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Claire Ryan is a partner with the firm, primarily engaged in the defense of civil suits in the areas of employment litigation, professional liability, commercial litigation, and insurance coverage issues.

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While the civil suits aren't likely to shut down Uber in either Los Angeles or San Francisco, they come at trying legal times for the company, which has faced new operational snags in a host of cities both domestic and international.

The U.S. Department of Justice and the EPA have filed a civil suit that could theoretically subject VW to up to $ 45 billion in fines (though, in fairness, no one expects penalties quite that draconian).

The suits by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Human Rights Campaign, filed in federal courts in Baltimore and Seattle, claim Trump's plan violates the Equal Protection clause of the Constitution.

Previously, Flood worked under President George W. Bush as head of the White House Counsel's Office, and represented Vice President Dick Cheney in a civil suit.

The president lies publicly and then under oath in the course of a civil suit.

Those funds went to American purchases like luxury homes in Manhattan and Los Angeles, to help finance the Hollywood movie «The Wolf of Wall Street» and to acquire paintings by Picasso and Monet, they said in a civil suit last year.

Without a valid Officer of the United States in place at CFPB at the time the suit was filed, WLF argues that CFPB had no standing to bring a civil enforcement action in federal court.

He also had been a key figure in a civil suit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice alleging massive health...

In their response to the civil suit, attorneys for JPL stated in court documents that one of Coppedge's co-workers complained to his supervisor that Coppedge made her feel so uncomfortable in discussing «non work related topics» that it bordered on harassmenIn their response to the civil suit, attorneys for JPL stated in court documents that one of Coppedge's co-workers complained to his supervisor that Coppedge made her feel so uncomfortable in discussing «non work related topics» that it bordered on harassmenin court documents that one of Coppedge's co-workers complained to his supervisor that Coppedge made her feel so uncomfortable in discussing «non work related topics» that it bordered on harassmenin discussing «non work related topics» that it bordered on harassment.

On March 26, a group of New York — based lawyers headed by Edward D. Fagan, who spearheaded successful suits on behalf of Holocaust survivors against European firms that collaborated with the Nazis in using concentration camp inmates as laborers, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn against FleetBoston Financial, the insurance giant Aetna, and railroad conglomerate CSX Corporation, on the grounds that these corporations are the successors of companies that profited from slavery before the Civil War.

They include the «chilling effects» of libel suits, the perennial conflicts between property and access, the three out of four publishers who intervene in news decisions affecting their local markets, the advertisers» freedom to move their money to where their interests are, industry self - regulation in broadcasting and advertising, the backlash against conveying under duress (as in a hostage crisis) points of view that are never aired as directly without duress, the flareups of book banning and censorship of textbooks, the rout of the civil rights movement, the retreat from principles of fairness and equality (even where never implemented), the attack on scientific and humane teaching, the threat of self - appointed media watchdogs to also spy on teachers in the classroom, and the general vigor of ancient orthodoxies masquarading as neo-this and neo-that.

This is why, in the face of the growing phenomenon of re-composed families, the mechanism was made more flexible in 2002 (Law no. 2002 - 305 of March 4, 2002, relative to parental authority) and now offers family law judges the possibility of organizing the sharing of parental authority as best suits the educational needs of the child and in accordance with parental wishes (article 377 - 1 Civil Code).

On Aug. 16 Kate McEwen, the Nebraska student whom Phillips assaulted in the early morning hours of Sept. 10, 1995, filed a civil suit against Phillips.

Evidence of plagiarism surfaced in 2011, as part of a civil suit against the university by a former Tar Heels football player.

ADM gets away with heavy - handed behavior, according to another civil antitrust suit filed against ADM and three other companies two weeks ago in a St. Paul, Minn., U.S. District Court, because it is the largest U.S. producer of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), controlling about one - third of the $ 2.6 billion U.S. market.

While attorneys said the apparent disappearance of the money will be addressed in the criminal case, the outcome of the civil suit will determine control of the Park District.

Soon - to - be-former Assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak's resignation in the face of multiple sexual harassment allegations may end an Ethics Committee investigation, but doesn't rule out a JCOPE probe or his alleged victims» civil suits against him.

NYPD detectives have been warned to stay away from a private investigator who's allegedly part of a burgeoning «cottage industry» in which gang members score cash settlements from the city by filing bogus civil - rights suits against cops.

-LRB-... Soon - to - be-former Assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak's resignation in the face of multiple sexual harassment allegations may end an Ethics Committee investigation, but doesn't rule out a JCOPE probe or his alleged victims» civil suits against him....)

Rice is the first of the would - be Democrats seeking to replace AG Andrew Cuomo to issue a formal statement in the wake of his filing of a civil suit yesterday that accused Espada of bilking his Bronx nonprofit of some $ 14 million worth of charitable funds.

This comes on the heels of yesterday's bombshell civil suit filed by Cuomo against Espada in which the AG accused the Democratic majority leader of treating Soundview like his «personal piggybank,» looting the nonprofit of more than $ 14 million worth of charitable funds to pay for everything from lavish trips for himself and his family to $ 20,000 worth of sushi — some of which was delivered to his Mamaroneck home.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and other Republicans say they take issue with the look - back window included in the Assembly bill, which creates a one - year period during which survivors of past abuse can bring civil suits for decades - old allegations.

The suit seeks tens of thousands of dollars in civil penalties and fines from Patterson and her campaign treasurer, Renee Collymore.

Attorney General Cuomo filed a civil suit in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday alleging Espada and his family siphoned more than $ 14 million over five years out of Soundview, a clinic he founded to provide care to the people of the South Bronx.

In the civil suit, Cuomo also accused Espada of getting the Soundview Board of Directors which he controls to give him a guaranteed $ 9 million severance package which, if was paid out, would bankrupt the clinic.

He held that the legal system had provided remedy for a suspect in the civil suit for relief from malicious process «if after the investigation with or without arrest and detention» or «after the trial the evidence does not establish the guilt of the suspect.»

This suit seeks to remedy the violations that occurred at Pan American and ensure that the New York City Department of Education protects its employees» civil rights in the future,» Bharara said in announcing the lawsuit, which came a day after his office charged the city's Correction Union President Norman Seabrook with fraud and corruption.

Howard Smith, a former American Insurance Group executive, is seeking them as part of his defense in an ongoing civil fraud suit started in 2005 by then - Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.

In addition to lifting time limits for child victims to file civil suits against their alleged abusers, and against institutions that failed to act against abuse under their roofs, the current bill would provide a one - year window during which past victims who have already exceeded the statute of limitations could go to court.

The civil suit pits Risa Sugarman, the chief enforcement counsel for the state Board of Elections, against the campaign of Shirley Patterson, a little - known candidate who ran unsuccessfully for a Brooklyn state Assembly seat in a May special election.

Nick Hillary, the North Country coach acquitted of murder, has launched a civil suit, naming Onondaga County District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick in the complaint.

«A lot of members, in not just the conference, but the Legislature, have civil suits — some of them related, some unrelated to their duties.

The Empire Center: New York laws encourage a proliferation of civil suits seeking damages for various kinds of alleged wrongful actions, known in legal terms as «torts.»

The sore loser — who finished a distant fourth in the September Democratic mayoral primary after eeking out a mere 7 percent of the vote — and his campaign committee filed the Manhattan federal court suit claiming his civil rights were violated a month earlier when the Board withheld the funds.

Norman Seabrook — the disgraced former president of the city corrections officers» union who skated on criminal bribery charges in a mistrial last month — just scored another win Monday when a Manhattan federal judge tossed the related civil suit against him.

In an astonishing civil suit unveiled Tuesday, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo charged that Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. and 19 relatives or officials of his Soundview HealthCare Network have looted more than $ 14 million from the government - funded nonprofit since 2005.

The money kept coming even after then - Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed a sweeping civil suit in April, alleging that Espada had looted millions out of his clinics.

Espada and top officials at Soundview are already facing civil charges brought by Cuomo in April in a suit that accuses the senator of looting his nonprofit of more than $ 14 million.

Even after a grand jury decided not to indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner, sparking nationwide protests, the case promised to drag on for years thanks to a federal civil rights investigation, internal NYPD probe, and civil suit from Garner's family.

«The legal strategy that we decided was optimum from our point of view was to file the civil suit yesterday, lay out the entire case in a civil suit, seek certain remedies in the civil suit and commence a criminal investigation today on the same basic underlying facts and proceed with the criminal investigation jointly with our federal counterparts.»

He held a conference call with 100 reporters last week after filing a civil suit against the state Senate's majority leader, Pedro Espada Jr., on charges of siphoning more than $ 14 million from health clinics he founded for vacations, campaign expenses and $ 20,000 in takeout sushi.

Last week, a federal judge ruled in a civil suit that stop - and - frisk violated the constitutional rights of the plaintiffs, and appointed a monitor to oversee changes to the policy.

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, the Democratic nominee for governor, filed a civil suit in April accusing Mr. Espada of steering millions of dollars from his nonprofit health care network to pay for vacations, meals, and housing and campaign expenses.

The decision came in a civil suit brought by the parents of 11 Dover students after the school board passed a resolution in October 2004 declaring that «students will be made aware of gaps and problems in Darwin's theory and of other theories of evolution including, but not limited to, intelligent design» (ScienceNOW, 27 September).

In earlier civil and criminal suits brought by the US government and the state of Alaska, Exxon settled out of court and agreed to pay fines and restitution of nearly $ 1 billion, plus cleanup costs totalling about $ 2.5 billion.

WPI alleges in a separate civil suit for breach of contract that Mikovits «masterminded» the theft.

In civil cases, such as a lawsuit for damages from a vehicle accident or from a medical problem, testing and analysis by a qualified forensic scientist may be used by either side to address the validity of the allegations in the suiIn civil cases, such as a lawsuit for damages from a vehicle accident or from a medical problem, testing and analysis by a qualified forensic scientist may be used by either side to address the validity of the allegations in the suiin the suit.

The victim filed a civil suit in 2011 alleging Match failed to remove Logan's profile, monitor his use of the site, contact police or warn other customers about him.

... Frank Grillo has been speaking about his return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Crossbones in Captain America: Civil War, and the reaction to the set photos of him fully suited up as the masked villain: «It's funny because people really responded to it — it went viral, trended [like crazy], so I've been getting phone calls.