Sentences with phrase «lawsuit against company who»

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After Hogan launched his lawsuit against the company, it was revealed that PayPal founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel had been bankrolling the former wrestler and others who were suing Gawker, in the hope of driving the company out of business.

Under Kalanick, Uber had run roughshod over regulators, faced accusations of rampant sexual harassment, and allegedly obtained medical records of a woman in who said an Uber driver in India had raped her (Uber recently settled a U.S. lawsuit that the woman had filed against the company).

Drivers for both companies are currently classified as contractors, but the ones who have brought lawsuits against both companies contend they're misclassified and should actually be considered W - 2 employees, a status that would grant more workplace protections.

Matt Zuchetto, a lawyer in Washington state who has filed class - action lawsuits against debt - settlement companies, says many established players simply modified their fee structures.

Duggan, who co-founded the company in 2013, was named in a lawsuit filed against BetterWorks in the San Francisco Superior Court on July 13, which alleged a hostile work environment in which sexist behavior was tolerated by management.

He noted that Lyft has filed a lawsuit against its former COO Travis VanderZanden, who joined Uber and allegedly took confidential internal documents to the rival company.

«Even if it was human error and not intentional, one IT person is probably going to put this company out of business,» Loomis said, pointing to lawsuits that may be brought against the company by those who had their information exposed.

We'll get to that in a minute, though, because also on stage was David Carroll, the associate professor at Parsons School of Design in New York who filed a lawsuit against Cambridge to find out what data the company has about him.

The plan of redemption was engineered by Shannon Liss - Riordan, the attorney who represented the employees in their lawsuits against the company.

James Damore, a former Google engineer who was fired in August after posting a memo to an internal Google message board arguing that women may not be equally represented in tech because they are biologically less capable of engineering, has filed a class action lawsuit against the company in Santa Clara Superior Court in Northern California.

Levandowski, who is not named in the Google parent company's lawsuit against Uber, claimed that producing a due diligence report — a document prepared for Uber that detailed information about Otto — could serve to incriminate him and thus infringe on his Fifth Amendment rights.

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.

A lawsuit has been filed by acting Attorney General Barbara Underwood against Bell Pet Company, LLC, and its owners, Theodore and Sheila Bell - who own The Pet Zone store in...

That step had long been sought by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who filed a lawsuit against the company last month on behalf of its employees.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D) filed a lawsuit against the business and the brothers who founded it, saying the company violated employees» rights by «failing to protect its employees from pervasive sexual harassment, intimidation, and discrimination.»

Onondaga County has filed a lawsuit against multiple prescription drug manufacturers and distributors, joining other New York counties who in recent months have demanded pharmaceutical companies pay for costs of the growing opioid crisis.

The abuse accusations brought about a shocking downfall for New York's top lawman, who had been a vehement supporter of the #MeToo movement, and filed a lawsuit earlier this year against Harvey Weinstein's company, saying it had broken New York law by failing to protect employees from sexual harassment and intimidation.

A federal judge ruled last month that a 2007 lawsuit against Pinnacle and its chief executive, Joel Wiener, should be allowed to expand to include eligible tenants from around the city who rented from the company between between July 11, 2004 and late last month.

The judge in the cities» lawsuit against fossil fuel companies has ordered the contrarians to reveal who paid for their research and any connections to the case.

But Deer's investigation - nominated in February 2011 for two British Press Awards - discovered that, while Wakefield held himself out to be a dispassionate scientist, two years before the Lancet paper was published - and before any of the 12 children were even referred to the hospital - he had been hired to attack MMR by a lawyer, Richard Barr: a jobbing solicitor in the small eastern English town of King's Lynn, who hoped to raise a speculative class action lawsuit against drug companies which manufactured the triple shot.

One final thought, I wonder if anyone filed a lawsuit against faulty advertising on the company, for those of you who fisrt bought it did it once show raiden in the commercials, or did it mention his name on the back of the game case, NOPE.

It's a victory for Rebel Wilson as she is awarded millions in a defamation lawsuit against Australian magazine company Bauer Media, who painted her...

I did manage to find some skiing forums with passionate discussions of Warren Miller Entertainment productions, who are generally admiring of Miller and less so the company bearing his name, which filed an unpopular lawsuit against a much smaller company whose film featured Miller himself in it.

Apple also filed a lawsuit against German company Jay - tech, who also manufacture tablets.

Interestingly, Quantic Dream announced a lawsuit against the French newspaper Le Monde and website Mediapart, who have taken the criticism of the company to the next level.

«If these measures were to pass, companies will have no other option but to file a lawsuit against the state of Oklahoma,» said Yates «If you go bankrupt or they unload a project because of the economics of it, you also have the potential of school districts that bonded these projects — who's going to foot that bill?

Imagine, for a moment, if the entire population of New Orleans brought suit against Peabody, Arch Coal, and ExxonMobil as a class action for their part emitting CO2 that «created» Hurricane Katrina, or all the families who lost family members in Katrina charged the companies with wrongful death lawsuits.

He is well known for advocating for climate lawsuits against energy companies, including a profile in New Scientist profile titled, «I want to show the courts who's to blame for climate change.»

Most notably, Bluford had, at the time, recently agreed to have a $ 559,330 judgment entered against him to settle a lawsuit charging him with impersonating a lawyer, forging legal documents and fraudulently swindling two clients who had sought legal help from another company he ran, California Legal Pros, which provided non-lawyer legal help.

Estate of Blue Island Teenager Who Died Following Root Canal Procedure Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit in Cook County, Chicago Personal Injury Lawyer Blog, November 23, 2012 Family of Worker Who Died From Chemical Burns Files Negligence Lawsuit Against Bedford Park Company, Chicago Personal Injury Lawyer Blog, November 17, 2012 Additional Resources:

Although the plaintiffs in this particular lawsuit were the railroad companies, the article notes that several of the families of the passengers and conductor who were killed in the crash have filed civil suits against the trucking company, the driver's estate, and his insurance company.

She filed her lawsuit against Megabus driver John Tomaszewski, who is also a New Jersey local, and the two companies that owned and operated the bus.

People who have suffered aortic dissection, aortic aneurysm, or nerve damage have contacted attorneys across the country to file lawsuits against the drug companies, alleging the makers never fairly and adequately warned doctors and patients of these known dangers.

However, you should also keep in mind that you may be eligible to file a lawsuit against the person or company who was responsible for your injuries.

Klippenstein represents 13 members of the indigenous Mayan Q'eqchi population from El Estor, Guatemala, who have filed three related lawsuits in Ontario courts against Canadian mining company HudBay Minerals over the brutal killing of Adolfo Ich and the gang - rape of 11 women from Lote Ocho.

Additionally, Lorelei has helped forge positive business resolutions of complex matters, including a long - standing dispute and litigation between a Palm Beach County hospital and a group of physicians who held a ground lease on hospital property and provided services at the hospital; a long - standing lawsuit between two groups of physicians over the breakup of their practice group; a prominent sports figure's multimillion dispute over a license agreement; a sports broadcaster's claims against a video company for unauthorized use of his name and likeness; and class actions involving consumer debt collection services.

According to one news report, one of the several people who were injured in the bridge collapse has recently filed a Florida personal injury lawsuit against several of the parties involved in the construction of the bridge, including the firm that designed it and the construction company charged with installing the bridge.

al, the estate of a man killed in a truck accident, Sam Tom, filed a lawsuit against the big rig driver who struck his vehicle and the trucking company that employed him.

In fact, there are several situations where you may be able to bring a personal injury lawsuit either directly against your employer, or against a company or individual who played a decisive role in your injury.

The decedent's estate filed an Indiana wrongful death lawsuit against the pizza delivery driver, the driver who ran over him, and the pizza franchise company.

A lawsuit has been filed against a NJ - based company, RD Legal Funding, who allegedly targeted first responders of the 9/11 terror attacks to scam them out of settlement money.

For example, you probably already realize that you could lose all rights against the driver who caused your accident and the responsible insurance company if you fail to file a lawsuit against them within a year of the accident.

In a decision that was released last month by the Indiana Supreme Court, the dismissal of a negligence lawsuit against a security company that employed a man who shot and paralyzed a woman while on the job was reversed, and the security company may be found liable for the woman's injuries through a settlement or jury trial.

Following the April 20 explosion off the coast of Louisiana that killed several oil rig workers, families of the deceased and some of the workers who survived the accident have filed wrongful death or personal injury lawsuits against companies involved in the offshore drilling operation.

We would be interested in reviewing events of heart failure, myocardial infarction, and cerebral infarction for patients who used any of the DPP - 4 diabetes drugs — like Onlgyza, Nesina, Januvia, and Tradjenta — as possible drug injury lawsuits against the responsible drug companies.

Family of Worker Who Died From Chemical Burns Files Negligence Lawsuit Against Bedford Park Company, Chicago personal injury lawyer blog, November 17, 2012.

This means that drivers who are involved in a vehicle accident have several options for recovery, including: file a claim with their own auto insurance company, file a claim with the at - fault driver's auto insurance company, or file a personal injury lawsuit against the at - fault driver.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a class - action lawsuit against Bloomberg L.P., the financial - services and media company founded by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, on behalf of at least 54 women who accuse the firm of discriminating against pregnant employees.

Levandowski has been at the center of an ongoing legal battle between Uber and Waymo since February, when Alphabet - owned Waymo filed a lawsuit against Uber claiming that Levandowski — a former Google engineer who had joined Uber — downloaded 14,000 files before leaving the company to build Uber's self - driving truck program, Otto.

Social media users, however, aren't buying it: many have pointed out that the apology would have been more convincing if the company hadn't threatened to file a lawsuit against reporters who broke the story earlier this month.