Sentences with phrase «of taking them to court»

He even toyed with the idea of taking him to court, but was too busy.

Of those taken to court, 12,479 were found guilty and 9,214 fines were issued, as well as 18 jail sentences.

The threat of taking you to court and seizing your assets is the second lever that collection agencies often pull.

In some cases, the terms of your contract will stipulate mediation or binding arbitration as ways to resolve the dispute before or even instead of taking it to court.

Only if they are unable to agree about the settlement amount, you can explore the option of taking them to court.

However, employers may be worried about the risk of taking them to court.

Talk with your spouse regarding the mediation process if you want to mediate your case instead of taking it to court.

Not exact matches

AT&T faces the added danger that the trial (and subsequent appeals, including all the way to the Supreme Court) will take much longer than the late April deadline for the finalization of the acquisition.

Saying this could qualify as «willful» disregard of the law, lawyer Robert Barnes wrote for the site LawNewz, and a court would take that into account when assessing the newspaper's right to do so.

Still, some have argued (in court) that the degree of risk isn't adequately communicated, and crowdfunding companies have taken steps to better communicate that uncertainty over time.

Boeing had taken Denmark to court over a lack of access to documents used in the government's decision to buy the Lockheed Martin jets.

It will likely take at least a decade for his lawyers to exhaust all of his appellate options, said Dunham, and anywhere during the process, a court may overturn the death sentence, Dunham said.

The Perth - based distributor of the Thermomix kitchen appliances in Australia is being taken to court by the consumer watchdog for allegedly misleading customers when the products were found to be dangerously faulty.

The Supreme Court has appointed a receiver to take charge of the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation in the lead - up to a general meeting set for next month to settle a long - running dispute with a breakaway organisation backed by Fortescue Metals Group.

In 2000 the Supreme Court ruled (in Christensen v. Harris County that local government can compel employees to take accumulated comp time rather than take it at any time of their choosing.

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice accepted the argument, adding that Linamar was entitled to take reasonable steps to protect its reputation.

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in Catalonia Sunday to call for unity, voicing their opposition to last week's non-binding and referendum on independence on October 1 that was declared illegal by the Spanish government and constitutional court.

Last year, the European Court of Justice that people had the «right to be forgotten» forcing Google to begin removing links to content that people requested be taken down.

«But every assault should be taken care of in a court of law, and to accuse — no matter who it is, a man or a woman — without evidence, it's damaging and it's unfair.»

«This is really a power grab and it's a phony bill because the whole intention is to take it up to our state supreme court to overturn the constitutionality of the no income tax that has been the tradition of our state, as well as state laws,» Hutchison told CNBC.

Courts take a dim view of businesses that go for years without ever objecting to another business going by the same name, then suddenly sue for trademark infringement.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that to assure compliance with the Court's order, the Court directs service of this Order upon the United States Marshal for the Eastern District of New York, and further directs the United States Marshals Service to take those actions deemed necessary to enforce the provisions and prohibitions set forth in this Order.

«I got Reno... He took care of it and s — ain't gonna happen, even if they did take it to court,» the text stated, a state forensics investigator testified.

Serena Williams may be taking a break from the court to focus on family, but by no means is she slowing down when it comes to expanding her brand beyond the realm of tennis.

Next week, the Department of Justice is taking AT&T (t) to court to block its $ 85 billion bid for Time Warner (TWC).

The lawsuit filed in Santa Clara Superior Court alleged that Anderson violated his contract by attempting to recruit at least a dozen Tesla engineers, taking confidential and proprietary information, and doctoring and destroying evidence to «cover his tracks — all for the benefit of a competing venture he launched while still a Tesla employee.»

Opponents of the state government's controversial Roe 8 highway extension project have taken their fight to the High Court following a recent decision that validated the project's environmental approval.

Singer refused to take the deal and instead litigated — at one point obtaining a court order mandating the seizure of an Argentine naval vessel.

Justice Stephen Breyer wrote for the court that the Alabama Legislature and the federal court that ruled on the plan had taken a «mechanically numerical» view, instead of trying to figure out what percentage of black voters were needed to elect a candidate of their choice.

Unfortunately for the Rockets, there is no clear way to take advantage of the study's findings on the court.

Jia was placed on an official blacklist of debt defaulters in early December, a move taken by Chinese courts to put pressure on people and entities to repay debts.

Whether the perpetrator is found guilty after a trial or takes a plea deal to avoid trial, the court has the power to make restitution a condition of the sentence or probation.

In March, the board took the unusual step of filing its latest decision with the Federal Court for judicial enforcement because it expected CP to ignore its orders.

«Knowing that Mr. Roy is in the truck, knowing the condition of the truck, knowing or at least having a state of mind that 15 minutes would pass, Ms. Carter takes no action,» Judge Lawrence Moniz said to the court.

One of my favorite examples of this tale is how William McGowan took on the mighty AT&T and eventually challenged the company in court, leading to its breakup.

But he said the European Court of Justice should review the matter, a process that could take around a year, according to a lawyer for the publishers.

The law, known as Senate Bill 4, is slated to take effect Sept. 1, but has been challenged in court by rights organizations and localities that say the law infringes on local governments» constitutional rights, and will sow fear through immigrant communities by dissuading people from reporting crimes or testifying as witnesses out of fear they will be deported.

Even if Schneiderman does take the case to court, it will probably go through years of appeals through the New York system, with the case going in front of 13 judges who will each have their take on what constitutes gambling.

When accusations of wrongdoing arise, it takes an enormous amount of prosecutorial will and resources, and ultimately a tremendous amount of a court's energy, to see the thing through to its ultimate outcome.

Meanwhile, other big digital newcomers to the media scene, including BuzzFeed and Business Insider, have also been slow to take up the public interest banner long carried by the likes of the New York Times and the Press - Enterprise (a small California paper that, as Liptak explained, took two free speech cases all the way to the Supreme Court in the 1980s).

The company fired him last year and has accused him, in federal court in Manhattan, of taking money from Retrophin's coffers to pay back investors in MSMB Capital.

According to court papers filed late Thursday, the bidder is taking on a role of a «stalking horse» in a court - approved auction set for Monday in New York.

Two closed trial sessions took place on August 22 and September 24 in the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Judge Abolqasem Salavati, who is known to human rights organizations for being an instrument of Iran's security apparatus.

«The Republican Senate refuses to hold hearings on [Supreme Court nominee] Judge Garland, refuses to fund the President's request for Zika aid and takes the most days off of any Senate since 1956, but thinks Facebook hearings are a matter of urgent national interest,» Jentleson said.

The Supreme Court refused to take the case and potentially give the defendant a retrial, but Sotomayor took the unusual step of writing a statement that condemned the prosecutor's words, Reuters reported.

Lucas took the designer to court for copyright infringement, but the court ruled the replicas were not covered by copyright law because they are not works of art.

«Because a lot of times, by the time you go to court, it takes so long to go to court, to get the due process procedures.

A growing number of corporations unhappy with shareholder proposals are taking their frustrations to court.

According to the Democrats» memo, the DOJ provided the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court with «contemporaneous evidence» of Russia's interference in the 2016 election; information about «concerning Russian links and outreach to Trump campaign officials,»; Page's history with Russia - linked individuals and entities; and Page's «suspicious activities in 2016,» including those during a trip he took to Moscow in July of that year, during which he met with high - ranking Russian officials.

Regardless of which bankruptcy approach you take, you should be prepared to provide detailed information on your financial life to the court.