Sentences with phrase «lawsuit against allegations»
Last year, he successfully defended state - owned China National Building Materials Group in a $ 1.3 bn (# 1m) class action lawsuit against allegations of defective products.
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The allegations were spelled out in response to a March lawsuit by Wells Fargo Securities against fund manager LJM Partners Ltd..
In response to the lawsuit, the Weinstein Company's board of directors called many of the allegations leveled against them «inaccurate,» and said that «any suggestion that the Company or its Board somehow impeded or discouraged the buyer's access to the New York Attorney General is untrue.»
As a senator, Sessions criticized the Justice Department in 2009 for dismissing three defendants from a voting rights lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party after allegations of voter intimidation outside a Philadelphia polling place.
O'Reilly has shrugged off the controversy and he dismissed the allegations against him in a statement that said his fame makes him «vulnerable to lawsuits from individuals who want me to pay them to avoid negative publicity.»
Pao, for example, a former venture capitalist at well - known Silicon Valley firm Kleiner Perkins, lost a lawsuit last year that she filed against her former employer over allegations that it had discriminated against her because of her gender.
Allegations of excessive index fund fees in retirement plans are at the heart of a new proposed class action lawsuit brought by New York Life Insurance Co. employees against the company.
The legal action essentially makes the same allegations that Apple put forward in its lawsuit against Qualcomm in January.
The most explosive allegation yet in Waymo's lawsuit against Uber hinges entirely on chronology.
As a chorus of prominent Fox News women have gone public defending Roger Ailes against the wave of sexual - harassment allegations sparked by former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson's lawsuit, the network's biggest star, Megyn Kelly, has been conspicuously silent.
The U.S. Justice Department had just filed a 198 - page lawsuit against Barclays in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York replete with allegations of breathtaking securities fraud.
In his lengthy piece, Stetzer offers a forensic examination of Patterson's record detailing his intolerance of criticism along with a series indiscretions, including crude public comments about a 16 - year - old girl, scheming against the appointment of David Platt as new president of SBC's International Mission Board and his connection with Paul Pressler, who is now facing a lawsuit for sexual abuse allegations.
Days after the high - profile lawsuit against Sovereign Grace Ministries (SGM) added a second round of names and allegations, a judge dismissed it.
Both Howard and Zimmerman denied the initial report that they received PEDs, then went on to file lawsuits against Al Jazeera for defamation over the documentary's allegations.
The San Francisco school district settled a sex discrimination lawsuit involving incoming city schools chancellor Richard Carranza for $ 75,000, but de Blasio said he doesn't buy the allegations against his schools pick.
The lawsuits include allegations that the league ignored repeated accusations that female employees were harassed and discriminated against.
A New York judge said that a defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump related to an allegation that he sexually harassed a former «Apprentice» contestant may go forward.
Then - AG Andrew Cuomo made the same allegation in a lawsuit he brought against Espada in April 2010.
A New York State judge ruled that a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who has said Trump made unwanted sexual advances could go forward, raising the possibility of a public airing of other allegations of sexual misconduct against the president.
A judge has tossed out a New York lawsuit against Fox News by former host Andrea Tantaros, citing her «vague, speculative and conclusory allegations.»
The largest recipient was Proskauer Rose LLP, who received $ 141,000 for defense of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in a federal lawsuit regarding sexual harassment allegations against Vito Lopez.
Mahoney and Antonacci traded barbs, and at one point, according to Syracuse.com, Antonacci threatened to sue Mahoney over an allegation that she conspired with a man who planned to file a racial discrimination lawsuit against the comptroller and the county.
Failed Alabama GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore filed a new lawsuit Monday accusing several women who made allegations of sexual misconduct against him of a «political conspiracy» to prevent him from winning the state's December special election.
NEW YORK (AP)- A judge threw out a New York lawsuit Friday against Fox News by former host Andrea Tantaros, citing her «vague, speculative and conclusory allegations.»
Schneiderman in a separate statement noted his lawsuit against The Weinstein Company, which has tried and failed to sell itself in the wake of the stream of allegations leveled against Weinstein.
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.
A former «The Apprentice» contestant who publicly accused Trump of having made unwanted sexual advances toward her filed a defamation lawsuit against the president - elect in New York for asserting in Twitter posts and campaign rallies that she concocted the allegations.
A lawsuit that claims the Cuomo administration ignored a DMV employee's sexual harassment allegations against ex-ESDC official Sam Hoyt comes as gender politics and allegations of sexual misconduct are roiling the nation, and the governor, who is viewed as a possible presidential contender in 2020, has appointed more women to top positions.
First Lady Melania Trump can move ahead with a defamation lawsuit against a Maryland blogger who published claims that Trump worked in the past as a «high - end escort» and suffered a «mental breakdown» during the campaign in part because of those allegations, a judge ruled on today.
Mount Vernon Councilman André Wallace dropped by the People Before Politics Radio Show, Sunday to discuss the graduation of the latest class in his construction training program and to address his lawsuit against the city as well as the allegations from Mayor Richard Thomas and a recent article in the Yonkers Tribune, which accuse him of not paying working prevailing wages and not finishing the project he is requesting to be paid for.
The lawsuit claims the board of Wynn Resorts knew of allegations against its former CEO since March 28 of 2016 and failed to act on reports of sexual abuse and harassment of his employees.
«The allegations in our case against Trump University are as clear today as they were three years ago when I brought my lawsuit,» the AG said in the e-mail blast from his re-election campaign.
And the Farm Bureau says the allegations against the dairy farm in the lawsuit «greatly misrepresents dairy farms, and working conditions of all farm employees, in New York.»
For Perez - Melgosa, who spent more than 15 years at UW, during which she co-authored a number of peer - reviewed publications, «the mere fact that this allegation has been raised against me carries with it the most serious effects upon my professional career,» she stated in her testimony for the lawsuit, which alleged discrimination based on national origin.
Earlier this year, Tinder co-founder Whitney Wolfe left the company after raising a lawsuit against her colleagues over allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination.
May 19, 2018 • Their allegations against the former Metropolitan Opera conductor were made public in a counter lawsuit filed by the Met on Friday in New York.
Harvey and Bob Weinstein as well as The Weinstein Company are facing a civil rights lawsuit in New York due to the assault allegations against them.
Although he fails to provide any evidence that the inappropriate use of restraint and seclusion practices are more prevalent in charters than traditional schools, he cites the allegations made in two lawsuits filed against charter schools in D.C. at length, which amounts to little more than a cheap shot.
3 After explosive allegations of anti-union intimidation, KIPP files a federal lawsuit against the UFT ckbe.at / 2mEpbsa
Earlier this year, the owners of The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza in Albany, N.Y., Fiction Addiction in Greenville, S.C., and Posman Books in New York City, filed a lawsuit against Amazon and the publishers for both the DRM conspiracy and a separate allegation that they were in violation of the Sherman Act — the same Act that factored in an important way in the DOJ lawsuit against Apple — for trying to gain a monopoly on the industry.
Despite having three of its co-defendants in the price fixing lawsuit raised by the Department of Justice take the deal and run, Apple wants to have a court decide the outcome of the allegations against it for price fixing.
«These unsubstantiated allegations stem from a single lawsuit filed against us by a single plaintiff who claims that levels of lead were found in three of our products that could be dangerous to pet health.
Disclaimers and announcements taking stances against sexual harassment across genders continue this week by Artforum staff and art professionals at large in the wake of a lawsuit and the public reveal of allegations of long - standing sexual harassment by Artforum publisher Knight Landesman.
According to a New Jersey Law Journal article on lawsuits against L'Oreal over the marketing of its anti-wrinkle creams — now consolidated in federal court in Newark, N.J. — the plaintiffs» claims include allegations «that Lancome ads use airbrushed or «Photoshopped» images of celebrities and models, which do not reflect the true effectiveness of its products,» and the complaint includes a comparison of a Lancome ad featuring actress Kate Winslet and a photo of Winslet from People magazine.
And when relationships sour, representing clients in lawsuits to enforce their contracts or to defend against allegations of breach.
November 21, 2013 - Four current and former selectmen and the Town of Limington have been named in a personal injury lawsuit related to allegations for mistreatment by male EMTs against female patients.
Nigeria has filed a USD 875 million lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase at the High Court in London, alleging that the international bank facilitated bank transfers on behalf of a corrupt former government minister — allegations which it denies.
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«These allegations have not been proven in court...» is a weak, transparent disclaimer often buried deep into a column about the latest lawsuit against a person exposed and banished overnight from any limelight and workplace before any opportunity to file a statement of defence.
Sexual misconduct allegations against a doctor are among the most complex for an attorney as we must simultaneously address medical licensing board proceedings, police investigations, criminal charges against the physician, potential civil financial liability in a civil lawsuit, and reputation concerns.