Sentences with phrase «lawsuits against the country»

Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city is filing a lawsuit against the country's largest opioid manufacturers, arguing they are fueling the crisis.

Excerpts from Reasons for Decision of a Judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in successful lawsuit against Country Style Foods:

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Washington state filed the country's first consumer - protection lawsuit against a crowdfunding campaign in 2014.

The former owner of France.com has filed a lawsuit against his home country after the domain name, which he had used for more than two decades, was expropriated.

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

The exchange filed a lawsuit against ten banks in the country's anti-monopoly court.

Lively's work in Uganda led to a lawsuit against him under the Alien Tort Claims Act, filed March 14, 2012, by Se.xual Minorities Uganda, an LGBT rights group in that country, and the Center for Consti.tutional Rights in the U.S..

Washington (CNN)- Few issues divide the Supreme Court - and the country at large - more than church - state matters, and arguments before the Supreme Court on Wednesday involving a workplace discrimination lawsuit against a Lutheran church proved especially touchy.

The lawsuit cites US obligations under the Refugee Act and the Convention Against Torture to prohibit the government from deporting anyone to a country where he or she is likely to face torture or persecution.

A lawsuit has been brought against Coca - cola in Columbia for their open relationships with anti-labour death squads, and Nestle itself has been accused of using violent intimidation to control its workforce in the same country.

The New York attorney general, who has received national attention for his numerous lawsuits against the Trump administration, has also headlined events for Democrats running across the country.

State AG Eric Schneiderman, leading a coalition of 15 state attorneys general, today filed a lawsuit against the EPA and its administrator, Scott Pruitt, for failing to meet the Clean Air Act's statutory deadline for designating areas of the country impacted by unhealthy levels of ground - level ozone (commonly referred to as smog).

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, along with 15 attorneys general throughout the country, filed a lawsuit against President Trump this afternoon over what they allege is the «discriminatory animus» of his decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for undocumented youths.

On top of the lawsuit, Cuomo announced a «repeal and replace» campaign that will theoretically involve him quarterbacking or fronting rallies around the country against the tax bill.

I guess in the actual class action suit — and before I get too far ahead of myself, North Country ostensibly deals with the first class action sexual harassment lawsuit brought against a major Union company — a few of the women actually testified against the whistleblower.

Yesterday, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit against Navient, the country's largest student loan servicing company, and announced legislation for Student Loan Bill of Rights legislation, according to a press release from the Attorney General's office.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a lawsuit against Navient, the country's largest student loan servicing company, alleging that it has «systematically and illegally» failed borrowers.

Last year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the attorneys general of Illinois and Washington State filed lawsuits against Navient, the country's largest student loan servicer, which handles roughly one in four student borrowers.

The complaints are echoed by borrowers across the country, according to a review of federal and state court lawsuits against reverse mortgage lenders.

After the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau received over 1,000 complaints against Navient from Pennsylvania residents, the state's Attorney General Josh Shapiro recently filed a lawsuit against the largest student loan servicer in the country.

If you are a storeowner who has employees, you are almost certainly aware that employment - related lawsuits are routinely filed across the country against businesses of all sizes.

There are several lawsuits pending against valve in other countries (Germany being one), due to people like me who have purchased 5 to 10 thousand dollars worth over the last 25 years and the new terms of service ToS can't be used retroactive as steam had hoped.

Nintendo takes another legal blow as Gamevice, fresh from a filed lawsuit against the Switch last year, seeks to end Switch imports in the country.

For her first exhibition at the Istanbul Biennial in 1992, her installation, I Know People Like This (1992), made of metal statues of gods along with the three monkeys of wisdom surrounded by stars, subverts the symbol of the Turkish flag; deeply shocked, the authorities of the country filed a lawsuit against her.

Earlier this year, bankruptcy filings from the country's second - biggest coal company, Arch Coal Inc, revealed funding to a group known mainly for its unsuccessful lawsuit against the climate scientist Michael Mann.

His input and opinion is sought after by news outlets across the country and he was recently on The Lang & O'Leary Exchange to talk about the recent lawsuit against SNC - Lavalin.

There are currently multiple lawsuits across the country against GSK about Avandia, but the first lawsuit against GSK in Philadelphia has been settled.

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.

Interestingly, our colleagues at the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide have identified Ecuador as a country with laws that might support a lawsuit against private companies for climate - related harm.

Mintz & Geftic's Bryan H. Mintz, has handled class action lawsuits against major corporations throughout the country.

Across the country, thousands of lawsuits have been filed against manufacturers of dangerous or defective drugs.

For foreign judgments rendered in other countries, our firm suggests that it would be better to file a new lawsuit against the defendant in Taiwan and use the foreign judgments as a leverage.

Across the country, dozens of testosterone lawsuits have been filed against manufacturers such as AbbVie Inc., Pfizer and Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, contending that plaintiffs were not adequately warned about the dangers of Low T supplements.

Two more lawsuits were filed Wednesday against the manufacturers and installers of an allegedly defective guardrail end that has been tied to at least 11 deaths across the country.

With additional litigators admitted to practice in virtually every jurisdiction in the country, we have the resources to defend our clients against lawsuits and investigations on a nationwide basis and provide consistent and efficient service in national engagements.

Tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court hears an incredibly important case called Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, stemming from a federal lawsuit brought under the Alien Tort statute, a remarkable federal law that allows people from countries outside the United States to sue foreign individuals and multinational corporations that commit human rights violations abroad - like torture, crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide, disappearances, summary execution, that kind of thing.

Paul Hudson, President of FlyersRights.org noted: «This decision leaves passengers with the onerous burden of having to file lawsuits in multiple countries to preserve their rights to recovery for personal injury, death, baggage or delay compensation against airlines.

Now, say B, someone in country Y (whether customer of A or not), files a lawsuit against A in a court of Y — grounded by the statement that A is providing services «in Y to the citizens of Y», and hence must obey all relevant laws of Y. Let's also say that A is indeed violating some laws of Y, or at least, would be doing so if A was from Y, although A is legally crystal clean it its home country X.

This is the biggest - ever class action lawsuit in the country against Apple, The Korea Herald notes, and the firm wants Cupertino to pay $ 11.9 million in compensation, which means every user should get close to $ 200.

A number of cryptocurrency associations and companies from countries including South Korea, Russia and China have apparently decided to file a class action lawsuit against internet advertising companies and social platforms that have decided to ban cryptocurrency and ICO...

In the whitepaper, Rosen explains how class action lawsuits brought against nationally known companies across the country can be avoided: These suits against employers have become very common.

Climate - related litigation is a reality, particularly in the United States where action has been taken against private companies, administrative decisions and government agencies... In relation to the impacts on Indigenous peoples, in February 2008 the Alaskan native village of Kivalina filed a lawsuit against a number of oil, coal and power companies for their contribution to global warming and the impacts on homes and country disappearing into the Chukchi Sea.

Borrowers are starting to file lawsuits against their mortgage lenders and banks are not only finding themselves as defendants in courtrooms across the country, they are also finding judges more than happy to rule against them and in favor of home owners and home loan borrowers.