Sentences with phrase «subject of a federal lawsuit»

If the politicians didn't appoint all the judges, this would be a great subject of a federal lawsuit on equal protection grounds.

Now the birds» and cats» shared space is the subject of a federal lawsuit that is the latest salvo in the very pitched battle between outdoor cat advocates and bird advocates in the United States.

The 21 - and - over age limit in Florida's new law is now the subject of a federal lawsuit by the NRA.

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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.

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 top state park police officer on Long Island subjected a female civilian employee to years of sexual harassment and threats of retribution, a federal lawsuit said.

My tires have been punctured by nails, blow torches, and wooden stakes (7 destroyed tires and counting); there have been multiple death threats, I have been beaten, robbed, defamed, sued, obstructed and even arrested and convicted on false charges brought by corrupt police officers (currently the subject of an appeal and a federal lawsuit against the three police officers involved).

Juveniles will no longer be housed at a Wisconsin youth prison that's been under federal investigation and the subject of multiple lawsuits alleging inmate abuse, Gov. Scott Walker announced on Thursday.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara criticized the facility for subjecting teenagers to a «systematic culture of violence,» and he recently signaled that the city could face a federal lawsuit over reforms.

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.

There will be Democratic contests for eight seats — including three of Albany's five majority - minority districts that were the subject of the nearly four - year federal voting rights lawsuit that the county lost in April.

The federal lawsuit, which is also backed by the National Education Association and the Florida Education Association, says that some teachers» rights are being violated because they are being assessed based on students that sometimes aren't even in their classroom — a byproduct, critics say, of the law's requirement that test scores account for a part of educators» pay even if there are no state exams in that grade or subject area.

Unless Congress decides to spend most — and possibly all — carbon tax revenues on adaptation, a federal carbon tax does not even begin to solve the problems that are the subject of these lawsuits (nor, obviously, would EPA regulation).

Thomas (Tom) Walsh has tried numerous lawsuits in state and federal courts covering a range of subjects including trademarks, antitrust, civil rights, employment discrimination and various commercial transactions and constitutional issues.

Thomas (Tom) Walsh has tried numerous lawsuits in state and federal courts covering a range of subjects including antitrust, employment discrimination, commercial transactions, constitutional law and trademarks.

Nor does the press release mention that the proposed ethics rules are already the subject of a lawsuit in Federal District Court, with the result being that the Louisiana Supreme Court has postponed implementation of the lawyer advertising rules.

CrowdJustice does some due diligence to ensure none of the parties to the lawsuit are subject to any kind of national or international sanctions (such as Securities and Exchange Commission violations, federal or international court matters) and verifies that the case in question is under active litigation by a licensed attorney.

A company that finances home improvement projects in South Florida with no credit checks and no money down is the subject of a federal court lawsuit charging it fails to adequately disclose important limitations of the loans to its consumers.