Sentences with phrase «federal district court judge ruled»

But as Retraction Watch reports, a federal district court judge ruled that the court lacked jurisdiction in this case because the plaintiffs haven't yet exhausted the administrative process set up to handle misconduct investigations at federally funded labs.

Not exact matches

On 6 August 2013, Federal Judge Amos Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas of the Fifth Circuit ruled that bitcoins are «a currency or a form of money» (specifically securities as defined by Federal Securities Laws), and as such were subject to the court's jurisdiction, [274][274] and Germany's Finance Ministry subsumed bitcoins under the term «unit of account» — a financial instrument — though not as e-money or a functional currency, a classification nonetheless having legal and tax implications.

On March 6, 2018, Judge Jack B. Weinstein of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled that virtual currencies are commodities under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and therefore subject to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) anti-fraud and anti-manipulation enforcement authority.1 Granting the CFTC's request for a preliminary injunction against the defendants who allegedly engaged in deception and fraud involving virtual currency spot markets, Judge Weinstein noted that «[u] ntil Congress clarifies the matter,» the CFTC has «concurrent authority» along with other state and federal administrative agencies and civil and criminal courts over transactions in virtual currency.2

That wasn't even Olson's case, but with assists from a federal district court judge who came out as being in a same - sex relationship only after ruling and retiring, and elected officials who chose to forgo their traditional duty to vigorously defend state law, Olson and Boies did succeed in disenfranchising millions of Californians on a procedural technicality.

It was in 1969 that Judge James McMillan of the Federal District Court ruled that the district had been intentionally segregated» virtually all black students went to all - black schools» and ordered a district - wide busing system to achieve inteDistrict Court ruled that the district had been intentionally segregated» virtually all black students went to all - black schools» and ordered a district - wide busing system to achieve intedistrict had been intentionally segregated» virtually all black students went to all - black schools» and ordered a district - wide busing system to achieve intedistrict - wide busing system to achieve integration.

For example, in case number 87 C 10746, Gutzmacher v. Public Building Commission, in U.S. District Court for the Northern District ofIllinois, Eastern Division, Senior Federal District Judge James B. Parson ruled on Dec. 4, 1989 that the Public Building Commission was enjoined from discriminating against all forms of religious expression and ordered the Public Building Commission to permit Gutzmacher to erect a nativity scene display during the Christmas season,» added Scholten.

U.S. District Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis in Brooklyn ruled Monday in favor of the Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies.

Judge Shira A. Scheindlin, 69, whose more - than -21-year tenure on the Federal District Court in Manhattan included a critical role in a controversial stop - and - frisk ruling affecting the Police Department, said she would resign from the bench in late April.

UPDATE: Late Friday, Albany federal district court Judge Gary Sharpe ruled that NY's congressional primary elections be moved to June 26.

U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe has set June 26 to become the new primary date for federal elections in New York in a long - awaited ruling handed down this afternoon.

That challenge lingered in the court system well after the freeze was lifted in 2007 and was not resolved until 2013 when a federal judge ruled not only was the freeze justified, but that the district did not need to give teachers credit on the pay scale for the years the freeze was enacted.

The 11 - page ruling, by Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein of Federal District Court in Manhattan, found that the city had overstepped its bounds in requiring, as part of a licensing process, that carwash owners buy a special bond within a two - tiered system: $ 30,000 for those whose workers were unionized or employers who agreed to monitoring, and $ 150,000 for all others.

If there wasn't enough going on regarding redistricting this week the whole sordid affair got a kick in the pants thanks to U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe who has ruled that unless that state takes legislative action all of New York's future federal non-presidential primaries will be held on the fourth Tuesday of June.

Joiner has likely made this task more difficult by instructing trial judges that neither Daubert nor the Federal Rules of Evidence «requires a district court to admit opinion evidence which is connected to existing data only by the ipse dixit of the expert.

Then, on 22 November, federal judge Amos L. Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas issued an injunction that put implementation of the new rule on hold until the court could decide lawsuits brought against it by a number of states and employers.

A panel of judges from the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to rule this week on whether a temporary halt placed on the order by a federal district judge should be kept in place.

Senator Tom Harkin (D — IA) called the hearing of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on labor, health and human services, and education in the wake of the 23 August ruling by Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., that hESC research violates a law barring federal funds for research that harms human embryos.

On Thursday (29 December 2011), Judge Lawrence O'Neill of the US District Court for the Eastern District of California issued three separate rulings in a set of federal lawsuits challenging the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS)(Rocky Mountain Farmers Union et al v. Goldstene).

Lamberth, chief judge of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia, ruled that federal money can not be used to fund hESC reFederal District Court for the District of Columbia, ruled that federal money can not be used to fund hESC refederal money can not be used to fund hESC research.

U.S. District Judge George W. White ruled last month that a federal court order that placed the district under state control will be lifted on District Judge George W. White ruled last month that a federal court order that placed the district under state control will be lifted on district under state control will be lifted on Sept. 9.

A New Jersey judge has ruled that the Woodbury school district may continue its 22 - year - old policy of starting each school day with a moment of silence «for contemplation» pending a trial on that case and decisions in two related federal - court cases.

On the day before school was to open that year, federal district court judge Solomon Oliver struck down the program, ruling that the use of tax dollars to pay for children to attend religious schools offends the First Amendment's Establishment Clause.

Both a federal district judge and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit had ruled in favor of a student who had challenged the display of Warner Sallman's «Head of Christ» at Bloomingdale...

In what experts are calling the most significant court test to date of the concept of «comparable worth,» a federal district judge ruled this month that the state of Washington was guilty of wage discrimination in paying women employees less than men performing similar kinds of work.

In 2000, a federal district judge ruled that Arizona was violating this relatively obscure law, both by not spending enough on its Lau programs — a reference to a Supreme Court decision of 1974 and regulations of the federal Office for Civil Rights — and by failing to provide enough teachers, aides, classrooms, materials, and tutoring.

On Tuesday, a U.S. District Court judge in San Francisco, William Alsup, ruled that the Oakland and San Francisco lawsuits must be heard in federal court, a potential setback for the plaintCourt judge in San Francisco, William Alsup, ruled that the Oakland and San Francisco lawsuits must be heard in federal court, a potential setback for the plaintcourt, a potential setback for the plaintiffs.

Last week, federal district court judge Ann Aiken in Oregon ruled against the federal government's motion to dismiss, an important hurdle to clear for the lawsuit to move forward.

On Tuesday, a three - judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, must consider the impact of greenhouse gas emissions that will result from construction of three new interstate pipelines in the Southeast.

In October 2007, federal district court Judge Robert Chambers ruled in favor of Gunnoe and OVEC and issued an injunction, ordering Jupiter Holdings to halt the construction of any new valley fills at its Boone County mine.

The presiding judge - William Sessions III, sitting in the U.S. District Court in Burlington - rejected the carmakers» argument that the proposed state rules conflicted with rules set forth by the federal government and that they imposed unnecessary and costly burdens on them:

Well, at least almonds, according to a recent federal district court ruling against a group of California almond growers.A federal judge has rejected a challenge by fifteen California organic almond growers to halt the mandatory treatment of raw almonds as required by the Almond Board of California.

«We respectfully disagree with the two district court rulings» in Fresno and Vermont in which federal judges sided with California and other states.

The implementation of a new rule prohibiting federal funds for nursing homes that enter binding arbitration agreements with residents has been blocked by a U.S. district court judge, who found...

The federal district court judge granted the motion, ruling that a toxic - tort claim depends on expert proof of causation and that the Cripes had not produced any expert evidence.

In federal court in Boston, U.S. District Judge Rya W. Zobel has ruled that Ono was the rightful copyright owner of the footage.

On a petition for writ of mandamus, the Federal Circuit ordered the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas to transfer venue of a patent action — rejecting the four - part venue test proposed by Judge Rodney Gilstrap following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in TC Heartland LLC...

And this morning, Peter Lattman of the Wall Street Journal Law Blog had the scoop on a «hot off the presses» ruling by federal district court Judge Lewis Kaplan, who found that that prosecutors violated the constitutional rights of a group of former KPMG partners in pressuring the firm not to advance them legal fees (I originally blogged about the matter here in the context of how much we should expect corporations to stand up for customer or employee rights when government comes knocking on the corporate door).

When the Chaparros filed their lawsuit against Carnival arising out of their daughter's death, and also brought a claim on behalf of her brother for the intentional infliction of emotional distress, the United States District Court Judge dismissed the claim, ruling that under the federal pleading standards, the Plaintiffs had failed to properly state a claim for relief.

At the end of the reply brief, it becomes clear that Samsung's short - term priority is the «quick links» patent, which the Federal Circuit patent held not to be infringed but the other circuit judges, in their controversial en banc decision, reinstated the district court ruling and jury verdict.

In October and December Goodwin litigators won favorable rulings for Countrywide that denied class certification in multidistrict litigation pending before a San Diego federal district court judge.

Judge Weisberg then certified the following question of law to the Circuit Court: «whether the District of Columbia should adopt Federal Rule of Evidence 702 (or a revised Frye standard) for the admissibility of expert evidence.»

An informal Senate agreement on the rules of filibusters has the potential to accelerate confirmations of federal district court judges.

Due to DiMuroGinsberg's lawyers» regular practice in the Court and frequent appearances before the judges of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the firm is often called upon to act as lead or local counsel for corporate counsel and out of state clients and law firms unfamiliar with the local rules and practices of the unusually efficient federal court in Alexandria, the legendary «Rocket Docket.&rCourt and frequent appearances before the judges of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the firm is often called upon to act as lead or local counsel for corporate counsel and out of state clients and law firms unfamiliar with the local rules and practices of the unusually efficient federal court in Alexandria, the legendary «Rocket Docket.&rCourt for the Eastern District of Virginia, the firm is often called upon to act as lead or local counsel for corporate counsel and out of state clients and law firms unfamiliar with the local rules and practices of the unusually efficient federal court in Alexandria, the legendary «Rocket Docket.&rcourt in Alexandria, the legendary «Rocket Docket.»

In a decision released on June 26, 2015, a federal district court judge in Washington, D.C. ruled in favor of the Federal Trade Commission and issued a preliminary injunction blocking the consummation of the merger of Sfederal district court judge in Washington, D.C. ruled in favor of the Federal Trade Commission and issued a preliminary injunction blocking the consummation of the merger of SFederal Trade Commission and issued a preliminary injunction blocking the consummation of the merger of Sysco...

One potential solution lies in Rule 53 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which permits courts to appoint special masters «to address pretrial... matters that can not be effectively and timely addressed by an available district judge or magistrate judge of the district.»

In this program, a panel of federal judges and practitioners will review the local rule, discuss reasons why you should volunteer to accept a pro bono appointment in Connecticut's US District Court, and offer practical advice for handling these cases.

7.7 - 1.3 Rule 7.7 - 1.4, applies to a lawyer who was formerly a judge of the Federal Court, the Tax Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of Ontario, Trial Division, a County or District Court, or the Ontario Court of Justice and who

District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Robert Morin ruled today that DreamHost must comply with federal prosecutors» narrowed warrant seeking communications and records about an Inauguration Day protest website: disruptj20.org; but they will have to present the court with a «minimization plan» that includes the names of all government investigators who will have access to the data and a list of all the methods that they will be using to search the evidCourt Judge Robert Morin ruled today that DreamHost must comply with federal prosecutors» narrowed warrant seeking communications and records about an Inauguration Day protest website: disruptj20.org; but they will have to present the court with a «minimization plan» that includes the names of all government investigators who will have access to the data and a list of all the methods that they will be using to search the evidcourt with a «minimization plan» that includes the names of all government investigators who will have access to the data and a list of all the methods that they will be using to search the evidence.