Sentences with phrase «of a federal lawsuit brought»

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.

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WASHINGTON, May 1 - A District of Columbia federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by state bank regulators against the U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich wrote in her decision tossing out the case, issued late on Monday.

Armstrong's former teammate, Floyd Landis, originally brought the lawsuit in 2010 under a federal law, the False Claims Act, that lets whistle - blowers pursue fraud cases on behalf of the government, and obtain rewards if successful.

A District of Columbia federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by state bank regulators against the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency over its proposal to offer charters that would let so - called fintech companies do business nationwide.

Michael Cohen, the longtime attorney of President Trump, told a federal judge on Wednesday that he will invoke his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself in a lawsuit brought by adult entertainer Stormy Daniels.

Uber is mired in multiple federal inquiries and lawsuits, including one brought against its former CEO, Travis Kalanick, by Benchmark, one of his early investors.

The Post's Emma Brown and Roz Helderman: «Michael Cohen, the longtime attorney of President Trump, told a federal judge on Wednesday that he will invoke his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself in a lawsuit brought by adult entertainer Stormy Daniels.

The majority ruled that blacks could not be citizens of the United States, and therefore lacked the concomitant right to bring lawsuits in federal courts.

My tires have been punctured by nails, blow torches, and wooden stakes (7 destroyed tires and counting); there have been multiple death threats, I have been beaten, robbed, defamed, sued, obstructed and even arrested and convicted on false charges brought by corrupt police officers (currently the subject of an appeal and a federal lawsuit against the three police officers involved).

A Georgia academic medical center has agreed to pay the federal government $ 9.8 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit brought by a former top official of Upstate University Hospital.

Leonard Litwin's Glenwood Management will pay nearly $ 1 million and retrofit a handful of Manhattan apartment buildings after settling a Fair Housing Act lawsuit federal prosecutors brought against the landlord over lack of accessibility at its properties.

A federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit brought by Westchester County against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Federal authorities say the final disputed elements of a law controlling cigarette distribution have been resolved in a lawsuit brought by Seneca Indian Nation businesses.

Under Bloomberg, the city contested a federal lawsuit brought by the Bronx Household of Faith to overturn the DOE ban.

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.

In a decision that could affect the immigration plan President Barack Obama announced on 20 November, a federal judge decided on 21 November that the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers (WashTech), an organization based in Bellevue, Washington, and affiliated with the national Communication Workers of America (CWA) union, can bring a lawsuit challenging the federal government's right to extend by executive action the authorization for foreign students to work in the United States under the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the American Federation of Teachers seeking to oust the president of the Federacion de Maestros de Puerto Rico because the 32,000 - member group wants to disaffiliate.

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.

Bain et al v. CTA et al, a lawsuit brought by StudentsFirst, a Sacramento - based activist outfit founded by Michelle Rhee, was filed on behalf of four public school teachers in federal court in California.

The previous round of CAFE talks, which dates back to 2007 when the industry dropped its lawsuits against California's proposed emissions standards and set the table for the combined fuel economy and CO2 federal rules, brought auto makers to the front lines in the war against climate change.

According to the Consumer Federation of America, the Federal Trade Commission brought four lawsuits in 2012 against fraudulent collectors who collected millions of dollars in «phantom» debt that did not exist or was not owed to them.

Citing a federal lawsuit brought on in May by an association of for - profit colleges in California, Secretary DeVos has since changed those plans.

For example, in 2006, then - Senator Kerry filed an amicus brief on behalf of an ultimately successful federal lawsuit brought by several environmental groups against the Bush administration, challenging the administration's suppression of the National Climate Assessment process.

«We are happy this lawsuit is moving forward with an appeal,» says Eric Steenstra, President of Vote Hemp, a non-profit organization working to bring industrial hemp farming back to the U.S. «We feel that the lower court's decision not only overlooks Congress's original legislative intent, but also fails to stand up for fundamental states» rights against overreaching federal regulation.

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In Altria Group v. Good, the court said that federal law does not preempt smokers from bringing lawsuits under Maine law alleging deceptive marketing of light cigarettes as healthier.

But, while the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 allows many class action lawsuits which would otherwise be brought on exclusively state law claims in state court to be brought in federal court, or removed from state court to federal court, it does not authorize class action lawsuits that could not be brought in a state court which a U.S. District Court is located due to lack of either general jurisdiction or specific jurisdiction from being brought in that federal court either.

If, instead of bringing counterclaims in the original lawsuit, the defendant brings a separate lawsuit against the plaintiff, the plaintiff could seek to either (1) consolidate the cases if they are filed in the same court system (i.e. a federal case and a federal case, or a New York State case and a New York State case), or (2) move to dismiss the new lawsuit because the claims were required to be brought in the original lawsuit as mandatory counterclaims, or (3) move to stay proceedings in the second lawsuit pending resolution of the first lawsuit, or (4) move to dismiss the claims in the second lawsuit on the merits if it is apparent from the face of the countersuit that it does not state a claim upon which relief can be granted or was filed in the wrong court.

When the Chaparros filed their lawsuit against Carnival arising out of their daughter's death, and also brought a claim on behalf of her brother for the intentional infliction of emotional distress, the United States District Court Judge dismissed the claim, ruling that under the federal pleading standards, the Plaintiffs had failed to properly state a claim for relief.

In order to bring a lawsuit in federal court, there has to be a violation of a federal statute related to employment.

Other developments also include a class action lawsuit filed last week in the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench and which has been brought against the federal government and the Canadian Wheat Board on behalf of western Canadian farmers seeking to recover the alleged value of the assets of the Canadian Wheat Board.

Before you can bring a harassment lawsuit, you must file an administrative charge either with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) or the federal administrative agency, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

With over 40 years of providing legal services to clients throughout Massachusetts, the Greater Boston Law Firm of Altman & Altman has the experience and resources necessary to bring a whistleblower lawsuit against an entity committing fraud against the federal and / or state government.

If you have exhausted all of your administrative appeals, you have the right to bring a lawsuit and sue the insurance company in Federal Court.

The proposed settlement in the federal lawsuit brought by James Kluppelberg marks the latest in a string of massive payouts by the city involving cases of alleged police misconduct.

We have nearly 50 years of experience with whistleblower cases and resources necessary to bring a whistleblower lawsuit against an entity committing fraud against the federal and / or state government.

A California federal judge has granted the Internal Revenue Service's motion to dismiss a $ 7 billion lawsuit brought by Facebook Inc. that alleged the IRS unjustly denied the social media company's right to appeal the agency's decision to adjust its taxes after an audit of its returns.

Predictably, Judge John Walter of the Los Angeles Federal District Court summarily dismissed a lawsuit brought by the City of Santa -LSB-...]

Tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court hears an incredibly important case called Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, stemming from a federal lawsuit brought under the Alien Tort statute, a remarkable federal law that allows people from countries outside the United States to sue foreign individuals and multinational corporations that commit human rights violations abroad - like torture, crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide, disappearances, summary execution, that kind of thing.

Meanwhile, in the Georgia federal court case brought as a class action against Oasis Legal Finance, Judge Dudley Bowen dismissed one element of the lawsuit, and two other counts remain to be decided - including whether Oasis violated the state's Payday Lending Act.

In the meantime, Congress should consider stepping in to strip the Federal Circuitâ $ ™ s power over patents and bring relief to the consumers who ultimately pay for nonsense patent lawsuits in the form of higher product prices.»

In the meantime, Congress should consider stepping in to strip the Federal Circuit's power over patents and bring relief to the consumers who ultimately pay for nonsense patent lawsuits in the form of higher product prices.

When the borrower did not receive the loan she sought, she brought a lawsuit against the mortgage broker, alleging violations of the federal Truth in Lending Act.

Using a copyrighted work without permission is an infringement of these rights, and the owner could bring a lawsuit in federal court.

A federal court has considered how the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's («HUD») recent clarification of its 1999 Statement of Policy affects a class - action lawsuit brought against a lender alleging RESPA violations for its practice of making yield - spread payments to mortgage brokers.

Two courts have considered whether a lawsuit can be brought against a buyer's representative who is compensated by a seller's broker alleging violations of the federal Residential Lead - Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 («Act»).

A federal court considered whether a housing group could bring a lawsuit against a landlord alleging violations of both the federal and state fair housing laws, based entirely on a three - minute phone conversation between a tester for the group and a representative of the owner.

A Rhode Island federal court has considered a real estate brokerage's liability for violations of federal lead - based requirements in a lawsuit brought by home purchaser and subsequent lessees of home.

As part of the court's decision, it considered whether the federal Volunteer Protection Act would absolutely prohibit the parents from bringing a lawsuit against the School's Board of Trustees, based on the allegations made in the complaint.

A Florida federal court has considered whether a disabled individual, who had no specific intention of visiting properties at issue again, had standing to bring a lawsuit for alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act («ADA»).