Sentences with phrase «lawsuits over their practice»

Ironically he plays a lawyer caught in a moral dilemma — and mortal danger — when called on to defend a company against a lawsuit over its practices.

Following an admission from Apple that it intentionally caps the processing power of older iPhones in order to preserve battery, the company has been hit with a class action lawsuit over the practice, TMZ reported.

, and some groups have even filed lawsuits over their practice.

Other firms are crying foul, and some groups have even filed lawsuits over their practice.

Not exact matches

The search for Yoo's replacement may have already begun now that the U.S. Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into Uber's software practices and Google's parent company Alphabet has filed a lawsuit over allegedly stolen self - driving car technology.

Then there is the euro area debt crisis, slower growth in the economy, lawsuits over foreclosure practices, and impending adjustments to capital - reserve requirements.

Drug companies including Purdue Pharma LP and Johnson & Johnson have been fighting lawsuits by two California counties, the city of Chicago, four counties in New York and the state of Mississippi over their opioid marketing practices.

Recent troubles include a probe into hiring practices in China; lawsuits over failed credit unions; and an investigation into its energy business.

Top officials in the Obama administration hoped for a quick settlement to a major lawsuit brought by state attorneys general over bad foreclosure practices.

Simanowitz said the legislation was sparked by a lawsuit filed earlier this month by the city's only mortuary school, The American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service, seeking to have the city resume its 50 - year practice of turning over cadavers for its students to use.

The City Council created the Inspector General position following complaints and a lawsuit over the NYPD's stop and frisk policy in which a federal judge ruled the practice unfairly discriminated against black and Latino men.

Catholic Health has agreed to a large settlement with the U.S. Justice Department in a whistleblower lawsuit over billing practices in such government health programs as Medicare and Medicaid, according to two sources with knowledge of the case.

He delivered on both, settling a constitutional lawsuit over the policing practice and adding close to 80,000 affordable housing units — something he has vowed to continue in a second term.

A U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact was presented to: Crime + Punishment (Director: Stephen Maing)-- Over four years of unprecedented access, the story of a brave group of black and Latino whistleblower cops and one unrelenting private investigator who, amidst a landmark lawsuit, risk everything to expose illegal quota practices and their impact on young minorities.

Crime + Punishment / U.S.A. (Director: Stephen Maing)-- Over four years of unprecedented access, the story of a brave group of black and Latino whistleblower cops and one unrelenting private investigator who, amidst a landmark lawsuit, risk everything to expose illegal quota practices and their impact on young minorities.

Over four years of unprecedented access, the story of a brave group of black and Latino whistleblower cops and one unrelenting private investigator who, amidst a landmark lawsuit, risk everything to expose illegal quota practices and their impact on young minorities.

Over the years, WinePress Publishing has lashed back through lawsuits at people who have criticized its practices.

Katrina's lender is listed on the NASDAQ, pulls in a half - billion in revenue annually, and has over 1,000 storefront locations in the U.S. Known for aggressive collection practices, the company files thousands of garnishment lawsuits yearly.

The credit bureaus originally collected information not just from stores and shopkeepers, but information over lawsuits, divorces, and even newspaper clippings that can be traced back to Abraham Lincoln (these practices are said to have spawned «mass surveillance»).

Despite getting hit with a lawsuit over its student loan servicing practices by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Navient's joint book runners Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, and RBC were able to price an asset backed security offering above the one month Libor.According to a report in Global Capital, Navient's $ 270 million in A1 -LSB-...]

Though bad debts fall, lawsuits over collection practices rise — Consumers are paying credit card bills on time more often and filing fewer bankruptcies, so why are lawsuits over debt collection soaring?

In other words, it's a battle over the very legality of appropriation art, and every lawsuit that addresses this third - rail of contemporary artistic practice sets a legal precedent that can have market repercussions.

Much of this dirty work is the result of «Sue and Settle» lawsuits, in which friendly Green groups sue the EPA over some technical point in the law knowing full well that a deal has already been struck for the EPA to settle the lawsuity and be thus «forced» to impose heavy burdens on the American people — who have not had their day in court to defend their longstanding practices.

The attorneys in our Class Action Practice Group have been actively defending class action lawsuits for over 30 years.

One example given: Lubin & Meyer lawsuits are at the center of the controversy over the practice of a single surgeon double - booking or overlapping surgeries — used by surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital and others — which was recently covered in an exposé by the Boston Globe's Spotlight Team.

While Ms. Blanch's practice has an emphasis in product liability, she has handled litigation of all types and sizes over the past several years, ranging from catastrophic personal injury claims to employment litigation; from commercial disputes to insurance coverage lawsuits.

Projections from the American Bar Association suggest that new lawyers entering the practice of law can expect to face three malpractice lawsuits over the course of their careers.

Nationwide has also been hit with several high - profile lawsuits over its claim handling practices.

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.

Pharmaceutical companies are experienced at fighting lawsuits, but with over 25 years of practice in pharmaceutical law our firm is experienced at fighting back.

To illustrate the problem with accusing judges of bias, given the term's various meanings, the article focuses on recent federal litigation over NYC police stop - and - frisk policy in which (1) the district judge found «implicit bias» in police practices based on accumulated evidence and expert analysis, (2) the Second Circuit found that the district judge engaged in disqualifying judicial bias because of her comments in a prior related lawsuit and in the media, and (3) critics accused the Second Circuit of bias in making decisions that were hard to justify on either procedural or substantive grounds.

Also, each state has consumer protection statues that allow state attorneys, together with consumers, to file lawsuits over unfair consumer practices.

Los Angeles partner and Fashion practice group leader Staci Riordan provides third - party commentary in this piece about an increasing number of class - action lawsuits against big - name department stores over markdowns allegedly made on «false» original prices.

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.

The courts have yet to address the substance of these allegations and merely have determine their right to file a lawsuit over anticompetitive practices.

According to a new report, Apple may be facing as many as 59 class - action lawsuits over throttling practices on iPhones with older batteries, across 16 districts in the United States.

Apple is now facing several lawsuits over its iPhone slowdown practice and it will lose billions of dollars with its $ 29 battery replacement program.

yro.slashdot.org - The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California has filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Transportation Security Administration over its alleged practices of searching the electronic devices of passengers traveling on domestic flights.

A Wisconsin federal court has considered whether a multiple listing service participant could bring a class action lawsuit against a REALTOR ® association and its multiple listing service over the practice of requiring association membership for multiple listing service participation.

CLEVELAND — A key legal battle was resolved after six years when, in May, Century 21 Real Estate Corp. and RE / MAX International settled a series of lawsuits between the two companies over advertising practices.