Sentences with phrase «file lawsuits against the government»

Supporters of conservation brought up strategies to stop the sale of the island, including lobbying Congress to revoke the act putting Plum Island up for sale, designating the island as property for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, selling it to New York State or a non-profit group that will focus on preservation, or — if necessary — filing a lawsuit against the government.

And in August a nonprofit group filed a lawsuit against the government, saying it is «coercing speech» from private organizations.

In 2009, two researchers from Boston, Dr. James Sherley of the Boston Biomedical Research Institute and Dr. Theresa Deisher of the Ava Maria Biotechnology Company, and other agencies filed a lawsuit against the government.

When you are injured on a public bus, and it is the fault of the bus driver or the bus owner in general, then you will need to file a lawsuit against a government agency.

If no final administrative action has been taken within six months of the date on which you filed your claim, or if you disagree with the government's final action, you are then entitled to file a lawsuit against the government directly.

There are many rules and regulations that you must follow in order to successfully file a lawsuit against the government.

Not exact matches

Abbott is no stranger to lawsuits against the federal government, having filed more than 25 during his tenure.

The dispute involves a lawsuit filed against Royal Dutch Petroleum over claims that the oil company was complicit in abuses committed by the Nigerian government against its citizens in the oil - rich Niger Delta.

Mylan's CEO, Heather Bresch, later had to testify before Congress, class - action lawsuits have been filed against the company, and Mylan in May was accused of overcharging the US government by $ 1.27 billion for EpiPens.

NEW YORK, NY — Today, the Democratic National Committee filed a wide - ranging, partisan civil lawsuit in federal court against the Trump Campaign, WikiLeaks, and the Russian Government.

S&P has said the government filed the lawsuit against it as «retaliation» for its downgrade of the U.S. credit rating in 2011.

Lawsuits filed against one of the nation's largest student loan servicers by the federal government's consumer watchdog and two states highlight the importance of knowing your options for repaying student loan debt.

In March, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the federal government would support a series of lawsuits filed by states against drug manufacturers.

Washington (CNN)- Seven states on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the federal government requirement that religious employers offer health insurance coverage that includes contraceptives and other birth control services.

In September, the Greens filed a lawsuit against the federal government, stating, «These abortion - causing drugs go against our faith... We simply can not abandon our religious beliefs to comply with this mandate.»

Fred and Cindy Warmbier filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the North Korean government on Thursday.

According to Jamie Wilson, a third - generation owner and president of Sequoia Orange, the prorate law was something that most citrus producers loosely followed, even the larger ones, which is why the company was surprised when the government filed a lawsuit against his family's company and other growers.

The federal government is filing a lawsuit against an Oswego landlord accusing him of severe, pervasive and unwanted sexual harassment against female tenants and potential tenants.

Rather than filing a new lawsuit, the Cayugas are asking to join a lawsuit filed by New York state in 2008 against the federal government.

South Korean artists file a class - action lawsuit against their government over blacklisting, as stated by CNN here: (http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/08/asia/south-korea-ex-culture-minister-indicted/)...

Governments across the state have launched task forces to combat the crisis, and many counties have filed individual lawsuits against some pharmaceutical companies seeking compensation for costs associated by the epidemic.

He added that Schneiderman has filed more than 100 lawsuits at taxpayer expense against the Trump administration and the federal government while being «totally invisible» when it comes to taking on the Buffalo Billion scandal and other Albany corruption.

Earlier this month, Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee filed a lawsuit against Trump's administration over documents related to the hotel.

The governor said he plans on filing a lawsuit against the federal government, citing an assault on state's rights.

There has even been discussion among Mt. Vernon home owners to file a joint lawsuit against the Westchester County government for Reparations.

The Osun State Government, also on Monday, confirmed plans to file a lawsuit against the Federal Government over alleged abuses committed by security personnel deployed in the state during the election.

Meanwhile, after H+H announced plans to file a lawsuit against New York state government for failing to provide $ 380 million in funding, Governor Andrew Cuomo relented, giving H+H $ 360 million of the $ 380 million H+H claimed it was owed in October.

(In a sign of growing trouble for vaccination, 63 women in July filed a class - action lawsuit against the government and vaccinemakers, seeking $ 125,000 each in compensation for the alleged side effects.)

The lawsuit filed Monday is the latest in a wave of legal cases filed by children against states and the federal government that accuse government of depriving them of the fundamental right to a stable climate.

Saying its customers «have a right to know when the government obtains a warrant to read their emails,» Microsoft has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Justice Department.

It's not unusual for school districts to band together to file an education finance lawsuit against their state government.

A 2013 trial date for a lawsuit recently filed by the U.S. government against Apple has been set, according to a report by Reuters.

Spooky CIA Conspiracy Art Is Actually True — Anyone dubious about Garrett Pruter's installation at Armory Week's Spring Break outlining the CIA's alleged 1953 murder of Frank Olson, a scientist who became unsettled by the government's secret biological - warfare atrocities he witnessed in Project Artichoke, should check out this article about a new lawsuit that Olson's family has filed against the CIA.

In Eshe's film, TRUST Massachusetts, she explains why she is also part of the atmospheric trust lawsuit filed against the U.S. government, and why she's asking Washington D.C. for a national Climate Recovery Plan:

Now, thanks to Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, it appears that the job creators may have finally learned something from the extreme tactics of groups, like the Wild Earth Guardians and the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), which have been using the courts to their advantage by filing lawsuits against the federal government.

The first lawsuit filed by Our Children's Trust against the U.S. government (Alec L et al v. Jackson et al), with science based on our Plos One paper (Hansen et al, 2013) 2 lost in the United States DC District Court, on grounds that we had not made the Constitutional basis clear enough.

Coal producers filed two recent lawsuits against governments in Washington state and California challenging local decisions to block -LSB-...]

An Oregon judge ruled earlier this month that a complaint filed by more than a dozen young plaintiffs against the federal government — referred to by advocates as «the most important lawsuit on the planet right now» — can go to trial.

The lawsuit was originally filed against President Obama's government before President Trump took office.

That's why young people have filed a lawsuit against the Trump government to try to get them to take the actions that are needed.

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.

Closer to home, a lawsuit filed by 21 youth plaintiffs (including Kelsey Juliana) and world - renowned climate scientist James Hansen on behalf of future generations against the U.S. government cleared an important hurdle in November 2016 when federal judge Ann Aiken rejected the government and fossil fuel industries» motion to dismiss the case.

Parris and his colleagues have filed numerous lawsuits against SoCal and the government seeking damages and additional information on air quality data.

Born in 1941, he became a climatologist at the University of Iowa, developed the groundbreaking «Zero Model» for projecting climate change, and later became the head of climate research at NASA, only to leave under pressure when, while still a federal employee, he filed a lawsuit against the federal government charging inaction on warming (along the way he got arrested a few times for protesting, too).

Yet this is the same AG who claims his own anti-Healthcare lawsuit [timesdispatch.com] against the Federal government won't cost the state more than the $ 350 filing fee.

The latest climate lawsuit filed against major oil companies by a local government is, once again, being handled by the plaintiff's firm behind similar lawsuits in California and New York City.

A landmark constitutional climate change lawsuit, filed by a group of kids against the US government, gets the go - ahead.

Free Beacon (2/8/13) reports: «Interior secretary nominee Sally Jewell previously served on the board of an environmental group that has filed dozens of lawsuits against the federal government, including against the Department of Interior.

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

Chief among those is Carter v. Washburn, a civil rights lawsuit filed in July 2015 against Kevin Washburn (then the assistant secretary of Indian Affairs) by the Goldwater Institute, a conservative nonprofit whose mission includes limiting government.