Sentences with phrase «federal courts use»

To what extent do federal courts use social media to communicate with the public or for other purposes?

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At a hearing in San Francisco federal court, U.S. District Judge William Alsup said he was skeptical Waymo could ultimately prove that Uber's self - driving car program used Waymo trade secrets.

At trial in San Francisco federal court in 2012, the jury deadlocked on Google's fair use defense.

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.

Although similar nonprofits engaged in politics in past elections, their use exploded in 2010, particularly in tandem with super PACs, taking advantage of federal court rulings that paved the way for a new role for outside - spending groups in elections.

The Justice Department said AT&T would use Time Warner's films and movies to force rival pay TV companies to pay «hundreds of millions of dollars more per year for Time Warner's networks» in its lawsuit filed late Monday in federal court in Washington.

EPA first tried to ban the use of asbestos in 1989, but its decision was struck down two years later by a federal appeals court that ruled the agency had exceeded its authority.

The inquiry Ramirez intends to launch could uncover data and evidence to be used by Congress, federal courts, the Department of Justice and other agencies to combat the harm caused by patent trolls.

Akayed Ullah, 27, faces charges that include supporting a foreign terrorist organization, using a weapon of mass destruction and carrying out a terrorist attack against a mass transit system, according to an indictment filed in federal court in Manhattan.

Facebook says the updates are the result of a federal court order after users complained about their names and photos being used to endorse products in Facebook ads.

In a recent court case, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Department of Justice is prohibited from using federal funds to prosecute businesses who operate within state laws regarding medical marijcourt case, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Department of Justice is prohibited from using federal funds to prosecute businesses who operate within state laws regarding medical marijCourt of Appeals ruled that the Department of Justice is prohibited from using federal funds to prosecute businesses who operate within state laws regarding medical marijuana.

Alphabet's (goog) cloud - based Google Photos service uses similar technology and Google faces a lawsuit in Chicago like the one against Facebook in San Francisco federal court.

A federal judge has fined Apple $ 25,000 per day for failing to produce court - ordered documents to Qualcomm for use in its defense against a U.S. Federal Trade Commission's antitrust lfederal judge has fined Apple $ 25,000 per day for failing to produce court - ordered documents to Qualcomm for use in its defense against a U.S. Federal Trade Commission's antitrust lFederal Trade Commission's antitrust lawsuit.

A federal appeals court on Thursday revived a proposed wage - and - hour class action against a Southern California hospital, ruling the plaintiffs could use inadmissible evidence to support their request for class certification.

Trump is no stranger to trying to use the legal system to get his way: USA Today found during the 2016 campaign that Trump and his businesses had been involved in at least 3,500 legal actions in state and federal courts over the course of three decades.

[7] The federal corporate income tax code's limits on the deductibility of corporate charitable giving are often used by analogy by courts seeking guidance on whether a gift was reasonable in amount.

For years, patent owners, especially those that have never «performed» the patent, used the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's broad interpretation of the patent venue statute to force infringement lawsuits into favorable jurisdictions.

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.

In my view, it is an abuse of process, as that phrase is used in this setting, for Burnaby to be seeking here the relief it failed to obtain at the NEB and in the Federal Court of Appeal.

«It uses its forum selection clause in its franchise agreements to force all litigation in its favoured court, the federal court located in Miami.

On May 2, 2012, a federal indictment was issued for Meza - Flores in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia after he was charged with Conspiracy to Distribute Five Kilograms or More of Cocaine, Fifty Grams or More of Methamphetamine, One Kilogram or More of Heroin, and One Thousand Kilograms or More of Marijuana for Importation into the United States; and Use of a Firearm.

More importantly, it gave CGI - until then generally locked out of bidding on U.S. federal contracts due to U.S. restrictions on foreign contractors - a valuable U.S. subsidiary it could use to court American agencies for business.

«The IRS offers no explanation as to how the IRS can legitimately use most of these millions of records on hundreds of thousands of users; instead, it claims that as long as it has submitted a declaration from an IRS agent that the IRS «is conducting an investigation to determine the identity and correct federal income tax liabilities of United States persons who conducted transactions in a virtual currency during 2013 - 2015» the Court must find that the Summons does not involve an abuse of process.

Once Apple announced its intention to use the brand name, Cisco sued it in San Francisco federal court.

Two notable and highly - public examples include the relaxation of the «bona fide» office requirement in New Jersey permitting the use of virtual offices, and the very public federal court battle about New York Judiciary Law § 470and its office requirements for non-residents.

Since Congress has, so far, not acted we are now on the precipice of a much more uncertain and chaotic situation in which Puerto Rico will attempt to selectively cancel debts and bondholders will seek to use the federal courts to block the Puerto Rican government from operating until it pays up.

Finally, Cook says that the FBI is proposing what Apple is calling «unprecedented use» of the All Writs Act of 1789, which authorizes federal courts to issue all orders necessary or appropriate «in aid of their respective jurisdictions and agreeable to the usages and principles of law.»

A federal judge will hear arguments Monday on a temporary restraining order against an Oklahoma referendum that would ban the use of Islamic religious law in state courts.

The amendment would require Oklahoma courts to «rely on federal and state law when deciding cases» and «forbids courts from considering or using» either international law or Islamic religious law, known as Sharia, which the amendment defined as being based on the Quran and the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed.

A federal judge in Oklahoma has issued an order putting on hold the certification of a ballot measure that forbids state courts from considering or using international laws, as well as Sharia, or Islamic law.

Indeed, in some ways, Sehat's minimalist state is already here: Courts at the state and federal levels have used expansive government «interests» as reasons to trump protected religious exercise.

In the latest skirmish in Australia's five - year - old milk war, some of the nation's most popular milk brands are heading to the Federal Court in a bitter fight over the rights to use the term «A2 protein» on their labels.

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The Federal Court has said that when they look at what is «fair», they look at whether the copyright owner would be out of pocket, and whether the person used the material for commercial purposes.

But not all marketing terms are used legally - earlier this month, the federal court ruled in favour of the Australian Consumer Commission, which took two of the nation's largest poultry producers to task for using the term «free to roam», when in reality, almost 20 chickens were being kept per square metre.

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.

Spano would later plead guilty in federal court to four counts of fraud for using phony documents to inflate his net worth.

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The USADA says that Armstrong used PEDs from 1996 onward, and Armstrong sued them in Federal Court to have the charges dropped and lost.

Two class action lawsuits against companies Nestle and Hershey in the United States were dismissed after a federal court ruled there is no duty to disclose the use of child labour in the cocoa supply chain.

In November 2013, Senate Democrats used the nuclear option to eliminate filibusters on executive branch nominations and federal judicial appointments other than those to the Supreme Court.

Lagos — A witness, Chukwuemeka Onuoha, a fashion designer, yesterday, told a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos how his company, Extreme Vertevex Limited was used to siphon about N546.8 million from the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, for a contract that was not awarded to him.

With the Roberts Supreme Court already apparently reconsidering past precedents with an eye toward treating corporate and union donations as free speech, a federal appeals court has now ruled on behalf of Emily's List that nonprofits can use functionally unbounded «soft money» to finance their election - year activiCourt already apparently reconsidering past precedents with an eye toward treating corporate and union donations as free speech, a federal appeals court has now ruled on behalf of Emily's List that nonprofits can use functionally unbounded «soft money» to finance their election - year activicourt has now ruled on behalf of Emily's List that nonprofits can use functionally unbounded «soft money» to finance their election - year activities.

The answer is that since November 2013 a simple majority has sufficed because of the Senate's decision to end the use of the filibuster in respect of all nominees to Federal judicial and executive branch positions other than to the Supreme Court itself.

From a legal standpoint, there are two main laws that the observer may use in arguments with Committee members, in courts etc: Federal Law 67 «On basic guarantees» (lays down the rules for elections and referendums) and the Federal Law «On Presidential Election in the Russian Federation».

The 2d U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the conviction of Skelos and his son Adam for using Dean's influence to extort financial benefits for Adam had to be overturned because the jury charge didn't comply with a new Supreme Court ruling narrowing federal anti-corruption laws.

Plaintiffs» lawyer Elizabeth Saylor told The Post that Allied workers may have used their smartphones to capture surveillance video of some JFK sexcapades, and she's hoping to obtain the recordings before the case goes to trial in Brooklyn federal court.

Dean Skelos, 67, and Adam Skelos, 33, both of Rockville Centre, are charged in Manhattan federal court with using the senator's clout to get the younger Skelos $ 20,000 from a developer and jobs with a Roslyn malpractice insurer and AbTech.

«We strongly belief that President Buhari, must be seen to be acting contrary to court decisions on the use of Military during elections as clearly stated in the rulings of Justice Aikawa of the Federal High Court, who in his judgment, restrained the President and Commander - in - Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and INEC from engaging the service of the Nigerian armed forces in the security supervision of elections in any manner whatsoever in any part of Nigeria, without the Act of the National Assecourt decisions on the use of Military during elections as clearly stated in the rulings of Justice Aikawa of the Federal High Court, who in his judgment, restrained the President and Commander - in - Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and INEC from engaging the service of the Nigerian armed forces in the security supervision of elections in any manner whatsoever in any part of Nigeria, without the Act of the National AsseCourt, who in his judgment, restrained the President and Commander - in - Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and INEC from engaging the service of the Nigerian armed forces in the security supervision of elections in any manner whatsoever in any part of Nigeria, without the Act of the National Assembly.

The exchange was one of several wiretapped calls played on the first full day of testimony at the trial in federal court in Manhattan of Dean Skelos, 67, and Adam Skelos, 33, both of Rockville Centre, on charges they conspired to extort companies to hire Adam and used Dean's legislative power to help him succeed.