Sentences with phrase «filed against major»

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.

Indeed, class actions were filed against major parmesan cheese retailers and distributors just days after the news broke.

Nielsen pointed to remarks Poloncarz made at a recent Opiate Epidemic Task Force meeting, where he touted Erie County's recent lawsuit filing against major pharmaceutical companies for misrepresenting the addictive properties of their opioid - based painkillers.

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On October 10, one of the company's major investors filed a lawsuit against the company (which Theranos vigorously contested).

Five million retailers, including the likes of Payless ShoeSource, the National Association of Convenience Stores, and the National Restaurant Association, filed an antitrust litigation suit against Visa, MasterCard and 13 major credit card issuers.

The New York Times has detailed claims of sexual harassment about several major figures in Hollywood and media since the former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson filed a lawsuit against Roger Ailes, the CEO of Fox News, last year.

Five major steel producers recently filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission; the European Commission has already levied tariffs against China because of the practice.

Now, Levandowski is at the center of a major lawsuit his former employer Alphabet has filed against Uber alleging he stole key intellectual property when he left to create Otto.

In case you missed it, Benchmark — a major investor in Uber with a representative on its board — filed a lawsuit against Kalanick for fraud and breach of contract.

While Facebook is still struggling with the debacle, the development in a major lawsuit filed against it in 2015 has only increased the problems for the Mark Zuckerberg.

This has led to a major outrage - and a lawsuit has been filed against the bodies involved in issuing this order.

Just days after criminal charges were filed against a rabbi in Germany for performing circumcisions comes major news from Yair Rosenberg in Tablet magazine: America's leading group of pediatricians is set to endorse the procedure.

Now Bonds is filing a grievance against Major League Baseball, asserting collusion.

- August 2012: Major sports leagues (NCAA, NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL) file suit against Christie's bill, claiming it violates the 1992 Federal Ban and could lead to more corruption in sports.

The legislation comes after Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a legal challenge against major fantasy sports operators in New York, charging they were running games of chance, illegal under the state's constitution.

The Town of Amherst is set to file a lawsuit in State Supreme Court against major manufacturers and distributors of opioid pain medication, accusing the companies of public nuisance, fraud, negligence and unfair business practices.

This case has attracted the attention of virtually every major gun control and gun rights organization in the nation, many of which have filed briefs either in support of or against the original suit filed by the New York State Rife & Pistol Association.

The U.S. Justice Department has filed court papers in a New York case arguing that a major federal civil rights law does not protect employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation, taking a stand against a decision reached under President Barack Obama.

She immediately rebuffed George's overture, sources said, but didn't file a formal complaint, apparently because she was fearful of repercussions for complaining against her boss — one of five deputy chiefs in the Major Narcotics Investigation Bureau.

Nearly every major public employees union is filing a lawsuit against the Cuomo administration over the increasing premiums for retiree health insurance.

Schenectady County on Thursday filed a lawsuit against several major pharmaceutical companies, accusing the group of manufacturing America's opioid crisis for profit.

Felony bid - rigging charges filed Sept. 22 against SUNY Poly President Alain Kaloyeros, lobbyist Todd Howe and developers in other upstate cities have brought a new round of scrutiny to the college's shadowy contracting practices as Cuomo's administration scrambles to reconfigure who oversees the state's major economic development projects.

The role played by Governor Cuomo's son, Andrew, in the state's rental of a downtown building has become a major issue in a politically charged suit filed against the state by a Manhattan thrift institution.

This will freeze a patent infringement action which Kodak had filed against Sony as a test case before seeking royalties from the other major manufacturers of VCRs and camcorders.

Although Students For Education Reform has yet to file their IRS forms for this past tax year, in their first three years of business the group collected at least $ 6 million from corporate education reform groups, including a major start up grant form Democrats For Education Reform, an anti-union, anti-teacher, pro-charter group that have run attack ads against the Chicago Teachers Union and other groups speaking out for the rights of teachers and students.

Our Philadelphia founding member, Helen Gym, shared news reports that her group, Parents United for Public Education, and others have filed an ethics complaint against the William Penn Foundation and the Boston Consulting Group, alleging that BCG was acting as a lobbyist when it developed a plan for the School District of Philadelphia including major school closures and charter expansion, funded through and at the direction of the foundation.

Three major textbook publishers have filed a subpoena against Amazon Marketplace resellers for counterfeit materials.

Most Kindle Nation Daily readers are aware that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a major antitrust lawsuit against Apple and the five original «agency model» publishers charging them with a massive price - fixing conspiracy in violation of federal law.

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Seven years ago, the Authors Guild and several major publishers (including McGraw Hill, Penguin, and John Wiley) filed suit against Google for its unauthorized scanning of in - copyright books.

The Department of Justice, urged on by Amazon, filed suit against the major publishers claiming that they worked together to fix prices artificially high.

The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Apple and five major U.S. publishers in April 2012, accusing them of conspiring to fix prices for e-books.

Click here for the 36 - page complaint filed today by the Department of Justice against Apple and five major publishers charged with conspiring to fix e-book prices.

Feeling somewhat hopeless in going to battle against the 3 Major Credit Reporting Agencies, I feel so fortunate and blessed to have found Vitesse Financial to help me rectify countless inaccurate, incorrect, and outright false reporting on my credit file.

Here are a few major lawsuits and fraud cases filed against the credit card companies and banks, just from over the last few years.

The proposed settlement was the result of an antitrust lawsuit filed against credit card transaction processors Visa, MasterCard, and other nine major -LSB-...]

Find out how long they have been in business and check with the Better Business Bureau to see if they have had any major complaints filed against them.

No major complaints or lawsuits have been filed recently against Granite State as of May 2018.

Some of the major rights under the FCRA include you being told when information in your current file is used against you, what data is held in your file, request your credit score, dispute inaccurate or incomplete data, and the reporting agency must correct or delete the data that is not accurate or complete.

According to Courthouse News, merchants filed a class - action lawsuit earlier this month against several major credit card companies, including Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Wells Fargo.

Such disasters have befallen the New York City Opera and Long Island College Hospital, two major New York institutions that collapsed in financial disarray in recent years, and the Crystal Cathedral in California, which filed for bankruptcy protection in 2010 after accusations that its board had imprudently borrowed against the endowment.

San Francisco and Oakland filed suit against five major companies, including Exxon and Chevron, demanding money for damages global warming allegedly caused.

Thankfully, in November 2007 the Center and our allies prevailed in Center for Biological Diversity v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a major lawsuit filed against the Department of Transportation for failing to properly account for greenhouse gas emissions when setting unreasonably low national fuel economy standards.

A notice of intention to sue has been filed by a bird conservation group against a major wind power installation.

More on e-Waste Law Electronics Associations File Suit Against NYC Over Door - to - Door e-Waste Collection Law Indiana Approves Major Statewide e-Waste Recycling Program Nation's First TV Energy Efficiency Standards Will Cut CO2 By 3.5 Million Tons

Now, you filing a lawsuit against a major auto corporation, in this instance, is not frivolous because a) you suffered damage and b) the damage you suffered was a direct result of the faulty product negligently assembled and sold to you by the auto manufacturer.

Now, the Supreme Court's «TC Heartland» decision has limited where patent cases may be filed against corporate defendants, giving rise to major implications for both existing and future patent cases.

That's one of the major questions at issue in a lawsuit filed against Internet giant Yahoo on behalf of several pro-democracy writers in China, who claim that Yahoo's release of their personal user information to the Chinese government lead to their imprisonment and torture.

The St. Louis - based game company is striking back: C.B.C Marketing and Distribution, Inc., has filed a complaint against Major League Baseball in the United States District Court in the Eastern District of Missouri.

July 23, 2010), the plaintiffs filed a class action against a number of major networks for the use of flash cookies on their websites to track consumer behaviour.

Since a major insurance company may be backing the physician and / or hospital you are filing a suit against, be sure that your medical malpractice attorney has experience negotiating with insurance companies.