Sentences with phrase «filing of a civil suit»

Rice is the first of the would - be Democrats seeking to replace AG Andrew Cuomo to issue a formal statement in the wake of his filing of a civil suit yesterday that accused Espada of bilking his Bronx nonprofit of some $ 14 million worth of charitable funds.

Our product liability lawyers can make sure that you have an experienced team by your side who can capably represent you if the fire warrants the filing of a civil suit.

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The U.S. Department of Justice and the EPA have filed a civil suit that could theoretically subject VW to up to $ 45 billion in fines (though, in fairness, no one expects penalties quite that draconian).

The suits by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Human Rights Campaign, filed in federal courts in Baltimore and Seattle, claim Trump's plan violates the Equal Protection clause of the Constitution.

Without a valid Officer of the United States in place at CFPB at the time the suit was filed, WLF argues that CFPB had no standing to bring a civil enforcement action in federal court.

Fast - Food Workers File Federal Civil Rights Suit Against City of Memphis Over Illegal Surveillance, Intimidation, Harassment Common Dreams March 1, 2017

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.

On Aug. 16 Kate McEwen, the Nebraska student whom Phillips assaulted in the early morning hours of Sept. 10, 1995, filed a civil suit against Phillips.

New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman filed a civil suit against the company and its founders, alleging years of harassment and intimidation.

ADM gets away with heavy - handed behavior, according to another civil antitrust suit filed against ADM and three other companies two weeks ago in a St. Paul, Minn., U.S. District Court, because it is the largest U.S. producer of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), controlling about one - third of the $ 2.6 billion U.S. market.

That suit was subsequently combined with another civil suit filed on behalf of the voters of Dixmoor that seeks to dissolve the Park District.

A federal civil rights suit filed against Bradley and Glen Ellyn on behalf of Uwumarogie's family, however, alleges the shooting was unjustified and racially...

A federal civil rights suit filed against Bradley and Glen Ellyn on behalf of Uwumarogie's family, however, alleges the shooting was unjustified and racially motivated.

NYPD detectives have been warned to stay away from a private investigator who's allegedly part of a burgeoning «cottage industry» in which gang members score cash settlements from the city by filing bogus civil - rights suits against cops.

This comes on the heels of yesterday's bombshell civil suit filed by Cuomo against Espada in which the AG accused the Democratic majority leader of treating Soundview like his «personal piggybank,» looting the nonprofit of more than $ 14 million worth of charitable funds to pay for everything from lavish trips for himself and his family to $ 20,000 worth of sushi — some of which was delivered to his Mamaroneck home.

Tollner said if the Child Victims Act becomes law, he will take advantage of the one - year window of opportunity to file a civil suit.

It also would create a one - year window for victims to file civil lawsuits against their alleged abusers even if the current statute of limitations on civil suits has passed.

But since 2006, if a criminal action is commenced against a defendant for one of those worst child sexual abuse crimes, the victim has five years from the date the criminal action is ended to file a civil suit against only the abuser.

On Tuesday, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed a civil suit against Espada, accusing him of taking $ 14 million from the nonprofit health care clinics he founded.

Attorney General Cuomo filed a civil suit in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday alleging Espada and his family siphoned more than $ 14 million over five years out of Soundview, a clinic he founded to provide care to the people of the South Bronx.

In addition to lifting time limits for child victims to file civil suits against their alleged abusers, and against institutions that failed to act against abuse under their roofs, the current bill would provide a one - year window during which past victims who have already exceeded the statute of limitations could go to court.

Tuesday, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed a civil suit against him for allegedly siphoning off more than $ 14 million from a network of health care clinics he founded.

The sore loser — who finished a distant fourth in the September Democratic mayoral primary after eeking out a mere 7 percent of the vote — and his campaign committee filed the Manhattan federal court suit claiming his civil rights were violated a month earlier when the Board withheld the funds.

The money kept coming even after then - Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed a sweeping civil suit in April, alleging that Espada had looted millions out of his clinics.

He supports a bill that would extend the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse cases and create a one - year window for past victims to file civil suits.

«The legal strategy that we decided was optimum from our point of view was to file the civil suit yesterday, lay out the entire case in a civil suit, seek certain remedies in the civil suit and commence a criminal investigation today on the same basic underlying facts and proceed with the criminal investigation jointly with our federal counterparts.»

He held a conference call with 100 reporters last week after filing a civil suit against the state Senate's majority leader, Pedro Espada Jr., on charges of siphoning more than $ 14 million from health clinics he founded for vacations, campaign expenses and $ 20,000 in takeout sushi.

The suit was filed by attorney Andrew Celli, a onetime head of former Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's civil rights bureau.

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, the Democratic nominee for governor, filed a civil suit in April accusing Mr. Espada of steering millions of dollars from his nonprofit health care network to pay for vacations, meals, and housing and campaign expenses.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Council for Responsible Genetics filed the suit on behalf of several prisoners who had resisted the forced testing.

The victim filed a civil suit in 2011 alleging Match failed to remove Logan's profile, monitor his use of the site, contact police or warn other customers about him.

May 18, 2018 • A trumpet player named James Frost - Winn who formerly played with Tinsley's group Crystal Garden has accused the violinist of harassment, filing a civil suit in Washington state on Thursday.

A bill that requires Tennessee's public schools to set aside one minute at the beginning of the school day for «meditation, or prayer, or personal beliefs» has been signed into law by Gov. Lamar Alexander, but the American Civil Liberties Union (aclu) of Tennessee intends to file suit shortly on the grounds that the law is in violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

A coalition of civil rights groups filed suit last week to challenge Colorado's new voucher law, saying that it violates the state's constitution.

Superior Court Judge William F. Highberger today approved the landmark settlement in Reed v. State of California, et al., a class action suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Public Counsel, and Morrison & Foerster, LLP, in February 2010 on behalf of students at three Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) middle schools.

(Calif.) This week the state board of education will go into closed session to consider a federal civil rights suit filed by followers of Hinduism who claim new history and social science content standards are discriminatory.

Neighbors of the school belonging to the Upper Audubon Association filed suit in Civil District Court in December, appealing a decision the previous month by the city Board of Zoning Adjustments to allow the school expansion to move forward.

As has been hinted at for weeks, the Department of Justice has filed a civil suit against Apple and the so - called «Big Five» publishers: Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster.

This ruling is in regard only to the civil suit filed on behalf of consumers.

«If a civil suit is filed specifically against her, a judgment resulting from the suit likely would appear in her credit report,» says Experian's director of public education, Rod Griffin.

Although my insurance company has attempted to establish contact with the plaintiff's attorney during the preceding three years, without success, the plaintiff filed a civil suit in my county one week before the statute of limitations was to run out.

What this can very likely come down to for the seller, is one day standing before a judge in a civil suit filed by the bank or JDB, holding up a bill of sale for the credit card account.

After the horses are seized, the Sheriff's Department files for a civil suit to be heard in court, within 10 days of the horses being seized.

-- led to a civil suit being filed against the city about the arbitrary nature of the enforcement of the law

The civil suit, filed Feb. 27, has nothing to do with the status of any criminal case, said Alex Katz, spokesman for City Attorney Barbara Parker.

Those costs are not covered by insurance, the costs of covering civil penalties in law suits, well in it's response to Middle States, Penn State anticipates 10 - 15 civil suits from Sandusky victims only one of which appears to have been filed to date (there are three additional suits pending).

It is filing its own suit in Texas «to investigate potential claims of abuse of process, civil conspiracy, and constitutional violations» and is seeking to depose a number of environmental activists who took part in that meeting.

That's a total of one threat, one joining a lawsuit in progress and two civil suits filed.

In civil suits filed against the judges, lawyers are seeking to recover monetary damages on behalf of the children and their families, alleging that the judges violated their civil rights.

For example, in Colorado civil cases, some of the more common grounds for an award of attorneys» fees to a defending party are: (a) a two - sided contractual fee shifting term, (b) dismissal of the case before filing an answer for failure to state a claim when tort claims were asserted, (c) a determination that the suit was groundless, frivolous or vexatious, (d) violation of certain rules relating to disclosure of information to the other party, (e) a statutory fee shifting provision in the case of a claim based upon a statutorily created right which is present in some statutes but not others.