Sentences with phrase «suit against a law firm»

Last week, district officials filed a malpractice suit against the law firm and turned over related investigative files to four agencies for review: the city attorney, the Los Angeles County...

In a federal age discrimination suit against law firm Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, the firm maintains that it has no mandatory retirement age for partners.

Not exact matches

David Sanford, chairman of Sanford Heisler Sharp, the law firm that argued the largest - ever employment gender discrimination case to go to trial — a class action suit against Novartis Pharmaceuticals that resulted in a $ 253 million jury award for plaintiffs in 2010, reduced post-trial to $ 175 million — noted that in that case, the company had just three investigators for a workforce of thousands.

A law firm filed a class - action suit against Groupon for allegedly imposing illegal expiration dates on its vouchers.

Earlier this month, Minneapolis - based law firm Nichols Kaster filed suits against American Century's $ 600 million plan and the $ 1.3 billion plan at Fujitsu Technology and Business of America, Inc..

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.

In June»98 a U.S. District Court in Maryland threw out the suit in summary judgment, ordering Antonious to pay Spalding's court costs and issuing a $ 30,000 sanction against Stroup's law firm, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, for failing to do an adequate prefiling investigation of Antonious's claims.

Last summer, his law firm represented First American Bank of Buffalo Grove in a nuisance suit filed against car dealer Joseph Perillo, who leased vacant property he owned near the bank to a pig farmer.

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 private law firm made the following demands: The interlocutory injunction suit filed against Dr Zanetor Agyeman - Rawlings by incumbent Klottey Korle MP, Nii Armah Ashitey, is «dead on arrival», Dr Rawlings» Lawyer Godwin Tameklo has said.

The county hired six outside law firms to defend against the suit.

Earlier this year, the city's major police unions called for Emery's dismissal over his private law firm's role in a suit against the city on behalf of a former CCRB plaintiff.

An environmental law firm has filed a class - action suit against two companies connected with the water contamination in the Rensselaer County village of Hoosick Falls.

The county hired six outside law firms to defend against the suit, which cost more than $ 500,000.

News came out this week that Hagens Berman, the same Seattle - based law firm that initiated the class action lawsuits against Apple for its role in the anti-trust violations and price fixing collusion with the now - Big Five publishers, has filed a suit against Google, alleging anti-trust violations that led the search... [Read more...]

Three Canadian law firms are filing class - action suits against as well, the Toronto Star reports.

Under the proposed settlement, announced Wednesday morning, Penguin would pay $ 75 million to consumers represented by 33 states» attorneys general and by Hagens Berman, the Seattle - based law firm that filed the class action suit against Apple (s AAPL) and publishers in 2011.

And on Thursday, backed by a Chicago - based law firm, Gawronski filed suit (PDF) against Amazon in federal court, seeking class - action status.

Anthony Merchant of Merchant Law in Saskatchewan, whose firm is working on a class action suit against Loblaw, recommends that those who've applied for a gift card and get the letter, should only send in a utility bill — never a driver's license «which is close to gold» for fraudsters.

Chong Park, a partner at Ropes & Gray law firm, is representing the ABA and the individual plaintiffs in this suit against the USDE.

Lawyer Anthony Merchant of Merchant Law, whose firm is also working on a class action suit against Loblaw, recommends that Canadians register for both the gift card and class action lawsuit.

Dewey & Leboeuf's New York landlord has filed a suit against 450 of the defunct law firm's former partners, alleging the individuals are liable for more than a million dollars in unpaid rent.

The Heins law firm received a $ 103 million fee for its work as lead counsel in a nationwide class action suit against AOL Time Warner over false and misleading financial statements by AOL.

«Then they wouldn't do stupid things like issue threats of libel suits that they can't win against bloggers who, it turns out, have lots of friends willing to make the law firm and its client look bad for it.»

Chicago law firm O'Keefe Lyons & Hynes has settled a trademark infringement suit against the O'Keefe Law Firm in suburban LaGrange, Illinolaw firm O'Keefe Lyons & Hynes has settled a trademark infringement suit against the O'Keefe Law Firm in suburban LaGrange, Illinfirm O'Keefe Lyons & Hynes has settled a trademark infringement suit against the O'Keefe Law Firm in suburban LaGrange, IllinoLaw Firm in suburban LaGrange, IllinFirm in suburban LaGrange, Illinois.

As I mentioned when I reported on the suit Myriad filed against Oracle, Myriad is represented by the same law firm that defends Google against Oracle, and at least one senior lawyer is involved with both cases.

Maybe filing a lawsuit against a large firm will end a lawyer's big firm career, but what law firms must now realize is that when a wrongfully terminated lawyer files suit, he can take the firm down with him.

The study was commissioned by civil - rights attorney Cyrus Mehri (a classmate of mine from Cornell Law» 88) whose firm, Mehri & Skalet, has been behind successful multi-million dollar class action employment discrimination suits against giants like Texaco, Coca Cola and Smith Barney.

According to the report, Alyson Kirleis, an employment lawyer herself, filed an EEOC complaint and, subsequently, a federal discrimination suit against her longtime law firm, Dickie McCamey & Chilcote, alleging claims in the nature of a hostile work environment.

When your catastrophic injury is the fault of another's negligence, the catastrophic injury attorneys at Wilshire Law Firm can file suit against those responsible so that are fully compensated for your loss and pain.

Law firms Tomasik Kotin Kasserman in Chicago and Taylor & Ring in Los Angeles recently filed suit against the elite, private Montessori School of Lake Forest (Illinois) and its former teacher Celina Montoya for the sexual abuse of a young male student.

In this groundbreaking case, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that the trial court correctly dismissed a legal malpractice suit against the attorney and his law firm because the underlying product liability claim plaintiffs» asserted should have been pursued was statutorily preempted under the federal Medical Device Act («MDA»).

From herein out, associates considering suits against their firms and law firms that are the potential subjects need to reconsider how to handle disputes in the aftermath of this kind of coverage.

Some students have even contacted local law firms to discuss filing suit against the school.

The AM Law Daily and the New York Law Journal both recognized Ronald Minkoff as counsel to Christopher Hughes, an attorney who filed a suit in October against Morgan & Finnegan — his former firm.

The continuing case of Mitch McCormick, the B.C. lawyer who launched a discrimination suit against Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP over its mandatory retirement policy, has cast some doubt over just how far law firms can go.

As a side note, the suit was filed by the law firm of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, which specializes in litigation, is representing Motorola against Apple on multiple fronts, and is known for its closeness to Google and long - standing relationship with IBM.

White & Case is the only law firm to have defended successfully at trial pharmaceutical clients against both FTC and private plaintiff reverse payment suits, and we were counsel in the landmark SCOTUS ruling on reverse payments in FTC v. Actavis.»

By entering the name of the plaintiff and the plaintiff's law firm, users immediately get an overview of the plaintiff's litigation history including recently filed cases against other, similar defendants; where the plaintiff typically files suit; how much experience its law firm has; and the kinds of clients they typically represent.

What's more, «During the discovery phase of the RICO suit [against Donziger], Chevron and its external legal counsel — the law firm Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher — sought to prevent publication of the videos.»

McKercher LLP was acting for the representative plaintiff in a class action law suit against CN Railway, for whom the firm was acting on other matters.

A year ago, the CFPB filed suit against the Hanna law firm essentially attacking the big collection law firm business model.

In New York, the law firm of Jacoby & Meyers initially lost its claim that the restrictions against outside ownership were unlawful, but as reported here by Nicole Hyland the Second Circuit recently revived that suit.

While this coverage is typically associated with advisors such as accountants and consulting firms, many different types of small businesses carry this coverage to hedge against the risk of a law suit.

Cook County is being represented by Chicago law firm Edelson, which has brought privacy suits against Facebook and other tech companies, including Google and Netflix.

Consumer privacy is not protected under our current legal system, nor do technology companies function in a way that protects it, said Christopher Dore, a partner at Chicago law firm Edelson, which has brought privacy suits against tech companies, including Facebook, Google and Netflix.

The Tezos legal battle continues as the Restis Law firm in San Diego, along with Lite DePalma Greenberg, have filed a class action law suit in the state of California on behalf of GGCC, LLC against Dynamic Ledger Solutions (DLS), Tezos Stiftung (a Swiss Foundation), Kathleen Breitman and Arthur BreitmLaw firm in San Diego, along with Lite DePalma Greenberg, have filed a class action law suit in the state of California on behalf of GGCC, LLC against Dynamic Ledger Solutions (DLS), Tezos Stiftung (a Swiss Foundation), Kathleen Breitman and Arthur Breitmlaw suit in the state of California on behalf of GGCC, LLC against Dynamic Ledger Solutions (DLS), Tezos Stiftung (a Swiss Foundation), Kathleen Breitman and Arthur Breitman.

The study was commissioned by Lieff, Carbraser, Heimann, and Bernstein, the law firm behind a class - action suit against Fitbit that alleges that the heart rate monitors in the Charge HR, Surge, and Blaze are inaccurate, and could pose a health hazard for those who rely on it for precise heart rate measurements.

«What Trump has done has created a huge hole; there's no privacy protection,» said Jay Edelson, founder and CEO of Edelson PC, a Chicago - based class - action law firm focused on electronic privacy issues that has brought suit against everyone from Facebook to Apple.

The Tezos legal battle continues as the Restis Law firm in San Diego, along with Lite DePalma Greenberg, have filed a class action law suit in the state of California on behalf of GGCC, LLC against Dynamic Ledger Solutions (DLS), Tezos Stiftung (a Swiss Foundation), Kathleen Breitman... Read MLaw firm in San Diego, along with Lite DePalma Greenberg, have filed a class action law suit in the state of California on behalf of GGCC, LLC against Dynamic Ledger Solutions (DLS), Tezos Stiftung (a Swiss Foundation), Kathleen Breitman... Read Mlaw suit in the state of California on behalf of GGCC, LLC against Dynamic Ledger Solutions (DLS), Tezos Stiftung (a Swiss Foundation), Kathleen Breitman... Read More