Sentences with phrase «filing suits based»

It will not take long for attorneys to begin filing suits based on gender, age, credit score, minority status, zip code, etc..

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Christopher Dietz and his Washington, D.C. - based company, Dietz Development, filed suit in October against Jane Perez alleging that Perez made defamatory statements about Dietz on Yelp and Angie's List that harmed his reputation and business to the tune of $ 750,000.

THE CONFLICT: Joan Ritchie Silleck and Robert Ritchie filed suit in May against PepsiCo, based in Purchase, N.Y..

In 2015, New York - based competitor Bounce Exchange filed a suit against Yieldify in a New York federal court, accusing it of copying its code and infringing its patents, in a case that first came to light earlier this year in a report from The Financial Times.

The initial suit was filed in 1998 by Rothe Development Corp., a Texas - based information technology company that lost a Defense contract to an Asian - American - owned business.

Earlier this month, Minneapolis - based law firm Nichols Kaster filed suits against American Century's $ 600 million plan and the $ 1.3 billion plan at Fujitsu Technology and Business of America, Inc..

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.

A California - based man named Kevin Branca filed suit last month against Bai Brands, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Dr. Pepper president Larry Young and Bai founder Ben Weiss.

Detroit school students, represented by the Los Angeles - based public interest firm Public Counsel, filed suit last month against the state of Michigan, claiming a legal right to literacy based on the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.

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.

Omaha - based Buck's Inc., and the landowners filed suit against DuPage County last month in a bid to overturn the county board's decision.

Suits filed by two Du Page County park districts to have non-binding referendum proposals placed on the November ballot could have significance throughout Illinois and provide the basis for similar actions in counties across the state.

On June 15, Buhari had appealed against a previous ruling of the court dismissing his preliminary objection to the suit filed by Nwokocha - Ahaaiwe, an Abuja based lawyer.

Sean believes that same sex marriages should be legally recognized in New York State and has promised to file suit against the federal government based on constitutional challenges regarding DOMA upon election.

Justice Adedoyin Olayinka Ayoola, in his judgment upheld the preliminary objection filed by the Governor of Osun State challenging the suit on the basis of lack of locus standi by the Plaintiff.

The basis of the Republican suit was a Freedom of Information Law request the two Assembly members filed at the end of last month, seeking all documentation affiliated with the program.

Astorino, who lost his bid a for a third term last week against Democratic candidate George Latimer, had filed the suits in order to force the state to undergo an environmental review of the plant, based in Buchanan.

Nnamdi Nwokocha - Ahaaiwe, an Abuja - based lawyer, had filed a suit to challenge the veracity of Buhari's WAEC result.

As The Real Deal previously reported, Lone Star filed a separate $ 37 million suit against Vantage and New Jersey - based Normandy Real Estate for four upper Manhattan apartment buildings.

Dr. Diminic Ayine in February 2018 filed a suit at the Supreme Court, contending that Martin Amidu, being 66 years of age, is too old to hold public office as Special Prosecutor based on Articles 190 (1)(d), 199 (1), 199 (4), and 295 of the 1992 Constitution.

A US - based Ghanaian professor, Stephen Kwaku Asare, filed a suit at the Supreme Court, seeking eight reliefs including to nullify the constitution review process currently underway.

The Senate Republican lawmakers who filed suit challenging the 2010 law based on how to count prisoners for purposes of redistricting plan to end their legal challenge, two sources familiar with the plan said this afternoon.

New Yorkers For Constitutional Freedoms, a religous - conservative organization based in Rochester, filed the suit after New York approved the law in June.

The Magistrate Court 1 sitting in Kaduna has dismissed the suit filed by Kaduna State Commissioner of Police against Kaduna based Journalists, Mr. Midat Joseph.

Other suits filed by Posner on the budget that year, dismissed on the basis of his lacking standing, generically stated that Posner argued the budget violated Article VII of the Constitution.

Similar suits are slated to be filed against the Syracuse school district and the state by the Albany - based Government Justice Center.

«Amidu too old to serve» Dr. Diminic Ayine in February 2018 filed a suit at the Supreme Court, contending that Martin Amidu, being 66 years of age, is too old to hold public office as Special Prosecutor based on Articles 190 (1)(d), 199 (1), 199 (4), and 295 of the 1992 Constitution.

Dixon filed suit, challenging the board's ruling in state Supreme Court based on a 2003 decision involving a legislative race in Colonie, and arguing he had recently been drawn out of the 4th: «Because the line was pushed to the middle of my road.

On July 12 a coalition filed suit against the EPA for its recently announced delay in the implementation of new public health — based standards for ozone pollution, on grounds similar to the methane challenge.

The Institute for Justice, the Washington - based legal - advocacy group that helped defend the Cleveland program, filed suit Sept. 18 in the Cumberland County Superior Court in Portland, Maine, on behalf of six families from three towns in the state.

The Landmark Legal Foundation has filed suit in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on behalf of Mary Amaya, a Fontana, Calif., woman who claims her son was denied an intelligence test on the basis of his race.

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge late last month denied a motion by state officials challenging the soundness of the suit filed by the Washington - based Institute for Justice on behalf of 39 children from low - income families.

Petitioners, an organization of Seattle parents (Parents Involved) and the mother of a Jefferson County student (Joshua), whose children were or could be assigned under the foregoing plans, filed these suits contending, inter alia, that allocating children to different public schools based solely on their race violates the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection guarantee.

More on the federal suit filed against Connecticut, backed by Students Matter, the California - based group that recently challenged teacher tenure in the Vergara vs. California case.

A student also filed suit (now dismissed) based on the same allegations.

Another teacher association also filed suit April 20, 2016, asking for a declaratory judgment to block implementation of T - TESS because the student growth component includes so - called «value added measures» that are not based on «observable, job - related behavior.»

And last year, the Florida Education Association and the National Education Association filed suit arguing that the state's teacher evaluation system, which requires that at least 40 percent of a teacher's evaluation be based on students» test scores from the state standardized exams, is unconstitutional.

Jepsen has argued that it would be unfair to decide the case based on conditions from 2005, when the suit was filed.

If the attorney who filed the suit, Steve Berman, has his way, though, one of his chief witnesses is prepared to demonstrate how much the consumers were overcharged with metrics from an economist based on the 18 % rise in ebook sales as a result of artificial price fluctuations.

News came out this week that Hagens Berman, the same Seattle - based law firm that initiated the class action lawsuits against Apple for its role in the anti-trust violations and price fixing collusion with the now - Big Five publishers, has filed a suit against Google, alleging anti-trust violations that led the search... [Read more...]

That lawsuit, originally filed as a class - action suit by a Seattle - based law firm on behalf of consumers, quickly evolved into a full Department of Justice investigation of anti-trust violations in order to edge out Amazon when the iPad was launched in 2010.

That lawsuit, originally filed as a class - action suit by a Seattle - based law firm on behalf of consumers, quickly evolved into a full Department... [Read more...]

Apple filed a motion to dismiss that class - action suit brought by Seattle - based law firm Hagens Berman, but that motion was... [Read more...]

Apple filed a motion to dismiss that class - action suit brought by Seattle - based law firm Hagens Berman, but that motion was denied by Judge Denise Cote.

Under the proposed settlement, announced Wednesday morning, Penguin would pay $ 75 million to consumers represented by 33 states» attorneys general and by Hagens Berman, the Seattle - based law firm that filed the class action suit against Apple (s AAPL) and publishers in 2011.

And on Thursday, backed by a Chicago - based law firm, Gawronski filed suit (PDF) against Amazon in federal court, seeking class - action status.

In July, Lindsay Lohan filed suit against Rockstar Games for a Grand Theft Auto V character that she says is based on her.

A separate suit was filed by former Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella in March, seeking $ 36 million unpaid royalties and alleging an «Orwellian,» «pre-ordained» investigation designed to «manufacture a basis to fire» the studio founders.

(We) filed suit against the BBC for trademark infringement based on their movie currently titled «Game Changer» as it relates to Rockstar Games» Grand Theft Auto video game series.

In Oslo over the next few days, I'll be meeting with friends, allies and young people who are filing a law suit to stop the 23rd licensing round based on Article 112 of the Norwegian Constitution.