Sentences with phrase «lawsuits filed»

The claims figures were released as a «ClaimStat Alert» — a result of the program Mr. Stringer began to track claims and lawsuits filed against the city to determine trends and «hotspots» in an effort to avoid future lawsuits.

This is the first of two lawsuits filed by Martin Tankleff.

He's been convicted of tax fraud, embezzlement, and has had multiple lawsuits filed against him by contractors who did work on his home.

Those state court records show Harris Beach requested protective orders to prevent the firm from answering lawsuits filed by lenders and the town over the loan guarantees.

The lawsuit, against BP Plc, Chevron Corp, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell Plc, follows similar lawsuits filed last year by San Francisco and other California cities seeking billions of dollars in damages from rising sea levels due to climate impacts.

The MTA discriminates against people with disabilities because of its widespread lack of elevators and electric lifts in the subway system, rendering it significantly more inaccessible than other cities with large public transportation systems, according to two lawsuits filed yesterday.

There were lawsuits filed alleging that the cows were not being treated in accordance with organic standards.

The district board is among the defendants in federal lawsuits filed by two other fired administrators.

The decision came in one of three lawsuits filed by the state seeking to bar the city and the Chicago Park District from converting the 91 - acre airport to a lakefront park.

Environmental Lawsuits Spiked in 2015 The number of federal lawsuits filed over environmental issues increased more than 60 percent, to 862, across the U.S. in 2015 compared to the previous year...

Issues regarding the accuracy of sugar, alcohol and probiotic content in kombucha continue to haunt some of the category's fastest - growing brands, as evidenced by a pair of class action lawsuits filed earlier this month.

Through a spokesman earlier on Tuesday, Long denied similar allegations in two other lawsuits filed over the past two days.

Lawsuits filed Tuesday in DeKalb County, Georgia, allege that Long used his position as a spiritual authority and bishop to coerce young male members and employees of his New Birth Missionary Baptist Church into sex.

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

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.

Cohen used a pair of court filings late Wednesday to end the lawsuits he filed in January, which claimed the dossier contained a series of false assertions about him.

The case, still pending, is one of several recent lawsuits filed by low - paid and unpaid interns in the media field.

The protocol was designed to put a stop to expensive lawsuits filed by brokers that had lost top advisers who took their roster of clients to rival firms.

It's a key factor in many of the dozen lawsuits filed by San Francisco - based lawyer Christopher Dolan — he argues Uber should be held accountable for the misdeeds of its drivers, while Uber counters it's not to blame because the drivers are independent contractors.

First - of - their - kind lawsuits filed in five states accuse the defendants of conspiring, racketeering and creating a public nuisance.

The first oral arguments in the string of lawsuits filed against DOL's fiduciary rule were heard on Aug. 25 by Judge Randolph Moss, U.S. District judge for the District of Columbia, in the case brought by the National Association for Fixed Annuities.

Meanwhile, the federal judge in Texas overseeing the three lawsuits filed in the state against DOL has set a Nov. 17 date to hear oral arguments from both sides.

Of the five lawsuits filed against DOL, a Topeka, Kansas court will hold the first hearing on Aug. 24 in the case brought by insurer Market Synergy.

Five lawsuits filed against the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule bring hope that rule will be voided.

Combined with lawsuits filed by Harvey Weinstein's victims, the company was an unappealing acquisition target.

It could also include lawsuits filed by Eric T. Schneiderman, the New York attorney general, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

«The allegations in the lawsuits filed for wages and hours is that the franchisees were squeezed so much by their franchise agreements, that they had little wiggle room and little autonomy» to fix the problems, says Cathy Ruckelshaus, general counsel for NELP.

To resolve lawsuits filed by the city, Bechtel and its joint venture partner paid a settlement of $ 458 million.

Two lawsuits filed against Welspun accuse the company of mislabeling its Egyptian cotton bed sheets.

The multiple worker classification lawsuits filed against the company were the «deciding factor.»

Class action lawsuits filed by current and former Chipotle workers in Colorado and Minnesota accuse the burrito chain of making employees work extra hours without pay, reports CNN.

With 8,954 wage and hour lawsuits filed in 2015 alone, there are literally thousands of other examples like this.

Shkreli has also been named in four other lawsuits filed by Retrophin investors in New York's Southern District between September 2014 and December 2014.

But as the housing market recovered along with Fannie and Freddie's profits, lawsuits filed by hedge fund investors raised the possibility that owners of the housing giants» stock might be owed the tens of millions in earnings the companies had been sending to the Treasury in recent quarters.

Still, Apple immediately faced class - action lawsuits filed by furious customers and caused outrage, even among Apple's most loyal fans.

«The battleground has shifted to the legal courts and the court of public opinion,» he said, referring to lawsuits filed by tribes and an effort planned by the Lakota People's Law Project to rally lawmakers and others in Washington, D.C., to their cause.

In the years following the placement of the additional coverages, the client had several employment - related lawsuits filed against the company, all of which proved baseless.

Combined with lawsuits filed by Harvey Weinstein's alleged victims, the company was an unappealing acquisition target.

In December, both automakers agreed to pay a total of $ 395 million to settle lawsuits filed by owners of cars affected by the overstatements.

Chavez sat three seats behind the window that smashed and partially sucked out the passenger who later died and «prayed and feared for her life» as she contacted her children and prepared to die, according to the lawsuit filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

In the latest development, Tidal was hit earlier this week by a $ 5 million lawsuit filed by a group that claims the service hasn't paid them the royalties they are owed.

O'Brien's preliminary injunction was issued in response to a lawsuit filed on Oct. 21 by Irwindale, a small industrial city east of Los Angeles and home to nearly 1,500 people.

An expanded lawsuit filed Tuesday accuses Fox News Channel of racial discrimination «that appears more akin to Plantation - style management than a modern - day work environment.»

The peakest of that drama involves a pending $ 100 million invasion of privacy lawsuit filed by the wrestler Hulk Hogan (nee Terry Bollea).

The lawsuit filed by Ingrid Avendano, Roxana del Toro Lopez and Ana Medina, who described themselves as Latina software engineers, says that Uber's compensation and other practices discriminate against women and people of color.

The ruling focused on the libel lawsuit filed by Douglas Kimzey, a locksmith business owner in Redmond, Washington.

His fees are projected to double to $ 1 million, he said, in light of a sweeping new lawsuit filed last week by the Democratic National Committee.

They joined a lawsuit filed earlier this month by former Fox News employee Rachel Witlieb Bernstein.

A lawsuit filed Monday claims the Trump administration ignored policies meant to protect the greater sage grouse when the government sold oil and gas leases across 475 square miles (1,230 square kilometers) in Montana, Wyoming, Utah and Nevada.

Carnival Corporation is now facing a class - action lawsuit filed by Triumph passengers.