Very detailed reasoning is given
for naming the Defendants (covering a quarter of the whole Judgment).
Not exact matches
For example, the complaint claims that Lemon general counsel (and current Xapo president) Cynthia McAdam «often claimed the need to work from home,» but actually was working from Xapo's Palo Alto offices on Xapo business (she is
named as a
defendant).
On as little as five days notice to the
defendant, it says, a nonprofit may be entitled to a permanent injunction if it can simply show that a
for - profit company is using its
name or «a
name so nearly resembling it as to be calculated to deceive the public.»
Lost in that noise is a potentially more significant development that surfaced in March: Canada's largest bank has been
named as a
defendant by U.S. mortgage giant Freddie Mac
for alleged manipulation of LIBOR, the London Interbank Offered Rate, an interest rate benchmark off which international banks lend among themselves.
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.
Mahaney and board president John Loftness, along with six other leaders, are
named as
defendants for allegedly failing to report incidents of abuse to law enforcement, encouraging parents to not report them, and «mislead [ing] law enforcement into believing the parents had «forgiven'those who preyed on their children.»
The
defendant, in answer, denies that plaintiff or its predecessors now use, or have ever used, the word «Tabasco» as a trade - mark or identifying
name for sauce, and specially avers that the word «Tabasco» could not and can not be appropriated as a trade - mark, because it is geographical and descriptive; that plaintiff continually acquiesced in the descriptive use of the word «Tabasco,» and never made a bona fide attempt to establish the trade - mark it now asserts; and that any rights that plaintiff may have had in the
name as a trade - mark were lost by the patenting of the process and the expiration of such patent.
Twitter itself and «persons unknown responsible
for the publication of information on the Twitter accounts» are
named as
defendants in the suit.
His journey to the dock followed a petition by the Department of Land Administration, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, alleging that the
defendant presented a title document, purported to be original Mass Housing Development Programme within the FCT, in the
name of Verizon Heritage Limited, dated February 19, 2010
for confirmation in the Search Unit of Abuja Geographic Information System, AGIS.
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.
Others
named as
defendants in the charges, filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja and marked FHC / ABJ / CR / 48/2017, are a former Commissioner
for Benue State under the Suswam's administration, Mr. Omadachi Oklobia; and the then Accountant, Benue State Government House Administration, Mrs. Janet Aluga.
For the avoidance of doubt, the 1st
Defendant / Respondent is hereby ordered forthwith to take all the necessary steps to delete from the current register of voters the list of persons whose
names were submitted to this court on 29th June 2016 as persons who registered with the NHIS Card.
Three other
defendants were also
named: Louis Ciminelli, a Buffalo developer who's in charge of a solar - panel factory to be built in that city; and Michael Laipple and Kevin Schuler, executives
for Ciminelli's firm.
WHITE PLAINS, NY — Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore announced that over the period of nearly two years, the two
defendants named below are charged with stealing approximately $ 280,000.00 from the City of Yonkers
for school bus se
A judge set a September trial date
for two former Islip Town officials accused in a Suffolk dumping scheme that so far has led to the conviction of three of six
defendants named in a 2014 indictment.
The New York Farm Bureau wants to be
named the
defendant in a lawsuit pushing
for collective bargaining rights
for farm workers.
The lawsuit filed Friday in federal court
for the northern district of New York
names the Democratic governor as a
defendant along with the state Department of Financial Services and it superintendent, Maria Vullo.
Politico reported that Cuomo criticized Newburgh
for naming the state and several of its entities in notices of intent to sue dated Feb. 21 and mailed to 10 potential
defendants in a possible lawsuit over perfluorooctane sulfonate contamination of Washington Lake.
The suit also
names Police commissioner James O'Neill as a
defendant, alleging the CCRB is investigating matters reserved
for the NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau under O'Neill's command.
Percoco was among a slew of
defendants named in an 80 - page complaint unsealed by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara today, outlining schemes to take favorable state actions
for an energy company that in exchange employed Percoco's wife (when discussing her salary, Percoco and lobbyist Todd Howe colorfully used the codeword «ziti,» a kind of macaroni,
for money — something he lifted from The Sopranos) and to rig bids considered by SUNY Polytechnic University
for funding through Cuomo's economic development program, the Buffalo Billion.
Schneiderman filed papers with the U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday, two days after gay marriage became legal in New York State and a day after he was
named among the
defendants in a lawsuit by a conservative group seeking to overturn the state's gay marriage law.
Dokpesi said on March 30, the
defendants allegedly defamed him by publishing his
name as treasury looter in a news conference on the basis that he is on trial
for allegedly receiving N2.2 billion from the office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA).
For those keeping score listed below are the
names of the attorneys representing the plaintiffs and
defendants.
The lawsuit, filed Friday in federal court
for the Northern District of New York,
names the governor as a
defendant along with the state Department of Financial Services and its superintendent, Maria Vullo.
He also sought an order of interim injunction restraining the second and third
defendants, whether by themselves, servants, agents, privies or howsoever called from forwarding a fresh
name or governorship aspirant to the first
defendant, when the plaintiff was still alive and had not withdrawn his candidacy
for the governorship election of Bayelsa State, pending the determination of the substantive suit.
In the alternative, he prayed the court to give an order of interim injunction mandating the
defendants, whether by themselves, their servants, agents, privies or howsoever called to publish the
name of the plaintiff as an aspirant
for the November 19, 2011 governorship primary in Bayelsa State or any governorship primary election scheduled
for Bayelsa State, on any date which the
defendants may choose, pending the determination of the substantive suit.
Carranza, 51, was not
named as a
defendant in the case, but the suit alleged he ruined the career of a female educator in San Francisco after she called him out
for flirting with a female colleague while Carranza was the city's superintendent in 2013.
Lawyers
for Tawana R. Wyatt, mother of the late India Cummings,
name 11
defendants in alleging that jail officials and medical professionals failed to properly care
for Cummings, who was 27 years old when rushed from her cell to Buffalo General Medical Center
for an unspecified «medical event» on Feb. 17, 2016.
«To the best of my knowledge, information and belief, the Plaintiff [Dominic Ayine] brought this action in his
name fronting
for the immediate past Government to set at naught the popular wishes of the majority of the Ghanaian electorate who see the President's acceptance of the nomination of the 2nd
Defendant [Martin Amidu] as Special Prosecutor, as being in the national interest to attack the canker of corruption in the body politic,» Martin Amidu indicated in his affidavit verification sighted by Citi News.
The District Attorney, Thomas Krasny (Coyote, Sphere), is out to make a
name for himself by putting away Forrester, but on Jack's side is former Assistant DA Teddy Barnes (Close, Fatal Attraction), who once worked
for Krasny until she discovered that he suppressed evidence in a case that would have exonerated the
defendant.
Peyser is a
named defendant in the Massachusetts school finance case, and both Peyser and Costrell testified
for the defense.
The lawsuit filed in federal court
for the northern district of New York
names the Democratic governor along with the state Department of Financial Services and its superintendent, Maria Vullo, as
defendants.
Fisker's current suit, filed in the U.S. District Court
for the Central District of Califonia,
names three executives and two companies as
defendants, with the latter two being Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd. and Aston Martin Lagonda of North America Inc..
Once the lawsuit goes forward the internet service providers can be subpoenaed to provide the actual
names of the
defendants, but
for now their identities are unknown.
The publisher of the ever - popular
For Dummies series of titles has once again taken steps to combat illegal file sharing of its works, again successfully filing a lawsuit — for now, at least — against defendants named only as John D
For Dummies series of titles has once again taken steps to combat illegal file sharing of its works, again successfully filing a lawsuit —
for now, at least — against defendants named only as John D
for now, at least — against
defendants named only as John Doe.
The complaint says that the publishers
named as
defendants «almost simultaneously announced that they were switching from a wholesale pricing model to an Agency model
for eBook sales» in January 2010 and «the announcements to shift to the Agency model coincided with the release by Apple of the iPad tablet computer.
A lawyer
for the publishing industry who did not want to be identified says Amazon has been
named as a
defendant in at least two of the lawsuits and Barnes & Noble in one of them.
There's a lawsuit
naming you, and you only, as
defendant suing you
for the full amount of the damages to the building.
Blue Buffalo asked the Court
for additional time to file an Amended Complaint in the litigation,
naming its ingredient suppliers as
Defendants.
As to the
defendants» use of Mr. Pesina's
name, it appears only in Mortal Kombat, only
for eight seconds, and only when a player wins the game.
Given the sheer amount of hazardous and toxic substances released to air, water, and land over such a large area along the Texas coast, it is reasonable to expect that ExxonMobil, along with other oil and gas companies affected by Harvey, will be
named as
defendants in a class - action suit
for failing to take proper precautions to prevent these releases.
The next day, a Birmingham, Ala., lawyer
for Wachovia
named Carl S. Burkhalter filed a motion to set aside the default, explaining that a perfect storm involving the resignation of his associate and the unexplained failure of an email «auto - forward» function from the associate's email account to his secretary led to the date
for defendant's Answer to the Amended Complaint not being entered on his calendar.
My summary of the case is: A trial judge — he wasn't
named in the Court of Appeal but his
name can easily be discovered — had dismissed plaintiff's claim against the
defendant bank and a solicitor
for breach of fiduciary duty and negligence.
For one, with Ciolli out, there are now no
named defendants in the lawsuit; all are identified only by screen
names.
It was determined that the solicitor who drafted the testator's will, and who was
named the executor of his estate, and who applied unsuccessfully
for an order upholding the validity of the will, should have to pay 60 % of the
defendant's special costs.
As part of defending a claim by Haida Nation
for aboriginal title over lands in which third - persons had interests under Canadian law, British Columbia sought to stay the proceedings until either Haida Nation declared they would not disturb the tenures, permits and licences of third parties not
named in this action, or it added those third parties as
defendants to their action.
Although the employer was not
named as a
defendant in this case, it is clear that an employer may be found liable
for the tort of intrusion upon seclusion.
For example, any New Mexico personal injury plaintiff must show that the
named defendant in the lawsuit owed them a duty of care, which was violated.
Appropriation,
for the
defendant's advantage, of the plaintiff's
name or likeness
He was in the news again this week
for being
named the
defendant in a libel suit by Joanne St. Lewis, a law professor at UofO, over a blog post on Rancourt's site, UofO Watch.