Sentences with phrase «in a legal battle for»

The widow of Dr. Robert Atkins is embroiled in a legal battle for her late husband's $ 100 million trust.

The former «Saturday Night Live» star spent the past eight months in a legal battle for his Senate seat, a journey chronicled in this week's New Yorker by John Colapinto.

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After a seven - year legal battle, European authorities came down hard on Google on Tuesday for taking advantage of its dominance in online searches to direct customers to its own businesses, fining the tech giant a record 2.42 billion euros ($ 2.72 billion) and raising the prospect of more.

The CBC story rightly points out that, 20 years ago, a young Canadian woman named Gwen Jacobs fought and won a legal battle for the right to go topless — entirely topless — in public.

While the sale was a struggle — Skype's founders launched a legal battle against eBay that put the deal in peril — the real work for the new owners is just beginning.

This is very bad news for the two companies and for their customers in New York, but it is by no means the end of the legal battle.

California's government agency responsible for maintaining healthy air quality voted on Friday to adopt stricter emissions standards for automobiles, essentially daring President Donald Trump to confront the state in a legal battle over climate change.

But unlike other Russian oligarchs, Khodorkovsky now enjoys an exceptional moral authority for surviving years in Russia's dismal penal system and waging legal battles in a corrupt and troubled justice system.

Aereo, a service that allows users to stream live TV over the internet for a small monthly fee, has been embroiled in a legal battle with the four major broadcasters that's gone all the way to the Supreme Court.

For example, ongoing legal battles or disputes in large cities, safety concerns and competition in an oversaturated market.

Both companies have cooperated with Korean giant Samsung, which is waging a fierce IP legal battle with Apple and is its main rival for global hegemony in smartphones and tablets.

(Bloomberg)-- An investment fund that's seeking a payout from the Cuban government on more than $ 1.3 billion in defaulted debt and back interest has hired the lawyer who won a settlement for hedge funds in a long - running legal battle against Argentina.

The chain is in the middle of a legal battle with Macy's, which sued media and merchandising company Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia for breaching an exclusive contract when Martha Stewart signed a deal with Penney in December 2011 to open shops at most of its stores this spring.

In Massachusetts, Tesla simply opened for business without going through the legislature and then fended off a legal battle brought by the Massachusetts State Automobile Dealers Association.

As the last witness for the defense in the Justice Department's legal battle against AT&T's $ 85.4 billion deal to buy Time Warner, Mr. Stephenson portrayed the 140 - year - old phone giant as being in an existential crisis and in need of the deal with Time Warner to compete against tech companies.

Take over from a visionary founder whose play for world domination is only half finished (and who is still a majority owner by votes), fix a broken workplace culture, win an existential race (and legal battle) to develop autonomous vehicles, and find a way to turn a profit in a business that has lost billions of dollars a year.

Next up in the fiduciary rule legal battle is the preliminary injunction requested by insurer Market Synergy on Sept. 21 before Judge Daniel D. Crabtree in the District of Kansas, which Sweeney says is «historically a more hostile venue» for the DOL.

But legal experts have already begun to weigh in on the coming legal battle, and there seems to be a consensus that it might be tougher for the Justice Department to lobby against this vertical integration, because blocked mergers in the past have typically been among direct competitors.

After a seven - year legal battle, European authorities came down hard on Google on Tuesday for taking advantage of its dominance in online searches to direct customers to its own businesses, fining the tech giant a record 2.42 billion euros ($ 2.72 billion)...

All in all, things are not looking too good for Uber as the company keeps facing setback after setback in its legal battle with Waymo.

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The ruling is a win for the American Civil Liberties Union in its ongoing legal battle with the Office of Refugee Resettlement.

Alfie Evans, the toddler whose treatment for a terminal illness was at the center of a legal battle in the UK for the past couple weeks, died this weekend.

Our first instinct in the legal battles spawned by the progressive excesses of the last few years is to reach for the free exercise clause, which after all exists to protect religious people's ability to live out their faiths in practice.

Charlie Gard's parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, have been involved in a lengthy but ultimately unsuccessful legal battle involving GOSH, to try and take him to the United States for experimental treatment.

But now the legal battles against the HHS employer contraceptive mandate are shifting to very different questions of personhood: Are for - profit corporations «persons» in such a legal sense that they have religious rights?

For information regarding some of the legal battles and arguments, see «Case Studies,» in The Ethics of Reproductive Technology.

A Christian student has won the latest stage in his legal battle against a decision to throw him off his university course for expressing the biblical view of s...

Ongoing legal battles surrounding the production of drugs for lethal injections have halted executions in several states.

The couple, both in their 30s and from Bedfont, west London, want to take the baby to a hospital in the US for experimental treatment, but lost a lengthy legal battle after judges ruled in favour of doctors at GOSH, who argued the therapy would not improve Charlie's quality of life.

Steven your correct mustafi was back pedaling eyes on ball aguero had feet planted with no attempt or even looking at the ball he intentionally interfered with that space and it gets called all year its a clear foul if he trys for a header or makes an attempt for the ball then it is legal bit that was illegal you cant plant your feet make no attempt to play or battle fpr ball and just put your shoulder into back of a backpedaling defender but honestly the officiating across the whole league this year has been an embarrassment to professional officials of all sports its been bad game after game they need a real looking after and more training in off season

A squad of ageing veterans and mediocre imports will be broken up in the summer, as the club's owners attempt to salvage order from chaos while also mounting a legal battle to evade a # 58 million fine for breaching Football League financial rules during the club's last stay in the Championship.

Landmark inquest verdicts On April 26, 2016, the longest - running inquest in UK legal history concluded in Warrington with determinations of unlawful killing in the case of each and every one of the 96 victims of Hillsborough - a landmark day in the long battle for justice.

Having been the victim of an unnecessary cesarean the first time, and having to wage a legal battle WHILE in labor during my VBAC (which I accomplished, no thanks to the medpros) I can say that I will absolutely go unassisted for my next birth, if I have to.

Now I am in a legal battle with his family just to have 50 % of the sale of our joint property, which I've paid into with steady work, for 10 yrs.

What isn't in dispute is who will foot the bill for the expected legal battle between the two units of local government, both funded by Vernon Hills taxpayers.

Cary Park District officials met Wednesday with Lake in the Hills officials for the second time in a McHenry County courtroom in an attempt to settle the legal battle over the Hoffman Farm property.

But Cary Village President Don Huffer, who had been negotiating a border agreement with Lake in Hills, said that «after the dust settles» and euphoric feelings ebb, residents should mentally prepare themselves for what could be a long legal battle.

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It's the company that makes much of sourcing less than 3 % of its cocoa through Fairtrade - certified suppliers, while fighting a legal battle against former child slaves who hold it responsible for their treatment on cocoa plantations in Sierra Leone.

Beleaguered National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for the Korle - Klottey Constituency in the Greater Accra Region Dr. Zanetor Agyeman Rawlings despite the series of legal suits she is battling in court seems resolute in finding ways of empowering youth within the constituency.

My background is in law, so I was enthralled by this legal thriller, which tells the story of Ron Williamson and his battle for justice.

ALBANY — A lengthy legal battle to move the general election for the 3rd Congressional District to December could set up a national showdown in which the race would determine which party controls the House of Representatives, warned one of the Republican candidates in the fight.

The Working Families Party is celebrating the end of a protracted legal battle over its efforts in the 2009 NYC elections that lead to the demise of its for - profit arm, Data & Field Services, but ultimately resulted in no charges against the labor - backed party.

Fresh off a win in its multi-year legal battle with a special prosecutor, the Working Families Party is attracting some big - name support for its 17th annual gala, which will be held in June.

They are going to need a lot of money to pay all the lawyers for recounts and to defend themselves in the Legal battles to come.

Gallo, who confirmed the conversation took place, was at the time engaged in an extended legal battle with Aaron over a «payment in lieu of taxes» arrangement for one of Aaron's other Kingston properties.

Headlining the initiative is the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, a venture led by former Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and backed by President Barack Obama that — in addition to gearing up for legal battles and gubernatorial contests — will also focus prominently on state legislative races.

There was a major legal victory for the Manchester homeless camp today in its long running battle with the city council.

Eight small cities are fighting for more state aid in a legal battle that will begin oral arguments today in state Supreme Court in Albany.