Sentences with phrase «more of the defendants»

In a series of emotional exchanges with defense attorneys, Baxter seemed disgusted that more of the defendants hadn't chosen to admit guilt in exchange for leniency.

All Claims are brought by, or on behalf of, former Iraqi employees of the Defendants in Iraq, and all those contracted via third parties to offer services to the Defendants in Iraq between 2003 and 2009 and seek damages from one or more of the Defendants alleged injuries and / or financial losses caused by the alleged failure of one or more of the Defendants to adequately protect them or their Deceased relatives from risk of threats and / or injury from those opposed to the Defendants» presence in Iraq.

states «is whether the plaintiff has shown that one or more of the defendants» negligence was a necessary cause of the injury.»

The question, as discussed earlier, is whether the plaintiff has shown that one or more of the defendants» negligence was a necessary cause of the injury.

If an actual delay led to injury, the plaintiff must establish fault: there was a breach of the standard of care on the part of one or more of the defendants that caused or contributed to the delay in diagnosis and treatment.

Not exact matches

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«Furthermore, although the average sentence lengths (conditional on case, defendant and judge attributes) do not differ by defendant race in the absence of a football effect, it appears that an upset LSU football game loss increases the disposition length (sentence severity) of black defendants more severely in comparison to white defendants.

«Through the defendants» activities, the Mabna Institute stole more than 31 terabytes of academic data and intellectual property from universities, and email accounts of employees at private sector companies, government agencies, and non-governmental organizations,» according to the indictment.

What's more, 89 percent of the increase in defendants over this period was from lawsuits regarding patents on software.

Lost in that noise is a potentially more significant development that surfaced in March: Canada's largest bank has been named as a defendant by U.S. mortgage giant Freddie Mac for alleged manipulation of LIBOR, the London Interbank Offered Rate, an interest rate benchmark off which international banks lend among themselves.

«By requiring more precision in initial pleadings, the bill would allow courts and defendants to better assess the legitimacy of infringement claims,» notes the Internet Association, a group that supports the bill.

By requiring more precision in initial pleadings, the bill would allow courts and defendants to better assess the legitimacy of infringement claims.

«Defendants hold themselves out as nothing more than a neutral technological platform, designed simply to enable drivers and passengers to transact the business of transportation,» the Labor Commissioner's Office wrote about Uber.

Patent trolls leaned on sympathetic (and self - interested) judges to bully easy settlements out of defendants and force end consumers to pay more for all sorts of products.

As MBC customers began to raise more and more questions about the legitimacy of the cryptocurrency, the defendants allegedly attempted to double down by claiming the company had secured a deal with another cryptocurrency exchange that was not named in the CFTC statement.

The courtroom was cleared for arraignments in a criminal drug and weapons case that featured a different Martin Shkreli — a Bedford, N.Y. man more than 20 years older than the 34 - year - old Pharma Bro — as one of the defendants.

Startups and small businesses account for more than 55 percent of patent troll defendants, and TC Heartland ensures that they can litigate in jurisdictions where they already have representation.

Can you imagine being in a group that has a little more than 500 employees and has the following statistics: 29 have been accused of spousal abuse 7 have been arrested for fraud 19 have been accused of writing bad checks 117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses 3 have done time for assault 71 can not get a credit card due to bad credit 14 have been arrested on drug - related charges 8 have been arrested for shoplifting 21 are currently defendants in lawsuits 84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year

Filing a trademark violation case for using the world «Fortune» which they knew was owned by Time Magazine, and not them, was just a way to take advantage of the system by someone with more money that the poor defendant had.

But we jurors may have only those portions of it which the attorneys and the judge decide we must know in order to decide whether the defendant is guilty of the specific charge against him — no more, no less, and very little other, however interesting and important it might be.

For more information regarding the case and evidence, you can read THE ARCHDIOSESE OF CHICAGO, THE CATHOLIC BISHOP OF CHICAGO, a corporation sole, and CARDINAL FRANCIS GEORGE, Defendants.

Instead of convictions, cases with white defendants more often end in adjournment in contemplation of dismissal, where the case is adjourned for a period of time and later dismissed if the defendant isn't arrested again..

«This bill would do little more than transfer to the taxpayers of this state an entirely new obligation to pay for any and all existing expenses related to general defense legal work, far beyond legal representation of indigent criminal defendants,» Cuomo wrote.

«As alleged in the indictment, the defendant defrauded government agencies out of tens of thousands of dollars in public funds and tried to fraudulently obtain even more,» said United States Attorney Richard Donoghue.

Percoco, 49, of South Salem, is charged with taking more than $ 320,000 in payoffs from an energy executive and two Syracuse businessmen, also defendants, for using his clout as Cuomo's right hand man to advance a planned power plant and cut red tape on a state - funded Syracuse project.

«This defendant manipulated and abused taxpayer - subsidized benefits so she could get paid for more than three months of not working, and then compounded her culpability with a forged Family and Medical Leave Act application to protect her job,» said Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott in a news release.

Bharara wants Silver, 72, to forfeit the $ 5.2 million he pocketed in the scheme and cough up «a substantial fine of at least $ 1 million is appropriate in this case, particularly in light of the defendant's significant remaining resources and his more than $ 70,000 - per - year pension, paid for by New York State taxpayers.»

Mixed race suspects were more likely to be sent to court than given a police disposal; Black and mixed race defendants were more likely to be remanded in custody prior to their hearing date; Black defendants had a higher chance of being acquitted than white ones, suggesting that different standards of evidence may be applied to cases involving different groups of defendants; Mixed race teenagers were more likely than others to be given a (more serious) community sentence than a (less onerous) first tier penalty or referral order.

«Four out of ten defendants sent to the crown court for sentencing received custodial sentences that could have been handed in the magistrates» court - we need to look at why this is happening and if we need to do more to make the best use of magistrates,» Green said in a speech today.

Prosecutors allege that House in April 2015 agreed to reduce a fine for a traffic violation in exchange for receiving sexual favors from the defendant and also paid a portion of the fine in addition to more contact.

Despite getting flak from civil rights advocates over his decision to veto bills that would have legalized specific kinds of pocket knives and offering more state funds to compensate lawyers designated by the court to represent defendants who don't make enough money to afford a lawyer for defense in a criminal case, people roared in applause throughout Cuomo's speech.

Caproni lost her temper more than once about the sloth - like pace of the presentations, especially by the four legal teams representing the four defendants.

A little more than three months ago the defendant in question was a Democrat, Shelly Silver, accused of taking bribes and kickbacks of $ 4 million, some of the money being listed as «referral fees» for steering asbestos cases and real - estate developers to Silver - connected law firms.

Judges should have more of a role when defendants are police officers, Judge Jonathan Lippman said.

At the bottom of page 43 of the judgement, Justice Benin was even more explicit: «I must emphasize here that even if there is provision in the law and / or regulations for validation, the court can not compel the 1st defendant to follow that method unless it is the only mode that is sanctioned by the law or regulations.

Gipson said the law includes a wide variety of provisions that make it more difficult for persons who shouldn't have guns to obtain them and expands the ability of judges to access mental health assistance for mentally ill defendants.

According to a summary of the indictment, provided to reporters, «the majority of sales took place in broad daylight in residential neighborhoods in Harlem and East Harlem... the defendants received more than $ 52,000 as a result of the firearms purchases during the investigation.»

Ratner is accused of stealing more than $ 27,000 from an elderly man known to the defendant.

Featuring primary defendant Joe Percoco, like a brother to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, fiercely loyal to him, shown to be a thoroughly unpleasant enforcer of what the governor wants, but more to the point, whose emails depict someone desperate for money.

More recently, in March 2012, 52 defendants, many alleged associates of the South End - based Original Gangsta Kills and Bloods street gangs, were linked to 27 shootings, three killings and two incidents of shootings at police, according to a 261 - county indictment by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Because he has gripped the helm of the Assembly for more than 20 years, Speaker Sheldon Silver's new status as federal defendant jolts the Albany legislative process right at the start of a new term.

In return for the continuing illegal benefits, the defendants were involved in orchestrating a complex method to get Singh more than $ 20 million in indirect government loan guarantees from the Town of Oyster Bay, according to Eastern District federal prosecutors in court papers.

«Specifically, over a period of more than four years, the defendants attempted to cover up the assault of a handcuffed prisoner by Burke by obstructing the federal grand jury investigation and, when they learned that the scope of the investigation expanded into an investigation of the obstructive conduct, the defendants then attempted to obstruct the obstruction investigation,» Rohde wrote.

The «nature and circumstances of the crimes charged are shocking and appalling as the defendants... are alleged to have grossly and outrageously violated their positions of trust and operated in a manner more akin to criminal enterprise than a district attorney's office,» the letter said.

The judge also gave a stern warning to the defendant not to participate in any rally or be found in a crowd of more than 10 persons in the course of the bail.

An expert on Freedom of Information Law is saying the City of Buffalo has more to gain in complying with a Freedom of Information Law request than a defendant has to lose in a federal civil rights case.

Rajaratnam has been the biggest catch so far in a wide - ranging insider - trading investigation by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara that's resulted in more than two dozen prosecutions of white collar defendants.

U.S. District Senior Judge Thomas J. McAvoy will rely on federal sentencing guidelines if he sentences Scarborough, and must publicly state his justifications if he sentences the lawmaker to less or more time than are called for in the guidelines, which take into account factors such as a defendant's criminal history and acceptance of responsibility for their crimes.

But the criminal charges, brought last week by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara as well as state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, have sparked widespread calls for more oversight and check - off procedures to prevent the kind of bid - rigging and pay - to - play allegations facing the defendants.

«In 2012 alone over 250 judicial opinions — more than double the number in 2007 — cited defendants arguing in some form or another that their «brains made them do it,»» according to an analysis by Nita Farahany, a law professor and director of Duke University's Initiative for Science and Society.