Sentences with phrase «settled lawsuit against the state»

The election commission's now - settled lawsuit against the state Democratic Party, and lawsuits by the party against the SEEC, came after the state Republican Party chairman filed a complaint that the Democrats funneled state contractors» money into the 2014 gubernatorial race through a back door.

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While this practice was frowned upon and illegal in some states, a recent class action lawsuit filed against Visa and MasterCard was settled and now allows merchants to put this method into practice.

This is just what was on display last week when florist Barronelle Stutzman wrote a letter to Washington State's Attorney General, stating her intent to not settle a discrimination lawsuit filed against her for refusing to lend her creative talents and services to a same - sex ceremony.

Nabozny, with the help of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, won a landmark federal lawsuit (and eventually settled for close to $ 1 million) against school administrators in his home state of Wisconsin who failed to a spate of stop brutal anti-gay bullying at his school of which he was the target.

In October 2016, the attorney general sent a cease and desist letter to the Donald J. Trump Foundation amid reports that the foundation did not have the necessary licensing to raise money in the state and used donor funds to settle personal lawsuits against Trump, and to buy portraits of him at charity auctions that he used in his business properties.

He also recalled his October cease - and - desist letter to the Donald J. Trump Foundation, which came amid reports that it lacked licensing to raise money in New York State and that it had expended donor funds to settle personal lawsuits against Trump, and to purchase portraits of him at charity auctions that he later used to decorate his business properties.

An anti-discrimination lawsuit filed against the Utica School District by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office has been settled.

Airbnb immediately filed a lawsuit against the city and state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman — not Cuomo — for the law, but the case was ultimately settled.

HARTFORD — It will cost taxpayers between $ 100 million and $ 125 million to settle a 12 - year - old lawsuit by a coalition of unions against the state on behalf of more than 2,500 unionized workers who were laid off in 2003 by then - Gov.

Lev Dassin, the acting United States attorney for the southern district of New York, and Tony West, the assistant attorney general for the civil division of the Department of Justice, announced today that Westchester County has agreed to fund the building of 750 units of affordable housing in areas with low racial and ethnic diversity in order to settle a lawsuit brought against it by the United States under the False Claims Act as well as the Housing and Community Development Act.

And though he wasn't accused of any crime, Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez was forced to resign his seat in May in the wake of a scathing report about his bullying and sexually inappropriate treatment of female staffers — now the subject of state and federal lawsuits against Lopez and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who apologized for quietly settling earlier complaints against Lopez with a taxpayer - funded confidential settlement.

California recently settled a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union against dozens of Golden State schools that levied fees for classroom materials, lab fees, and afterschool activities.

One of his first acts as chief executive was to settle a lawsuit filed against the state by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of students in 18 districts around California, most in poor communities.

Macmillan settled with the Department of Justice Friday over allegedly colluding to set ebook prices, and is now settling the class action and states» lawsuits remaining against it.

The United States Attorney General said on Monday that the government would be willing to settle its antitrust lawsuit against...

DOJ entrusted Allan to represent the United States in some of its most high profile cases including a large class action challenging the New York City Fire Department's (FDNY) pattern of discrimination against Black and Hispanic applicants - which settled for about $ 100 million - and the first - ever employment discrimination lawsuit that DOJ filed to protect the rights of a transgender individual.