Sentences with phrase «of federal class»

Secured dismissal of federal class action complaint for financial services client involving allegations of unfair competition and fraud.

A Descriptive Evaluation of the Federal Class - Size Reduction Program (2004) presents findings from the 2000 - 01 school year on the distribution and use of federal Class - Size Reduction (CSR) funds, the implementation of CSR, and the effects of CSR on class size.

The presence of the chemical PFOA in the Rensselaer County community's water supply has grabbed national headlines and is now being investigated as part of a federal class - action lawsuit.

Two companies that operated a manufacturing plant blamed for polluting water supplies in Hoosick Falls are seeking dismissal of a federal class - action lawsuit filed on behalf of the residents affected by the contamination.

The NYPD's no - beard policy, as it is known, is at the center of a federal class - action lawsuit filed on behalf of a Muslim police officer who says he was suspended during the fasting month of Ramadan for refusing to shave his one - inch beard.

Not exact matches

The federal government has signed a $ 1.2 billion contract extension with a group of defence contractors for maintenance work on eight Anzac - class frigates for the next five years, with BAE Systems and CIMIC's UGL among the major beneficiaries.

The class action, filed in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, and docketed under 18 - cv - 02213, is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired BRF American Depositary Receipts («ADRs») between April 4, 2013 and March 2, 2018, both dates inclusive (the «Class Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the «Exchange Act») and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officclass action, filed in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, and docketed under 18 - cv - 02213, is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired BRF American Depositary Receipts («ADRs») between April 4, 2013 and March 2, 2018, both dates inclusive (the «Class Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the «Exchange Act») and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officclass consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired BRF American Depositary Receipts («ADRs») between April 4, 2013 and March 2, 2018, both dates inclusive (the «Class Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the «Exchange Act») and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officClass Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the «Exchange Act») and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.

The Xbox console owners filed a proposed class action against Microsoft in federal court in 2011, saying the design of the console was defective and that its optical disc drive could not withstand even small vibrations.

The class action, filed in United States District Court, for the District of Illinois, Eastern Division, is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Akorn's securities between March 1, 2017 through February 26, 2018, both dates inclusive (the «Class Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officclass action, filed in United States District Court, for the District of Illinois, Eastern Division, is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Akorn's securities between March 1, 2017 through February 26, 2018, both dates inclusive (the «Class Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officclass consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Akorn's securities between March 1, 2017 through February 26, 2018, both dates inclusive (the «Class Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officClass Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.

«If you don't raise taxes you'll have to get rid of a lot of federal programs very important to the middle class,» h e said.

The proposed class - action lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in federal court in Minnesota, accused the third - largest U.S. bank of «self - dealing and imprudent investing» by steering 401 (k) contributions to its Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target Date funds.

When the collection of major works housed at the city's world - class Detroit Institute of Arts Museum was in danger of being liquidated to pay off municipal debt, the federal mediator, Judge Gerald Rosen, city emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, and other civic leaders leaned heavily on community and national foundations, lawmakers and the museum itself to put their money where their masterpieces were.

They are seeking damages from former CEO Gene Isenberg and current CEO Anthony Petrello as well as members of the board of directors in a federal class action lawsuit filed by the Erie County Employees Retirement System.

The Federal Reserve isn't just inflating markets but is shifting a massive amount of wealth from the middle class and poor to the rich, according to billionaire hedge fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller.

In a letter to U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, Democratic Senator Ron Wyden and Representative Richard Neal said they were concerned that the U.S. Treasury could be pressured to adopt tax withholding tables that take too little federal tax out of employee paychecks to make good on White House predictions of a middle - class windfall.

This is not fair to the working middle class because the Federal Government uses the tax system to encourage a lot of corporate behavior.

Treasury could be pressured to adopt tax withholding tables that take too little federal tax out of employee paychecks to make good on White House predictions of a middle - class windfall.

Rigrodsky & Long, P.A., with offices in Wilmington, Delaware, Garden City, New York, and San Francisco, California, has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of investors and achieved substantial corporate governance reforms in numerous cases nationwide, including federal securities fraud actions, shareholder class actions, and shareholder derivative actions.

As if to prove this claim, federal Liberal leader Justin Trudeau announced that one plank of his election platform will be to realign the tax system to shift wealth away from those nasty one - percenters and down to the middle class.

Democrats call the Republican proposal a giveaway to corporations at the expense of the middle class, issuing dire warnings about the $ 1 trillion or more it is projected to add to federal budget deficits over a decade.

Doug Mataconis, a political blogger, writes that Cain is «either blind or idiotic to ignore the impact that a combined federal and state sales tax would have in jurisdictions that already do have a sales tax, and the impact that a combined levy approaching 20 percent on the sale of goods would have on the middle class, and on small businesses.»

Borrowers who are out of college or are attending classes less than half - time can consolidate their federal student loans.

In a recently published paper, Aleksander Berentsen and Fabian Schar of the St. Louis Federal Reserve argue that cryptocurrencies are «well suited to become an important asset class.»

We're in the last week of a federal election campaign, and every party wants you to believe they're there for the hardworking families of a middle class under enormous pressure.

After its scandal in which it created up to 2 million fraudulent accounts, Wells Fargo (WFC) asked a Federal District Court to order customers to private arbitration instead of the class - action suit they were pursuing.

One of those workers filed a class action lawsuit against the company in the bankruptcy court for violating the federal WARN Act, which requires larger companies to give 60 days advance notice of layoffs.

-RRB- asked a Federal District Court to order customers to private arbitration instead of the class - action suit they were pursuing.

In an emailed statement, James Fitz - Morris, a spokesman for Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, said Canada is committed to righting historical wrongs committed against Indigenous people and that the federal government is working to resolve the matter out of court, as it did with the Sixties Scoop survivors» class action.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Condé Nast on Monday won a federal judge's preliminary approval to pay $ 5.85 million to settle a class - action lawsuit by thousands of former interns who claimed the magazine publisher underpaid them.

Accordingly, prospective investors should consult with their own tax advisors regarding the U.S. federal, state, local, non-U.S. income, and other tax considerations of acquiring, holding, and disposing of shares of our Class A common stock.

The analysis does not include an additional cost of the legislation: its repeal of the individual mandate, which the Congressional Budget Office estimates could cause as many as 13 million fewer people to have health insurance, reducing federal spending for poor and middle - class Americans» health insurance by $ 338 billion over 10 years.

Persons that for U.S. federal income tax purposes are treated as a partner in a partnership holding shares of our Class A common stock should consult their tax advisors.

Remington is also the target of another high - profile case, a federal class - action lawsuit claiming that trigger defects have caused some of its shotguns to accidentally discharge.

President Obama has been touting the Buffett Rule, which proposes that millionaires and billionaires like Buffett shouldn't pay a lower percentage of their income in federal taxes than middle - class households.

Investors participating in this offering will, by contrast, hold equity in GoDaddy Inc., a Delaware corporation that is a domestic corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, in the form of shares of our Class A common stock.

The company said that it intends use the net proceeds from the arbitration award, after federal and state taxes of approximately 37 percent and certain other expenses, to repurchase Mondelez International Class A Common Stock, subject to final approval by the Board of Directors and actual receipt of the proceeds.

Under the first of those agreements, we generally will be required to pay to the Continuing LLC Owners approximately 85 % of the applicable savings, if any, in income tax that we are deemed to realize (using the actual applicable U.S. federal income tax rate and an assumed combined state and local income tax rate) as a result of (1) certain tax attributes that are created as a result of the exchanges of their LLC Units for shares of our Class A common stock, (2) any existing tax attributes associated with their LLC Units the benefit of which is allocable to us as a result of the exchanges of their LLC Units for shares of our Class A common stock (including the portion of Desert Newco's existing tax basis in its assets that is allocable to the LLC Units that are exchanged), (3) tax benefits related to imputed interest and (4) payments under such TRA.

In the George W. Bush administration, changes in accounting regulations and Federal policies made granting of broad - based stock options and restricted and other stock grants to employees in high technology and other companies less attractive, which led to a huge drop in employee share ownership among the middle class in those companies and industries.

Installment lenders were not included in a 2006 federal law that banned selling some classes of loans with an annual percentage rate above 36 percent to service members — so the companies often set up shop near the gates of military bases, offering loans with annual rates that can soar into the triple digits.

Rising U.S. debt supply and the pace of the U.S. Federal Reserve's tightening, the possibility the European Central Bank's quantitative easing program is heading towards the finish line, and concerns about the credit quality of riskier asset classes restrained investors.

It's been my view since circa 2003 that «they» would hold up the system with printed money and credit creation until every last crumb of middle class wealth was swept off the table and into the pockets of those in position to do the sweeping: Corporate America, the very wealthy («wealthy» = enough disposable cash to buy a few politicians and Federal judges) and the political elite — the latter of which are compensated pawns for the first two cohorts.

By Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / December 13, 2017 / Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities law firm, reminds investors in Tivity Health, Inc. («Tivity» or the «Company»)(NASDAQ: TVTY) of the January 19, 2018 deadline to seek the role of lead plaintiff in a federal securities class -LSB-...]

Dear Mr. Mehran: We are writing to offer you our view about the urgency of appointing an individual who deeply understands the economic realities facing working class Americans to serve as President of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

A school district in Virginia is being warned by a team of lawyers that the presentation of explicit sex videos to classes of 14 - year - old girls likely were felony violations of state and federal laws.

The former federal Conservative immigration minister has long been considered in an organizational class of his own.

We strongly encourage the federal government to reconsider the current limitation on charities that prevents them from investing as passive investors and not business owners in a widely offered and accepted investment asset class of Limited Partnerships.»

On January 19th, 2016, a federal judge preliminarily approved a class action settlement on behalf of JPMC shareholders who alleged suffering losses as a result of the bank's supplying false and misleading statements concerning the risks and losses arising from the secret proprietary trading activities of the «London Whale,» a rogue London - based JPMC trader who caused the bank to suffer $ 6.2 billion in losses.

In October 2015, a federal judge approved a $ 10.2 million settlement for a nationwide class of persons who were «robodialed» by JPMC in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

On August 12, 2015, a federal judge preliminarily approved a settlement of a nationwide class action against JPMC for its use of robocalling in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

We see central banks nearing the limits of extraordinary monetary easing, low returns across most asset classes as well as higher equity and bond volatility amid looming political risks and Federal Reserve (Fed) tightening.