Sentences with phrase «legal fight with»

Government agencies (their current figureheads) aren't guaranteed victory in a legal fight with private enterprises (they would like us to believe that they are omnipotent).

Fitbit has held on to its dominance of the wearable market despite challenges from Misfit, now owned by Fossil, the stagnating Jawbone, currently tangled in a legal fight with Fitbit, and Apple, whose Apple Watch is positioned as the ultimate health and fitness device.

Robertson blamed the lengthy legal fight with major label EMI for the bankruptcy, alleging that the music biz regularly destroys startups with drawn - out litigation.

The FBI's announcement last week that it found a way to open the phone ended for the moment a legal fight with Apple about whether the government could force the company to write software that would help investigators open the phone and examine its data.

The U.S. government has enlisted an outspoken skeptic of global warming in a legal fight with environmental groups over U.S. funding for overseas energy projects.

There's plenty of provocation on hand as well, notably Paul McCarthy's surprisingly direct broadside of Jeff Koons in the form of glossy sculptures of balloon dogs — with a gigantic hot - air version perched outside the fair's entrance — that tweak that fellow mega-artist for his eyebrow - raising 2011 legal fight with a small San Francisco bookstore selling mini balloon dog sculptures.

Navient is currently embroiled in legal fight with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau which earlier in the year filed a lawsuit contending the student loan servicer cheated borrowers out of billions of dollars by creating obstacles to paying back loans.

The district is in a legal fight with the California Charter Schools Association over the funding formula used to allocate space for charters.

A letter to school districts will go out Friday, adding to a highly charged debate over transgender rights in the middle of the administration's legal fight with North Carolina over the issue.

It's difficult to predict how well Niagen will produce revenue in the immediate future now that the company is in a legal fight with one of its major Niagen / NR purchasers (Elysium).

What's ahead: The governor wants to see the commission's initial reform recommendations addressed in the legislative session, but the panel's legal fight with the Legislature continues to simmer.

The de Blasio administration on Monday agreed to settle a long - standing legal fight with the feds over alleged abuses at Rikers Island, agreeing to key reforms, including the installation of 7,800 surveillance cameras over the next two years.

In a press release, Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner said she supports Chicago's legal fight with the Department of Justice over funds for «sanctuary cities.»

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

Fahey will also be involved with pending litigation, including a year - long legal fight with COR Development over the future of Syracuse's Inner Harbor.

The massive wheel — adjacent to the St. George Ferry Terminal on Richmond Terrace — has hit several snags during construction including going nearly $ 300 million over budget and being embattled in a legal fight with two early investors.

An extra wrinkle in connection with this video: Alequin used to work for the man Espada ousted in the 2008 primary, former Sen. Efrain Gonzalez (who has himself been convicted on corruption charges), and is embroiled in a legal fight with Espada's son, Alejandro, who is accused of pushing the elderly blogger and breaking his camera during a campaign rally.

Mayor Sam Tenuto said this week that the village would ask a court to rule at once in its legal fight with the park district, and he suggested that the village drop a counterclaim attached to the case.

His six - game suspension of Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott may have touched off a protracted, expensive legal fight with one of the league's most influential owners that could have a far - reaching impact on the future of the NFL.

Consider the possible return of Kalanick as CEO, which most will finally admit is overblown unless he decides to go full throttle and end up in a legal fight with the company he founded.

In February, Uber also settled a longstanding legal fight with Waymo.

Importantly, that relationship has since deteriorated — and Alphabet is embroiled in an unusual and messy legal fight with Uber — after a series of conversations about working together on self - driving cars fell apart.

Qualcomm would also have to successfully navigate its legal fight with Apple, Daryanani said.

Gawker, it turns out, plans to sell a minority stake to Columbus Nova, pending approval from Gawker's shareholders, to finance the company's ongoing legal fight with Terry Bollea, also known as Hulk Hogan.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals (vrx) said Monday that it agreed to sell Sprout back to its former shareholders, but the deal is actually more of a giveaway: All Valeant will receive in return for Sprout is 6 % of future sales of the female libido drug, starting around mid-2019, plus freedom from its remaining acquisition obligations and its legal fight with Sprout shareholders.

MZI Resources has settled a legal fight with Stirling Resources over a suite of mineral sands tenements on the Tiwi Islands and in the Northern Territory.

The attorney representing Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's longtime personal attorney, made a statement that could have resounding implications for the ongoing legal fight with the porn actress Stormy Daniels.

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.

Using a website, a YouTube video and a few posters designed to be shared over social media, the board, which represents 34,000 Greater Toronto Area realtors, portrays itself as the guardian of consumer privacy and safety in an ongoing legal fight with the federal Competition Bureau.

Why states like Illinois and New Jersey continually pick legal fights with public sector unions on pension benefits to begin with is a mystery, and an expensive one at that.

Not exact matches

He is also looking into whether anyone on the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow to tilt the election in his favor, and his decision to file charges likely indicates that the probe is moving from a political fight to a legal one.

FanDuel and DraftKings agreed in March to halt their business in New York, banking on a legislative path to make the games legal after a months - long fight with the state's attorney general, Eric Schneiderman.

The Keystone XL pipeline requires state approval, and Nebraska landowners fought a yearslong legal battle with TransCanada over the project.

Now, the U.S. Justice Department is taking sides in the legal fight — and not with the scrappy startup.

«[The legal fight] won't really reach a conclusion until 2018,» said Sandoz head Richard Francis in an interview with Reuters.

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.

Mr. Thiel, who was last in the news for his financial support of Hulk Hogan's legal fight against Gawker Media, has a slate of political views that stand out of line with most in tech, and perhaps most Americans.

«I had to put up a solid fight with several banks to show that I run my business 100 percent legal, and that I have no sales or distribution in my business model.»

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.

The nasty legal fight between Uber and Waymo over self - driving technology has officially come to a close, with Uber settling for $ 245 million.

Trump... has increasingly complained in recent weeks that he needed to consider all options for fighting Mueller and not simply agree to an interview... other members of the legal team share Trump's view that they should take a more confrontational approach with the special counsel, including lawyer Jay Sekulow, who has urged the group to consider the pros and cons of fighting a subpoena, according to people familiar with his advice.

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi — the cavaliere — has been successful in fighting off legal challenges ranging from sex with minors to alleged tax fraud involving humungous amounts for well over a decade.

Gawker Media has hired an investment banker to explore strategic options including a potential sale, according to a person familiar with the matter, as the digital media company fights a costly legal battle with professional wrestler Hulk Hogan.

The porn actress alleging an affair with President Donald Trump is escalating her legal fight, suing the president for defamation.

It's now the center of a legal fight tinged with allegations of racial and religious prejudices.

In some states, like Ohio, fights have broken out among anti-abortion activists over how to use their new - found power, with one faction pushing for sweeping new restrictions and the other urging more incremental limits that they say will withstand legal challenges.

Of course, that doesn't mean we can't fight them with every legal means available.

The Ukrainian Catholic Church recovered its legal status, leading to bitter fights with the Russian Orthodox Church over historical injustices and control of parishes and monasteries.

Bowman was recently charged with tax evasion, but he fought the case, and earlier this month, he won a major legal victory, and the charges were dropped — for now.

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.