Sentences with phrase «file suit as»

Under certain circumstances, grandparents, siblings, and other family members who relied on the victim for support can file suit as well.

Schneiderman filed the suit as part of his job as co-chairman of the Residential Mortgage - Backed Securities Working Group, which was formed last year by the Obama administration.

A Greece Town Justice is filing suit as Democrats accuse the county Republican boss of overreach in Monroe Couny.

Cook Medical likewise holds up laches as one of the last defenses against patent assertion entities that delay filing suit as a weapon to make enormous settlement demands or demand higher licensing fees.

Not exact matches

Dovden is unlikely to file as many suits as its counterparts in the U.S. Aspects of Canada's legal system tend to dissuade NPEs from launching widespread litigation.

THE OUTCOME: Calvin Klein dropped its pants as soon as Lululemon filed suit and hasn't had much to say on the matter publicly, which suggests a settlement is likely.

The Atlantic Wire reported Thursday that two former interns at magazine publisher Condé Nast have hired the same attorneys as the «Black Swan» plaintiffs and have filed suit for back pay.

What's become known as the «Group of 46» letter to Stanford Provost John Etchemendy was filed in the Phills suit, and accuses the dean of presiding over «reprimands, censures, curtailing of responsibilities, demotions, retribution for expressing concerns or raising issues, offensive behavior and decisions that have led directly to tangible employment actions such as dismissals, undesirable reassignments, forced resignations, and inequitable access to promotion opportunities.»

Attorneys for McDonald's workers have filed class action suits in three states claiming that the company was responsible for illegally withholding wages in a number of ways, including calling people in but not paying them for all the time they were required to be in stores as well as charging for the costs of uniforms.

A group of Israelis and Americans bereaved in Palestinian attacks said Monday they would seek $ 1 billion in damages from Facebook for alleged complicity, as part of a suit filed in the United States against the social media giant.

In the words of the slander suit that the Manns later filed, Pop allegedly denounced the restaurant as an «evil place» that served alcohol to minors, and he reportedly warned that anyone «who frequented the restaurant would be excommunicated.»

James Blumstein, a professor of law and the director of the Vanderbilt Health Policy Center, explains that if Brown had standing when she filed suit — originally — that's what matters most, since the NFIB, which is an institutional litigant, has members who are in similar circumstances as Brown.

CARACAS Venezuela on Thursday scorned a $ 2.04 billion award to ConocoPhillips over a decade - old nationalization as the U.S. oil producer filed suit in a federal court to enforce the decision.

The meeting came as Yahoo and Facebook filed suits once more to force the Fisa court to allow them to disclose more information.

As a cost - saving measure in the United States, companies sometimes do not apply for a copyright registration until just before they file an infringement suit — although this approach may compromise their ability to obtain certain kinds of damages.

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas was the model; often referred to as the «patent district,» patent holders most frequently — and non-practicing entities (aka «patent trolls») overwhelmingly — filed suit in the Eastern District of Texas, regardless of where the allegedly infringing party conducted business.

The basis of the suit against Handy is the folks filing the suit claim they should be classified as employees, while the company claims they are independent contractors.

On September 15, 2015, BitPay filed suit against its insurer, Massachusetts Bay Insurance Company («MBIC») to recover amounts owed under a commercial crime policy issued by MBIC to BitPay as well as penalties for MBIC's bad faith denial

As earlier reported, Gannett's cause also got a boost when a shareholder filed suit alleging that Ferro and the directors had breached their fiduciary duty issuing new shares and selling a 13 percent stake to Dr. Patrick Soon - Shiong two weeks ago.

Previous reports suggested the Mexican company might sue Apple for as much as $ 1.5 billion trademark infringement, but iFone executives did not return calls for comment on whether they planned to file any civil suit.

It is unclear how Wright would have obtained the information from that to get at the files, as is alleged in the suit.

After filing the suit, his office received more than 1,000 calls and emails from customers as well as current and former Wells Fargo employees about the allegations.

Most recently, the firm filed suit against a pharmacy startup that it views as an «unlawful copycat scheme.»

The filing, which was made in the same district court as Hogan's previous suit against Gawker, does not specify the amount in damages that Hogan (real name Terry Bollea) is seeking.

Finnegan's other attorney, Dan Monahan - who also filed the suits on behalf of the previous two alleged victims of sexual abuse - said he would file as many lawsuits as he has to.

State and federal courts and mediators are dealing with hundreds of Native American land claims, and indigenous tribes in the U.S. and Canada have filed suits demanding reparations for various crimes, such as the abuse of students in parochial and government - run schools.

It is all a publicity stunt for them as it is for all the nonsense people file suit on because they do nt feel its right for them.

One American legal group filed suit against Modi this week, though the move is largely seen as symbolic, reports Reuters.

On March 26, a group of New York — based lawyers headed by Edward D. Fagan, who spearheaded successful suits on behalf of Holocaust survivors against European firms that collaborated with the Nazis in using concentration camp inmates as laborers, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn against FleetBoston Financial, the insurance giant Aetna, and railroad conglomerate CSX Corporation, on the grounds that these corporations are the successors of companies that profited from slavery before the Civil War.

Four members of Long's New Birth Missionary Baptist Church - Anthony Flagg, 21; Maurice Robinson, 20; Jamal Parris, 23; and Spencer LeGrande, 22 - filed suit against Long and the 25,000 - member megachurch in September, claiming he used his position as their spiritual counselor to pressure them into sexual relationships.

It's the same as when someone files a law suit claiming to be so offended by something that doesn't affect them at all.

If you truly do not recognize the Const!tution as being the Supreme Law that governs your physical life here in this country, then you have some options, like giving up your Citizenship and moving to a different country, or staying here and refusing to follow the law — in which case we can bring a tort action or other civil suit against you, file criminal charges against you, or have you committed to a psychiatric hospital.

A group representing a New York City firefighter who survived the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks filed suit Wednesday seeking to nullify a ruling that cleared the way for construction of what's come to be known as the «ground zero mosque.»

No one is forcing you to work for a Catholic Hospital, just as the Islamic Students are filing a law suit against a Catholic University because of their religious images, then why would you go there if your Islamic?

The suit, filed by several Jewish groups and three rabbis on October 4, argues that «the government can not compel the transmission of messages that the speaker does not want to express - especially when the speaker is operating in an area of heightened First Amendment protection, such as a religious ritual.»

In a new filing that revised the original complaint against USDA to reflect the department's move to withdraw the rule, the Organic Trade Association was joined by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) as co-plaintiffs in the suit.

Cora Mae's father even wrote Pearson to clarify that his daughter had no intention of filing a damage suit as was rumored several months later.

The suit is formally filed with Nutt as the plaintiff vs. Ole Miss» athletics foundation, as well as the university and its board of trustees.

Anderson was already under contract to the Bandits, but with Klein's financial backing, he filed a suit claiming that when he signed with the USFL, his agent, Dr. Jerry Argovitz, had misrepresented the Chargers» offer and had used him as a lever to get a USFL franchise (the Houston Gamblers) for himself.

As a result, two gay couples and two straight couples have filed suit against her in Kentucky, and a judge has sided with the plaintiffs.

The ruling came as a result of a suit filed by a rival infant formula company PBM, which supplies major chain stores such as Wal - Mart and Target with store - brand formula.

Indeed, we are filing suit promptly against the Media houses that carried the unfortunate untruth masquerading as a verified story».

After many pleas and prayers, Magistrate Aluko returned the case file to the Chief Magistrate, as against the plea by monarchs in Iwo axis to strike out the suit.

A development happening weeks after Zanetor won her bid to contest the Klottey Korle seat of her father's party the ruling NDC, it appears to have been in the works for some time now, as a facebook post by Mr. Mensah in the week in which the suit was filed suggested

The court held that Faleke's suit lacks locus standi to file petition thus describing him as a meddlesome interlopper.

One source insisted he'll be announcing a lawsuit to challenge the health care reform law — or «ObamaCare», as the right perfers to call it — because the AG has declined to join the suit filed by other attorneys general.

Despite an interlocutory injunction suit filed against the process by a disqualified flagbearer - aspirant Onsy Nathan Kwame Nkrumah, Chairman of the party, Prof Edmund Delle has said the presidential primaries will come off as planned.

He added that: «On the 8th of May, 2018, the Inspector General of Police sent a letter to the President of the Senate, Federal Republic of Nigeria signed by the Commissioner of Police, Legal and Prosecution Department, explaining why he would not be appearing before the Senate on the 9th of May, 2018 due to legal restraint as a result of pending cases before the courts filed: (i) by Senator Dino Melaye against the IGP and the Nigeria Police Force in the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja in suit No.

Arizona's early redistricting process was marked with controversy, as Republicans filed suit over the nominee list for the redistricting commission.

The defendant, in the suit filed on his behalf by a human rights lawyer, Mr Ebun Olu - Adegboruwa, joined the EFCC and the Attorney - General of the Federation as respondents.