Sentences with phrase «numbers of lawsuits against»

Only in the last couple of years numbers of lawsuits against artists seems to have gotten bigger than ever.

And Max Mosley, the former head of Formula One who successfully brought a series of suits against News of the World for publishing pictures of him involved in an orgy, later funded a number of lawsuits against the same tabloid by people who said its journalists had hacked their phones.

Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen has filed or joined a growing number of lawsuits against the Trump Adminsitration

There is a growing number of lawsuits against such clinics and a few cases have been reported of tumours or excessive tissue growth (see «Ongoing stem cell trials» below).

It's currently engaged in a number of lawsuits against the IDOE.

More worryingly for the industry, patent trolls have been buying up portfolios from companies such as Nokia and Nortel and are now filing an increasing number of lawsuits against auto manufacturers.

The letter further urged the agency to expedite its rulemaking on this issue since the lack of clear rules has contributed to a growing number of lawsuits against companies for allegedly violating the ADA because of an «inaccessible» website.

Dale and Moranis subsequently filed a number of lawsuits against the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) and CREA.

Not exact matches

When a court is deciding whether to allow a lawsuit to proceed personally against a business owner, it looks at a number of factors.

A number of lawsuits have been filed against the company for allegedly mishandling people's data.

Undisclosed number of «putative class action lawsuits» by shareholders against Equifx and «certain» of its current and former officers and directors.

On - demand services are growing all the time - and so is the number of wage - related lawsuits against them.

The growing number of discrimination lawsuits against Tesla come as the company is also facing a unionization campaign from the United Auto Workers.

What happened is with the increase in the number of people leaving the bank last year, we have more people [gaining] with lawsuits against us.

Index funds are one of a number of issues in a 401 (k) lawsuit against Anthem, Inc. brought by the St. Louis law firm of Schlichter, Bogard & Denton, the big kahuna in the world of 401 (k) plan litigation, this January.

Some of you might have read about the lawsuit by a number of municipalities (including San Francisco and Oakland) against the major oil companies for damages (related primarily to sea level rise) caused by anthropogenic climate change.

Assemblywoman Fahy says whoever Schneiderman's successor is, they need to hit the ground running and take control of a number of important lawsuits that the former AG has filed, including over 100 court actions against President Trump and his administration.

A number of witnesses were to testify in favor of a marriage equality plank in the platform: Marc Solomon, national campaign director for Freedom to Marry; Allison Herwitt, legislative director for the Human Rights Campaign; Army Chief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan, a lesbian New Hampshire guardsman with stage - four incurable breast cancer and a plaintiff in Servicemembers Legal Defense Network's lawsuit against the Defense of Marriage Act; Michael Macleod - Ball, the American Civil Liberties Union's chief of staff for the Washington Legislative Office; and Aaron Zellhoefer, a gay delegate to the Democratic National Convention representing the National Stonewall Democrats.

The sheriff had come under fire during the campaign for issues including the number of inmate deaths at the Erie County Holding Center since he took office in 2005, as well as a recent sex discrimination lawsuit filed against him by a now - retired Holding Center officer.

The lawsuit and suspensions are the latest in a wave of sexual harassment scandals that have led to firings and resignations of powerful men across a number of industries after a New York Times investigation into accusations of sexual harassment and abuse against the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.

For Perez - Melgosa, who spent more than 15 years at UW, during which she co-authored a number of peer - reviewed publications, «the mere fact that this allegation has been raised against me carries with it the most serious effects upon my professional career,» she stated in her testimony for the lawsuit, which alleged discrimination based on national origin.

Then, on 22 November, federal judge Amos L. Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas issued an injunction that put implementation of the new rule on hold until the court could decide lawsuits brought against it by a number of states and employers.

NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL - Sep 21 - So far, 11 lawsuits have been filed against Avid Life Media, which operates AshleyMadison.com, most of them class actions accusing the company of negligence in allowing its customers» personal info, like credit card numbers, to be hacked.

A recent ruling by a federal appeals court may shield school districts in a growing number of states against some types of lawsuits brought against them in federal courts.

The number of lawsuits filed against online publishers has increased dramatically in the past decade, from four filed in 1997 to eighty - nine in 2007, according to the Citizen Media Law Project.

Two lawsuits have been filed by the district against the state, citing the state violated civil - rights law by underfunding Philadelphia and other districts with a large number of minorities.

In the wake of media speculation of the impact of the Department of Justice lawsuit against Apple, Macmillan and Penguin and the secondary speculation of the impact on Barnes & Noble I thought I'd run a few numbers and see what story they might reveal.

First, ebooks sold better in 2013 by numbers of total sales, but actually resulted in less overall revenue than they have in the past; this may stem from the understanding of where ebook pricing should fall, and the fact that Amazon was able to discount ebooks again after the stripping away of agency pricing following the DOJ lawsuit against the Big Five publishers.

Interestingly in January 2017, Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit against Navient Corporation, accusing the lender of a number of deceptive practices, including pushing distressed students toward short - term forbearance.

In 2015, the Department of Education also levied a $ 30 million fine against Corinthian for inflating job placement numbers, while the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau won a lawsuit that ordered the schools to pay back $ 500 million in restitution for students.

When the Linux option was removed, a number of PlayStation owners got together and filed a class action lawsuit against Sony.

«In general, I think resale royalties are a pretty good idea,» said painter Chuck Close, who, with a number of other artists, filed a class - action lawsuit against the auction houses this past October.

A number of Ontario beekeepers have signed up for a major class action lawsuit against the makers of a group of pesticides that they blame for setbacks in hives.

Two California communities — San Francisco and Oakland — filed lawsuits this week against a number of fossil fuel companies for their climate impacts.

After the markets closed this past Friday, January 12, 2018, CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. («CanniMed»), announced that it had commenced a lawsuit against Aurora Cannabis Inc. («Aurora») and a number of large CanniMed shareholders.

And now that these lawyers have emptied those deep Roman Catholic pockets, Tillers writes, «we can expect to see — and I think we are seeing — an increasing number of sex abuse lawsuits against Protestant clergy and churches, Jewish clergy and organizations, other religious organizations and their clergy... and — eventually — educators (regardless of religious persuasion) and those who employ educators.»

Cressman filed a lawsuit in 2011 against a number of state officials, alleging violations of his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.

One of the many lawsuits brought against law schools for inflated employment numbers has been thrown out by a judge in Chicago.

For example, in the United States, Hulk Hogan's widely reported lawsuit against Gawker raised a number of issues quite apart from the merits of the case (privacy rights vs. free speech).

Unfortunately, there have also been a growing number of frivolous lawsuits, particularly actions for damages against law enforcement officers whose conduct has been judicially sanctioned by state trial and appellate courts and, in many instances, even by this Court.

Epic has taken a number of steps to counteract cheating, including new lawsuits against two repeat cheaters.

A lawsuit brought against the John Marshall Law School in Chicago alleging misrepresentation of graduate employment numbers was dismissed with prejudice.

A number of Fosamax lawsuits seeking financial compensation have already been filed against Merck & Co. for injuries caused as a result of serious Fosamax side effects.

According to the Clerk of the Court's website, the number of negligence cases filed against Walmart per year in Broward County, Florida, with almost all of the lawsuits being premises liability cases, is:

The South Carolina Civil Justice Coalition has been working since 2003 to improve the legal climate in our state and reduce the number and types of frivolous lawsuits brought against our small, medium and large businesses who provide jobs and the many goods and services for our citizens.

According to a post on the Blood Tribe web site, a number of residential school survivors from the Blood reserve located south of Calgary are involved in a class - action lawsuit against Blott and other lawyers.

November 1, 2013 - A number of lawsuits have been filed against DuPont Co. alleging the chemical giant knowingly contaminated drinking water supplies with C8 used in its West Virginia plant.

John has previously represented the State of South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and South Carolina Employee Insurance Program in lawsuits brought against a number of pharmaceutical companies in the Average Wholesale Price litigation.

When the attacking nursing home resident suffers from any number of cognitive deficits, the legal capacity to bring a lawsuit against that person for an assault and injury to another resident may fail.

Quite a number of lawsuits have been filed against the manufacturers of these drugs due to their failure to warn users of the associated dangers.