Sentences with phrase «federal complaint filed»

According to a federal complaint filed last week in New York, Spoutz, 32 — also known as Chad Smith, John Goodman and James Sinclair — sold dozens of works of art that he falsely claimed were by famous artists like Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline and Joan Mitchell, using forged documents to convince buyers of their authenticity.

Via the WSJ, in a federal complaint filed last Friday in the Northern District of California, Apple asked for an injunction preventing Amazon from using the «app store» name, plus unspecified damages.

Several of the reforms appear to respond to allegations in a federal complaint filed this year.»

In a statement from the School Board, Nate Kuzma, general counsel for the district, stated: «The Buffalo City School District, Board of Education and six individual board members were served tonight with a federal complaint filed by Park District Board Member Carl Paladino.

The federal complaint filed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Bonanno also accuses him of conspiring with other unnamed individuals to hide the true source of the contribution to Cuomo.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a federal complaint filed in 2010 alleged RJB Properties Inc. discriminated against and fired Hispanic employees, as well as took retaliatory actions against two African - American employees who refused orders to fire them.

Not exact matches

Gizmodo reports dozens of complaints have been filed with the Federal Trade Commission alleging Jessica Alba's Honest Company has been charging customers for a subscription diaper service under «misleading conditions.»

The Federal Trade Commission said in a complaint filed in federal court in California that LendingClub deducted hidden fees from the loans it issued to borrowers, despite promising «no hidden fees.Federal Trade Commission said in a complaint filed in federal court in California that LendingClub deducted hidden fees from the loans it issued to borrowers, despite promising «no hidden fees.federal court in California that LendingClub deducted hidden fees from the loans it issued to borrowers, despite promising «no hidden fees.»

April 6 (Reuters)- A civil rights group and some consumer groups said on Friday they would file a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that Facebook Inc's use of facial recognition techniques threaten users» privacy.

The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint charging that J.M. Smucker's proposed purchase of Conagra's Wesson brand would likely violate anti-trust law.

Damore was fired from Google shortly thereafter, and immediately filed a complaint with federal labor officials.

The complaint filed on Thursday «appears to be the largest email scam that I've seen,» said Tom Brown, a former Manhattan federal prosecutor who is now managing director of Berkeley Research Group's cyber security practice.

Earlier this month, the National Fair Housing Alliance filed a complaint with the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development against Wells Fargo, alleging that the bank used discriminatory practices in the handling of foreclosed properties.

On February 12, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission («FTC») revealed that it filed a complaint against the country's three largest dental supply companies, Henry Schein, Benco Dental Supply Company («Benco»), and Patterson Companies, Inc. («Patterson»), alleging violations of U.S. antitrust laws by conspiring to refuse to provide discounts to or otherwise serve buying groups representing dental practitioners.

In a complaint filed on Wednesday in the New Haven, Connecticut federal court, Pepperidge Farm said Trader Joe's is damaging its goodwill and confusing shoppers through its sale of Trader Joe's Crispy Cookies.

North Carolina Democrats filed an Federal Election Commission complaint against Tillis» campaign and the state Republican Party.

Within weeks of receiving the patent Camelio began demanding Kickstarter license it, according to a complaint Kickstarter filed in federal court Sept. 30.

The groups filed a complaint with the federal government in 2015 alleging Harvard discriminates against Asian - American applicants.

According to the department's complaint, filed in federal district court in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Times and the Register together account for 98 percent of newspaper sales in Orange County and the Los Angeles Times and Freedom's newspapers together account for 81 percent of English - language newspaper sales in Riverside County.

Dozens of Hispanics have spoken out against Herbalife and filed complaints with the Federal Trade Commission, which is investigating the company.

Mr. Cohen said that he had given a similar statement to the Federal Election Commission in response to a complaint filed by the government watchdog group Common Cause, which contended that the payment, made through a limited liability company that Mr. Cohen established, was an in - kind contribution to the Trump campaign.

Last month, the union filed a complaint with a federal labor board on behalf of scores of workers who it says were laid off because they support the union.

In a class - action complaint filed in October in Los Angeles federal court, consumers are demanding monetary damages.

A legal complaint filed in Federal court alleges that Nestlé is committing fraud.

Common Cause, the left - leaning watchdog group, strongly believes that the McDougal payment was not a legitimate press function, and has filed a Federal Election Commission complaint against both Trump and American Media Inc. over the payment, calling it «an illegal corporate in - kind contribution to the 2016 Trump campaign.»

Watchdog group Common Cause filed complaints with the Justice Department and Federal Election Commission arguing that the settlement amounted to an unreported in - kind contribution to the Trump campaign.

That payment is the subject of criticism from the watchdog group Common Cause, which filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission and the Department of Justice alleging it violated campaign finance rules.

Watchdog groups had previously filed complaints about the payment with the Federal Election Commission, the Office of Government Ethics and the Justice Department.

The extent to which Mr. Cohen was acting on his own in striking the agreement with Ms. Clifford and paying her is crucial not only to Ms. Clifford's case but also to the complaint against the Trump campaign and the Trump Organization filed with the Federal Election Commission.

In a complaint filed in January by Common Cause with the FEC and the Department of Justice, the organization charges that the failure to report this expenditure to the FEC violates not only campaign finance law but also violates federal law prohibiting false statements of material fact to the Federal govefederal law prohibiting false statements of material fact to the Federal goveFederal government.

Cohen said he told the Federal Election Commission the same thing after the nonprofit government accountability group Common Cause filed a complaint alleging that the payment was an illegal «in kind» political contribution.

Campaign finance watchdog groups have filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission and the Justice Department alleging that the payment amounted to an illegal campaign expenditure.

In a complaint filed on Thursday in Manhattan federal court, John Lockette said he was given negative performance reviews, denied raises and bonuses, deemed too «verbose,» and subjected by one supervisor to the nickname «Johnny» because he was black.

Last month, it filed a complaint in Federal District Court in Manhattan, accusing him of using Retrophin as a personal piggy bank to pay back angry investors in his hedge fund.

Campaign finance watchdog groups have filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission and Justice Department alleging that the then - secret payment amounted to an illegal campaign expenditure.

January 22, 2018: The campaign finance and anti-corruption watchdog group Common Cause filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission and Department of Justice asking them to «determine whether the payment was made by the Trump Organization or some other corporation or individual, which would additionally make it an illegal in - kind contribution to the campaign.»

The group is weighing whether to file a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission, and the EFF is evaluating a similar offering from Sprint.

Campaign finance watchdog groups have filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission and the Justice Department alleging that the then - secret payment amounted to an illegal campaign expenditure.

Ryan said Common Cause officials intend to file updated complaints with federal regulators in the coming days.

The charges were filed in a federal complaint in February, but were unsealed today following the arrest.

The Commission's complaint, filed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, alleges that Lacroix and PlexCorps marketed and sold securities called PlexCoin on the internet to investors in the U.S. and elsewhere, claiming that investments in PlexCoin would yield a 1,354 percent profit in less than 29 days.

As Common Cause alleged in its January complaints filed with the FEC and DOJ, the Trump campaign's failure to report this expenditure to the FEC would not only violate the campaign finance law disclosure requirements, 52 U.S.C. 30104, but would also violate the federal law prohibiting false statements of material fact to the federal government, 18 U.S.C. 1001.

The Humane Society of the United States has filed supplemental complaints with both the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Trade Commission regarding false and misleading statements being made by Seaboard Foods — the nation's third - largest pork producer and a supplier to Walmart — in response to a recent undercover investigation video of one of the company's Oklahoma pig breeding facilities.

(Jan. 31, 2012) The Humane Society of the United States released undercover videos taken at Oklahoma pig breeding facilities owned by two leading U.S. pork producers and filed legal complaints with the U.S. Securities and Exchange and Federal Trade Commission alleging false and misleading statements about animal care by one of the producers.

McDonald's also finds itself battling complaints of labor law violations filed in state and federal courts and with federal agencies.

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He also «promoted the product as, among other things, an effective treatment, cure and preventative for cancer, heart disease, arthritis and diabetes, and as a means of achieving substantial weight loss of up to 80 pounds in eight months,» according to a complaint filed by the Federal Trade Commission.

Republican activist E. O'Brien Murray filed an ethics complaint against US Ambassador to South Africa Patrick Gaspard, claiming Gaspard broke the federal law barring political involvement by government employees by assisting de Blasio in last year's mayoral contest.

Long announced Sunday she was filing a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission alleging that the robocall violated the law.

Keith Raniere, the co-founder of the NXIVM corporation, a secretive Colonie - based organization that an expert has called an «extreme cult,» has been arrested by the FBI based on a federal criminal complaint filed in the Eastern District of New York.