Sentences with phrase «plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed»

Three female plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed Wednesday «allege a conspiracy spanning more than two decades to conceal sexual abuse committed by church members» throughout the 1980s and 1990s, according to the Associated Press.

Fed up, Parham became a plaintiff in the lawsuit filed Wednesday against Oak Brook - based McDonald's by the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

On Dec. 5, Cory Toth, a former professor at the University of Calgary (U of C), appeared in an Edmonton, Alberta courtroom as the plaintiff in a lawsuit filed in Provincial Civil Court.

Newdow, a physician as well as a lawyer, is lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed in Washington, D.C., this week by atheists and atheist groups.

And now that Mason won't make good on his offer, Kolodziej has found another job — that of the plaintiff in a lawsuit filed against Mason, seeking $ 1 million.

Not exact matches

It's true that plaintiffs, including patent trolls, tend to file lawsuits in dynamic, innovative industries.

Nine plaintiffs including the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), the Financial Services Institute, the Financial Services Roundtable, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Insured Retirement Institute and four Texas groups, including the Texas Association of Business, filed a similar lawsuit on June 2 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

DOL filed a motion Friday requesting that the three lawsuits pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas be consolidated; the plaintiffs agreed to consolidation but insisted that each of the cases be allowed to «retain their separate identities» and move forward «expeditiously.»

DOL filed a request on June 20 that the three lawsuits pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas be consolidated; the plaintiffs agreed to consolidation but insisted that each of the cases be allowed to «retain their separate identities» and move forward «expeditiously.»

The school district is also protected from lawsuits by state statute in that plaintiffs have to give six months» notice before filing a claim.

A New York City advocacy group for low - income and minority residents filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase Bank last fall for what it says are illegal and exploitative tactics that have cost the two named plaintiffs thousands of dollars in penalty fees it contends they shouldn't have had to pay.

[107] This class action lawsuit was filed in 1994 with Selma Buycks - Roberson as lead plaintiff and alleged that Citibank Federal Savings Bank had engaged in practices forbidden under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Fair Housing Act.

The plaintiffs who originally filed the lawsuit on behalf of the class — Ingrid Avendano, Ana Medina and Roxana Del Toro Lopez — worked in the same engineering department as Fowler.

On September 30, 2011, a stockholder derivative lawsuit was filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery and a second stockholder was permitted to intervene as a plaintiff on November 15, 2011.

NEW ORLEANS, April 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC («KSF») and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until May 8, 2018 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL), if they purchased the Company's shares between August 19, 2016 and August 17, 2017, inclusive (the «Class Period»).

After the heightened news exposure surrounding the presence of wood pulp and cellulose fillers in parmesan cheese, aggressive plaintiffs» attorneys pounced on the opportunity and filed a spate of lawsuits alleging fraud in advertising and labeling of cheese products.

NEW ORLEANS, April 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC («KSF») and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until May 7, 2018 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Henry Schein, Inc. (NasdaqGS: HSIC), if they purchased the Company's securities between March 7, 2013 and February 12, 2018, inclusive (the «Class Period»).

NEW ORLEANS, April 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC («KSF») and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until May 4, 2018 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Atlas Financial Holdings, Inc. (NasdaqGM: AFH), if they purchased the Company's securities between March 13, 2017, and March 2, 2018, inclusive (the «Class Period»).

Technically, the lawsuit filed is a «collective action,» which by and large resembles a «class action» lawsuit with the exception that in collective actions, plaintiffs must «opt in» to join the lawsuit, while in a class action, they must opt out if they don't wish to be included.

Publication of the editorial came on the same day as two other events of note, first, the release of a new book, Back in the Game, in which sports neurologist Jeffrey Kutcher and award - winning journalist Joanne Gerstner repeatedly and pointedly criticize the media for «irresponsible» reporting on CTE, and second, the filing of a class action lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles against Pop Warner, USA Football, and the National Operating Committee on Standards For Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) which assumes as scientific fact that repetitive head impacts sustained in youth football «exposed» plaintiffs» sons to CTE, and led one to engage in «erratic and reckless behavior» resulting in his untimely death, and the other to take his own life.

After suffering setbacks in lower courts, the plaintiffs behind a lawsuit seeking to overturn the so - called «LLC loophole» in election law have filed an appeal in the state Supreme Court's appellate division.

The pro-charter-school group Families for Excellent Schools said even more needs to be done to comply with state and federal bullying laws, which is why the organization is a plaintiff in a class - action lawsuit against DOE, filed in April 2016, along with 23 parents whose children have experienced bullying and harassment in city schools.

Also at 10:30 a.m., parents of student plaintiffs will gather in front of the NYC Department of Education's headquarters at Tweed Courthouse to announce the filing of an historic class action lawsuit for failing to protect students against violence at school, Manhattan.

A New York federal judge granted Jay Z $ 8,000 in attorneys» fees in a lawsuit filed by an artist who claims to have helped create the logo for Roc - A-Fella Records, after the plaintiff and his attorney were sanctioned in December for failing to produce discoverable evidence.

The spat over the potential plaintiff's pseudonym comes in a lawsuit filed on March 9 by the NRA, just hours after Gov. Rick Scott signed into law a sweeping school - safety measure that included new gun - related restrictions.

The charter school advocacy group Families for Excellent Schools, a frequent critic of the education policies advanced by Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat, was a plaintiff when the lawsuit was filed in Brooklyn federal court in April 2016.

Rising sea levels, loss of water in the Great Lakes, and reduced hydropower were among the injuries alleged by the plaintiffs; the lawsuits have since been combined, and two states have dropped out since the original suit was filed.

In the pair of lawsuits, filed 11 July in California Superior Court in San Diego, plaintiffs Vicki Lundblad and Katherine Jones seek unspecified compensation for an array of harmIn the pair of lawsuits, filed 11 July in California Superior Court in San Diego, plaintiffs Vicki Lundblad and Katherine Jones seek unspecified compensation for an array of harmin California Superior Court in San Diego, plaintiffs Vicki Lundblad and Katherine Jones seek unspecified compensation for an array of harmin San Diego, plaintiffs Vicki Lundblad and Katherine Jones seek unspecified compensation for an array of harms.

The Match lawsuit was filed earlier this month in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles by plaintiff Matthew Evans, who contends he went out with a woman he met through the site who turned out to be nothing more than «date bait» working for the company.

July 14, 2017 — / PR NEWSWIRE / - Ruby Corp. and Ruby Life Inc. (ruby), and a proposed class of plaintiffs, co-led by Dowd & Dowd, P.C., The Driscoll Firm, P.C., and Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC, have reached a proposed settlement agreement resolving the class action lawsuits that were filed beginning July 2015 following a data breach of ruby's computer network and subsequent release of certain personal information of customers of Ashley Madison, an online dating website owned and operated by Ruby Life Inc. (formerly Avid Dating Life Inc.) The lawsuits, alleging inadequate data security practices and misrepresentations regarding Ashley Madison, have been consolidated in a multi-district litigation pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

Extracts from the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles, said: «Rather than merely publishing a news story reporting that Plaintiff's screenplay may have been circulating in Hollywood without his permission, Gawker Media crossed the journalistic line by promoting itself to the public as the first source to read the entire Screenplay illegally.»

Within the past year, however, plaintiffs in Connecticut and Michigan have filed new lawsuits, which could reach the Supreme Court, asking courts to overturn Rodriguez and recognize a federal constitutional right to education.

Within the past year, plaintiffs in Connecticut and Michigan have filed new lawsuits imploring federal courts to recognize a federal constitutional right to education.

The lawsuit, filed late last month in a state district court, centers on the bilingual - education segment of the district's alternative - certification program for teachers and names seven plaintiffs.

The lawsuit, filed by the nonprofit Public Interest Law Office of Rochester in September 1998, claims that the state has deprived the plaintiffs — all low - income black and Hispanic students — of their rights under the state constitution to a sound basic education by failing to alleviate concentrations of poverty in the 37,000 - student Rochester school district.

In the state of Washington, adequacy plaintiffs filed a new lawsuit in early 2007 that is expected to rely heavily on a report prepared at the request of a gubernatorial - appointed commission, Washington LearnIn the state of Washington, adequacy plaintiffs filed a new lawsuit in early 2007 that is expected to rely heavily on a report prepared at the request of a gubernatorial - appointed commission, Washington Learnin early 2007 that is expected to rely heavily on a report prepared at the request of a gubernatorial - appointed commission, Washington Learns.

You'll finish the book wondering why the topic hasn't received proper attention before; after all, lawsuits have been filed in at least 39 states to date, with victories for the plaintiffs in 25 All - star contributors include school finance guru Eric Hanushek, teacher salary myth - slayer Michael Podgursky, and constitutional scholar Kenneth Starr.

What it is: Filed in 2007, the federal lawsuit filed against the state for failing to ensure special - education students are served in the «least restrictive environment» reached final settlement this week with a consent agreement between the plaintiffs and the Christie administraFiled in 2007, the federal lawsuit filed against the state for failing to ensure special - education students are served in the «least restrictive environment» reached final settlement this week with a consent agreement between the plaintiffs and the Christie administrafiled against the state for failing to ensure special - education students are served in the «least restrictive environment» reached final settlement this week with a consent agreement between the plaintiffs and the Christie administration.

The city's Law Department issued the extraordinary defense in court papers responding to a lawsuit filed by Public Advocate Letitia James and other plaintiffs to block 36 co-locations initially approved by Bloomberg and later seconded by de Blasio.

Plaintiffs challenging the at - large election system for school - board members in the Del Valle (Tex.) Independent School District last week rejected a settlement offer from the school board and plan to proceed with a lawsuit filed in a state court last month.

Cook is now one of seven plaintiffs in a major lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Gainesville by the National Education Association (NEA) and the Florida Education Association (FEA).

4 More Miramonte School Students File Lawsuits in Child Abuse Case The list of plaintiffs in the case over alleged child abuse by teachers at Miramonte Elementary School is getting a little longer.

Much has happened since the plaintiffs filed their lawsuits six years ago during an economic recession that led to substantial cuts in school funding.

Nine (9) other school boards have agreed to join efforts and file a lawsuit to challenge the unconstitutional provisions of HB 7069 and have invited other school boards to join as plaintiffs in the proposed lawsuit.

The lawsuit was first filed in 2005, with 14 school districts in the San Luis Valley and eight parents representing other schools districts as plaintiffs.

It appears from the motions filed in late January by the state in the Connecticut Coalition of Justice In Education Funding v. Rell lawsuit that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, a former prosecutor, would prefer to fight schoolchildren in the courtroom than to sit down with plaintiffs and realistically consider the state's optionin late January by the state in the Connecticut Coalition of Justice In Education Funding v. Rell lawsuit that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, a former prosecutor, would prefer to fight schoolchildren in the courtroom than to sit down with plaintiffs and realistically consider the state's optionin the Connecticut Coalition of Justice In Education Funding v. Rell lawsuit that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, a former prosecutor, would prefer to fight schoolchildren in the courtroom than to sit down with plaintiffs and realistically consider the state's optionIn Education Funding v. Rell lawsuit that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, a former prosecutor, would prefer to fight schoolchildren in the courtroom than to sit down with plaintiffs and realistically consider the state's optionin the courtroom than to sit down with plaintiffs and realistically consider the state's options.

Dissatisfied with the slow pace of change, local black plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in federal court meant to push for a faster timetable.

When the CCJEF v. Rell school funding lawsuit was filed 11 years ago, Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy was a plaintiff in the case, one of a number of local elected officials who decried the fact that Connecticut's system of school funding was unfair, inadequate and unconstitutional.

Filed by 28 plaintiffs, the dual - clutch lawsuit alleges the vehicles suffer from a long list of problems including shuddering, slipping, bucking, jerking, hesitation while changing gears, premature internal wear, delays in downshifting and sudden or delayed acceleration.

The credit results from the Settlement reached with Apple Inc. in an antitrust lawsuit filed by State Attorneys General and Class Plaintiffs about the price of electronic books.