Sentences with phrase «in a law suit by»

The New York Farm Bureau's Steve Ammerman said the final straw was when Governor Cuomo decided not to defend the state in a law suit by the New York Civil Liberties Union, which, if successful, will allow farmworkers to unionize.

For example, going into default in a law suit by failing to timely file a response with the court can be costly, and even catastrophic.

Not exact matches

The suit, brought by three ex-sex workers, a client, and the Erotic Service Providers Legal, Educational and Research Project, says California's current laws violate the rights of people to engage in consensual sex.

By selling the bonds to Monaco, investors were trying to get around the 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which says, «The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.&raquBy selling the bonds to Monaco, investors were trying to get around the 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which says, «The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.&raquby citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.&raquby citizens or subjects of any foreign state.»

According to the suit, Yelp's failure to pay reviewers — who voluntarily choose to evaluate their experiences at everything from restaurants to law firms — «have become suspect in both the public forum, as witnessed by the proliferation and popularity of such websites as yelp-sucks.com, and within the courtrooms.»

In the six - count suit the airline alleges the pair broke Southwest website's terms and conditions by taking fare data off the site, broke trademark laws, and violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by accessing Southwest's «computers without authorization or in excess of authorized access.&raquIn the six - count suit the airline alleges the pair broke Southwest website's terms and conditions by taking fare data off the site, broke trademark laws, and violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by accessing Southwest's «computers without authorization or in excess of authorized access.&raquin excess of authorized access.»

California Governor Jerry Brown announced the suit's filing in Sacramento, accusing the EPA of «breaking the law» and putting children at risk by boosting asthma - inducing tailpipe emissions.

«That's why today's announcement by Facebook is so important, and I would encourage all of the platform companies to follow suit as we work toward making the Honest Ads Act the law of the land, ensuring that political ads sold online abide by the same disclosure rules as TV and radio ads,» Warner said in a statement Friday.

The suit was filed Wednesday in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for the college by the Becket Fund, the same law firm that is representing multiple lawsuits against the HHS policy.

Under previous law, as interpreted by the Supreme Court in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., the statute of limitations on such suits ran out 180 days after the alleged discrimination occurred, even if the victims never knew about it.

He then brought a suit demanding his freedom in St. Louis County Court under Missouri law, claiming that he was legally entitled to be free by virtue of having resided in a free state or territory.

Nevertheless, we must be sure that the child's interests come first, as this is stated in our family law: Every child has the right to a family — first of all to his own family, and, failing this, to a family suited to become his own by adoption.

Nevertheless, we must be sure that the child's interest comes first, as this is stated in our family law: every child has the right to a family — first of all to her own family, and, failing this, to a family suited to become her own by adoption, if such is the child's interest.

Amaranth leaves (chawli ki bhaji) is a regular feature in my kitchen now and I make good use of all the recipes handed over by my mom (west India) and my mother - in - law (south India) with a few changes now and then to suit both, my cooking time and taste.

Arsenal could file a law suit against UEFA for discrimination by allowing flares at European stadiums in league games.

A single law suit by one mother, or even a few, won't make that much of a dent in this type of case.

In a 39 - paragraph affidavit deposed by Adegboruwa in support of the suit, he traced the appointment of Magu back to November 9, 2015, contending that he has been functioning in acting capacity as EFCC Chairman, beyond the six months allowed by laIn a 39 - paragraph affidavit deposed by Adegboruwa in support of the suit, he traced the appointment of Magu back to November 9, 2015, contending that he has been functioning in acting capacity as EFCC Chairman, beyond the six months allowed by lain support of the suit, he traced the appointment of Magu back to November 9, 2015, contending that he has been functioning in acting capacity as EFCC Chairman, beyond the six months allowed by lain acting capacity as EFCC Chairman, beyond the six months allowed by law.

Fragile states were asked to adopt EU laws and regulations, but they were not ruled by «guys in black suits» from outside.

Last month, a State Appellate Court ruled in favor of two home healthcare workers who filed suit claiming the 13 - hour rule violated New York State's minimum wage laws, since they were made available to work 24 - hours a day by being live - in home health workers.

However, although the pre-disestablishment marriage law has been retained for the Welsh Church, including the putative right to be married in one's parish church, that right is abrogated by the third lock, which grants a conscience clause (and immunity from suit) to clergy who refuse to perform same - sex marriages.

U.S. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff denied the board's motion to dismiss the suit, clearing the way for the parties — represented by the Brennan Center for Justice and the law firm of Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady — to move forward in advance of the 2012 election cycle.

The suits were prompted by a California judge's ruling in June striking down that state's teacher tenure laws.

Risa Sugarman, the board's enforcement officer, charged in a suit earlier this month that the Independent Democratic Conference violated the law by teaming up with the Independence Party to establish the Senate Independence Campaign Committee and a related housekeeping account.

The judge, who noted that Ogungbeje was not a party in the suit filed by the EFCC, described the lawyer as a meddlesome interloper and a busybody, adding that his application was strange to law.

The State Senate, controlled by a coalition of 30 Republicans and 6 Democrats, approved the package, which included a significant expansion of the state's assault weapons ban, on its first day in session; the Assembly, controlled by Democrats, followed suit the next day, and the governor signed the legislation into law.

The Court of Appeal sitting in Ado Ekiti has nullified the election of Mr. Oyetunde Ojo, the ACN candidate and an in - law to the former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on the strength of the suit instituted by the National Reformation Party, NTP, alleging that INEC omitted both the name and logo of the party from the electoral papers

No fewer than five police vans, scores of armed policemen and operatives of the Department of State Services were deplored in the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Thursday to forestall the breakdown of law and order as the libel suit filed by the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, against an online medium, SaharaReporters, and its publisher, Omoyele Sowore, came up for hearing.

«It's that we don't want companies that have led the nation in law suits being brought against them by workers.

They will be joined by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a proven progressive leader who has rooted out fraud and corruption in New York and whose current law suit against Donald Trump is leading the charge to protect Dreamers and preserve DACA.

The suit alleges that Onondaga County violated Not - for - Profit Corporations Law through the sale of necessary property and that the county legislature exceeded their authority by abolishing Van Duyn's work force in the county budget, which essentially eliminates the county department of Long Term Care Services, established under county charter.

Abimbola further explained that Kayode Oloyede in his suit urged the court to set aside the environmental sanitation days in the state on ground of not being constitutional and lawful as well as praying to the court to adopt the position taken against Lagos State by the Court of Appeal in a suit which struck down the Lagos State environmental day as being unconstitutional same not having been created by any existing law.

The judge, who is encouraging the parties to negotiate their differences, is considering a motion by the state to dismiss the entire suit, which would make moot the efforts to question Andrew Cuomo, who is now in private law practice.

In a suit filed Wednesday night, the plaintiffs are seeking a declaration that the law is unconstitutional and an injunction prohibiting enforcement of the provisions by the attorney's general's office and the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, which are the defendants in the casIn a suit filed Wednesday night, the plaintiffs are seeking a declaration that the law is unconstitutional and an injunction prohibiting enforcement of the provisions by the attorney's general's office and the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, which are the defendants in the casin the case.

Or, as you say, we have legal means of recourse — if somebody is harmed by a product, but if the regulatory agency is moving slowly, and if there are efforts in Washington to deprive consumers of legal means — namely, law suits — to go after companies they think have harmed them, then that leaves us in a rough position.

As bloggers have noted, this case will be one of the first tests of a new Texas law designed to discourage capricious libel suits by putting the burden on the plaintiff (Wakefield in this case) to prove that the defendants» speech has caused damage before the suit can go forward.

It looked a bit as if a fungus had suddenly grown from the Martian soil and prompted a law suit in a California court by science writer Rhawn Joseph, who claimed that the rock was a living organism that NASA refused to investigate properly.

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THE ELITE SQUAD director's new vision of the future of law - enforcement sees The Killing «s Joel Kinnaman don the metallic super suit in the role previously played by the great Peter Weller.

A bill that requires Tennessee's public schools to set aside one minute at the beginning of the school day for «meditation, or prayer, or personal beliefs» has been signed into law by Gov. Lamar Alexander, but the American Civil Liberties Union (aclu) of Tennessee intends to file suit shortly on the grounds that the law is in violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

The constitutionality of an Oklahoma law that allows schools to dismiss employees for engaging in or advocating certain homosexual activities is being tested in a suit brought last year by a national gay - rights group.

The Minnesota Federation of Teachers has filed suit in federal district court in St. Paul to block the state's 1985 Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act on the grounds that the law violates both the state and federal constitutions by permitting the «direct diversion» of public funds from public schools to church - related colleges and universities.

The establishment forces aligned against reform filed suit in King County Superior Court July 3 to block the charter school law approved by the voters last November.

The Washington Education Association announced it would file suit by the end of the month challenging a new law in the Evergreen State that corrects problems in the way that charter schools are funded.

Last year, Louisiana settled a suit filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center on behalf of 10 special - needs students in New Orleans schools — seven of which were charters — alleging that they'd been denied services and unfairly disciplined.

In New York today, a group of parents and advocates, led by former CNN and NBC anchor Campbell Brown, filed a suit challenging state laws that govern when teachers can be given tenure and how they can be fired once they have it.

Shortly after the letter of intent was issued, long time (40 - years) Birmingham, Alabama Mercedes - Benz dealership Crown Automotive filed a law suit (against Mercedes - Benz USA) claiming that by allowing a second Mercedes - Benz dealership to operate in Birmingham they would violate the terms of their franchise agreement.

The Tab10.1 N is Samsung's response to an earlier law suit by Apple wherein they claimed their iPad had been copied in the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.

That lawsuit, originally filed as a class - action suit by a Seattle - based law firm on behalf of consumers, quickly evolved into a full Department of Justice investigation of anti-trust violations in order to edge out Amazon when the iPad was launched in 2010.

Apple and five major publishing houses are being sued by a Seattle - based law firm, Hagens Berman, on behalf of two plaintiffs named in the suit and on behalf of consumers as a... [Read more...]

Apple and five major publishing houses are being sued by a Seattle - based law firm, Hagens Berman, on behalf of two plaintiffs named in the suit and on behalf of consumers as a whole.