Sentences with phrase «for defendant in case»

When acting for a defendant in a case that has dragged on (through no fault of the defendant), I am often asked whether we can ask the Court to have the lawsuit dismissed for delay.

Summary judgment granted for defendant in case against an oil tank testing and removal company alleging negligence in connection with the testing of the underground oil tank.

Court Affirms Judgment for Defendant in Case Filed after Fatal Skateboarding Accident, South Florida Personal Injury Lawyers Blog, published June 30, 2016.

I acted for the defendants in that case.

Not exact matches

The maximum potential sentences in this case are prescribed by Congress and are provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the judge.

If jurors favor the death penalty in some cases, then it shouldn't be shocking that they'd vote for it in a case where the defendant terrorized an entire city and killed and maimed innocent civilians.

Although he has ruled in several cases in favor of police accused of conducting illegal searches, he is best known for his opinions siding with defendants.

But attorneys at Keller Rohrback, one of the firms whose case was rolled into Berman's, explained the reason for adding the PBMs in a May letter to the court: «The PBM defendants play a central role in the scheme — selling formulary access in exchange for «rebates» or other payments» from the manufacturers.

The other defendant in the case is Christopher Evison, who is the managing director at Quadrant Capital Advisors and investment advisor for WP Holdings, which is an investment arm of the multi-billionaire dollar Santo Domingo family from Columbia.

In one of the three complaints, Jim Gatto — director of global sports marketing for basketball at Adidas — and four other defendants were accused of bribing high - school athletes to play at universities sponsored by Adidas (referred to as «Company 1» in the caseIn one of the three complaints, Jim Gatto — director of global sports marketing for basketball at Adidas — and four other defendants were accused of bribing high - school athletes to play at universities sponsored by Adidas (referred to as «Company 1» in the casein the case).

(Chicago constructed this story from thousands of pages of federal court records, police reports, and court testimony from related cases, as well as from official government reports and dozens of interviews with federal and local law enforcement officials and attorneys for some of the defendants; through a spokesman, prosecutors in the Zambada case declined comment.)

On April 11, 2018, Patrick K. McDonnell — a defendant in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's case against CabbageTech, Corp (DBA Coin Drop Markets)-- submitted a letter to Judge Roanne L. Mann of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

On April 12, 2018, in a telephone conference to discuss the letter he submitted the day before, defendant Patrick McDonnell requested that the court extend the deadline for answering the CFTC's complaint so that he may confer with the Federal Pro Bono Clinic, rather than simply letting the case go into default.

The courtroom was cleared for arraignments in a criminal drug and weapons case that featured a different Martin Shkreli — a Bedford, N.Y. man more than 20 years older than the 34 - year - old Pharma Bro — as one of the defendants.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

In a previous case, judges threw out the death sentence for a defendant because three hours lapsed between the offense and the first report made.

The fool on the other hand has rushed in where the angels feared to tread, and the case for Christianity is being lost by the default of the defendants.»

«Whether such cases end in conviction or acquittal appears to rest on, firstly, the ability of police or prosecutors to link the defendant with a particular association, and secondly, whether the judge decides to uphold an individual's constitutional right to share beliefs as a private citizen,» Victoria Arnold reported for Forum 18.

Although the parmesan cheese cases were recently dismissed, the defendant companies were involved in contentious litigation for more than a year before the trial - level court dismissed the action.

The defendants in the cases are Living Essentials, which manufactures, markets, distributes, advertises and sells 5 - Hour Energy, and Innovation Ventures, which developed the formula for the drink in... Continue Reading

In Bradford, the local press reported that judges were expressing concern over two serious cases where no legal representation was available for the defendant.

For example, in one Department of Corrections case, the state paid out $ 333,333 and an individual named as a defendant paid $ 333, the record stated.

Instead of convictions, cases with white defendants more often end in adjournment in contemplation of dismissal, where the case is adjourned for a period of time and later dismissed if the defendant isn't arrested again..

The defendants in that case include Alain Kaloyeros, former president and CEO of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute, who's accused of rigging bids for a $ 750,000 contract tied to that project and $ 105 million in contracts for a film studio and manufacturing plant near Syracuse.

Embattled Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. may be running for reelection unopposed, but that doesn't mean he's off the hook for declining to prosecute cases against Harvey Weinstein and President Donald Trump's eldest children and accepting campaign cash from lawyers linked to those would - be defendants in the process.

Assuming all interested parties knew the score going in, the judge (Andrew Ceresia, brought in from Rensselaer County to preside over the case) nonetheless injected some suspense when he expressed sympathy for the defendant in his pre-sentencing statement.

The jury said it couldn't reach a unanimous decision on a fourth defendant in the case, energy company executive Peter Galbraith Kelly, who had been accused of arranging a $ 90,000 - per - year job for Percoco's wife.

Many of those defendants are unable to make bail, even seemingly low amounts required for bail in some cases.

For a defendant in a political corruption case, introducing character testimony can be especially risky at a time when politicians are generally held in low esteem, experts said.

At the last sitting, Justice Cornelius Akintayo while refusing the ex-parte motion had ordered the applicant to put the defendants in the case on notice to prepare for defence.

In motions filed Friday night, attorneys for most of the defendants said they want separate trials for their clients to avoid the chance of unrelated evidence against one or two defendants tainting the others» cases.

Attorneys for the three local defendants — Louis P. Ciminelli, Michael W. Laipple and Kevin C. Schuler, all former top executives of the LPCiminelli construction company — previously had asked the judge handling the case in New York City to move their portion of the case to Buffalo.

Bharara wants Silver, 72, to forfeit the $ 5.2 million he pocketed in the scheme and cough up «a substantial fine of at least $ 1 million is appropriate in this case, particularly in light of the defendant's significant remaining resources and his more than $ 70,000 - per - year pension, paid for by New York State taxpayers.»

«First, we have a witness on subpoena in the person of Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, former President of Nigeria, who is a vital witness for the first defendant and after his testimony, we will appraise the case of the first defendant with a view to making up our minds as to whether we will need further testimony of the first defendant or another witness.

«Given the serious nature of the allegations made last week, the campaign contributions given by the defendants will be set aside in a separate account to be made available for any forfeiture recoveries pursued by law enforcement upon case disposition, rather than returning the funds to the defendants,» said Basil Smikle, the executive director of the state Democratic Committee in an email statement.

«I would have asked that the defendants in this case be discharged and allow to go home pending the time the prosecution would get serious for their trial.

If it wasn't for the media exposing them the defendants in those cases would be sitting in jail.

The case was adjourned to March 20, 21 and 22, 2017 for commencement of trial, while the defendants are remanded in State CID, Police headquarters, Akure pending the perfection of the bail conditions.

Legal experts pointed out that it is usually very difficult for defendants to win bail in rape cases.

In none of these cases has the defendant been in the US when the crime is alleged to have been committed, and all of the cases could be prosecuted here if not for the refusal of the British prosecuting agencies to consider this course of actioIn none of these cases has the defendant been in the US when the crime is alleged to have been committed, and all of the cases could be prosecuted here if not for the refusal of the British prosecuting agencies to consider this course of actioin the US when the crime is alleged to have been committed, and all of the cases could be prosecuted here if not for the refusal of the British prosecuting agencies to consider this course of action.

The different papers were submitted separately and jointly in one case by lawyers for the three defendants.

The half - dozen motions filed by attorneys for the defendants describe Buffalo as the «center of gravity» in the Buffalo Billion case and state that transferring the case to Buffalo «is in the interest of justice, for the convenience of witnesses and the parties and for judicial economies.

Lawyers for the defendants deny the charges and have been seeking to toss the case on a number of grounds over the past year, including court decisions in unrelated public corruption cases.

Albany County DA David Soares said that at the time he accused Judge Stephen Herrick of giving a «get - out - of - jail - free card for every criminal defendant in New York state» and creating a «dangerous loophole» by giving his high - profile steroids case to a special prosecutor in 2010, he saw nothing offensive in his words.

At a separate press conference in Midtown on Monday, the defendants who brought the case and their lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights hailed the Judge's decision.

By Section 270 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, a plea bargain agreement is allowed as in this case, wherein the first defendant has provided relevant information to aid the prosecution of this case... it appears to me that by the above provisions of the ACJA, under a plea bargain agreement, the appropriate sentence to be recommended should be within the appropriate range of punishment stipulated for the offence charged.

Despite getting flak from civil rights advocates over his decision to veto bills that would have legalized specific kinds of pocket knives and offering more state funds to compensate lawyers designated by the court to represent defendants who don't make enough money to afford a lawyer for defense in a criminal case, people roared in applause throughout Cuomo's speech.

A total of 46 defendants have been charged in the case, and 39 were taken into custody today, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.

A little more than three months ago the defendant in question was a Democrat, Shelly Silver, accused of taking bribes and kickbacks of $ 4 million, some of the money being listed as «referral fees» for steering asbestos cases and real - estate developers to Silver - connected law firms.

If the County of Erie is not the defendant, but an individual associated with the county is the defendant, determine if the provisions of the Public Officers law that authorizes and in some cases requires defense and indemnity for governmental employees have been complied with,