies, explained to MobiHealthNews during an interview that this type of data increasingly is collected by consumer devices, like Fitbits, and is rarely a part of a clinical or claims record.

Growing public outrage over the misuse of the private information of tens of millions of Facebook users by the firm that claimed it helped Donald Trump win the White House has ignited a full - blown crisis, with U.S. and European lawmakers demanding hearings and investigations underway by the Federal Trade Commission and two state attorneys general.

WASHINGTON — The lawsuit filed by adult film actress Stormy Daniels against President Trump bolsters claims that the $ 130,000 payment for her silence about an alleged affair likely violated federal election laws, campaign - finance watchdogs said Wednesday.

Tether, or USTD, is linked to the US dollarThis week the SEC closed down Texas - based AriseBank — an outfit claiming to offer cryptocurrency banking backed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - which had intended to complete an initial coin offering (ICO) in January.

Citigroup said on Feb. 15 it had agreed to pay $ 158.3 million to settle charges that it defrauded the U.S. government by claiming flawed mortgages qualified for Federal Housing Administration insurance.

With banks holding fractional reserves of Federal Reserve dollars (notes and deposit claims on the books of the Fed, whose sum is called «the monetary base»), when the Fed increases the quantity of Federal Reserve dollars by $ 1 billion, the banking system ordinarily creates a multiple amount of deposit dollars.

$ 8,500 came from my tax return (even though my W4 claims the maximum exemptions allowed by Federal and State laws, I still get a big return)

In February 2014, JPMC agreed to pay $ 614,000,000 to settle charges asserted by the United States Attorney's Officer for the Southern District of New York, the Federal Housing Administration, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the United States Department of Veteran Affairs resolving False Claims Act, FIRREA and other civil and administrative liability for FHA and VA insurance claims that have been paid to JP Morgan Chase since 2002 through the date of settlClaims Act, FIRREA and other civil and administrative liability for FHA and VA insurance claims that have been paid to JP Morgan Chase since 2002 through the date of settlclaims that have been paid to JP Morgan Chase since 2002 through the date of settlement.

Despite claims by opposition Wildrose and PC politicians that they would repeal the tax if elected in 2019, a federal carbon tax dictated by Ottawa would likely be imposed in its absence.

On November 19, 2013, the Department of Justice («DOJ») announced a $ 13 billion settlement with JPMC to resolve «federal and state civil claims arising out of the packaging, marketing, sale and issuance of residential mortgage - backed securities («RMBS») by JPMorgan, Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual prior to Jan. 1, 2009.

On January 22, 2015, JPMC settled claims by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Maryland Attorney General alleging that JPMC steered customers to a now - defunct Maryland title company in exchange for undisclosed kickbacks and data on potential customers in violation of federal consumer protection laws.

Contrary to claims by the Harper government, savings extracted from federal departments and agencies are not obtained by «eliminating waste» in «internal operations».

The ATO had been expected to focus on interest deductions claimed by the Australian subsidiaries of Exxon and rival oil giant Shell, both of which are shareholders in Gorgon, after the operator of the giant gas project, Chevron, lost a $ 340 million tax fight in the Federal Court last year.

«The claim that this bill will help underserved urban and rural areas by expanding access to credit is false», said Scott Astrada, the Center for Responsible Lending's Federal Advocacy Director.

WHEDA Tax Advantage - Those who are eligible for a WHEDA loan can apply for the tax advantage program, which cuts down on the amount of federal taxes a buyer owes by claiming up to 40 % of annual mortgage interest as a tax credit.

One of the biggest changes came on Friday, when lawmakers agreed to a demand by Mr. Rubio to expand the child tax credit by allowing families who owe no federal income taxes to still claim up to $ 1,400 of the $ 2,000 child tax credit, up from $ 1,100 in the original version.

SAN FRANCISCO — Waymo, the self - driving car business spun out of Google's parent company, claimed in a federal lawsuit on Thursday that Uber was using intellectual property stolen by one of Google's former project leaders.

Yahoo has been ordered by a federal judge to face much of a lawsuit in the United States claiming that the personal information of all 3 billion users was compromised in a series of data breaches.

I refer to expose of convoluted corporate layering by Kinder Morgan by economist Robyn Allan at http://www.commonsensecanadian.ca A thorough debunk of Kinder Morgan claim that this project will significantly add to provincial and federal tax coffers.

Federal civil rights officials have absurdly claimed that they are the true heirs of Martin Luther King's moral legacy, by virtue of their having remained loyal to his «color blind» ideal — as if King's moral leadership consisted of this and nothing else.

Federal Courts determined that the Mormon Church is not the original Church led by Joseph Smith as the decision over ownership of the only surviving Church from Joseph Smith's life, Kirkland Temple in Ohio; the Federal Court rejected the Mormon Church's claim of ownership.

Just as regularly, federal courts have overruledthe bans, claiming that they transgress against the abortion license guaranteed by Roe v. Wade.

He disputes the claims of nullifiers that the federal union was a compact between sovereign states, argues that the founders sought coordination between the branches of government rather than a stalemate between competitive, coequal centers of power, and offers a strict construction of the Second Amendment as an authorization for state militias rather than a charter for the private ownership of assault rifles by potential revolutionaries.

The film's director, Jon Van Dyke, filed a federal lawsuit alleging fraud by church leaders who he claims cheated him out of his pay.

It has been a deep embarrassment to watch some Catholics brutally twist their minds and consciences into the service of defending their claim that faithful and staunchly anti-abortion Catholics should support a radically pro-abortion presidential candidate who says his first act in office will be to sign the Freedom of Choice Act, which would, by federal mandate, eliminate even the most minimal legal discouragements of the killing of unborn...

It has been a deep embarrassment to watch some Catholics brutally twist their minds and consciences into the service of defending their claim that faithful and staunchly anti-abortion Catholics should support a radically pro-abortion presidential candidate who says his first act in office will be to sign the Freedom of Choice Act, which would, by federal mandate, eliminate even the most minimal legal discouragements of the killing of unborn babies.

I am going to weigh in, being a catholic and the whole shabang... First of all this is not infringing on anyone's right to practice their religion... Requiring insurance companies to provide contraception for women does not mean the woman has to use it or purchase it... Catholic hospitals take federal funds for their patients, therefore they are not exempt from employment laws... If the Catholic Diocese doesn't want to provide the insurance claiming religious beliefs, then they can no longer accept federal funded patients... They also know that they will be subjected to discrimination lawsuits based hiring and religious discrimination — non-catholics work there, and therefore are being denied healthcare due to catholic beliefs... Majority if not all Catholic women do, have, or had used contraception in their lifetime... God does not nor does the bible say anything about contraception, since it had not been invented yet — so this is a man - made law, made by a bunch of men, who have never had a menstrual cycle — and the pain that comes with it....

«A restaurant or similar retail food establishment shall not be liable in any civil action in Federal or State court (other than an action brought by the United States or a State) for any claims arising out of an alleged violation of this clause or any State law permitted under section 403A (a)(4).»

Despite the defendant's claim that the Illinois law claim was preempted by the federal law, the court allowed the plaintiff's lawsuit to proceed with a deceptive business practices claim based on a violation of the Illinois law alone.

Although many of these claims challenge the veracity of «organic,» «healthy,» and «100 %» claims on labels, several states are affording new opportunities to attack ingredient labels — an area that federal courts have traditionally found to be preempted (barred) by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with no private right of action for individual citizens.

There's no precise federal government definition of «free range,» so the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approves these label claims on a case - by - case basis.

In a 34 - page defence filed in the Federal Court in Melbourne on Monday, lawyers for Coles rejected key claims by the ACCC, which launched legal action in May, alleging that Coles used unfair tactics and misleading information to force about 200 suppliers to pay additional and ongoing rebates to participate in the program known as Active Retail Collaboration.