Sentences with phrase «lawsuit against the government of»

lawsuit against the government of Argentina over how that country handled restructuring of its debt.

This follows decisively upon Blacklock's clear loss in the first case of what I have called a «litany of litigation» of 11 lawsuits against the Government of Canada and / or its agencies, not to mention several other cases against other parties in the Federal and Ontario courts.

Not exact matches

David Goodfriend, Goodfriend Government Affairs president, discusses whether AT&T can expedite its lawsuit against the Department of Justice for blocking the company's merger with Time Warner.

Mylan's CEO, Heather Bresch, later had to testify before Congress, class - action lawsuits have been filed against the company, and Mylan in May was accused of overcharging the US government by $ 1.27 billion for EpiPens.

Trump asks judge to dismiss emoluments lawsuit against him: «President Donald Trump has asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of violating the Constitution's Emoluments Clause related to private payments from other governments.

S&P has said the government filed the lawsuit against it as «retaliation» for its downgrade of the U.S. credit rating in 2011.

Kenneth G. Langone, the co-founder of Home Depot and former director of the New York Stock Exchange, helped fund Maurice R. Greenberg's lawsuit against the United States government over the bankruptcy of the American International Group, which was viewed as being as much as about money as about principle.

Lawsuits filed against one of the nation's largest student loan servicers by the federal government's consumer watchdog and two states highlight the importance of knowing your options for repaying student loan debt.

On Friday's broadcast of CNN's «Situation Room,» Representative Jackie Speier (D - CA) criticized the DNC's lawsuit against the Trump campaign and its associates, the Russian government, and WikiLeaks as «ill - conceived,» and «the wrong thing to be doing.»

In March, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the federal government would support a series of lawsuits filed by states against drug manufacturers.

According to Jamie Wilson, a third - generation owner and president of Sequoia Orange, the prorate law was something that most citrus producers loosely followed, even the larger ones, which is why the company was surprised when the government filed a lawsuit against his family's company and other growers.

According to Jamie Wilson, a third - generation Sequoia Orange Co. www.sequoiaorange.com owner and president of Sequoia Orange, the prorate Headquarter: Exeter, Calif. law was something that most citrus producers Employees: 100 to 170 Specialty: Citrus grower loosely followed, even the larger ones, which is why Jamie Wilson, president: the company was surprised when the government «Through proper nutrition for our trees, proper pruning and making filed a lawsuit against his family's company and our trees more healthy, we will other growers.

The federal government is filing a lawsuit against an Oswego landlord accusing him of severe, pervasive and unwanted sexual harassment against female tenants and potential tenants.

A judge has thrown out a lawsuit against the town of Newtown and its school district by the parents of two children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, ruling that school officials» actions are protected by government immunity in the...

Mr. Schneiderman said that the pay - out almost completely clears Bank of America and its subsidiaries of all lawsuits against it by the states and the federal government.

The National Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), together with the Ashanti Regional branch of the party, have both alleged that the government is witch - hunting former COCOBOD boss, Dr. Stephen Opuni, following the AG's lawsuit against him.

Supporters of conservation brought up strategies to stop the sale of the island, including lobbying Congress to revoke the act putting Plum Island up for sale, designating the island as property for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, selling it to New York State or a non-profit group that will focus on preservation, or — if necessary — filing a lawsuit against the government.

Meanwhile, after H+H announced plans to file a lawsuit against New York state government for failing to provide $ 380 million in funding, Governor Andrew Cuomo relented, giving H+H $ 360 million of the $ 380 million H+H claimed it was owed in October.

(In a sign of growing trouble for vaccination, 63 women in July filed a class - action lawsuit against the government and vaccinemakers, seeking $ 125,000 each in compensation for the alleged side effects.)

In the last two months, February and March 2018, multiple climate change accountability lawsuits moved forward: the New York Attorney General's argument against Exxon was bolstered by the Second Circuit Citizen's United decision, the Federal Government's writ of mandamus was rejected in favor of the...

The lawsuit filed Monday is the latest in a wave of legal cases filed by children against states and the federal government that accuse government of depriving them of the fundamental right to a stable climate.

In 2009, two researchers from Boston, Dr. James Sherley of the Boston Biomedical Research Institute and Dr. Theresa Deisher of the Ava Maria Biotechnology Company, and other agencies filed a lawsuit against the government.

Later, thyroid cancer patients would win a class - action lawsuit against the federal government, as the American public learned that the toxic heavy metals from the bombs caused devastating health problems for millions of Americans who lived within 300 miles of that site, during years of detonations.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled late last month that due to extensive state control over school finances, California school districts are state agencies and deserve the same 11th Amendment immunity against federal lawsuits enjoyed by other branches of state government.

Someone suggested a lawsuit against the state, and that put «a bug in my ear,» recalls Ms. Coffin, the president of the Salem - area school's student government.

In response to withering criticism and political pressure, the U.S. Department of Justice is backpedaling on its lawsuit against Louisiana's school choice program, which provides school vouchers to low - income students assigned to government - run schools receiving a D or F rating for performance.

Yet now, according to a lawsuit brought by a group of students, parents and advocacy organizations against the state of California, the government is failing to teach students to read, thus reneging on its constitutional responsibility to provide a free and public education of at least reasonable quality.

After a week of public fighting between two of Louisiana's top elected officials, Attorney General Jeff Landry has decided to join with Gov. John Bel Edwards in seeking the dismissal of the state's Common Core lawsuit against the federal government.

On the surface, the senator's op ed piece seems to merely speak out against allowing Amazon to return to the top tier of ebook sales, as the lawsuit's outcome could produce; the only other argument is that a government official stands in support of anti-trust violations.

Although the federal government has not pursued criminal prosecutions of bankers at the heart of the mortgage operations that collapsed in 2007, it has stepped up civil lawsuits against the largest originators and securitizers of home loans during the boom.

Comparisons are difficult, but a high - profile lawsuit against the government that was recently thrown out by the B.C. Court of Appeal claimed veterans under the charter receive 40 per cent less than those with pensions.

Critics have argued that some tactics employed by animal advocates, including protests, risk turning public opinion against the animal advocacy movement.178 While these activities make up a small proportion of L214's work, they do organize and participate in protests and demonstrations.179 Investigations make up a larger part of L214's work and have sometimes led to a slightly different type of backlash in which industry and government respond by attempting to pass laws that target advocates, such as ag - gag legislation in the United States.180 While L214 tries to maintain good relationships with media and the government, and France does not have ag - gag laws, they have sometimes been the target of lawsuits by industry because their footage is taken without permission.181 L214 has sometimes suffered negative consequences as a result of these lawsuits, such as fines or the requirement to take footage down from their website.182, 183

On August 14, 2017, District Judge William H. Orrick dismissed the lawsuit against the USDA for removing tens of thousands of animal welfare records from the agency's website «on the grounds that FOIA does not provide a remedy to enforce the government's obligation to publish certain types of records.»

Spooky CIA Conspiracy Art Is Actually True — Anyone dubious about Garrett Pruter's installation at Armory Week's Spring Break outlining the CIA's alleged 1953 murder of Frank Olson, a scientist who became unsettled by the government's secret biological - warfare atrocities he witnessed in Project Artichoke, should check out this article about a new lawsuit that Olson's family has filed against the CIA.

In Eshe's film, TRUST Massachusetts, she explains why she is also part of the atmospheric trust lawsuit filed against the U.S. government, and why she's asking Washington D.C. for a national Climate Recovery Plan:

Now, thanks to Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, it appears that the job creators may have finally learned something from the extreme tactics of groups, like the Wild Earth Guardians and the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), which have been using the courts to their advantage by filing lawsuits against the federal government.

«This email indicates a secret initiative by the administration to invite and orchestrate a lawsuit against itself seeking to discredit an official US government report on global warming dangers,» said Richard Blumenthal, attorney general of Connecticut, who has written to the White House asking for an inquiry.

Why would a think tank chock - full of libertarian expats represent local governments in a lawsuit against oil companies?

Tuesday's win follows two other recent landmark victories in youth - led lawsuits against the federal government and the State of Washington.

Why would a think tank chock - full of libertarian expats join with environmentalists and represent local governments in a lawsuit against oil companies?

With this video about an ongoing climate lawsuit by a group of American high - school students against the government of United States of America, our participants observed how it is possible for young people to join decision - making processes as a part of the global climate change struggle.

Plaintiffs in lawsuit against oil majors and the US government want Exxon chief - turned - secretary of state to give evidence the day before Donald Trump's inauguration

In the last two months, February and March 2018, multiple climate change accountability lawsuits moved forward: the New York Attorney General's argument against Exxon was bolstered by the Second Circuit Citizen's United decision, the Federal Government's writ of mandamus was rejected in favor of the children plaintiffs in the Juliana case, and in The People...

Our Children's Trust incorporated a great deal of the YVFP footage from our film Kids vs Global Warming into their film about Alec Loorz's lawsuit against the Federal Government for failing to regulate carbon emissions.

In August, twenty - one young people, with the help of OCT, filed a landmark constitutional climate change lawsuit against the federal government, seeking a court order requiring the President to immediately implement a national plan to decrease atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide to a safe level: 350 ppm by the year 2100.

Closer to home, a lawsuit filed by 21 youth plaintiffs (including Kelsey Juliana) and world - renowned climate scientist James Hansen on behalf of future generations against the U.S. government cleared an important hurdle in November 2016 when federal judge Ann Aiken rejected the government and fossil fuel industries» motion to dismiss the case.

We'd become beach bums living on the proceeds of lawsuits against fast food companies in trailer parks complaining the government didn't do enough to protect us from big oil and bad weather, and was letting gas prices get too high.

Born in 1941, he became a climatologist at the University of Iowa, developed the groundbreaking «Zero Model» for projecting climate change, and later became the head of climate research at NASA, only to leave under pressure when, while still a federal employee, he filed a lawsuit against the federal government charging inaction on warming (along the way he got arrested a few times for protesting, too).

Just a quick update to a story that broke back in June about a lawsuit against the Canadian government by Friend of the Earth Canada, in which FOE alleged that the nation had failed to comply with its obligations under the Kyoto

A landmark constitutional climate change lawsuit, filed by a group of kids against the US government, gets the go - ahead.