Sentences with phrase «long legal fight»

The Ecuadorean villagers still have a long legal fight before them — Chevron has been successfully staved off collection of assets in the U.S. by raising allegations of fraud.

Attorneys for Everpower, the developer of the wind farm, recently argued the extension is necessary because an earlier group of opponents tied the project up in a years - long legal fight.

Perhaps you heard: The Supreme Court just settled a long legal fight over some clumsy language in the nation's health - care law.

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.

As a dispute between the Cuomo Administration and Canadian officials over the Peace Bridge drags on, Congressman Brian Higgins believes a settlement can be reached without a long legal fight.

Not exact matches

The state government will introduce legislation into parliament tomorrow designed to finalise the long - running Bell Group legal case, in which the Insurance Commission of WA and other creditors are fighting over a $ 1.7 billion payout.

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 case is the latest twist in a long - running legal fight over whether Google's email scanning practices amount to illegal wiretaps and a violation of California privacy laws.

He said the Harper government would probably have been uninterested in pursuing the legal fight any longer in the face of pressure from the White House.

Seven months after finally opening Conrad Fort Lauderdale Beach, its developers are embroiled in a nasty legal fight for control of the long - delayed, financially...

However, the case hinges on issues the ride - hail company — which is no stranger to legal battles — has long fought across the globe: Background checks and being treated like other for - hire companies.

He's not going to be fighting any time soon whether because he's dealing with his legal issues or if he's trying to come to terms with Dana or losing the UFC millions or even because Conor doesn't seem interested in fighting any longer.

«We have long argued that only radical legal reform will halt the rising costs of claims and restore some equilibrium to the system and have been fighting for this through our Fair Compensation campaign.

This provides Cash with more power to enforce contract changes, such as a longer school day, but a legal fight appears to be on the horizon.

«We endorse Senator Schneiderman in the Democratic primary because of his sound judgment, legal expertise, political independence and long history of fighting for government reform,» The Times concluded.

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.

A film about the passage of a change to a legal document generates less intrigue, even if the revision in question outlawed slavery and came alongside the end of the longest and deadliest war fought on American soil.

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.

Mr. Klicka, 44, has long been fighting that battle stateside as a lawyer for the Home School Legal Defense Association in Purcellville, Va..

The local school board fought to regain oversight of the recovery charters — actually making a legal bid to attempt to regain control of recovery schools no longer considered failing.

Sure, like with many legal issues the whole process can be long, drawn out and expensive, but that shouldn't keep former students from putting up a fight.

Dog fighting is no longer legal in most places (thankfully).

I'm familiar with the site's robo - lawyer (not a typo) who has been around for a long time, offering robo - legal advice in fighting traffic tickets.

Seven - figure settlement finalised in Ross Bleckner painting case A resolution has been reached in the long - fought legal dispute between actor Alec Baldwin and New York art dealer Mary Boone over a $ 190,000 painting by Ross Bleckner, which Baldwin claimed he was tricked into buying.

But before we get to that ending we should recognize that the fifteen years between the December 1965 2nd Circuit decision and the 1980 settlement consisted of a long hard struggle fought along legal, political and public fronts.

E&E Legal's website at one time stated it «is part of a broader network of groups with close ties to energy interests that have long fought greenhouse gas regulation,» although that text has now been removed.

In this particular area of climate change, many of the assertions made by respectable scientists in peer reviewed literature are not backed up by archived data, code and other materials, and long legal battles have been fought to get those essential pieces of information put out for scrutiny.

Long story short, our senior partner used a good example, which gives a perfect reply to your question: if we call typical demanding legal projects a boxing fight, ICOs are a kind of a free fight challenge.

Baker Donelson lawyer Frank S. James, together with the veterans legal clinic at the University of California at Berkeley, scored a victory recently in a long and hard fought battle to obtain military insurance benefits for an injured veteran.

The National Lawyers Guild honored Howard M. Cooper as a one of its 2010 honorees as Lawyer of the Year, recognizing his «long and proud record of outstanding legal and activist work in the fight for political, social and economic justice.»

The publication of this judgment is not only of wider legal and public interest in knowing the outcome of this long fought and extensively reported court battle.

Viacom is fighting an order to pay Rock Band makers Harmonix Music Systems $ 383 million, or a bit more than half of the money sought by the former shareholders in a long - running legal dispute over unpaid bonuses.

Hillary Clinton has a long record of working to protect access to safe, legal abortion and would fight to ensure that it remains safe and legal.