Sentences with phrase «legal fight by»

The judge's decision to make the documents public, with some redactions, followed a vigorous and ultimately unsuccessful legal fight by lawyers for Mr. Silver and the two women to block the release of the materials.

The judge has said lawmakers could avoid the legal fight by passing it a second time, but legislative leaders have said they are confident it was done correctly the first time and it will prevail in court.

Not exact matches

A political opponent of Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen wants Facebook to hand over information that might help him fight legal claims against him by the government.

The Canadian government is buoyed by other recent developments in Canada-U.S. trade: this week Boeing has dropped its legal fight against Bombardier and there are indications of a potential settlement in a dispute over glossy paper.

Texas led the legal fight against President Barack Obama's plan to protect up to four million immigrants from deportation, joined by 25 other Republican - led states.

Opponents of legal weed in Oregon say they would take their fight to the Oregon legislature, pushing for stricter laws designed to limit access to pot by children, among other efforts.

The computer maker won a legal fight that stemmed from the buyout of Dell in 2013 by founder Michael Dell and his private equity partner.

Western companies should fight against Beijing's latest monopoly investigations by following China's legal procedure, demanding transparency, and getting the facts out.

In a statement on the site, founder Pamela Jones cited the move by Lavabit founder Ladar Levinson to shut down his encrypted email service because of a legal fight with the government.

The difficult legal choices being weighed by the bank — should it settle or should it fight — coincide with an unusual wave of scrutiny for JPMorgan, which is now facing investigations from at least seven federal agencies, several state regulators and two foreign nations.

The cannabis industry is fighting back by rallying a dozen lawmakers to send a letter to Sessions in support of legal marijuana.

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.

First, patents are often taken out to use as legal weapons by huge companies to fight off their competitors even if they do not plan on completing trials for the drug.

We here in Yemen our Unity day celebration is on 22 May since 1990 to date but this time because of the troubles in the country related to changes we are threatened by the oppositions that they would make of it a bloody date marching towards the presidency to remove the president against the will of many who prefer having the president finish his legal ruling period rather than those coming to rule by coup rather than legal honest elections... Honestly what a mess we are in by those oppositions who what to take over what the youth have achieved and will be using those youth as their slaughter sheep for them to reach the ruling chair and then again when they both oppositions fight among them over it...

In February 2012, at the height of the battle over the HHS mandate, William Thierfelder, the president of Belmont Abbey College, was interviewed by the Washington Post about the school's legal fight against the mandate.

However, during his service he said he has been advised by his legal team to only fight the allegations in court - «The only place I think I will get justice,» he said.

And yet, the very grounds on which these controversies have been fought — arguing for the «scientific» basis of creationism, making use of the «rational - legal» procedures supplied by the modern court system, and drawing on social scientists for «expert testimony» — all point to the considerable degree to which even religious conservatives have accommodated to the norms of secular rationality.

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Meanwhile, on May 2 (fight night), Pacquiao's request to be injected with Toradol (a legal substance) to ease the pain caused by a torn rotator cuff was denied by the Nevada State Athletic Commission because the request was not made in a timely manner.

And you know UFC would stack the card with premium fights... I would be all in... and the timing would be right because Conor would be done with all his legal woes by the time this fight is scheduled.

(The political reality reflected this new legal principle: in 1216 the rebel barons had already found an alternative ruler — Louis, the son of the King of France — and were fighting to install him as King of England when Magna Carta was hastily re-issued by Henry's government.)

Guardian Angels founder and WABC radio personality Curtis Sliwa says he's been treating his chronic Crohn's disease by smoking pot, and he's going to make it legal on 4/20 — the aptly chosen day he'll officially begin a medical marijuana regimen to fight the illness» nausea and pain.

But the legal situation has been made more complex by the anarchic nature of social media, which is so diverse and anonymous that users feel able to flout injunctions without fear of repercussion, and an increasingly confident campaign by newspaper editors, who are fighting the injunctions tooth - and - nail in the face of declining sales.

De Blasio said he is «ready» to take legal action against U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who is threatening to take funds from so - called sanctuary cities by cutting a federal program that helps cities and states fight crime.

Bruno announced in a press release sent out by his longtime spokesman John McArdle that he would close out the remainder of his campaign account as well as a legal defense fund formed to help him fight federal corruption charges, with most of the money going to help the GOP maintain control of the chamber.

A legal fight between the Buffalo Public School District and Buffalo Teachers Federation over a plan to transfer teachers from City Honors will return to court next week, when the district will file papers challenging a restraining order obtained by the BTF.

She says the remaining fight is over how much control Cuomo's budget department has in handing out the funds, and whether total cost for counties» legal defense services would be financed by the state, or only a portion.

Rangel, 87, claims he gave a legal personal loan of $ 100,000 to his campaign in June 2014 when he was fighting to overturn his 2010 censure by the House of Representatives and facing a tough primary challenge against fellow Harlem Democrat Adriano Espaillat.

On Wednesday, Grant went back to court seeking a ballot by ballot count from the election, claiming the voting machines didn't count some ballots for her and the legal fight at the Board of Elections is costing her votes with Kennedy less than 300 votes ahead.

Our laws if allowed to operate according to its spirit and letter, would have imposed legal limits on government's authority by guarantee us certain rights and freedom when fighting against these evil practices in our institutions but unfortunately for us, certain provisions and attitude of party apparatchiks make our leaders automatic dictators who act without limitations.

An eight - year legal fight over racial discrimination by New York City in a proposed Brooklyn development is expected to be settled today, after community groups and the de Blasio administration agreed on a new plan for affordable housing for the site.

Exiting the court, Silver said he was «disappointed» by the verdict, but plans to «continue the legal fight.»

«I will continue to do everything in my power to not just fight this executive order, but to protect the families caught in the chaos sown by President Trump's hasty and irresponsible implementation — including pressing DHS and CBP to provide a full list of those still detained and allow them access to legal service providers,» Schneiderman said.

Rhodes then went to Harvard Law School — «with the goal of developing the legal tools to keep fighting on behalf of those who are too often ignored by the political process,» his press release says — but has taken a leave of absence to run for Congress.

The legislature also joined by all five towns in Rockland and the villages of Grandview, West Haverstraw, and Sloatsburg to form a Municipal Consortium which will fight the increase through their legal representation, Attorney Daniel Duthie.

Village officials in Kiryas Joel on Friday said the decision by the Orange County Legislature to spend $ 200,000 to fight the annexation issue in court is «an irresponsible waste of taxpayer money and a cynical maneuver in direct opposition to the lawful and legal action by two democratically elected boards.»

Mayor Bill de Blasio said he is «ready» to take legal action against U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who is threatening to take funds from so - called sanctuary cities by cutting a federal program that helps cities and states fight crime.

Recently Faso sided with banks and credit card companies against the interests of consumers, by making it impossible for his constituents to win legal fights when they've been harmed by predatory lenders.

Public records indicate that legal maneuvers by Small's law firm facilitated nearly $ 700,000 in anonymous lobbying spending for Pledge 2 Protect, a nonprofit founded in 2013 to fight the city government's plan to build a marine waste transfer station on the Upper East Side that would haul away garbage by barge.

BY JOEL GROSSBARTH The embattled East Ramapo School District has been entangled in a nasty legal fight with its own insurance company.

«As the Council begins our Executive Budget hearings on May 6th, we will continue to strongly push for critical investments that will greatly expand employment opportunities for our young people by increasing the number of year round and summer youth jobs, advocating for vital legal services and workforce development skills to support our growing immigrant population and fighting to combat food insecurity in our City,» they said.

She says the remaining fight is over how much control Cuomo's budget department has in handing out the funds, and whether the total cost for counties legal defense services would be financed by the state or only a portion.

The legal fight began in 2005 when Stanford sued Roche for refusing to pay royalties on three patents held by the university on the HIV test.

Thanks in part to several legal fights, journal fees in the Netherlands have become public, and calculations by Waaijers have shown that Elsevier charges two or even three times as much per article by Dutch authors as three other large publishers.

Synopsis: Pursued by opponents who say his «Hustler» magazine breaks decency laws, pornographer Larry Flynt (Woody Harrelson) hires lawyer Alan Isaacman (Edward Norton) to help fight his legal battles.

That bravado would send The Post into an epic legal and existential battle just as Graham was preparing to take her family's media company public — a deal that could easily be scuttled by her potential imprisonment and a Supreme Court fight, not to mention the vindictive administration of president Richard M. Nixon.

The details are no long important, but after legal wrangles and creative fights, a 150 - minute cut was released in a few cities in 2011, and then it practically disappeared, resurfacing in early 2012 after a long campaign by fans, supporters, and folks like me who never had a chance to see the film on its original release.

Bouncing between Molly's rise in L.A.'s Viper Room to her fight against legal investigation and total bankruptcy, Sorkin's drama shuffles language like a deck of cards, the staccato sentences of his poker - playing spitfires punctuated by the witty English equivalent of flops, turns, and rivers.

The show, created by David E. Kelley, aims to depict the «ultimate David vs. Goliath battle» fought in the modern US legal system.

Those two things are nowhere to be found in Ted 2, despite the oddly topical storyline centered around the concept of Ted (MacFarlane) and John (Wahlberg) fighting for the bear's civil rights when it turns out that he somehow slipped by the legal system all these years and is now suddenly deemed property in the eyes of the law, as opposed to a human being.