Sentences with phrase «federal judge involving»

The reason I am confined is because of my corruption with a federal judge involving $ 550M.

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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.

A federal judge in South Florida has asked the Dutch government for help in putting two bankers under oath in connection with a lawsuit involving the so - called Trump dossier.

Though Jones won't be directly involved in the investigation per se, she saw her fair share of real estate - related cases involving allegations of fraud or troubled debt during her time as a federal judge.

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

John Kennedy repeatedly appointed segregationist judges to the federal bench in the South, and the civil rights case that Robert Kennedy most vigorously prosecuted involved charges brought against Albany, Georgia, activists for violating the rights of a white storeowner by boycotting his business because he had served on a jury that cleared the sheriff who had shot a black man three times in the neck at point - blank range.

1)[The recent decisions of federal district judges Nicholas Garaufis and Shira Scheindlin in cases involving the New York City Fire and Police Departments HIGHLIGHTS....]

Long added, «Having been on the front lines of the confirmation battles involving Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito, I know firsthand what is at stake when the Senate exercises its «advise and consent» power over federal judges.

The recent decisions of federal district judges Nicholas Garaufis and Shira Scheindlin in cases involving the New York City Fire and Police Departments highlights the importance of the Senate's role in recommending federal judges to the President and in confirming judges who are neutral arbiters of disputes.

Ex-lobbyist Todd Howe, likely to serve as the federal government's key cooperating witness in a wide - ranging corruption trial this fall involving past associates of Cuomo, «has obtained employment and a residence in the District of Idaho,» his attorneys told a judge.

The order will unseal just the narrative statements written by cops on the more than 850,000 dismissed summonses — and not identifying information about the person it was issued to or the cop involved, which will be redacted, according to the ruling by Manhattan federal court Judge Robert Sweet.

Lawyers representing six of the defendants have spent the past several weeks in a new letter - writing campaign to a federal judge seeking dismissal of the bid - rigging corruption charges leveled against individuals involved in several major upstate economic development programs, including the mega-construction project at Tesla's Riverbend site in South Buffalo.

On Tuesday, Federal District Court Judge Kenneth M. Karas declared a mistrial in the corruption case involving New York State Senator Malcolm Smith and former Vice Chairman of the Queens County Republican Committee Vincent Tabone.

Ex-lobbyist Todd Howe, likely to serve as the federal government's key cooperating witness in a wide - ranging corruption trial this fall involving past associates of Governor Andrew Cuomo, «has obtained employment and a residence in the District of Idaho,» his attorneys told a judge on June 15.

The suit accuses him of a «cold, calculated scheme» involving at least 374 acts of mail fraud over eight years and forged signatures of federal judges.

The disgraced ex-pol was handed two prison terms by federal Judge Valerie Caproni: 12 years for the six criminal counts against him, including mail and wire fraud and extortion, and another 10 years on a seventh count involving money - laundering.

A federal judge on Tuesday split the upcoming upstate development political corruption trial of a former top aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and seven others in two, and said the case involving Cuomo lieutenant Joseph Percoco will begin in January.

Ry - Ann Hermon, who served as Boyland's chief of staff and was also romantically involved with the pol, is asking Judge Sandra Townes for no jail time ahead of sentencing in Brooklyn federal court Friday.

In a lawsuit, tenant leaders representing the 400,000 people living in public housing have asked a judge to appoint an independent monitor to oversee the New York City Housing Authority because it has failed to provide heat and hot water, keep residents safe from lead, involve tenants in policymaking and hire residents, as required by federal regulations.

Scarborough, 69, apppeared in federal court before Senior U.S. District Judge Thomas J. McAvoy, admitting crimes involving a program receiving federal tax dollars.

But a federal judge dismissed Ms. Vazquez's complaint against Mr. Astorino and terminated him as a defendant in the lawsuit July 18, after he argued he had legislative immunity over staffing decisions as county executive and that Ms. Vazquez had not proven he was personally involved in the matter.

A federal judge in Colorado ruled last year that a woman accused of being involved in a mortgage scam would have to decrypt her laptop.

Yet a federal judge is only now preparing to rule whether BP and other companies involved with the Gulf operation violated the Clean Water Act.

«I, Tonia» also takes on the themes of a psychological thriller, a crime story, one that involves Tonya Harding, a top - flight, Olympic - level figure skater who was banned from skating for life by a federal judge who found her guilty of interfering with a prosecution.

After earning his J.D. at the University of Chicago, he clerked for a federal judge in his hometown of Cleveland before becoming involved in Barack Obama's first campaign for president, eventually joining his transition team in D.C..

In addition, DOT may share PII through system generated reports with Administrative judges, Federal judges, attorneys, and others involved with an EEO case.

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The judge issued an emergency declaration following the spill and is involved in coordinating clean - up efforts among federal, state and local agencies and Exxon.

In its decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal noted the trial judge «made many errors» stating the original interpretation did not take into consideration that a two - step process involving consultation by both the province and the federal government is unnecessary, as the treaty right is protected.

Therein, I wrote: «In my experience, some federal appellate judges will be more reluctant to recuse where the recusal is triggered by an amicus than if the same grounds for recusal involve a party to the appeal.»

Thus, another judicial milestone may have been reached recently when a federal judge in San Diego awarded $ 2.8 million for costs associated with the use of TAR in a complex patent lawsuit that involved «voluminous» quantities of electronically stored information.

«Court Urges Review of New York Judge's Immigration Cases That Are on Appeal»: The New York Times today contains an article that begins, «In a move that immigration lawyers say is highly unusual, a federal appeals court has recommended that a Justice Department appeals board review all immigration cases still on appeal involving a judge who has been criticized as being hostile to people seeking asJudge's Immigration Cases That Are on Appeal»: The New York Times today contains an article that begins, «In a move that immigration lawyers say is highly unusual, a federal appeals court has recommended that a Justice Department appeals board review all immigration cases still on appeal involving a judge who has been criticized as being hostile to people seeking asjudge who has been criticized as being hostile to people seeking asylum.

We have used stadiums to relate scale in a bench trial where the federal judge was a season ticket holder, the Statue of Liberty to convey the severity of the turbulence and an out of business service station to explain expenses involving the storage of nuclear waste.

A simple search of published court decisions shows that Wikipedia is frequently cited by judges around the country, involving serious issues and the bizarre — such as a 2005 tax case before the Tennessee Court of Appeals concerning the definition of «beverage» that involved hundreds of thousands of dollars, and, just this week, a case in Federal District Court in Florida that involved the term «booty music» as played during a wet T - shirt contest.

In Preston v. Ferrer (which involved TV celebrity judge Alex Ferrer), the Court, in an 8 - 1 ruling, found that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) compelled arbitration of Ferrer's contract with his talent agent, and preempted a California law that required an administrative hearing prior to arbitration.

These include: United States v. Resendiz - Ponce, which presents the question whether the omission of an element from a federal indictment can constitute harmless error (9th Circuit says no); Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. v. Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc., on whether a provider of pay phone services can sue a long distance carrier for alleged violations of the Federal Communications Commission's regulations concerning compensation for coinless pay phone calls (9th Circuit says yes); Cunningham v. California, a sentencing case involving whether whether California's Determinate Sentencing Law violates the 6th and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution by permitting California state court judges at sentencing to impose enhanced sentenced based on their determination of facts neither found by the jury nor admitted by the defendant; and Carey v. Musladin, reviewing the 9th Circuit's decision to overturn a murder conviction of a defendant who claimed he was denied a fair trial because the victim's relatives appeared in court wearing buttons with the deceased's picture ofederal indictment can constitute harmless error (9th Circuit says no); Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. v. Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc., on whether a provider of pay phone services can sue a long distance carrier for alleged violations of the Federal Communications Commission's regulations concerning compensation for coinless pay phone calls (9th Circuit says yes); Cunningham v. California, a sentencing case involving whether whether California's Determinate Sentencing Law violates the 6th and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution by permitting California state court judges at sentencing to impose enhanced sentenced based on their determination of facts neither found by the jury nor admitted by the defendant; and Carey v. Musladin, reviewing the 9th Circuit's decision to overturn a murder conviction of a defendant who claimed he was denied a fair trial because the victim's relatives appeared in court wearing buttons with the deceased's picture oFederal Communications Commission's regulations concerning compensation for coinless pay phone calls (9th Circuit says yes); Cunningham v. California, a sentencing case involving whether whether California's Determinate Sentencing Law violates the 6th and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution by permitting California state court judges at sentencing to impose enhanced sentenced based on their determination of facts neither found by the jury nor admitted by the defendant; and Carey v. Musladin, reviewing the 9th Circuit's decision to overturn a murder conviction of a defendant who claimed he was denied a fair trial because the victim's relatives appeared in court wearing buttons with the deceased's picture on them.

Mukasey has 18 years of experience as a federal judge, as well as specific experience with trials involving accused terrorists.

While there, she supported these judges in an array of electric, oil pipeline and natural gas administrative hearings and settlement proceedings involving issues under the Federal Power Act, Natural Gas Act, and Interstate Commerce Act.

Some flaws are structural; others involve poor management of the judiciary as a whole and of individual courts and judges; a third set concerns «deficiencies in how federal judges decide cases and justify their decisions in judicial opinions,» including a mechanical formalism and an unwillingness to confront openly the task of solving complex problems.

A decades - long case involving an Iranian dairy may finally be drawing to a close, with a federal appeals judge in Washington ruling Tuesday that Iran's government expropriated an American corporation's interest in the project and withheld dividends following the country's 1979 revolution.

When multiple civil actions involving one or more common questions of fact are pending in several different federal district courts, those actions can sometimes be transferred to one district court for coordinated and consolidated management and pretrial proceedings under a single judge.

A New Mexico federal judge on Monday largely left intact the state and Navajo Nation's consolidated lawsuits seeking damages from a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contractor involved in the 2015 Gold King Mine spill.

The Tax Court is a branch of the Federal Court and the tax disputes that go before that body are substantially the same as any other court: there is a judge, there are witnesses and documentary evidence, counsel represents the taxpayer (other than in very minor disputes involving less than $ 12,000 called the «informal procedure») and Crown counsel represents the CRA.

Each of these four cases involved, first, a decision by a Superior Court Judge interpreting an insurance contract (or in Ross - Clair, a construction contract with the federal government), and then a decision of the Court of Appeal reviewing that lower court decision.

In terms of its core function, the FISC is effectively a federal district court.18 The vast majority of its work involves a single judge's determinations of the legality of government requests to authorize surveillance or compel production.

In a case in Fresno involving a man convicted of illegally operating a marijuana cooperative, for example, a judge found the man had violated California's medical marijuana law by selling marijuana for profit and therefore was fair game for federal prosecution...

Featured The US government has been approved by a federal judge in Utah to sell 513 Bitcoin and 512 Bitcoin Cash seized from an investigation involving Aaron Michael Shamo, a dark web dealer.

The proposed settlement was approved by a federal Judge in Illinois stemming from a national class - action suit involving allegations of FCRA violations against sister companies that employed drivers.