Sentences with phrase «fraud lawsuit by»

Even before being hit with a federal securities fraud lawsuit by the SEC and independent perjury charges by the DOJ last month, the founder of a now - defunct cryptocurrency exchange had left a trail of lawsuits.

Not exact matches

On August 2, 2005, CIBC paid US$ 2.4 billion to settle a class action lawsuit brought by a group of pension funds and investment managers, including the University of California, which claims that «systematic fraud by Enron and its officers led to the loss of billions and the collapse of the company.»

ATLANTA — Visa and MasterCard are using security measures prone to fraud, putting retailers and customers at risk of hacking attacks by cyber thieves, The Home Depot Inc. says in a new federal lawsuit.

«Plaintiff bring [s] this action as the public has a right to know about this fraud that is being perpetrated in Dearborn, Michigan, the community with the highest concentrations of Muslims in North America,» the lawsuit read in part, as obtained by CBS Detroit.

The expansion of the board is at the heart of the lawsuit: Benchmark says Kalanick committed fraud by pitching a board expansion while not informing them of the true crises the company was managing under his leadership.

Story by: Simon Golstein Bitcoin.com is facing a lawsuit from over 1,000 people for «fraud,» according to Bitcoinist.com.

The film's director, Jon Van Dyke, filed a federal lawsuit alleging fraud by church leaders who he claims cheated him out of his pay.

The company has a background and history that most of us do not wish to support, including but not limited to a criminal background for most of the executives (fraud, etc...) and a currently ongoing lawsuit for fraud and another for patent infringement, plus a lawsuit by the original founder against one of their lawyers.

Despite the harsh charges leveled in the lawsuit, Benjamin said seeking to have the courts take over a governmental body run by elected officials — even a government steeped in allegations of fraud — is fraught with legal questions.

He's been convicted of tax fraud, embezzlement, and has had multiple lawsuits filed against him by contractors who did work on his home.

Sidney Bowne and one of its partners, Zabdiel Blackman, alleged in the lawsuit that Terry committed «identity fraud» by forging a lease signature for a Lexus the engineering firm had arranged for him.

Astorino has decried the advertising as false and nasty, especially the ad in which he's accused of racketeering, the basis of which came from a lawsuit filed by a colorful Westchester County businessman now under indictment for fraud.

The lawsuit alleges that Mr. Astorino undertook a «frantic» effort to win the backing of the party — the allegations include racketeering, conspiracy, wire and maul fraud — by coercing dozens of staff members, political associates, friends and family members to switch their party affiliation to the Independence Party.

In addition to the class - action lawsuits being considered by Curiel, Trump University faces a separate $ 40 million fraud case in New York, filed by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Combine that with huge profit - seeking pharmaceutical corporations, fly - by - night supplement companies that have active lawsuits being filed against them for fraud, millions of dollars in advertising and promotions on TV and the internet targeting vulnerable people, and endless layers of websites full of contradictory information about scientific trials, clinical tests, and potentially bogus health promises, and it's no wonder why people end up confused and frustrated.

Barry is considering being part of a proposed class action lawsuit filed by Sean McGuinn who is claiming fraud against the online dating site.

George is served with a lawsuit alleging wire fraud and is promptly bounced from his post as Chief Executive Officer at the company founded by his father Charles (Jack Nicholson).

This lawsuit, which was previously unreported, claims that Apple committed fraud when a company, called IP Application Development Ltd., was set by one of Cupertino's law firms to purchase the iPad trademark from Proview, in December 2009, for $ 55,000.

Ever since his move to the United States, he has been linked to pets or animals in his ventures and is shadowed by a history of failed ventures, lawsuits, unpaid bills, and fraud allegations.

Likewise, if you buy VW stock after the fraud is fully exposed with a lawsuit by consumers, government, and shareholders pending you by the stock at price knowing future payouts wil be made which is reflected in the price you paid for VW stock therefore this class di not suffer danages due to fraud.

Arnold Rissman, defense of a $ 100 + million securities fraud and duress lawsuit related to the sale of Tiger Electronics to Hasbro, Inc., which victory was affirmed by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

This weird Facebook ownership lawsuit brought by Paul Ceglia has been going on for a while now, but it's noteworthy how many lawyers have taken on the case and withdrawn — especially given that Facebook is now talking about bringing actions against prior attorneys for Ceglia based on failure to report evidence of fraud to the court.

The Court held that foreign judgments will be enforceable in Canada provided the foreign court had a «substantial connection» with the subject matter of the lawsuit unless the judgment was obtained by fraud, or there was a failure of natural justice, or enforcing the judgment would be contrary to domestic policy.

Represented a health care system in South Texas in a lawsuit against former insurance agents for violations of the Texas Insurance Code, violations of the Texas Theft Liability Act, conversion, fraud, fraud by non-disclosure, negligent misrepresentation, and breach of contract.

New York, NY: McDonald's is facing a consumer fraud class action lawsuit brought by consumers who allege the fast food chain's claims that its chicken breast filet sandwiches, salads and wraps are made with 100 percent chicken breast filet, are false.

Toyobo — Defense of Toyobo, a major Japanese fiber manufacturer, in consumer fraud class actions throughout the United States, False Claims Act actions, suits and investigation by states attorneys general, claims and lawsuits by body armor manufacturers, and personal injury claims arising from the sale of a high ‐ performance fiber used in the manufacture of hundreds of thousands of bullet ‐ resistant vests.

The lawsuit claims that Birmingham - based MedPartners, a physician practice management company once led by former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy, lied to its shareholders about how much the company could pay to settle securities fraud lawsuits in 1999.

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.

A $ 100m lawsuit was brought by a software consultant concerning important issues of contract construction and fraud.

The judge in billionaire Ronald Perelman's lawsuit against Morgan Stanley, exasperated by the latter's delays in handing over documents, instructs jurors to assume that the firm committed fraud.

Lead counsel for another large commercial lender in lawsuits brought by bankruptcy trustees that seek to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in loan proceeds that were paid to the lender by companies that allegedly were engaged in a multi-billion dollar fraud scheme.

Fraud: Critics of the no - fault laws in Michigan say that the system is vulnerable to fraud, as aggressive lawyers contribute to escalating numbers of lawsuits and seek to cash in by shuttling clients into unnecessary and costly medical treatments.

While pre-DAO token offerings may be receiving a pass from the SEC, many of the most successful offerings have been hit by class action lawsuits that allege the ICOs in question were unregistered securities and thus committing fraud.

The Chicago Tribune reports the lawsuit filed by Cook County State's Attorney Kimberly Foxx on behalf of Illinois residents brings one consumer fraud count each against Facebook and Cambridge Analytica.

Towards the end of last year, Maksim Zaslavskiy was hit with several lawsuits regarding an inital coin offering (ICO) that was deemed an unregistered security by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) along with alleged acts of fraud.

The Developer's lawsuit claimed that the court should vacate the arbitration award because the result was procured by fraud and / or bias by the arbitrators.

Lender Processing Services Inc. (LPS), a national provider of real estate technology, services and mortgage performance data, recently filed to dismiss a consumer fraud lawsuit against the company filed by the state of Nevada.

For any issues not fixed by the seller or not revealed by the home inspection, an «as is» clause in the purchase agreement means that these issues are still the buyer's responsibility, precluding lawsuits even for negligence or fraud.

The Buyers filed a lawsuit against the Brokerage alleging fraud, claiming that they were damaged by the Brokerage's failure to inform them of the square footage difference and also the Brokerage's failure to give them a copy of the appraisal for the property prior to closing.