Sentences with phrase «firm knows the state»

Our personal injury law firm knows the state laws involved in your bike accident and can help you aggressively pursue just compensation.

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The next day that firm filed two lawsuits against Diageo, one in federal court, raising a suite of traditional trademark and unfair business practices claims, but the other in New York State Supreme Court, seeking a permanent injunction under a seldom - used statute available only to charitable organizations, known as Section 135 of the New York General Business Law.

In the U.S., we generally believe that publicly - held firms are to be managed for «shareholder value» (technically, the Securities Exchange Commission's Code of Ethics for CEOs only requires the firm to provide full, fair, accurate and timely financial reporting, and to flag any known conflicts of interest or violations of securities law, but state laws often impose stricter fiduciary duties on the firm's top managers).

A data mining firm that's under fire over its work for Donald Trump's 2016 campaign was hired previously by North Carolina Republicans — and that's gotten the attention of state Democrats who are questioning what state GOP clients knew about...

BFY Holdings, backed by private equity firm Permira, acquired New York State - based Medora Snacks, best - known for PopCorners, Pop Crinkles, and popped bean chips, in 2015.

The law firm's founders said Wednesday they didn't know that Silver allegedly steered state grants to Taub's research center or allegedly helped Taub's children to secure jobs.

Saladino on Tuesday reversed that decision, stating that the Mineola - based firm informed him that Antetomaso was no longer with the company.

[71] Mark Lewis, the solicitor acting for a number of phone hacking victims including the family of Milly Dowler, stated in evidence that he was sacked from his job when fellow partners at his law firm stated they no longer wished to pursue other victims» claims.

Meanwhile, an existing state venture fund, known as Innovate NY, is the subject of a federal audit focused on a firm whose managing director served on Cuomo's 2010 gubernatorial transition team and on a regional economic development council.

Most recently, Kolb has been silent on the revelations now being examined by Bharara that Silver has apparently been receiving substantial income from a little - known Manhattan law firm, Goldberg & Iryami, but failed to disclose the information as legally required on his state financial - disclosure statement.»

He said that he did not know the former speaker intended to refer asbestos - related cases to the firm, nor was he aware that Silver was directing state research funds to the same doctor, Robert Taub, the former director of the Columbia University Mesothelioma Center, who was allegedly directing clients to the firm.

Those developers were allegedly allowed to draft RFPs (request for proposals — the official pitch for those competing for state projects) themselves, thereby handpicking exactly which qualifications «the state» required, which, wouldn't you know, always happened to fit those firm's qualifications.

Peter Galbraith Kelly, 54, of Canterbury, Conn., known as Braith, a former executive with Competitive Power Ventures (CPV), a firm with business before the state, admitted to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud before Judge Valerie Caproni in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.

Founded Axelrod & Associates in 1985, and served as senior partner of the campaign media firm now known as AKPD Message & Media; has worked on over 150 campaigns at the local, state and national levels.

The donation is listed in the state Board of Elections» database as coming from A&J Contracting, a little - known firm incorporated in Dover, Del..

The group made this known via its Twitter handle where it stated that it had sounded a note of warning to Chevron but the oil firm refused to yield to it.

The firm found the amnesty program would allow the state to recoup some of the $ 8 million in uncollected tolls, allowing users who cross the replacement for the Tappan Zee Bridge, known as the Gov. Mario Cuomo Bridge, to waive fees for violations if unpaid tolls are settled by Feb. 26.

We know NY paid an Arkansas firm almost $ 9 million to buy them, then the state DOT / Thruway Authoirty spent millions more putting them up.

Anthony Bonomo, best known for his star turn in former Sen. Dean Skelos's corruption trial, has been ousted by state officials as the head of New York's second - latest medical malpractice firm.

There would also be a «rainmaker» provision requiring a lawyer to disclose clients of his firm with state interests if he were more than reasonably expected to know about them, sources said.

The indictment said Libous falsely stated that he did not know when his son began working for Mangone's law firm, was unaware that Hiffa's firm paid part of his son's salary and had never made any of the alleged promises of work.

The donation is listed in the state Board of Elections database as coming from A&J Contracting, a little - known firm incorporated in Dover, Del. in 2012.

Nassau County legislators said last week that they didn't know that the son of State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was on the payroll of a firm awarded a contract that federal prosecutors reportedly are scrutinizing as part of a corruption probe.

In September, when Cuomo was asked about taking donations from a construction firm that won state contracts (and has been subpoenaed by Bharara's office), the governor replied, «It hasn't been a problem for the past 100 years, so I don't know why it would be today.»

As a result of the scandal, the Energy Minister stated that private firms were no longer allowed to lift contaminated oil from BOST as part of interim measures to prevent the supply of contaminated fuel onto the Market.

The other two - thirds of the firm are held by American defence firm Lockheed Martin and the British company Serco, meaning that the state no longer owns the programme which produces and maintains the country's nuclear weapons.

And in both France and Germany firms have long been able to access state - backed finance for exports - an area in which I know the Chamber have done a substantial amount of work.

But Reed would not take a firm position on whether or not he would support the elimination of the State and Local Tax deduction, commonly known as the SALT deduction.

A top aide to ex-New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver who went to work at Kushner Companies after her boss got convicted on corruption charges in 2015 is no longer with the real estate firm.

According to Mr. Bharara's office, Developer 1 — not charged with any wrongdoing — hired the law firm Goldberg & Iryami as its lobbyist for matters before the state on Mr. Silver's advice, knowing that the powerful speaker received lucrative referral fees from the firm.

Malloy also nominated Nuala E. Droney of Columbia, a partner with the well - known law firm of Robinson & Cole who is the daughter of John F. Droney, the former state Democratic chairman.

An anti-corruption commission appointed by the governor, known as the Moreland Act Commission, subpoenaed state lawmakers who earn more than $ 20,000 a year from private law firms, asking to see their private client lists.

In their cross hairs from the outset were the pots of money that had long spawned scandals in the Legislature: campaign donations and spending; the easy - to - abuse expense reimbursements known as per diem payments; and the outside income that some lawmakers earned in lucrative part - time jobs, often at law firms representing clients with business before the state.

You report that the anaesthetic pentobarbital will no longer be sold by Danish firm Lundbeck to prisons in US states with the death penalty (9 July, p 5).

Also, while there's still no firm date, Nintendo president Iwata stated once again that the game will launch in 2014, which is no doubt a priority for Nintendo to boost hardware sales this year.

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Over the past several years our firm has estimated the cost of an «adequate» education in several states; most of these analyses were completed before the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act became operational.

But I do know that all of these accoutrements carry dollar costs that state assessment budgets may not be able to bear — and veteran testing firms are accustomed to cutting their cloth to fit the wearer's dimensions.

He got the accountability part exactly right: «For the first time, people in a community would really have some firm basis for evaluating their schools; they would know how their students were doing compared with the students in the next county or state.»

«ATL knows that individual families can make a decision to buy private tuition for their children - but for a state - funded school to allow a private firm to use its premises to make money, and for the school to buy in cheap tuition from that firm instead of employing teachers, seems both unfair to those parents who can't afford the extra lessons and an unethical use of public money.»

Earlier court filings stated that a publishing executive had tipped a law firm about the alleged conspiracy — it's not known if that executive was from Barnes & Nobel.

Richmond's economy is mostly composed of well known law and bank firms, government, state, and local agencies that provide many job opportunities to its residents.

Since Doan Law Firm has one of only fourteen Board - Certified Bankruptcy Specialists in Consumer Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification in the State of California, you can sleep soundly knowing your case will process smoothly, your assets will be protected, and your debts eliminated.

But recently, more states have contracted professional money managers — many well - known investment firms — to actively manage and market their plans, so a growing number of investors can customize their asset allocations.

Do a firm leash correction at the start of any suspicious behavior and firmly state «Leave it» (or «No»).

The private security firm TigerSwan, known for its controversial military - style tactics against Dakota Access Pipeline protesters, is appealing the decision to deny its application for a license to operate in the state of Louisiana, where Energy Transfer Partners is building the Bayou Bridge Pipeline.

«In the U.S., we've known that wind energy can be cheaper than (natural) gas in some states, but solar is now inching toward that same milestone,» said Jacqueline Lilinshtein, U.S. analyst for Bloomberg New Energy Finance, a firm that advises industry clients on energy issues.

Stefan Behnisch is a German architect whose firm, Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner, is best known in the United States for the Cambridge, Massachusetts, headquarters of the biotech firm Genzyme — a dazzling, LEED - platinum - certified building with 12 light - filled stories of open atrium.

The arbitrator's declaration stated that although his firm had previously represented a parent company of the claimant, it was no longer doing so.

In a state known for doing things big, the Houston - based Lanier Law Firm is staying true to reputation.