Sentences with phrase «found by a federal judge»

(Bloomberg)-- A UBS Group AG unit was found by a federal judge to have violated some contracts with mortgage - backed securities trusts that hold loans, putting it at risk of having to buy back more loans or pay damages in a $ 2 billion lawsuit...

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«The searches were authorized by a federal magistrate judge, who had found probable cause to believe that the premises and devices searched contained evidence, fruits, and instrumentalities of conduct for which Cohen is under criminal investigation,» the Justice Department's filing said.

It was elevated to the Connecticut Supreme Court after a lower court judge dismissed the lawsuit last year after she found that the claims it raised fell «squarely within the broad immunity» provided by federal law.

Finally, in 1852, long after the Saints» exodus from Illinois (so there was no conceivable political or other cause for anyone to favor the Prophet), a federal judge concluded this litigation with a decree that found no fraud or other moral impropriety by the Prophet.

The federal courts found the Grand Street projects themselves, run by Silver allies, discriminated against black and Latino applicants in a suit that named Ralph Lippman, the father of the chief judge, as a defendant.

Geoffrey Berman's interim appointment as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York is set to expire in a matter of weeks, shouldering Manhattan federal judges with the responsibility of appointing Berman until a formal nomination is made by the White House and confirmed by the Senate, finding someone else or even opting out entirely.

Zimroth was tapped to monitor the department Monday by Manhattan Federal Court Judge Shira Scheindlin in a scathing ruling that found that police officers routinely violated New Yorkers» rights during stop - and - frisks.

«Florida to monitor Broward election chief after judge finds «unlawful» ballot destruction in Wasserman Schultz race «via Marc Caputo of POLITICO — The elections supervisor in Florida's second-most populous county broke state and federal law by unlawfully destroying ballots cast in U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz «s 2016 Democratic primary, a judge ruled Friday in a case brought by the congresswoman's challenger who wanted to check for voting irregularities.

A U.S. judge ordered the State Department to release by Sept. 13 any emails it finds between Clinton and the White House from the week of the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, among the thousands of additional emails uncovered by federal investigators.

The 11 - page ruling, by Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein of Federal District Court in Manhattan, found that the city had overstepped its bounds in requiring, as part of a licensing process, that carwash owners buy a special bond within a two - tiered system: $ 30,000 for those whose workers were unionized or employers who agreed to monitoring, and $ 150,000 for all others.

In September and December 2014, two federal court rulings prompted by lawsuits filed by the Center and other allies restored federal protections to wolves in Wyoming and in the western Great Lakes states, with the judges in each case finding that in stripping protections for wolves the Fish and Wildlife Service violated the Endangered Species Act.

«I, Tonia» also takes on the themes of a psychological thriller, a crime story, one that involves Tonya Harding, a top - flight, Olympic - level figure skater who was banned from skating for life by a federal judge who found her guilty of interfering with a prosecution.

A federal judge in Manhattan has ruled against the artist Richard Prince in a closely watched copyright case, finding that Mr. Prince — who is well known for appropriating imagery created by others — violated the law by using photographs from a book about Rastafarians to create a series of collages and paintings.

In 2006, a federal judge rejected a Department of Energy finding that federal agencies couldn't take action to reduce fuel use because petroleum reduction goals mandated by the Act were unachievable.

The implementation of a new rule prohibiting federal funds for nursing homes that enter binding arbitration agreements with residents has been blocked by a U.S. district court judge, who found...

Answer: No, sometimes every judge serving on a federal appellate court finds it necessary to recuse themself from an appeal pending in their court, and federal appellate judges serving on a neighboring circuit will be assigned to sit by designation to resolve the appeal.

A fourth issue of transcendental importance is that of permissible damages theories, but the Federal Circuit panel was unanimous (with a very limited exception) and found that Judge Posner had been too strict by excluding the entirety of both parties» damages testimony:

And this morning, Peter Lattman of the Wall Street Journal Law Blog had the scoop on a «hot off the presses» ruling by federal district court Judge Lewis Kaplan, who found that that prosecutors violated the constitutional rights of a group of former KPMG partners in pressuring the firm not to advance them legal fees (I originally blogged about the matter here in the context of how much we should expect corporations to stand up for customer or employee rights when government comes knocking on the corporate door).

They were issued in response to a national survey of federal judges by the Federal Judicial Center that found that, although jurors» use of social media is not common, it doesfederal judges by the Federal Judicial Center that found that, although jurors» use of social media is not common, it doesFederal Judicial Center that found that, although jurors» use of social media is not common, it does occur.

These include: United States v. Resendiz - Ponce, which presents the question whether the omission of an element from a federal indictment can constitute harmless error (9th Circuit says no); Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. v. Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc., on whether a provider of pay phone services can sue a long distance carrier for alleged violations of the Federal Communications Commission's regulations concerning compensation for coinless pay phone calls (9th Circuit says yes); Cunningham v. California, a sentencing case involving whether whether California's Determinate Sentencing Law violates the 6th and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution by permitting California state court judges at sentencing to impose enhanced sentenced based on their determination of facts neither found by the jury nor admitted by the defendant; and Carey v. Musladin, reviewing the 9th Circuit's decision to overturn a murder conviction of a defendant who claimed he was denied a fair trial because the victim's relatives appeared in court wearing buttons with the deceased's picture ofederal indictment can constitute harmless error (9th Circuit says no); Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. v. Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc., on whether a provider of pay phone services can sue a long distance carrier for alleged violations of the Federal Communications Commission's regulations concerning compensation for coinless pay phone calls (9th Circuit says yes); Cunningham v. California, a sentencing case involving whether whether California's Determinate Sentencing Law violates the 6th and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution by permitting California state court judges at sentencing to impose enhanced sentenced based on their determination of facts neither found by the jury nor admitted by the defendant; and Carey v. Musladin, reviewing the 9th Circuit's decision to overturn a murder conviction of a defendant who claimed he was denied a fair trial because the victim's relatives appeared in court wearing buttons with the deceased's picture oFederal Communications Commission's regulations concerning compensation for coinless pay phone calls (9th Circuit says yes); Cunningham v. California, a sentencing case involving whether whether California's Determinate Sentencing Law violates the 6th and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution by permitting California state court judges at sentencing to impose enhanced sentenced based on their determination of facts neither found by the jury nor admitted by the defendant; and Carey v. Musladin, reviewing the 9th Circuit's decision to overturn a murder conviction of a defendant who claimed he was denied a fair trial because the victim's relatives appeared in court wearing buttons with the deceased's picture on them.

Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan found that Donziger obtained the judgment by corrupt means.

However, all circuit judges on the panel agreed that the fee award was justified, given the district judge found Omega was trying to exert unwarranted control over watches where copyright protection did not exist — a rationale allowing for fee shifting by the lower federal court.

«Given that approximately fifty percent of the filings in this district last year were made by pro se litigants, the court has found it necessary to join the other district courts around the country that have instituted mandatory pro bono appointment programs,» Southern District Chief Judge Richard Young wrote in a letter to the federal district bar.

In 2014, Chevron obtained court - ordered discovery from H5 for the company's role in supporting and advancing the lawsuit led by Steven Donziger, which a federal judge found to be tainted by fraud.

The 10th Circuit judicial council found that the federal law that governs judicial misconduct cases only applies to conduct by judges once they take the bench.

The FCA held that the Federal Court's finding that these facts were relevant was a question of mixed fact and law and the Minister had not demonstrated palpable and overriding error by the Federal Court judge.

In a case in Fresno involving a man convicted of illegally operating a marijuana cooperative, for example, a judge found the man had violated California's medical marijuana law by selling marijuana for profit and therefore was fair game for federal prosecution...

The Full Federal Court found that the first judge had made a number of errors in his decision and have sent the case back for consideration by a new judge, leaving the Noongar peoples uncertain about the future of their rights over the land.

In Nicholson, federal Judge Jack Weinstein found unconstitutional the practice by New York's child protection agency of routinely charging mothers with neglect and removing their children solely because the mothers had been victims of domestic violence.

In August 2010, California's Proposition 8 was declared unconstitutional under the U.S. Constitution in a federal court case, Perry v. Schwarzenegger, but the ruling has been stayed pending appeal by a higher court; the judge found the ban unconstitutional, ruling that «Proposition 8 disadvantages gays and lesbians without any rational justification.»