Once various states around the country discovered a veritable cash cow in trying to force Amazon to collect and submit sales taxes, lawsuits sprung up from every corner of the country, with states» attorneys
general filing lawsuits to recover back... [Read more...]
In January, the attorney
general filed a lawsuit against Navient and related businesses.
Washington Attorney
General Files Lawsuit Against Navient and Proposes Student Loan Bill of Rights
California's attorney
general filed a lawsuit against the schools and its subsidiaries (Heald, Everest College, and WyoTech) in 2013 for a predatory scheme targeting low - income students, and the schools were accused of falsely advertising programs that didn't exist, misleading students about their credits transferring to Cal State, and engaging in illegal debt collection practices.
Not exact matches
After
filing a
lawsuit against Delta, the California Office of the Attorney
General sent out approximately one - hundred letters to mobile app developers to notify them that they had thirty days to comply with CalOPPA or face a fine of $ 2,500 per download.
California didn't start enforcing the policy until December of 2012, when California's Attorney
General Kamala D. Harris
filed a
lawsuit against Delta Air Lines for violating CalOPPA with their mobile app «Fly Delta».
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.
The first German consumer to
file a
lawsuit against VW has been identified; and many are sure to follow on the continent and in the U.S. West Virginia's attorney -
general also has
filed suit against VW on behalf of consumers in that state who were allegedly deceived.
«The allegations in the
lawsuits filed for wages and hours is that the franchisees were squeezed so much by their franchise agreements, that they had little wiggle room and little autonomy» to fix the problems, says Cathy Ruckelshaus,
general counsel for NELP.
An offer for the studio from a group of investors led by former Obama administration official Maria Contreras - Sweet failed to produce a deal earlier this year, after New York Attorney
General Eric Schneiderman
filed a civil
lawsuit against the company and demanded more compensation for Harvey Weinstein's victims.
It could also include
lawsuits filed by Eric T. Schneiderman, the New York attorney
general, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
In June, the Illinois attorney
general's office
filed a
lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court against Jimmy John's, alleging the company imposes «highly restrictive non-compete agreements on its employees.»
Attorney
General Bob Ferguson
filed a consumer protection
lawsuit today against CLA Estate Services, Inc. and CLA USA, Inc. for operating a «trust mill» by misleading hundreds of Washington seniors about estate planning, and persuading them to purchase high - commission...
Washington State Attorney
General Bob Ferguson today
filed the first consumer protection
lawsuit in the nation involving crowdfunding.
Boca Raton - based The Geo Group has agreed to pay $ 550,000 to settle a sexual harassment
lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Arizona's attorney
general.
In March, Attorney
General Jeff Sessions said the federal government would support a series of
lawsuits filed by states against drug manufacturers.
This is just what was on display last week when florist Barronelle Stutzman wrote a letter to Washington State's Attorney
General, stating her intent to not settle a discrimination
lawsuit filed against her for refusing to lend her creative talents and services to a same - sex ceremony.
NEW ORLEANS, April 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC («KSF») and KSF partner, former Attorney
General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until May 8, 2018 to
file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action
lawsuit against Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL), if they purchased the Company's shares between August 19, 2016 and August 17, 2017, inclusive (the «Class Period»).
NEW ORLEANS, April 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC («KSF») and KSF partner, former Attorney
General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until May 7, 2018 to
file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action
lawsuit against Henry Schein, Inc. (NasdaqGS: HSIC), if they purchased the Company's securities between March 7, 2013 and February 12, 2018, inclusive (the «Class Period»).
NEW ORLEANS, April 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC («KSF») and KSF partner, former Attorney
General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until May 4, 2018 to
file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action
lawsuit against Atlas Financial Holdings, Inc. (NasdaqGM: AFH), if they purchased the Company's securities between March 13, 2017, and March 2, 2018, inclusive (the «Class Period»).
While I shouldn't have been surprised at his admission, given the
lawsuits that have been
filed against the league by former players, and the efforts by N.F.L. to protect the safety of current players, what impressed me the most was what the league and USA Football have done and were doing to improve health and safety of all who play football, from the pros down to the youth level, which fall into 6
general categories:
A federal judge tossed out a
lawsuit that Attorney
General Eric Schneiderman had
filed calling for a more extensive studies of hydrofracking in the Delaware River Basin.
The New York Attorney
General's office has continued to position itself as a nemesis to President Donald Trump, this week
filing two more
lawsuits against the administration.
«We now have a civil
lawsuit filed by the Attorney
General,» the Syracuse - area senator continued.
One source insisted he'll be announcing a
lawsuit to challenge the health care reform law — or «ObamaCare», as the right perfers to call it — because the AG has declined to join the suit
filed by other attorneys
general.
Schneiderman today joined a coalition of 14 attorneys
general and the City of Chicago in
filing a motion to intervene in a
lawsuit against EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's actions to halt regulation of leaks of greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful air pollutants from new sources in the oil and gas industry.
State Attorney
General Eric Schneiderman joined a coalition of nine attorneys general in filing a motion to intervene in a lawsuit by for - profit colleges regarding student loan debt regul
General Eric Schneiderman joined a coalition of nine attorneys
general in filing a motion to intervene in a lawsuit by for - profit colleges regarding student loan debt regul
general in
filing a motion to intervene in a
lawsuit by for - profit colleges regarding student loan debt regulations.
State Attorney
General Eric Schneiderman called the Republicans plan to repeal ObamaCare «unconstitutional,» and said he plans to
file a
lawsuit if the Senate passes the bill.
The governor, who as attorney
general filed a civil
lawsuit against Espada over siphoning $ 14 million from his health clinics for meals and other personal perks, «has been given carte blanche to do anything he wants» said Espada.
For instance, the Trump team has
filed a
lawsuit seeking a state ethics investigation of the New York attorney
general.
Connecticut Attorney
General George Jepsen has
filed or joined a growing number of
lawsuits against the Trump Adminsitration
Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow, who chairs the Committee on Racing and Wagering, says the approach state lawmakers take will depend on the outcome of the
lawsuit filed by New York Attorney
General Eric Schneiderman to block FanDuel and DraftKings from conducting what Schneiderman considers illegal gambling.
Disability Rights New York has
filed a class action
lawsuit against the Dollar
General Corporation for failing to make their New York stores accessible to people with mobility disabilities.
State Attorney
General Eric Schneiderman
filed a
lawsuit against the Rensselaer County district attorney on Wednesday, claiming Joel Abelove «flagrantly violated» an executive order last week when Abelove's office presented evidence in a fatal police shooting to a grand jury.
California plans to
file a
lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice over federal restrictions on some law enforcement grants to so - called sanctuary cities, a spokesperson for the state's attorney
general office said.
Another group of attorneys
general, led by New York's Eric Schneiderman,
filed a
lawsuit over DACA on Sept. 6 in Brooklyn federal court.
Donovan stressed that he would not join the
lawsuit already
filed by a number of attorneys
general across the nation — an action he deemed «political» because 14 of the 15 people who brought the suit are gunning for higher office.
Attorney
General Eric Schneiderman also wants to the federal government to conduct a study into the issue, threatening to
file a
lawsuit if a study isn't taken up within 30 days.
New York's attorney
general has
filed a
lawsuit seeking to permanently block Amigone Funeral Home from reopening its crematory on Sheridan Drive in the Town of Tonawanda.
Earlier this week, New York Attorney
General Eric Schneiderman joined his fellow attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against the second Muslim travel ban in the Western District of Wash
General Eric Schneiderman joined his fellow attorneys
general in filing a lawsuit against the second Muslim travel ban in the Western District of Wash
general in
filing a
lawsuit against the second Muslim travel ban in the Western District of Washington.
NEW YORK (WBEN / AP)-- New York's attorney
general has
filed a
lawsuit against Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein and the Weinstein Co. following an investigating into allegations of sexual misconduct.
The agreement settled a
lawsuit filed by the attorney
general to take over jurisdiction from Abelove in the ongoing investigation.
That step had long been sought by New York Attorney
General Eric Schneiderman, who
filed a
lawsuit against the company last month on behalf of its employees.
New York's attorney
general is accusing Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein of «repeatedly and persistently» sexually harassing female employees at his film company, according to a
lawsuit filed on Sunday by the state prosecutor that could impact...
On a bright Monday morning, New York Attorney
General Eric T. Schneiderman brought together a gaggle of Bronx elected officials and interested media to the steps of the Bronx County Court House to announce that his office has
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New York Attorney
General Eric Schneiderman
filed a separate civil rights
lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein, Robert Weinstein and the Weinstein companies at large for «egregious violations of New York's civil rights, human rights, and business laws» earlier this year, his office said in a statement.
The Ashanti Regional chapter of the NDC, following the Attorney
General's
filing of a
lawsuit against Dr. Opuni last week for allegedly causing financial loss to the statd, claimed that the state was witch - hunting the former COCOBOD boss.
«That's the conundrum here,» said Thomas J. Garry, a New York elections lawyer, who said a current congressional candidate who wants to run for attorney
general would likely need to
file a
lawsuit.
In May, Attorney
General Eric T. Schneiderman of New York
filed a
lawsuit against several federal agencies that are affiliated with the Delaware River Basin Commission, a multistate entity including New York that regulates the river basin, to block the commission from issuing final regulations on hydrofracking until a full environmental review could be conducted.
The sale of the Weinstein Co. is on hold after State Attorney
General Eric Schneiderman
filed a
lawsuit.