Sentences with phrase «says in a federal lawsuit»

The Westchester County Independence Party said in a federal lawsuit that Astorino threatened to «decapitate» its leadership in a bid to win its support as he ran for re-election last year.

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In a court ruling authorizing the arrests, Brazilian federal judge André Duszczak said «Faria and other BRF officers sought to cover up claims of possible food contamination, as shown in certain laboratory tests, made by a former employee in a labor lawsuit.&raquIn a court ruling authorizing the arrests, Brazilian federal judge André Duszczak said «Faria and other BRF officers sought to cover up claims of possible food contamination, as shown in certain laboratory tests, made by a former employee in a labor lawsuit.&raquin certain laboratory tests, made by a former employee in a labor lawsuit.&raquin a labor lawsuit.»

The Justice Department said AT&T would use Time Warner's films and movies to force rival pay TV companies to pay «hundreds of millions of dollars more per year for Time Warner's networks» in its lawsuit filed late Monday in federal court in Washington.

Federal regulations like Sarbanes - Oxley and recent rule changes that make e-mail subject to discovery in the course of a federal lawsuit are also driving companies to archive e-mail, FlynFederal regulations like Sarbanes - Oxley and recent rule changes that make e-mail subject to discovery in the course of a federal lawsuit are also driving companies to archive e-mail, Flynfederal lawsuit are also driving companies to archive e-mail, Flynn says.

Spotify failed to get a direct or a compulsory license from Wixen that would allow it to reproduce and distribute the songs, Wixen said in the lawsuit, filed in a California federal court.

NEW YORK, April 16 - A lawyer for victims of terrorist attacks in Israel on Monday urged a federal appeals court to revive their lawsuit against Facebook Inc, saying Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony undermined the social media company's argument that it bore no responsibility for content on its platforms.

U.S. District Judge Edward Chen, who is hearing the federal lawsuit, previously said the drivers» claims in the case could amount to as much as $ 1 billion, according to Bloomberg.

In addition to announcing the challenge to Apple's shareholder proposal, Greenlight also filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court in New York to block the amendment, saying such a move violates shareholders» rightIn addition to announcing the challenge to Apple's shareholder proposal, Greenlight also filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court in New York to block the amendment, saying such a move violates shareholders» rightin U.S. federal court in New York to block the amendment, saying such a move violates shareholders» rightin New York to block the amendment, saying such a move violates shareholders» rights.

A federal judge in Florida dealt a blow on Thursday to legal claims by American technology workers who were laid off by the Walt Disney Company and forced to train foreign replacements, dismissing lawsuits by two workers who said Disney had conspired with outsourcing companies to violate visa laws.

ATLANTA — Visa and MasterCard are using security measures prone to fraud, putting retailers and customers at risk of hacking attacks by cyber thieves, The Home Depot Inc. says in a new federal lawsuit.

The group, Nexus Derechos Humanos, a civil - rights firm based in Virginia and Georgia, said it would detail the federal lawsuit at a press conference Thursday in front of Broward's circuit court.

The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in Manhattan, said «the Trump campaign and its agents gleefully welcomed Russia's help,» which involved releasing hacked emails and spreading misinformation on social media.

Ramirez filed a challenge to his detention in Seattle federal court on Monday, arguing that the government violated his constitutional rights because he had work authorization under the DACA program, his lawsuit said.

New York Attorney General Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a Democrat who announced the new lawsuit in Manhattan federal court, said the plans would have a «devastating...

In March, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the federal government would support a series of lawsuits filed by states against drug manufacturers.

Last year, the tribe filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the federal government for denying the application, saying it «unreasonably burdens the religious rights of tribal members,» court documents stated.

I am going to weigh in, being a catholic and the whole shabang... First of all this is not infringing on anyone's right to practice their religion... Requiring insurance companies to provide contraception for women does not mean the woman has to use it or purchase it... Catholic hospitals take federal funds for their patients, therefore they are not exempt from employment laws... If the Catholic Diocese doesn't want to provide the insurance claiming religious beliefs, then they can no longer accept federal funded patients... They also know that they will be subjected to discrimination lawsuits based hiring and religious discrimination — non-catholics work there, and therefore are being denied healthcare due to catholic beliefs... Majority if not all Catholic women do, have, or had used contraception in their lifetime... God does not nor does the bible say anything about contraception, since it had not been invented yet — so this is a man - made law, made by a bunch of men, who have never had a menstrual cycle — and the pain that comes with it....

A settlement of a federal lawsuit over trapshooting in Naperville's Sportsman's Park may be coming, but an attorney for the Naperville Park District said it's likely the activity will be a casualty of the deal.

Cuomo was miffed over the City of Newburgh's decision to put the state on notice of a civil lawsuit of its contaminated water in Washington Lake, saying the focus should be on the polluters, most notably, the federal government.

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.

With law enforcement officials aggressively pursuing gang members on Long Island after a recent spate of homicides by the transnational gang MS - 13, the American Civil Liberties Union said in a class - action lawsuit on Friday that federal authorities had gone too far.

In a lawsuit filed todayin the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, the ALCU says the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity violated federal public access requirements by holding its first meeting in private, without public noticIn a lawsuit filed todayin the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, the ALCU says the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity violated federal public access requirements by holding its first meeting in private, without public noticin private, without public notice.

A federal judge tossed out a defamation lawsuit by Sarah Palin against The New York Times, saying the former Alaska governor failed to show the newspaper knew it was publishing false statements in an editorial before quickly correcting them.

In February, DuPont / Chemours, a former major manufacturer of PFOA, agreed to a $ 670 million settlement in a federal class - action lawsuit in Columbus, Ohio, that was filed on behalf of approximately 3,550 people who said they were afflicted with diseases as a result of PFOA contamination of their drinking wateIn February, DuPont / Chemours, a former major manufacturer of PFOA, agreed to a $ 670 million settlement in a federal class - action lawsuit in Columbus, Ohio, that was filed on behalf of approximately 3,550 people who said they were afflicted with diseases as a result of PFOA contamination of their drinking watein a federal class - action lawsuit in Columbus, Ohio, that was filed on behalf of approximately 3,550 people who said they were afflicted with diseases as a result of PFOA contamination of their drinking watein Columbus, Ohio, that was filed on behalf of approximately 3,550 people who said they were afflicted with diseases as a result of PFOA contamination of their drinking water.

Paladino has also filed a federal lawsuit, saying that his First Amendment rights were violated in the removal proceedings.

When the DN's Glenn Blain asked Kennedy if she had an opinion on the civil lawsuits brought against Espada by Cuomo, who is now working in connection with federal authorities on an ongoing investigation into the Bronx Democrat, she brushed off the question, saying:

Shakedown Sharpton has struck again, according to an Arizona trucker, who says in a new federal lawsuit that the good reverend promised to help him, then took him for $ 16,000.

Mirel Fisch, an attorney representing Moroughan in an ongoing federal lawsuit against several entities including the Suffolk district attorney's office, said that her client welcomed the federal investigation.

Gilman's lawyer, Jeffrey Liddle, said in his $ 60 million Manhattan federal court lawsuit filed Friday that while the column didn't mention Gilman by name, it's clear that «Mr. Spitzer made these statements with actual malice towards Mr. Gilman.»

That deduction had been popular in high - tax, Democratic states like New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, where many homeowners now face big increases in their federal tax bill.Cuomo said the lawsuit could argue the tax law violates states» rights and is unfair because it singles out Democratic states for political reasons.

The dozens of asbestos lawsuits were filed by Weitz & Luxenberg, where Silver was «of counsel» and received $ 5.3 million in what federal prosecutors say were kickbacks.

The jump in brutality has been kept under wraps, however, thanks to massive under - reporting of violence against guards, the Manhattan federal lawsuit said.

The Nation initially brought a lawsuit against the state in 1999 but said it was ultimately rejected by a federal court because a state under the Constitution couldn't legally be sued.

The Second Circuit has backed Trump in an intellectual property lawsuit filed by a self - described «domainer» who registered domain names with the word «Trump» in them, saying that a district court correctly found the man's actions violated a federal cybersquatting law.

The family of a 62 - year - old man who died last year in Nassau County jail custody has filed a $ 60 million federal lawsuit against the county and the facility's former medical provider that claims the inmate died because he was denied proper care, court papers say.

But Staten Island Republican Assemblyman Ron Castorina, one of the lawsuit plaintiffs, said de Blasio was «fear mongering» among voters since federal law enforcement agencies can pull other government records, such as school and health records, to help them in deportation proceedings.

New York's Utica City School District has reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit that says it discriminated against refugee students and did not let them enroll at Thomas R. Proctor High School, shown here.

With a week to go before a removal hearing in Albany, Buffalo School Board Member Carl Paladino is fighting back with a federal lawsuit saying the board and its governing majority is violating his First Amendment Constitutional rights.

«If the county executive is behind this lawsuit, she has used the federal courts as a political tool to attack one of her political enemies,» Antonacci said in an interview.

In a deposition taken as part of a federal wrongful - death lawsuit, Sheriff Craig Apple testified the company's «performance» played a role in his decision, though he said the change was also based on a better offer from another companIn a deposition taken as part of a federal wrongful - death lawsuit, Sheriff Craig Apple testified the company's «performance» played a role in his decision, though he said the change was also based on a better offer from another companin his decision, though he said the change was also based on a better offer from another company.

Teachers in Chester, Pa., who said they would be willing to work without pay to keep classroom disruption to a minimum after their school district reported in early January that its cash reserves had dipped below $ 100,000, scored a small victory on Jan. 10 when a federal judge approved an advance on the district's state school aid pending the outcome of a lawsuit to force the state to provide adequate funding.

Silver's lawyer Bettina Plevan wrote Manhattan federal Judge Analisa Torres Wednesday saying Silver «consents» to the ex-Brooklyn political boss» request that the former political allies have separate trials in a pending sexual harassment lawsuit against them.

New York's Utica City School District is facing two lawsuits in federal court that say it discriminated against refugee students and did not let them enroll at Thomas R. Proctor High School, shown here.

Spencer said two counties in California and the City of Chicago have filed similar lawsuits in Federal court against drug companies Purdue Pharma L.P., The Purdue Frederick Company, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries LTD., Cephalon Inc., Johnson and Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Endo Health Solutions Inc., and Actavis PLC..

Howe's attorneys — Kevin Hulslander, of Syracuse, and Richard Morvillo, of New York City — said the lawsuit belongs in federal court because it involves parties from different states and involves a sum of money over $ 75,000.

Federal authorities say the final disputed elements of a law controlling cigarette distribution have been resolved in a lawsuit brought by Seneca Indian Nation businesses.

«Lawsuit: Tiffany Pushed Out Employee with Cancer Mutation» (Associated Press) «Lisa O'Rourke alleges in a federal lawsuit that the New York - based company discriminated against her because she carries a gene mutation that put her at high risk for developing cancer, and she was compelled to have surgeries that her lawyer says were life - saving.Lawsuit: Tiffany Pushed Out Employee with Cancer Mutation» (Associated Press) «Lisa O'Rourke alleges in a federal lawsuit that the New York - based company discriminated against her because she carries a gene mutation that put her at high risk for developing cancer, and she was compelled to have surgeries that her lawyer says were life - saving.lawsuit that the New York - based company discriminated against her because she carries a gene mutation that put her at high risk for developing cancer, and she was compelled to have surgeries that her lawyer says were life - saving.»

A story found on the New York times says that Kody Brown and his «sister wives» (who also appear in a reality TV series about their polyamorous relationship choices and multi-women family living choice) is / are filing a federal lawsuit to challenge the anti-polygamy law in Utah.

«We are thrilled that the Ed School has selected us for the work that we have done over many decades — work that has included the creation of curriculum for classroom use, national surveys to document the extent of the problem, development of teaching training materials, and, when necessary, serving as expert witnesses in federal lawsuits when school districts have been reluctant to grant civil rights to their students,» Stein says.

The attorneys involved in Vergara v. California, a landmark case that challenged teacher tenure laws, announced Tuesday they have filed a federal lawsuit in Connecticut challenging that state's laws that they say restrict school choice options.