Sentences with phrase «suit against president»

She cited a United States Supreme Court ruling that allowed Paula Jones to bring a sexual harassment suit against President Bill Clinton.

Last year, on August 12, 2015, a group of courageous millennials filed suit against President Barack Obama and members of his cabinet for failing to adequately address the climate change problem commensurate with the threat, despite the fact that we... Continue reading →

In addition to the Harding - Kerrigan incident, the years 1994 - 95 witnessed the O J. Simpson affair, the Menendez brothers trial, the launching of the Paula Jones sexual harassment suit against President Bill Clinton, the «Republican Revolution» (Republican success in the midterm 1994 elections), the Susan Smith murder trial in South Carolina and the Oklahoma City bombing carried out by right - wing terrorist Timothy McVeigh.

The Appeal of Court, Abuja, on Wednesday fixed November 5, for hearing in an application filed by PDP member, Dr Umar Ardo, seeking to be joined in a suit against President Goodluck Jonathan's re-election bid.

The porn actress, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, filed suit against President Trump in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, arguing that a nondisclosure agreement about their alleged affair is invalid because Trump never actually signed it.

Not exact matches

Matt Porzio, Intralinks vice president of M&A strategy, weighs in on the Justice Department's suit against AT&T, and shares his outlook on dealmaking in 2018.

Follow - up on Benchmark's suit against Uber, and then why it is time for tech to draw the line with President Trump.

Stephanie Clifford who claims to have had an affair with President Trump has filed a suit against him in an attempt to nullify a nondisclosure deal with Trump attorney Michael Cohen days before Trump's 2016 presidential victory.

Company president Paresh Patel said a majority of suits against his company stem from disputes over roof damage.

Also March 20, 2018: New York state Judge Jennifer Schecter rules against Trump's lawyers» motion to dismiss the defamation case by Summer Zervos, citing the Supreme Court's ruling in Clinton v. Jones that presidents are not immune from civil suits.

Just briefly: Catch and kill: Former Playboy model Karen McDougal, who says she had an affair with Donald Trump before he was president, filed a suit against The National Enquirer's parent company, American Media, Inc..

A California - based man named Kevin Branca filed suit last month against Bai Brands, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Dr. Pepper president Larry Young and Bai founder Ben Weiss.

In 1906, the year of a peak that was not exceeded for ten years, President Theodore Roosevelt filed his famous suit against the country's largest company, Standard Oil.

The atheists are fighting a campaign against Fundamentalist Christians who are trying to run for President of the United States and change our laws to suit their ridiculous biblical ideas.

the president could have the DOJ civil rights division initiate litigation against police agencies that it feels have violated federal civil rights law and then offer to dismiss the suits if the agencies enter into consent agreements that include a camera policy.

He added that: «On the 8th of May, 2018, the Inspector General of Police sent a letter to the President of the Senate, Federal Republic of Nigeria signed by the Commissioner of Police, Legal and Prosecution Department, explaining why he would not be appearing before the Senate on the 9th of May, 2018 due to legal restraint as a result of pending cases before the courts filed: (i) by Senator Dino Melaye against the IGP and the Nigeria Police Force in the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja in suit No.

Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 dismissed the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Robert Azibaola, a cousin to former President Goodluck Jonathan, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Hearing in the N200m fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by the wife of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, against Skye Bank Plc and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission began on Tuesday, with a former aide of the President, Waripamo - Owei Dudafa, testifying for the ex-First Lady.

«An order restraining the President of the Senate and the entire Senate from receiving and discussing any report submitted to it by the committee set up to investigate the allegation against Mr. Ibrahim Idris pending the determination of this suit.

Mrs Dame Patience Jonathan, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, has been ordered by a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to pay N50, 000 to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission after she withdrew her suit against the EFCC.

A New York judge dismissed a Republican political strategist's $ 4 million defamation suit against Trump and his former campaign manager, ruling the president - elect's «intemperate» tweets saying the woman «begged» for a job were statements of opinion protected by the First Amendment.

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.

Norman Seabrook — the disgraced former president of the city corrections officers» union who skated on criminal bribery charges in a mistrial last month — just scored another win Monday when a Manhattan federal judge tossed the related civil suit against him.

It therefore comes as one of the many jokes when President of the council, Mark Okraku Mantey in a recent interview reveals the council will be wear the suit of investigators in the allegations raised against franchise owners of the Miss Ghana Pageant, Exclusive Events and its owner Inna patty.

Accusations of sexual assault leveled against President Donald Trump may have been forgotten about after the election, but a defamation suit could put the issue back into the spotlight.

The lawmakers while reacting to the suit against the Senate President said Saraki had provided the needed leadership for the upper chamber of the National Assembly to define an efficient agenda that would make the legislature represent the interest of the people.

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.»

Wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has filed a fundamental human rights enforcement suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, seeking N2bn as compensation for alleged harassment by the anti-graft agency.

Patience, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, had, last week, filed a N2bn fundamental human rights suit against the EFCC, accusing the anti-graft agency of subjecting her to psychological trauma, unnecessary persecution and going as far as freezing her late mother's accounts.

China immediately recognized the result with the EU eventually following suit, although the United States only certified Kenyatta's victory one month after the actual election, backtracking on pre-election threats of trade sanctions due to concerns with the ICC charges against the president - elect.

But Mark R. Levin, president of the Landmark Legal Foundation, a leading group challenging climate change science, said Cuccinelli's inquiry is logical given his suit against the Environmental Protection Agency.

The suit against Trump, brought by Maryland and Washington, D.C., claims that the president is violating the Constitution's foreign and domestic emoluments clauses by accepting payments from foreign governments and states through his business empire.

The motion cited a 1982 decision, Nixon v. Fitzgerald, that held former President Richard Nixon had absolute immunity in a suit alleging retaliation against a federal employee.

The suit is reminiscent one filed by the DNC in 1972 against President Richard Nixon's re-election committee seeking $ 1 million in damages for the Watergate break - in, according to the Post.

In the case before Lamberth, Taitz filed a FOIA suit against the Social Security Administration, alleging that the president is linked to 39 Social Security numbers.

Next: Judge rules former «Apprentice» contestant's suit against Trump can proceed while he is president

A suit against Trump could also implicate Presidential immunity doctrines which are more robust than immunity doctrines for other public officials, particularly if the «fake news» comment could be construed as part of the official duties of the President (for which there is absolute immunity) as opposed to his unofficial duties.

In this episode of the ABA Law Student Podcast, host Chris Morgan talks to ABA President Linda Klein about the PSLF program, how it has fallen short, and the resulting suit that the ABA filed against the Department of Education.

Earlier this week, Steelback Brewery president Frank D'Angelo filed a $ 2 - million libel suit against Ottawa - based blogger Neate Sager for making what he says are disparaging comments about him.

The Gamble of Public Service Loan Forgiveness Chris Morgan talks to ABA President Linda Klein about the PSLF program, how it has fallen short, and the resulting suit that the ABA filed against the Department of Education.

More than 1,000 «uninformed» and «unrepresented» homeowners in Monroe County, Pa., are expected to join in a recently filed class action suit for fraud against developer Gene Percudani, president of Raintree Homes; Dominick Stranieri, an independent appraiser in Strousburg, Pa.; and William Spaner of Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation.