Sentences with phrase «lawsuit against executives»

A federal judge in San Francisco has refused to toss a shareholder lawsuit against executives and directors of Wells Fargo over sales pressures that led employees to open millions of...

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The settlement with the Federal Trade Commission is the latest setback for Uber, which is facing a divided board of directors and angry shareholders after an investor lawsuit was filed against the company's ousted chief executive.

Alphabet says the executive at the center of its lawsuit against Uber had a deal before he left the company

Former Valeant Pharmaceuticals (vrx) chief executive Michael Pearson has filed a lawsuit against the Canadian drugmaker, alleging it refused to pay him more than 3 million shares he is owed, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

In March, Goldilocks filed a lawsuit with the Singapore High Court against the commodities trader and some of its former and current senior executives, alleging the company inflated its assets, Reuters reported.

Most recently, a Jan. 19 shareholder lawsuit filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery against the boards of Viacom and CBS Corp alleges the companies improperly paid millions for Redstone's services as executive chairman «while he was physically and mentally incapacitated.»

Other legal fights related to Uber include its battle with self - driving car company Waymo, which is suing Uber for allegedly stealing trade secrets, and a lawsuit filed by investor Benchmark against former chief executive officer Travis Kalanick claiming breach of contract.

February 24: Alphabet files a lawsuit against Uber claiming that then - Uber executive Anthony Levandowski stole key self - driving documents

McClendon is among the executives named in Alphabet's lawsuit against Uber.

IAC Executive Vice President, General Counsel Gregg Winiarski said in a statement: «This lawsuit is without merit and we will vigorously defend against it.»

The company has a background and history that most of us do not wish to support, including but not limited to a criminal background for most of the executives (fraud, etc...) and a currently ongoing lawsuit for fraud and another for patent infringement, plus a lawsuit by the original founder against one of their lawyers.

The Park Board has scheduled an executive session for Saturday morning, and board President Ken Nolan said he expects the five - member board to vote to proceed with a lawsuit against the school district.

Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney is urging Mayor Stephanie Miner not to appeal a judge's dismissal of the city's lawsuit against COR Development Co. over tax breaks for the company's $ 342 million Syracuse Inner Harbor project.

But the White House said it will forge ahead on the broader battle against a lawsuit challenging the executive order.

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.

A reader forwarded an e-mail from a fairly frantic - sounding Dan Cantor, executive director of the Working Families Party, announcing the labor - backed party wasn't successful in getting a pre-Election Day decision in the so - called «double - vote» lawsuit it brought against the state Board of Elections along with the state Conservative Party.

It is certainly not an illustration of courage or leadership on the part of the council members, legislators, mayor or county executive, who have joined in the chorus of racist and incompetent Board of Ed members seeking my removal, so as to push back on me to not disclose their culpability in rigging the recent teacher's contract, or their complicity in trying to unfairly settling the Board's $ 450 million lawsuit against Lou Ciminelli, for fleecing the citizens and children of Buffalo.

«It is certainly not an illustration of courage or leadership on the part of the council members, legislators, mayor or county executive, who have joined in the chorus of racist and incompetent Board of Ed members seeking my removal, so as to push back on me to not disclose their culpability in rigging the recent teacher's contract, or their complicity in trying to unfairly settling the board's $ 450 million lawsuit against (developer) Lou Ciminelli for fleecing the citizens and children of Buffalo.

«Taxpayers have already lost,» said Legislator Sheila Marcotte (R - Eastchester / New Rochelle), reacting to the need for both the Westchester County Executive and Board of Legislators to hire outside counsel because of a conflict of interest created by actions of Chairman Ken Jenkins and the Democratic County Legislators in siding with the CSEA union in its lawsuit against Westchester County.

Cuomo and Astorino have often exchanged barbs around a lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development against Westchester County, where Astorino is County Executive.

County Executive Steve Bellone issued a certificate of necessity to permit an immediate vote after the center's insurers had agreed only to extend its liability coverage until June 7 in the face of two lawsuits brought against the county and the nonprofit over its program to verify residences of sex offenders listed on a state registry.

Schneiderman — a powerful Democrat who filed lawsuits against President Donald Trump, himself accused of sexual misconduct, and a sexual harassment lawsuit against disgraced Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein — announced his resignation on Monday night.

Albany County Executive Dan McCoy and Elizabeth Smith of the South Carolina - based Motley Rice speak at a new conference about a lawsuit being against pharmaceutical companies for their alleged role in the opioid epidemic.

Magnarelli, D - Syracuse, weighed in on the dispute between Miner, COR Development, Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney and the county's industrial development agency hours after a judge dismissed a portion of the city's lawsuit against COR.

Richard Amper, executive director of the Long Island Pine Barrens Society, which brought the lawsuit against the county, said he believes the state law will not come to fruition since it involves an issue that is currently in litigation.

A Milwaukee County judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the county board chairman against the county executive.

The executive order could strengthen de Blasio's position against potential lawsuits from developers, who could argue the Council does not have the right to regulate the E.D.C.

Paladino filed a lawsuit against Buffalo Public Schools in July 2012, citing abuse of executive session and lack of transparency in the process of awarding a contract to the district's new superintendent.

The Westchester County Executive responds to the criticism leveled on him Wednesday night by the governor regarding the federal housing discrimination lawsuit, among other things, and addresses the question of who's the angriest when it comes to charges against their record.

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.

But a federal judge dismissed Ms. Vazquez's complaint against Mr. Astorino and terminated him as a defendant in the lawsuit July 18, after he argued he had legislative immunity over staffing decisions as county executive and that Ms. Vazquez had not proven he was personally involved in the matter.

Whitney Wolfe Herd, Bumble's founder and CEO, was herself a Tinder executive before filing a sexual harassment lawsuit against the company in 2014 and leaving to start her own venture.

While I'm not a fan of how this app came about — it's the brainchild of Whitney Wolfe, one of the former Tinder executives who also filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against co-founder Justin Mateen.

One of his first acts as chief executive was to settle a lawsuit filed against the state by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of students in 18 districts around California, most in poor communities.

Suit Against Ex-LAUSD Boss Ramon Cortines Tossed A judge has thrown out a sexual - harassment lawsuit filed by a male LAUSD Facilities executive against retired Superintendent Ramon Cortines, saying the statute of limitations for filing a claim had expired, a district spokesman said SaAgainst Ex-LAUSD Boss Ramon Cortines Tossed A judge has thrown out a sexual - harassment lawsuit filed by a male LAUSD Facilities executive against retired Superintendent Ramon Cortines, saying the statute of limitations for filing a claim had expired, a district spokesman said Saagainst retired Superintendent Ramon Cortines, saying the statute of limitations for filing a claim had expired, a district spokesman said Saturday.

«Any kind of lawsuit against school districts, especially any kind of broad action of any kind, that certainly seems to be premature,» said Katherine Joyce, executive director of the N.C. Association of School Administrators (NCASA), a Raleigh group that speaks for administrative leaders in local school districts.

Earlier this month, CCSA filed an amicus brief in support of San Francisco and Santa Clara counties lawsuit against the President's executive order.

A judge has thrown out a sexual - harassment lawsuit filed by a male LAUSD Facilities executive against retired Superintendent Ramon Cortines, saying the statute of limitations for filing a claim had expired, a district spokesman said Saturday.

A class - action lawsuit brought against Honda by dealers alleged that Honda executives conspired to send cars to those willing to pay exorbitant bribes and punished dealers who refused.

«The lawsuits against Target would almost certainly not be possible against Amazon,» says Paul Bland, executive director of Public Justice.

-LSB-...] 2013, a group of Executive Club members brought a lawsuit against British Airways for imposing fuel surcharges on award tickets.

For every justice he picks, the Court as a whole is likely to become more hostile to executive action, meaning that lawsuits against environmental regulations are likely to find a much more amenable venue in coming years.

Not long ago, lawsuits were filed against cigarette companies for all the suffering caused by smoking, saying tobacco executives fully knew their product was a killer when they hired shill experts to testify and report that there wasn't a clear connection between smoking and lung cancer.

A class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York on Friday against BlackBerry and some of its executives, including chief executive Thorsten Heins and chief financial officer Brian Bidulka.

Sarah represents employees in lawsuits against employers and advises executives on employment and separation agreements.

Also with Mr. Kinsella, Mr. Fitzgerald and Nick Soltman, Mr. Liskin represents executive producer Barry Josephson in his high - profile profit participation lawsuit against Fox over the popular crime drama Bones.

Although he said in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that independent spending does «not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption,» Justice Kennedy authored a ruling in Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co. that mining company executive Don Blankenship's $ 3 million in independent spending for a West Virginia justice gave rise to an unconstitutional «risk of actual bias» in a lawsuit against the company.

Firm lawyers have brought lawsuits against FDA, have represented clients intervening in lawsuits on the same side as FDA, and have represented executives of FDA - regulated companies at congressional hearings.

Recently, we have seen a growing number of cases brought against in - house counsel sitting on boards involving insider trading, financial restatements, disputes over proxy disclosures, lawsuits regarding executive compensation, allegations of corrupt foreign business practices, and insolvencies and bankruptcies.

Lawsuit filed against four mining executives hopes to strengthen China's environmental laws, Reuters