Sentences with phrase «federal lawsuits against the company»

In its work for General Electric Co. through the years, the public relations firm owned by Mark Behan became entangled in a legal battle between GE and several river communities that filed federal lawsuits against the company when their water supplies were tainted by the PCBs dumped into the river from its plants in Fort Edward and Hudson Falls.

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The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm on Tuesday, accusing the company of antitrust violations in its patent licensing business.

The settlement with the Federal Trade Commission is the latest setback for Uber, which is facing a divided board of directors and angry shareholders after an investor lawsuit was filed against the company's ousted chief executive.

NEW YORK, April 16 - A lawyer for victims of terrorist attacks in Israel on Monday urged a federal appeals court to revive their lawsuit against Facebook Inc, saying Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony undermined the social media company's argument that it bore no responsibility for content on its platforms.

Two trade groups and about a dozen technology companies signed a letter to the Trump administration late last week calling for the continuation of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit against Qualcomm over patent licensing.

A Northern California federal judge has denied Qualcomm's motion to dismiss the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's antitrust lawsuit against the San Diego wireless technology company, which means the case will go ffederal judge has denied Qualcomm's motion to dismiss the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's antitrust lawsuit against the San Diego wireless technology company, which means the case will go fFederal Trade Commission's antitrust lawsuit against the San Diego wireless technology company, which means the case will go forward.

One of those workers filed a class action lawsuit against the company in the bankruptcy court for violating the federal WARN Act, which requires larger companies to give 60 days advance notice of layoffs.

A District of Columbia federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by state bank regulators against the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency over its proposal to offer charters that would let so - called fintech companies do business nationwide.

An Indian generic drug company on Monday urged a federal appeals court to reconsider a recent decision that revived a patent infringement case against Google LLC, saying the ruling could spur «vexatious lawsuits» by makers of brand - name pharmaceutical products.

Some investors are worried that AT&T could run into more difficulties if the federal government is successful in its antitrust lawsuit against the company as it attempts to acquire Time Warner (NYSE: TWX).

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.

McCoy also highlighted his work to fight the ongoing opioid crisis in the county including a recent federal lawsuit filed against pharmaceutical companies.

A Canadian software company has filed a federal lawsuit against Nassau County, arguing that it holds the trademark for the name of the online system the county uses to manage the time records of its employees.

Onondaga County filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday against pharmaceutical companies and others for their part in the continuing opioid crisis.

Class action lawsuits have been initiated against the companies and sites where PFOA was used have been designated state Superfund sites and been proposed as federal Superfund sites.

Spencer said two counties in California and the City of Chicago have filed similar lawsuits in Federal court against drug companies Purdue Pharma L.P., The Purdue Frederick Company, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries LTD., Cephalon Inc., Johnson and Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Endo Health Solutions Inc., and Actavis PLC..

A federal judge ruled last month that a 2007 lawsuit against Pinnacle and its chief executive, Joel Wiener, should be allowed to expand to include eligible tenants from around the city who rented from the company between between July 11, 2004 and late last month.

Records from Tulare County and federal courts do not show any lawsuits filed against the company related to the accident.

«Lawsuit: Tiffany Pushed Out Employee with Cancer Mutation» (Associated Press) «Lisa O'Rourke alleges in a federal lawsuit that the New York - based company discriminated against her because she carries a gene mutation that put her at high risk for developing cancer, and she was compelled to have surgeries that her lawyer says were life - saving.Lawsuit: Tiffany Pushed Out Employee with Cancer Mutation» (Associated Press) «Lisa O'Rourke alleges in a federal lawsuit that the New York - based company discriminated against her because she carries a gene mutation that put her at high risk for developing cancer, and she was compelled to have surgeries that her lawyer says were life - saving.lawsuit that the New York - based company discriminated against her because she carries a gene mutation that put her at high risk for developing cancer, and she was compelled to have surgeries that her lawyer says were life - saving.»

Ford Motor Company is awaiting trial for a lawsuit levelled against the automaker in 2013, after a federal judge in New York dismissed Ford's motion to throw out the case earlier this month, reports The Detroit News.

This issue arose, in a different context, in F.B.T. Productions v. Aftermath Records, a 2007 federal lawsuit brought by Eminem's management company against his record label over digital royalty rate splits.

The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit Feb. 9, 2017, against three interrelated student loan debt relief companies for allegedly violating Section 5 of the FTC Act and the Telemarketing Sales Rule.

But Navient customers might want to take note of the company's recent court filing in response to a federal lawsuit filed against it in January.

The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit Feb. 9, 2017, against three interrelated student loan debt relief companies for allegedly violating Section 5 of the FTC Act and the Telemarketing Sales Rule.The FTC issued a press release saying that the defendants illegally charged thousands of consumers more than $ 28 million.

By analogy there is no law against selling tobacco, but the tobacoco companies agreed to pay billions in various federal lawsuits.

This week, four of the five largest U.S. tobacco companies filed a lawsuit against the federal government.

Our specialties include enforcing IP rights, registering copyrights and trademarks, protecting mobile apps from cloning, drafting licensing agreements, defending companies against IP infringement, and litigating lawsuits in state and federal court.

In August 2011, however, four of the five largest U.S. tobacco companies filed a lawsuit against the federal government claiming that requiring the gnarly warnings to accompany their product will violate their free speech rights, cost millions of dollars to print, and require them to feature anti-smoking advocacy more prominently than their own brands.

On Tuesday, EMI — which controls rights to the Beatles» recordings in conjunction with Apple Corp. — filed a federal copyright lawsuit against BlueBeat and its parent company, Media Rights Technologies, alleging that they are conducting «one of the largest piracy operations on the Internet.»

Indeed, generally speaking, you can't bring a federal sex discrimination lawsuit against a private company without first presenting it to the EEOC.

You can either enter into a settlement agreement with the at - fault party's insurance company or file a personal injury lawsuit against that party in Texas state or federal court.

Yesterday, Minnesota - based law practice blog Lawyerist filed a federal lawsuit (PDF) against PeerViews, Inc., parent company of New York — based law blog TechnoLawyer, to invalidate its trademarks on the terms BigLaw and SmallLaw.

Dr Pepper Bottling Company of Dublin, Texas, the world's oldest Dr Pepper bottler, has issued a response to a federal lawsuit filed against the family - owned company by the corporate entity controlled by Plano, Texas - based Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. (NYSECompany of Dublin, Texas, the world's oldest Dr Pepper bottler, has issued a response to a federal lawsuit filed against the family - owned company by the corporate entity controlled by Plano, Texas - based Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. (NYSEcompany by the corporate entity controlled by Plano, Texas - based Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. (NYSE: DPS).

Brian Murray represents companies and individuals in complex commercial litigation, class actions, and civil matters involving federal and state governments, including lawsuits against governments and enforcement actions by governments.

Although he said in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that independent spending does «not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption,» Justice Kennedy authored a ruling in Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co. that mining company executive Don Blankenship's $ 3 million in independent spending for a West Virginia justice gave rise to an unconstitutional «risk of actual bias» in a lawsuit against the company.

EFF has asked a federal court to rule in its favor in a lawsuit we filed against an Australian company that sought to use foreign law to censor us from expressing our opinion about its patent.

Ramirez's remarks suggest the federal government is finally getting serious about the harm caused by patent trolls — shell firms that don't make anything but amass old patents to threaten lawsuits against productive companies.

After two and a half years of legal wrangling, the Federal Trade Commission settled its lawsuit against the company, and it's hard to imagine that...

Microsoft filed a lawsuit against Samsung in a New York federal court in August of last year, as Samsung allegedly breached the collaboration agreement signed between the two companies by refusing to pay royalties after Microsoft acquired the handset business of Nokia back in September 2013.

A Louisville resident has filed a lawsuit against a firm based in the UK in a federal court, claiming he was swindled by a cryptocurrency scam investment scheme organized by the company.

Employers should not «let their guard down about complying with background screening rules» such as the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) despite recent court rulings such as the dismissal of a proposed FCRA class action lawsuit against transportation network company Lyft, Inc. by a federal judge who cited a decision by the Supreme Court in the case of Spokeo, Inc. v Robins as a reason for the decision, according to an article on the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) website.

A California federal court has considered whether a group of blind individuals could continue with their lawsuit against the Target Corporation («Company») because the company's website, Target.com («Website»), was allegedly inaccessible to the blind and so violated the Americans with Disabilities Act («ADA&rCompany») because the company's website, Target.com («Website»), was allegedly inaccessible to the blind and so violated the Americans with Disabilities Act («ADA&rcompany's website, Target.com («Website»), was allegedly inaccessible to the blind and so violated the Americans with Disabilities Act («ADA»).

A federal appellate court has considered whether a software company which provides software support to local municipalities could bring a copyright infringement lawsuit against a company owned by a multiple listing service when the company attempted to obtain property tax assessment information contained in a software program developed by the software company.

A class action lawsuit was just filed against Old Republic International, Old Republic Home Protection (ORHP) and Old Republic National Title Insurance Company in federal court in California.

Just as RE-Insider predicted when the HUD settlement came out earlier this month, angry homeowners have filed a federal consumer fraud class action lawsuit against Fidelity National Title Insurance and other major title insurers alleging the companies kicked back fees to real estate agents for real estate settlement services.