Sentences with phrase «of a lawsuit by»

A rash of lawsuits by former interns seeking compensation has broken out in the U.S., against companies including Condé Nast and the Elite Modelling agency.

The trove of internal e-mails and employee interviews, filed as part of a lawsuit by one of the investors in the securities, offers a fresh glimpse into Wall Street's mortgage machine, which churned out billions of dollars of securities that later imploded.

Herbalife Ltd. won dismissal of a lawsuit by a shareholder who said he lost money after hedge - fund manager William Ackman accused the nutrition company of being a pyramid scheme.

But yesterday saw one of the first rulings to address the merits of lawsuits by nonprofit plaintiffs (39 cases and counting), notes Religion Clause, which has...

The groups said the failure to address outstanding issues — like closing the LLC loophole in the campaign finance law, which is now the subject of a lawsuit by some of the same entities — is «indefensible» and «shockingly irresponsible», and the governor should demand the Legislature's speedy return to Albany.

It took the filing of a lawsuit by the two news organizations for Fort Schuyler to release the records on its website.

The tax deal is the subject of a lawsuit by the city against COR.

It took the filing of a lawsuit by Investigative Post and WGRZ for Fort Schuyler to start to release the documents requested — related to the selection of the Buffalo developer — on its website.

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Delayed from August 2015 to October 2015, and eventually becoming the subject of a lawsuit by which Netflix sought to stream the film per their deal with Relativity, Masterminds finally saw the light of day in nearly 3,000 theaters at the end of last September.

Teacher licensing tests had been suspended in 1985 as a result of a lawsuit by African American educators demonstrating that the state's exams designed by National Evaluation Systems were racially biased and improperly validated (see Examiner, Spring 1987).

A new report out today finds a 50 percent better academic growth rate at nearly 500 California schools, and all of it is the result of successful union - led reforms put in place as the result of a lawsuit by the California Teachers Association against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Pinnacle, which did not respond to several messages from Automotive News, was the target of a lawsuit by Hyundai Motor America.

But it's also sparked controversy and legal battles, including threats this week of a lawsuit by the Department of Justice against Apple and its publishing partners.

One of the major debts is from the loss of a lawsuit by a former employee, Daniel Beasley, a Compton, Calif., man who sued Roscoe's for racial discrimination and wrongful termination.

Critics have argued that some tactics employed by animal advocates, including protests, risk turning public opinion against the animal advocacy movement.178 While these activities make up a small proportion of L214's work, they do organize and participate in protests and demonstrations.179 Investigations make up a larger part of L214's work and have sometimes led to a slightly different type of backlash in which industry and government respond by attempting to pass laws that target advocates, such as ag - gag legislation in the United States.180 While L214 tries to maintain good relationships with media and the government, and France does not have ag - gag laws, they have sometimes been the target of lawsuits by industry because their footage is taken without permission.181 L214 has sometimes suffered negative consequences as a result of these lawsuits, such as fines or the requirement to take footage down from their website.182, 183

After years of complaints — and enough controversy and drama to rate an episode of Dr. Phil — the investigation into a company that supplies service dogs for diabetics and others has led to the filing of a lawsuit by Virginia's Attorney General.

A judge has dismissed part of a lawsuit by the Velvet Underground, over the rights to the iconic banana image that featured on their debut album.

The Ivanpah plant, due to be completed in late 2012 or 2013, has also been the subject of lawsuits by environmental groups despite approval of the project by both the Department of the Interior and the state of California.

The political climate was more favorable in Massachusetts, but private development of an offshore wind energy project called Cape Wind was stymied for years by a series of lawsuits by the Koch - funded Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound.

This sounds an awful lot like the gist of the lawsuit by the state attorneys general over healthcare.

The Ivanpah plant, slated for completion in 2013, has been the target of lawsuits by environmental groups despite approval of the project by both the Department of the Interior and the state of California.

In a case such as this one, the investigation is crucial prior to the commencement of any lawsuit by a Pennsylvania personal injury attorney.

On behalf of the treatment center, the Appellate Practice Group developed an aggressive strategy of disposing of the lawsuits by way of comprehensive Rule 12 motions, thereby saving the client from expensive discovery in a foreign venue.

Organizations that do not adapt their procedures to ensure swift and complete compliance with the new statutory regime run the risk of lawsuits by injured participants premised on the plaintiff - friendly doctrine of negligence per se.

Crawford raises these questions in light of news this week of a lawsuit by five former and one current student against East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania.

He became the target of lawsuits by the Massachusetts Attorney General and before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, in part because of forums and events organized by the Chelsea Collaborative.

But usually King tries to talk the lawyer out of the lawsuit by explaining the Streisand Effect.

Many commenters predicted that fear of lawsuits by individuals would impede the flow of communications necessary for the smooth operation of the health care system, ultimately affecting quality of care.

Renters insurance protects the renter's possessions, covers the tenant in the event of lawsuits by guests or visitors injured in the home and provides additional living expenses if the renter is displaced after a disaster makes the house uninhabitable.

The financial ramifications of a lawsuit by an injured party can be devastating.

Renters insurance can soften the blow of a lawsuit by covering you up to your policy limits and taking care of the whole legal process.

The topic also carries an added degree of weight for Coinbase specifically, which was the target of a lawsuit by the IRS as it sought information on U.S. - based users in an effort to sniff out potential tax avoiders.

We have written before about how a broken patent system has led to an explosion of lawsuits by patent trolls (companies that assert patents as a business model instead of creating products).

First, Commissioner Roberto Martinez of Coral Gables has an amendment that would enshrine in the constitution the age restrictions on firearms purchases put in place by the Florida Legislature that are now the subject of a lawsuit by the NRA.

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Meanwhile, class action lawsuits by groups of independent contractors requesting employee status are becoming increasingly common; reports suggest that this is one of the hottest areas in employment litigation.

Spotify was hit in late December by another lawsuit seeking a class - action suit filed by David Lowery, the leader of alternative rock bands Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven who is also an academic.

Sumner Redstone's ex-girlfriend Manuela Herzer had that authority before Dauman, and the process by which it was transferred is the subject of an ongoing lawsuit.

Meanwhile, Google spinoff Waymo alleged in an explosive lawsuit that Uber had stolen technology from it by way of former Waymo executive Anthony Levandowski, who was fired from Uber in May of last year.

O'Brien's preliminary injunction was issued in response to a lawsuit filed on Oct. 21 by Irwindale, a small industrial city east of Los Angeles and home to nearly 1,500 people.

The peakest of that drama involves a pending $ 100 million invasion of privacy lawsuit filed by the wrestler Hulk Hogan (nee Terry Bollea).

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.

In a court ruling authorizing the arrests, Brazilian federal judge André Duszczak said «Faria and other BRF officers sought to cover up claims of possible food contamination, as shown in certain laboratory tests, made by a former employee in a labor lawsuit.»

The latest lawsuit was filed Friday by Melissa Ferrick, the Massachusetts - based indie folk singer who teaches at the prestigious Berklee College of Music and rose to prominence as Morrissey's last - minute opening act on his 1991 tour.

May 1 - Jacob Jacobson agreed to resign as Xerox Corp's chief executive as part of a settlement of a lawsuit brought by the company's shareholders that raised questions over Xerox's agreed deal with Japan's Fujifilm Holdings Corp, a New York court filing showed on Tuesday.

The lawsuit filed by Ingrid Avendano, Roxana del Toro Lopez and Ana Medina, who described themselves as Latina software engineers, says that Uber's compensation and other practices discriminate against women and people of color.

The lawsuit also claims Southwest Airlines «placed profits and business over the safety of its customers» by not removing or warning passengers about the «dangerous engine» on its Boeing 700 - 737 fleet.

In 2011, efforts by American Airlines Group Inc. to elude the distribution firms by providing its own schedule and fare data directly to larger online travel agencies triggered a series of lawsuits over access to such data.

The statement was retweeted by Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, who is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit.