Sentences with phrase «major lawsuit»

«We will be bringing some very major lawsuits against people and against companies that have been hurting our communities,» he said.

Some motor vehicle defects are more common than others and have been the cause of major lawsuits.

Here are a few major lawsuits and fraud cases filed against the credit card companies and banks, just from over the last few years.

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I had mentioned EIFS — Exterior Insulation and Finish System — which had been widely used in the 1990s and early 2000s but was the source of major lawsuits over poor installation — failure to follow manufacturer's instructions — resulting in mold and mildew problems.

The first major lawsuit against President Trump's alleged business conflicts is being filed by some of the nation's top legal and ethics scholars today.

In what appears to be the first major lawsuit brought against the defendants over their seminars, the students seek over $ 12 million in trebled RICO damages.

In 2001, major lawsuits emerged in the United States and Ireland, alleging that some priests had s — exually abused minors and that their superiors had conspired to conceal and otherwise abet their criminal misconduct.

The state has recently been the beneficiary of a windfall from major lawsuit settlements with several banks and insurance companies.

The setting changes from Biloxi to New Orleans, the case goes from tobacco companies to guns, and many other major tweaks are implemented, some of which are probably due to several major lawsuits against tobacco companies already succeeding in recent years, making it seem rather unremarkable today.

FEA president Joanne McCall said the group would not drop its legal challenge, one of two major lawsuits pending against the program.

Part of what's going on is that there are major lawsuits flying over DLTR's acquisition of Family Dollar.

If they're working with Nintendo in any matter, there are confidentiality agreements in place that would open Keys Factory up to major lawsuits if they ever breached any agreements with Nintendo.

It happened several weeks before the Supreme Court heard arguments in Gill v. Whitford, a Wisconsin case that was the first major lawsuit about partisan gerrymandering to be taken up by the justices in 14 years.

Anything short of immediate action not only places students needing special education services at risk, but leaves the state open to a variety of major lawsuits that could cost Connecticut taxpayers tens of millions of dollars.

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So, the New York Times Sunday Magazine published a story about the first major lawsuit against the National Football League on behalf of former players who suffered various types of -LSB-...]

On June 26, 2012, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that 2 major lawsuits against CIBC and Scotiabank, alleging that employees were denied hundreds of millions of dollars worth of overtime pay, -LSB-...]

«But there is going to need to be some major lawsuits or decisions by federal courts, appellate courts or more to decide what are acceptable practices online for a real shift to take place.

One of the risk factors not deemed material was the threat of a major lawsuit.

In a side note, Recode points out that Google Ventures was not among the group calling for Kalanick to step down, even though its parent company Alphabet is now in a major lawsuit with Uber over allegations that he stole self - driving car technology from its Waymo unit.

McClendon was also recently named in a major lawsuit levied against Uber by his former employer, Alphabet.

When a company's sales slow or if a firm is involved in a major lawsuit, however, stock prices can plummet, which is always a danger when investing in stocks.

Now, Levandowski is at the center of a major lawsuit his former employer Alphabet has filed against Uber alleging he stole key intellectual property when he left to create Otto.

Uber has hired Tony West as its chief legal officer, filling a critical void at the ride - hailing giant as it continues to battle back a series of investigations by the U.S. government and a major lawsuit from one of its chief corporate rivals.

While Facebook is still struggling with the debacle, the development in a major lawsuit filed against it in 2015 has only increased the problems for the Mark Zuckerberg.

Maybe most ironically of all, this song led to a major lawsuit between Verve vocalist Richard Ashcroft and Keith Richards and Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones.

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

Despite talk of a major lawsuit over the constitutional separation of powers, legislative leaders downplayed the potential for battle.

Also at 11 a.m., over 100 African - American, New York City - based Hollywood and television studio workers will announce a major lawsuit over unpaid wages at a press conference, Ziegfeld Theater located at 141 W. 54th St., Manhattan.

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Republican Gov. Scott Walker scored more victories Thursday, signing a major lawsuit reform bill into law and watching as the Legislature approved a tax cut for businesses that he says will...

Buffalo's Common Council voted Tuesday to pay just over $ 4 million to settle two major lawsuits against the city.

Assuming it all holds — and that isn't a foregone conclusion (I smell a major lawsuit)-- here's what we know: Aside from Democratic Senate President Pedro Espada Jr., shown here being sworn in to his new leadership post along with Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos in the wake of the coup, there will be as many as 10 Democrats who get committee chairmanships.»

He also was subject to a major lawsuit for giving out medical advice without a permit.

Cook is now one of seven plaintiffs in a major lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Gainesville by the National Education Association (NEA) and the Florida Education Association (FEA).

He didn't say how that money would be replaced, and his remarks on Friday came only moments after more than half the state's 1,200 school districts lost a major lawsuit that claimed Texas unconstitutionally underfunds public schools.

More than once in California, it has taken a major lawsuit to try to propel long - awaited change for its schools.

Related efforts to evaluate individual teachers based on student test scores have sparked a flurry of publicity — and led to a major lawsuit.

In California, another state that is using the Common Core SBAC test, cost data that is part of a major lawsuit being brought by local school districts reveal that the total cost of the Common Core SBAC Testing farce could be $ 250 — $ 500 dollars per child, per year.

Likely not without a major lawsuit.

I managed the documents for a major lawsuit, a case that spanned 5 million pages of paper spread over five states and three countries.

In the wake of a major lawsuit involving reverse mortgages, many consumers see the need for education on the topic.

It is time for a major lawsuit against the USDA... they are useless in enforcement of the AWA.

In comparison, Wellness has not been involved in any major lawsuits which question the brand's integrity.

Star Citizen — Forbes contributor Erik Kain's 2016 prediction for Star Citizen in 2017 was that it still wouldn't release and still be mired in controversy, and from the looks of things this will hold true for 2018 as well, especially with a major lawsuit now hounding RSI / CIG.

Thankfully, in November 2007 the Center won a major lawsuit against the Department of Transportation for failing to properly account for greenhouse gas emissions when it set unreasonably low national fuel economy standards for pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles.

Thankfully, in November 2007 the Center and our allies prevailed in Center for Biological Diversity v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a major lawsuit filed against the Department of Transportation for failing to properly account for greenhouse gas emissions when setting unreasonably low national fuel economy standards.

Back in May 2005, we reported on a major lawsuit by financiar Ronald Perelman against Morgan Stanley, which resulted in sanctions for e-discovery violations, and ultimately, a $ 1.57 billion award against the investment bank.

So, the New York Times Sunday Magazine published a story about the first major lawsuit against the National Football League on behalf of former players who suffered various types of brain damage years before such afflictions might otherwise show up in the general populace, and it embodied almost everything that was noble, not so noble, and ultimately frustrating about the practice of law in the U.S. today.

A Seattle judge has ordered a well - known local attorney, Harish Bharti, to post prominently on his Web site his loss in a major lawsuit against two local doctors.