Sentences with phrase «states filed suit against»

Earlier this year, the state filed suit against an ICO organizer and his company, alleging that the token sale represented an unregistered securities offering.

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Attorneys general for Illinois and Washington state, who had teamed up with the bureau on the multi-year investigation, filed their own suits against Navient Wednesday.

The suit comes weeks after Oracle filed its own lawsuit against the state in which it accuses officials of breach of contract.

A group of Israelis and Americans bereaved in Palestinian attacks said Monday they would seek $ 1 billion in damages from Facebook for alleged complicity, as part of a suit filed in the United States against the social media giant.

Ericsson, the world's biggest telecom network equipment maker, said on Tuesday it had filed a suit in the United States against Samsung Electronics for patent infringement.

The first German consumer to file a lawsuit against VW has been identified; and many are sure to follow on the continent and in the U.S. West Virginia's attorney - general also has filed suit against VW on behalf of consumers in that state who were allegedly deceived.

While no suit has been officially filed, bidding documents from the Attorney General's office indicate that the state is preparing to hire outside counsel for «commencing legal action against Theranos, Inc. and its closely related subsidiaries for violations of the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act arising out of Theranos Inc.'s long - running scheme of deceptive acts and misrepresentations relating to the capabilities and operation of Theranos blood testing equipment.»

Detroit school students, represented by the Los Angeles - based public interest firm Public Counsel, filed suit last month against the state of Michigan, claiming a legal right to literacy based on the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.

Mr. Keith Cressman, a Methodist minister, filed suit against the state alleging violations of his rights to freedom of speech, due process, and the free exercise of religion under the First and Fourteenth Amendments.

Ogletree and Cochran have promised to file similar suits against other corporate targets and the United States government by this fall.

The suit was filed Wednesday in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for the college by the Becket Fund, the same law firm that is representing multiple lawsuits against the HHS policy.

The Illinois attorney general on Wednesday filed suit against a midwife for continuing to deliver babies after she was ordered last summer by a state agency to stop because she was not a doctor or certified nurse.

This ruling was passed after a pressure group, Occupy Ghana filed a suit against the Auditor General praying the court to compel them not to only report on financial misappropriations by public officials but to take steps to retrieve all state finances that may have gone into wrong hands.

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Four of New York's five medical marijuana companies have filed suit against the state Department of Health to stop it from licensing additional operators to take part in the tightly run state program.

The Brennan Center, alongside a coalition of law firms, state lawmakers and others on Tuesday announced they had filed a suit against the Board of Elections to end the practice of a network of limited liability companies contributing endless cash to political candidates.

The $ 45 million libel suit former state Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs filed against two opponents of a camp he wants to build in the Hamptons has been dismissed.

The enforcement arm of the state Board of Elections filed suit against Gonsalves in March, accusing her of 10 instances of failing to file timely reports between 2013 and 2015.

Sean believes that same sex marriages should be legally recognized in New York State and has promised to file suit against the federal government based on constitutional challenges regarding DOMA upon election.

Evan Davis, head of the Committee for a Constitutional Convention, files suit against the New York State Board of Elections to obtain a court order requiring the question whether to call a state constitutional convention to be placed on the front rather on the back of the ballot this NoveState Board of Elections to obtain a court order requiring the question whether to call a state constitutional convention to be placed on the front rather on the back of the ballot this Novestate constitutional convention to be placed on the front rather on the back of the ballot this November.

This case has attracted the attention of virtually every major gun control and gun rights organization in the nation, many of which have filed briefs either in support of or against the original suit filed by the New York State Rife & Pistol Association.

In a suit filed against the SUNY Board of Trustees in Supreme Court in Albany on Thursday, the state Board of Regents and Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia claimed the new rules would erode teacher quality and hurt disadvantaged students.

Astorino, who lost his bid a for a third term last week against Democratic candidate George Latimer, had filed the suits in order to force the state to undergo an environmental review of the plant, based in Buchanan.

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday announced he will file suit against Espada accusing the fellow Democrat of siphoning $ 14 million from his Bronx clinic that has received state grants.

The Magistrate handling the suit filed by the Oluwo - Oke of Iwo Oke in Osun State, Oba Kadiri Adeoye, against Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi...

In 1970, the Oneida Indian Nation of New York State and Oneida Indian Nation of Wisconsin filed suit against Oneida County, New York and Madison County, New York in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.

Davis had filed suit against the state Board of Elections to require the question over whether to hold the convention on the front of the ballot.

Onondaga County Comptroller Robert Antonacci filed suit against County Executive Joanie Mahoney and others in State Supreme Court, alleging that raises approved for elected officials are illegal, as were attempts by the executive branch to uphold those raises.

«Since the receipt of SERAP's letter dated 17th March, 2017, and up till the filing of this suit, the government has so far failed, refused and / or neglected to pass on to the Attorney - General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, information relating to the release and spending of N388.304 billion London Paris Club Loan refunds to 35 States by the Federal Government for appropriate legal action against the states.&States by the Federal Government for appropriate legal action against the states.&states.»

Lawyers from the Central American Refugee Center, a Long Island immigrant legal services organization commonly known as Carecen, and the Hofstra Law Clinic filed suit against Nassau County in state Supreme Court, saying that the county police department was cooperating with ICE in ways that break state law.

Detained former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, on Tuesday filed a N10bn fundamental human rights enforcement suit against the Department of State Services, its Director - General, Mr. Lawal Daura, and the Attorney - General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami.

But Barron told the crowd of about 200 supporters that he has hired Brooklyn attorney Roger Wareham to file his suit against the state for illegally approving the waiver.

The Magistrate Court 1 sitting in Kaduna has dismissed the suit filed by Kaduna State Commissioner of Police against Kaduna based Journalists, Mr. Midat Joseph.

The suit was filed against the Nassau County Interim Finance Authority, a six - member board appointed by state officials which has monitored the county's finances since its creation in 2000.

A coalition of construction trade groups has filed suit against the state, in response to Governor David Paterson's decision to suspend infrastructure improvement payments,...

No fewer than five police vans, scores of armed policemen and operatives of the Department of State Services were deplored in the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Thursday to forestall the breakdown of law and order as the libel suit filed by the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, against an online medium, SaharaReporters, and its publisher, Omoyele Sowore, came up for hearing.

With stays in place, Oyster Bay can neither press its position in a state civil suit it filed against Mei, Singh and others — or defend itself in three other civil actions filed against the town by lenders.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman last year filed suit against fantasy sports companies that offered for - pay games, pointing to the state's constitutional ban on games of chance.

The practice of using taxpayer dollars to settle sexual harassment claims lodged against public officials was upheld in 2008 after a taxpayer filed suit in State Supreme Court to challenge a $ 500,000 settlement paid to woman who accused Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's then - counsel, Michael Boxley, of rape.

The Honorable Minister of Mines and Steel Development and Former Ekiti State governor, Former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has filed a libel suit worth N3billion against a member of Ekiti House of Assembly, Dr Samuel Omotoso and Special Assistant on New Media and Public Communications to Governor Ayodele Fayose, Mr Lere Olayinka.

Just a day after state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed suit against State Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada for «looting» his taxpayer - backed Soundview Health Clinic for more than $ 14 million to fund his own lavish lifestyle, state and federal authorities appeared at the facility with criminal search warrstate Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed suit against State Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada for «looting» his taxpayer - backed Soundview Health Clinic for more than $ 14 million to fund his own lavish lifestyle, state and federal authorities appeared at the facility with criminal search warrState Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada for «looting» his taxpayer - backed Soundview Health Clinic for more than $ 14 million to fund his own lavish lifestyle, state and federal authorities appeared at the facility with criminal search warrstate and federal authorities appeared at the facility with criminal search warrants.

Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada, Jr. (D - Bronx) speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Albany on Tuesday after Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced he will file suit against Espada accusing the fellow Democrat of siphoning $ 14 million from his Bronx clinic that has received state grants.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Builsa North, James Agalga has suggested that Minority Members of Parliament are ready to back the suit filed by a member of the party against the government over the defence cooperation agreement with the United States.

He held a conference call with 100 reporters last week after filing a civil suit against the state Senate's majority leader, Pedro Espada Jr., on charges of siphoning more than $ 14 million from health clinics he founded for vacations, campaign expenses and $ 20,000 in takeout sushi.

Similar suits are slated to be filed against the Syracuse school district and the state by the Albany - based Government Justice Center.

Eight private charter schools are filing suit in State Supreme Court against the New York State Public High School Athletic Association over requirements that make student athletes sit out a season after transferring.

The court made the declaration in a judgment delivered in a suit filed by the Ekiti State Government against the EFCC, the Inspector - General of Police, the Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly, the Clerk, the state's Auditor General and the Accountant GenState Government against the EFCC, the Inspector - General of Police, the Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly, the Clerk, the state's Auditor General and the Accountant GenState House of Assembly, the Clerk, the state's Auditor General and the Accountant Genstate's Auditor General and the Accountant General.

The National Rifle Association filed suit against the New York State Department of Financial Services and Governor Andrew Cuomo (D.) on Friday, alleging they violated the group's First Amendment rights.

Calverton resident Greg Fischer has officially filed suit against Republican presidential candidate and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, saying he is «ineligible and disqualified to run / seek the Office of the President of the United States of America.»