Sentences with phrase «of lawsuits from»

I apologize in advance for the few hysterically funny bits removed by my favourite editor Jim Adair because of the risk of lawsuits from folks who laugh themselves silly.

But Mills still faces some obstacles before Xanadu can emerge: A slew of lawsuits from the nearby Borough of Carlstadt, the Sierra Club and from rival developer Hartz Mountain Industries.

Key Highlights: • Aided in the resolution of lawsuits from excess tenant delinquencies and completed two excess property sales.

Recruiters are trained to try to get you to work exclusively with them, using scare tactics concerning «Double Submissions» (the same resume coming from 2 different recruiters — and that a hiring manager will reject double submissions out of fear of lawsuits from two competing recruiters).

All it will take is a slew of lawsuits from people who lost Bitcoin (money) by sending to fraudulent by default bcash addresses for the State to act.

Google and its allies initially argued that this wasn't the case, but the mere threat of lawsuits from patent holders slowed down acceptance and deployment of the codec.

If you provide a professional service or regularly give advice to clients, you are vulnerable to the prospect of lawsuits from dissatisfied or unscrupulous clients.

Government blames «unrealistic expectations» for spike of lawsuits from Canadians living, working outside country,

Me, I think it's interesting that in Syufy one of the judges is named Quackenbush, because that's the name that Groucho Marx had originally chosen for his character of the doctor in A Day at the Races, only to change it to Hackenbush for fear of lawsuits from real Dr.s Quackenbush.)

The country's two most popular phone makers, Apple (AAPL) and Samsung, are still getting smacked by dozens of lawsuits from so - called «patent trolls,» which are shell companies that make no products.

Lawyers involved in transvaginal mesh patch lawsuits predict manufacturers such as Johnson & Johnson and C. R. Bard could face thousands of lawsuits from patients who were injured by the faulty devices.

The Times editors say they worry the legislation's forced «lunge» of these lawsuits from state courts onto already choked federal court dockets (even if most plaintiffs are from the same state) will delay, deny or discourage the pursuit of justice.

The report expects the Obama administration's proposed Clean Power Plan to reinforce this trend, despite the threat of lawsuits from coal companies and heavily coal - reliant states.

Any CO2 regulations coming out of EPA will likely be met by a flurry of lawsuits from the regulated industries, meaning it could take a lot longer for those regulations to take effect.

The company has fended off dozens of lawsuits from environmental groups and Alaskan tribes who say that drilling could threaten sensitive wildlife habitats.

Andy Warhol faced a series of lawsuits from photographers whose work he appropriated and silk - screened.

Google first cut its teeth in the publishing world with its ill - fated attempt to scan and catalog every book in existence and came under an onslaught of lawsuits from estates of dead writers and publishing companies.

Running this operation «has pretty much taken over my life,» Beall notes, adding that his university has stuck by his side to defend him from a stream of lawsuits from publishers.

They have also battled decades» - worth of lawsuits from workers, many imported from Jamaica, claiming extensive and systemic wage theft.

This bloc led to the election of many Kiryas Joel - backed local officials, prompting a number of lawsuits from Monroe residents regarding the group's land - grab attempts.

Troy praised Commissioner Bill Bratton, but complained that cops are increasingly afraid of lawsuits from civilians and are «refraining from doing any proactive policing,» to the detriment of the communities they serve.

Either way, expect a slew of lawsuits from Democrats and advocate groups pushing for independent redistricting panels.

It must be really difficult to try to do something you love, and make the right decisions, while constantly under the threat of lawsuits from whackjob parents who refuse to take any responsibility for themselves, and who refuse to accept the sad, sad truth: Some babies die.

The archdiocese filed for bankruptcy protection last year in the face of lawsuits from people who said they had been abused by its priests.

And then there's the potential flurry of lawsuits from customers who (rightly) feel deceived.

The public has vehemently rejected its current proposal, which would allow Internet service companies to enact «fast lanes,» but if the agency decides to enforce net neutrality and reclassify broadband providers, it faces an avalanche of lawsuits from phone and cable companies.

Qualcomm is also the recipient of a lawsuit from Apple and the subject of multiple government investigations into its business practices.

The face - to - face meeting between Moynihan and Holder is being pushed as the bank faces the possibility of a lawsuit from the U.S. Attorney's office in New Jersey against Merrill Lynch's actions leading up to the mortgage crisis.

Reuters earlier reported the timing of the lawsuit from the California prosecutors.

The threat of a lawsuit from 10 conservative state attorneys general has led to reports that President Donald Trump plans on ending or at least modifying the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, a program that protects children of undocumented immigrants who were brought into this country when they were too young to have a say.

The threat of a lawsuit from a New York City - based smokers» rights group caused state parks officials to delay the implementation of new smoking restrictions announced in April.

The co-location is also the subject of a lawsuit from Public Advocate Letitia James, who filed papers in December seeking to overturn 42 co-locations that were approved by the DOE in October.

Cuomo aides said the price was fair because of the property's complicated history and a threat of a lawsuit from its owner.

The Governor's plan has drawn criticism and threats of a lawsuit from school groups if their funding is withheld.

Indeed, «The Big Gamble» (16 mins., 480i) makes no bones about the forces that brought the film to life: With Connery's presence as the driving force in the midst of a lawsuit from Cubby Broccoli, Kershner and producer Jack Schwartzman (here represented by his widow, Talia Shire) smashed four scripts together and ran everything past their lawyers to ensure the film never strayed from the parameters of Thunderball.

Five minutes later, Bill McKibben tweeted about the lawsuit, having somehow obtained a copy of the lawsuit from Sher Edling's website, despite no mention of Sher Edling in Melling's tweet.

Gone are the days when the mere threat of a lawsuit from a big company, frivolous or not, can force an individual or small company off of the playing field.

The company's tactics have stalled the substance of the lawsuit from being heard for more than three years.

It has been revealed today that Uber has asked the former head of the company's self - driving car program and the person at the center of the lawsuit from Alphabet, Anthony Levandowski, to cooperate with a court order which states he must hand over any documents or files he downloaded while working for Alphabet, even if -LSB-...]

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Thus, while Spotify has profited handsomely from the music that its sells to its subscribers, the owners of that music (in particular, songwriters and their music publishers) have not been able to share in that success because Spotify is using their music for free,» the lawsuit said.

NEW YORK, April 25 - Venture capitalist Peter Thiel on Wednesday abandoned his effort to buy the irreverent news website Gawker.com, as part of a settlement freeing the billionaire from possible lawsuits for having secretly funded litigation that led to its demise.

Ferrick's lawsuit sought at least $ 200 million on behalf of copyright holders from Spotify, a private company which says it has more than 75 million users and has been valued at $ 8 billion.

The plaintiffs echo PFM's lawsuit from October, accusing Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and former president Ramesh «Sunny» Balwani of spoon - feeding investors continuous lies, making false promises «built on false statements and omissions.»

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.

The investigation is the latest problem for a six - year - old company, known until last year as Trump University, that already faces a string of consumer complaints, reprimands from state regulators and a lawsuit from dissatisfied former students.

According to the lawsuit, Waymo was copied on an email from one of its LiDAR component vendors.

Typically they prevent people from joining together to bring class - action lawsuits that can force companies to change their practices under the threat of big monetary damages.

Alphabet's Waymo unit is seeking about $ 2.6 billion from Uber for the alleged theft of one of several trade secrets in a lawsuit over self - driving cars, a lawyer for Uber said on Wednesday.

From the 1960s on, some of the most popular, esteemed auto giants have been embroiled in controversy and lawsuits as investigations — by the media and regulators — linked engineering and safety problems to injuries and deaths.

In 2009 the company walked away from a half - a-billion-dollar takeover deal with Google, and later became the target of a class - action lawsuit.