Sentences with phrase «federal court lawsuit seeking»
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.
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Shortly after Dimon spoke, lawyers for JPMorgan filed papers in Manhattan federal court seeking to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the bank of deceiving shareholders about Bruno Iksil — the JPMorgan trader nicknamed the London Whale for the size of his positions — and the loss that ultimately topped $ 6.2 billion.
The lawsuits, each filed by individual artists in a US federal court in Los Angeles, ask a judge to create a class - action suit in which other alleged victims can collectively seek damages.
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.»
Cohen is a defendant with Trump in Daniels» other pending lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court, which seeks to void the nondisclosure agreement about the alleged affair.
Lawyers for Ailes and Carlson appeared in court in New Jersey as a federal judge sought to plot the course of the lawsuit in the wake of «rapid fire» motions from the parties, include Carlson's motion to block Ailes» attorneys» request for arbitration.
The next day that firm filed two lawsuits against Diageo, one in federal court, raising a suite of traditional trademark and unfair business practices claims, but the other in New York State Supreme Court, seeking a permanent injunction under a seldom - used statute available only to charitable organizations, known as Section 135 of the New York General Businesscourt, raising a suite of traditional trademark and unfair business practices claims, but the other in New York State Supreme Court, seeking a permanent injunction under a seldom - used statute available only to charitable organizations, known as Section 135 of the New York General BusinessCourt, seeking a permanent injunction under a seldom - used statute available only to charitable organizations, known as Section 135 of the New York General Business Law.
A federal judge on Monday cleared the way for a U.S. government lawsuit seeking nearly $ 100 million in damages from disgraced former professional cyclist Lance Armstrong to go to trial, according to court papers.
The eight condemned men on Monday lodged a new lawsuit in a federal court in Arkansas seeking to prevent Hutchinson from going ahead with his plan.
In the first, Essential Consultants (the Michael Cohen front group) sought to move the lawsuit Daniels filed from California state court to federal court.
The new papers submitted by Trump's legal team seek to shut down the state court lawsuit and transfer it to federal court.
His lawsuit sought $ 74,999 (staying just under the $ 75,000 threshold that would have allowed Mother Jones to move the case to federal court and away from an Idaho jury that might have favored the hometown plaintiff).
Two reproductive - health organizations have filed lawsuits in federal court seeking to block the Trump administration from shifting family planning policy to stress abstinence and limit counseling for adolescents.
CNN: Rabbis seek to cancel New York City regulation of circumcision ritual New York City's plan to limit an ultra-Orthodox Jewish form of circumcision is the target of a lawsuit filed in federal District Court in Manhattan.
Oct 24 (Reuters)- ABC News sought on Wednesday to move to federal court a meat processor's defamation lawsuit over reports about lean finely textured beef, a product that critics have labeled «pink slime.»
The National Organiztion for Marriage has filed a lawsuit in federal court that seeks to circumvent the state's campaign contributions limits, arguing that the caps violate its right to free speech.
He has even joined three other NYS sheriffs in filing a friend of the court brief in a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn SAFE.
Riverkeeper, Waterkeeper Alliance, and Environmental Advocates of New York Monday filed a lawsuit in State Supreme Court in Albany against New York State officials, seeking to ensure that federal Clean Water Act funds will not be used in building the new Tappan Zee Bridge or for future projects.
Paladino's attorney on Wednesday filed a lawsuit in federal court against the six members of the School Board who sought his removal.
The Libertarian Party of Ohio (LPO) filed a lawsuit today in federal court seeking to overturn a portion of the recently passed election overhaul bill.
On May 11, 2016, Chris Olivieri was working with the painted ladies on Broadway between 43rd and 44th streets when he was arrested after allegedly defending the women from three harassers, according to a lawsuit he filed in Manhattan federal court Monday seeking unspecified damages.
Two former residents of the Syosset Mobile Home Park are seeking $ 14 million in damages from Nassau County, the county sheriff's department and Nassau police for alleged wrongful eviction and deprivation of civil rights, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court.
Mr. Schneiderman is also seeking the dismissal of a separate lawsuit filed by opponents of the marriage law in federal court.
Its lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court seeks to undo the rule's rescission.
The U.S. Supreme Court is seeking to use a lawsuit over peer sexual harassment on a Massachusetts school bus to resolve an important legal issue about which federal laws are available to combat gender discrimination in education.
Gov. Scott Walker is blocking the state Department of Public Instruction from seeking outside counsel in a lawsuit filed in federal court — a move that comes after the state Department of Justice dropped the education agency as a client in the suit.
«In June of 2011, United Pet Supply, Inc. who owned the pet store filed a massive lawsuit in both federal and state court against the city and McKamey Animal Care and Adoption Center seeking $ 10 million in damages for violating their Fifth and 14th Amendment rights to due process related to an illegal search and seizure of their animals.»
In the wake of a hearing last month on this and several related lawsuits, a Federal District Court judge in Washington, D.C., this week ordered the Interior Department to explain its decision not to seek the greatest protection.
In California, where the lawsuits seek billions of dollars to pay for mitigation measures, such as sea walls to protect coastal property, the oil and gas companies responded by seeking to move the cases to federal courts, where nuisance claims are less likely to succeed.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court, seeks damages from the five largest publicly - traded oil companies — BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell — to help pay for the city's work adapting to climate change, including coastal protections and upgrading its sewer system.
In August, twenty - one young people, with the help of OCT, filed a landmark constitutional climate change lawsuit against the federal government, seeking a court order requiring the President to immediately implement a national plan to decrease atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide to a safe level: 350 ppm by the year 2100.
The environmental groups still are waiting for the federal court's decision on another part of the lawsuit that seeks to force the Energy Department to require large private fleets, such as those run by FedEx or UPS, to buy alternative fuel vehicles.
...» Lamebook went on the offensive, filing a preemptive lawsuit in federal court in Austin, Texas that sought a declaratory judgment «of non-infringement and non-dilution [of Facebook's trademarks] and a declaration that the First Amendment protects the Lamebook mark.»
This week, the recipient of such a threat made a pre-emptive strike, filing a lawsuit in a federal court in California seeking a declaratory judgment that the First Amendment applies even to the almighty iPhone.
For example, the ACLU of Massachusetts, the national ACLU, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation recently filed a lawsuit in federal court in Massachusetts on behalf of 11 travelers whose personal electronics were searched at the border without a warrant, seeking a ruling that such searches can not be made except pursuant to a warrant based upon probable cause.
Now comes the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, which, on behalf of The Dead, Santana, Led Zeppelin and The Doors, files a lawsuit in federal court in San Francisco seeking to shut down the site's sale of memorabilia.
If, instead of bringing counterclaims in the original lawsuit, the defendant brings a separate lawsuit against the plaintiff, the plaintiff could seek to either (1) consolidate the cases if they are filed in the same court system (i.e. a federal case and a federal case, or a New York State case and a New York State case), or (2) move to dismiss the new lawsuit because the claims were required to be brought in the original lawsuit as mandatory counterclaims, or (3) move to stay proceedings in the second lawsuit pending resolution of the first lawsuit, or (4) move to dismiss the claims in the second lawsuit on the merits if it is apparent from the face of the countersuit that it does not state a claim upon which relief can be granted or was filed in the wrong court.
Gay and lesbian residents of Massachusetts will file a lawsuit today in federal court in Boston seeking to strike down the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional.
Appellate Court Overturns Worker's $ 30 Million Verdict in Claim for Chemical Exposure: Solis v. BASF Corporation, Indiana Injury Lawyer Blog, November 9, 2012 More Than Forty People in Indiana Sickened in Fungal Meningitis Outbreak; State Seeks to Revoke License of Pharmacy Where Outbreak Allegedly Originated, Indiana Injury Lawyer Blog, October 31, 2012 Federal Statute Preempts State Products Liability Lawsuit Over Asbestos Exposure, According to Supreme Court: Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp., Indiana Injury Lawyer Blog, October 18, 2012 Photo credit: «Flickr — Official U.S. Navy Imagery — A Sailor operates a plasma cutter» by Official Navy Page from United States of America MC3 Kenneth Abbate / U.
Other developments also include a class action lawsuit filed last week in the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench and which has been brought against the federal government and the Canadian Wheat Board on behalf of western Canadian farmers seeking to recover the alleged value of the assets of the Canadian Wheat Board.
An injury lawsuit filed in a federal court in Los Angeles seeks class action status on behalf of all keyless car drivers.
The agreement comes on the heels of a lawsuit against the bar filed in federal court in North Carolina in June, seeking $ 10.5 million in antitrust damages.
So, today, we have filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to publish our full Transparency Report, and asking the court to declare these restrictions on our ability to speak about government surveillance as unconstitutional under the First Amendment.
The plaintiffs who are seeking to consolidate their Xarelto injury lawsuits want 21 cases that were submitted in 10 federal courts sent to a district court in Illinois for pretrial information exchanges.
«The Supreme Court should agree that the Constitutional guarantee of a jury trial applies to lawsuits by American citizens seeking to recover compensation for unconstitutional takings of their property by the federal government.»
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that They Tieu is seeking more than $ 100,000 in damages through a federal lawsuit that was filed in court last week.
More Than Forty People in Indiana Sickened in Fungal Meningitis Outbreak; State Seeks to Revoke License of Pharmacy Where Outbreak Allegedly Originated, Indiana Injury Lawyer Blog, October 31, 2012 Federal Statute Preempts State Products Liability Lawsuit Over Asbestos Exposure, According to Supreme Court: Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp., Indiana Injury Lawyer Blog, October 18, 2012 Spinal Fractures, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Other Risks Posed by Trampolines, According to Pediatricians, Indiana Injury Lawyer Blog, October 12, 2012 Photo credit: «Yummy popcorn» by shannahsin on stock.xchng.
Common misconceptions: You do not need to state in the lawsuit how much you are seeking except in Magistrate Court Your Right to a jury trial in civil cases in the Federal Courts is guaranteed by the 7th Amendment.
The defendant sought this order because the plaintiff's attorneys, who are members of the Florida Bar, had released statements and other prejudicial information with respect to a similar lawsuit involving the same defendant before a federal court in Florida.
Assumed the lead trial counsel role defending a Fortune 500 financial services company in a lawsuit pending in federal court in South Carolina, seeking $ 103 million in damages allegedly flowing from a breach of contract.