Sentences with phrase «of a federal lawsuit»

If the politicians didn't appoint all the judges, this would be a great subject of a federal lawsuit on equal protection grounds.

Speaking of Astorino, Westchester County lawmakers moved forward with a $ 380,000 settlement of a federal lawsuit by a former staffer who claimed she was fired because of a political feud with him.

The abrupt change may have been partially the result of a federal lawsuit filed in 2016 by Tennessee walking horse owners, trainers and organizations in Texas, who alleged the USDA was violating due process and privacy rights by posting inspection and violation records online.

The 21 - and - over age limit in Florida's new law is now the subject of a federal lawsuit by the NRA.

Honest also reached a $ 1.55 million settlement of a federal lawsuit in Los Angeles that claimed it sold laundry detergent, dish soap, and surface cleaners containing a skin irritant it had pledged to avoid.

Environmental Lawsuits Spiked in 2015 The number of federal lawsuits filed over environmental issues increased more than 60 percent, to 862, across the U.S. in 2015 compared to the previous year...

And volunteers who make up the city's nearly 100 park advisory councils — created in the early 1980s to draw community input in part because of a federal lawsuit settlement — would now have to live in Chicago.

Cuomo then raised the issue of a federal lawsuit against Westchester County for fair - housing violations affecting minorities.

Some reforms underway at Rikers, including a new use of force policy, were mandated as a result of a federal lawsuit, Nunez v. New York City.

On Thursday (29 December 2011), Judge Lawrence O'Neill of the US District Court for the Eastern District of California issued three separate rulings in a set of federal lawsuits challenging the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS)(Rocky Mountain Farmers Union et al v. Goldstene).

On Thursday (29 December 2011), Judge Lawrence O'Neill of the US District Court for the Eastern District of California issued three separate rulings in a set of federal lawsuits challenging the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS)(Rocky Mountain Farmers Union et al v. Goldstene).

A settlement of a federal lawsuit over trapshooting in Naperville's Sportsman's Park may be coming, but an attorney for the Naperville Park District said it's likely the activity will be a casualty of the deal.

He omitted the fact that the current lines were actually drawn by a court - appointed expert as part of a federal lawsuit in 2012, however, and that the 11th district is a reasonable, coherent district.

Federal regulations like Sarbanes - Oxley and recent rule changes that make e-mail subject to discovery in the course of a federal lawsuit are also driving companies to archive e-mail, Flynn says.

A Monroe County attorney panned the chances of a federal lawsuit filed in hopes of forcing a special election in NY - 29.

The Sullivan County Board of Elections will be under the watchful eye of the federal government for the next five years and will have to pay more than $ 500,000 as part of a settlement of a federal lawsuit brought by Hasidic voters who accused the county of discrimination.

Nine days later the Lakewood Board of Education was notified of a federal lawsuit filed by Tobree Mostel, currently an assistant principal at one of the district's elementary schools, who was demoted from her previous position as a special education central office administrator.

In fact, in the midst of a federal lawsuit, Navient says its main job isn't to help debtors at all — it's getting them to pay up for creditors such as its biggest client, the U.S. Department of Education.

In addition to the above cases, thousands of federal lawsuits have been consolidated in multi district litigation (MDL), and thousands more are currently pending at the state level.

Poor research can foster complaints of negligent hiring and negligent retention as well as give rise to a proliferation of federal lawsuits related to federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) violations.

MDL cases are often formed in response to a significant number of federal lawsuits that share similar characteristics.

NRG backed away from its plan to convert Dunkirk to natural gas largely because of a federal lawsuit filed by Entergy Corp., said David Gaier, speaking for NRG.

The court stated that, as a general rule, the Town was correct that normal zoning disputes are not usually the proper subject of a federal lawsuit.

The New York Civil Liberties Union announced Tuesday morning the settlement of a federal lawsuit against the Buffalo City School District for what it charged was «the open and systematic discrimination of LGBTQ students at McKinley High School.»

Following the settlement of a federal lawsuit that alleged a culture of violence among correction officers on Rikers Island, the Department of Correction will unveil a new use of force policy to its employees tomorrow, prohibiting certain maneuvers and encouraging officers to avoid force when possible.

The city will also have to meet officer - to - inmate ratios mandated by the settlement of that federal lawsuit, and needs to comply with other laws that require higher ratios for female and transgender inmates, and is seeking to address increasing overtime costs.

Now the birds» and cats» shared space is the subject of a federal lawsuit that is the latest salvo in the very pitched battle between outdoor cat advocates and bird advocates in the United States.