Sentences with phrase «suit against the government»

Tyndale House Publishers, a Bible publishing house, filed suit against the government yesterday, arguing that the Obama administration's contraceptive mandate violates the owners»...
More or less simultaneously with the filing of Florida's suit, state district judges in Minnesota and Colorado threw out public employees» suits against governments that had reduced cost - of - living adjustments to their pensions, ruling that they were not contractually protected.
Although this plaintiff failed at the motion to dismiss stage, we should remember that tort suits against the government are always tricky, given the limits imposed by sovereign immunity.
She soon afterward filed suit against the government as the owner and operator of the park.
In these cases, we will seek just compensation for the owner by bringing an inverse condemnation suit against the government and can assert the overly restrictive regulations equate to a «taking» of property or of property rights.
Suits against government - operated hospitals and their employees are governed by the Colorado Government Immunity Act and must satisfy the requirements set out in that statute, including statutory notice given to the hospital within 180 days of the negligent care.
The FTCA does not bar suits for breach of contract, does not bar suits for injunctive or declaratory relief, and does not bar suits against government employees for money damages for intentionally violating someone's civil rights (even though some union contract indemnify and defend government employees for civil rights violations, in practice, converting tort liability of an individual into contractual liability of the United States government).

Not exact matches

Months after goliath condiment maker (and Hellmann's parent) Unilever dropped a suit against a tiny competitor for «unfair competition,» the government is taking on the vegan mayo maker.
Brian Mulroney is the centerpiece in Stevie Cameron's blockbuster, On The Take and again in The Last Amigo — two books that if erroneous about Mr. Mulroney (given his threats against the government) should have brought libel suits.
Khadr subsequently launched a $ 20 - million civil suit against the Canadian government.
Observe that the government's antitrust suits against U.S. corporations, particularly the landmark suits that make the history books, consistently come near stock market peaks, usually slightly afterward.
Last Tuesday's suit comes a year after the government launched an investigation against the national headquarters in St. Petersburg.
Ogletree and Cochran have promised to file similar suits against other corporate targets and the United States government by this fall.
In 1962, Australian Aborigines filed a suit against the Australian federal government for the recovery of traditional tribal lands.
I don't like atheists because they bring pointless law suits against old lady's who work in government buildings that put fake little xmas tree's on their desk or hang up pictures of Santa, or who wear really ugly albeit festive sweaters during the holidays.
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.
«By reason of that usurption and by reason that the sole alternative was to vote against the continuity of State government, members of the Legislature were deprived of their powers under Article III,» the suit continues.
Threat to Life: Court to hear Dasuki's suit on Friday Hearing in the suit on threat to life filed against the Federal Government by the former National Security Adviser (NSA) Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd) is to commence on Friday October 13, 2015 at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Robert, a legal practitioner and environmental activist, through his counsel in the suit, Mr Ebun - Olu Adegboruwa, is asking the court to stop the Federal Government and EFCC from applying for any new remand warrant against him from any court in Nigeria, since a pattern had been established that such remand warrant was only a ploy to keep him in custody indefinitely.
«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 statgovernment 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 statGovernment for appropriate legal action against the states.»
Arik Air Limited has filled a N20 billion suit against the Federal Government and Ethiopian Airlines over recent claims in the media that they were negotiating the takeover of the airline.
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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.
Similar suits are slated to be filed against the Syracuse school district and the state by the Albany - based Government Justice Center.
He also assured people of the state that elections into the 33 local governments and 35 local council development areas (LCDAs) would be held as soon as the suit against the election was settled.
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 General.
The supporting affidavit to the suit deposed to by one of her lawyers, Sammie Somiari, stated, «The investigation into the operations of her pet project, when she was First Lady, is an unprecedented act of animosity against her as none of her projects was funded by the government at any level.
A N50billion bond suit filled by the Action Congress of Nigeria [ACN], Ondo State Chapter against the state government at the Federal High Court Six sitting in Abuja was yesterday adjourned to February 22 of this year.
A N50billion bond suit filled by the Action Congress of Nigeria [ACN], Ondo State Chapter against the state government at the Federal High Court Six sitting...
Hearing in the suit on threat to life filed against the Federal Government by the former National Security Adviser (NSA) Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd) is to commence on Friday October 13, 2015 at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
«Yes, America has a legitimate concern about cyber hacking and trade secrets theft,» says Brian Sun, a trial lawyer with Jones Day in Los Angeles, California, who represented Lee in a successful civil suit against the U.S. government.
Ravenscroft hasn't implemented this feature, which seems better suited to public or charter school systems that must adhere to local or national standards and track their progress against government benchmarks.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has filed suit in court against the US Department of Education, on the grounds that the federal government has rewritten and weakened FERPA's regulations in a way that violates the language and original intent of the law.
The Contractor hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Government, its officers and employees from and against all claims, demands, damages, liabilities, losses, suits and judgments (including all costs and expenses incident thereto) which may be suffered by, accrue against, be charged to or recoverable from the Government, its officers and employees by reason of injury to or death of any person other than officers, agents, or employees of the Government or by reason of damage to property of others of whatsoever kind (other than the property of the Government, its officers, agents or employees) arising out of the operation of the aircraft.
(2) If a claim or suit is later filed against the Contractor as a result of the event, the Contractor shall immediately deliver to the Government every demand, notice, summons, or other process received by the Contractor or its employees or representatives.
However, the ripple effect of the 2012 government suit against Apple and other publishers means that nowadays, publishers set eBook prices, rather than Apple and Amazon — which changes the game.
For example, the federal government filed suit in January of 2017 against Navient, the largest servicer of student loans in the U.S. with 12 million customers who owe $ 300 billion.
Every time a bill is proposed to enact Breed Specific Legislation (BSL), a legal suit against the community government should be filed for negligence for lack of enforcement of the responsible ownership laws that already exist.
Montreal SPCA, in complete opposition to the cities government and Mayor's decision, filed a law suit immediately against the horrific guidelines to kill so many innocent animals by this ruling.
Against this backdrop, players take the role of Sam Gideon, a government agent kitted out with a futuristic battle suit.
You see, there's a loose story of humanity's fight back against the aliens that sees the UNX government provide you with a choice of three advanced combat suits, shuffling you into their corresponding combat roles.
UPDATE: CHEMTRAILS CONFIRMED: Climate Scientist Admits Jets Are «Dumping Aerosols» Original Post: Geoengineering Watch 4/1/2014: Four thousand Swedish Citizens file $ 60 million class Action suit against Swedish government for not responding to questions about covert geoengineering, aka Chemtrails.
There is no doubt that governments try to get changes made to the Reports to suit their political views... In my view this has not succeeded as the scientists have held firm against such changes.
This does not mean that those nations, whose populations and governments have already been scared out of their wits by decades of fear mongering against nuclear power by green lobby groups, etc. will follow suit right away.
In his suit against the EPA, Attorney General Cuccinelli even cited an article from the official Russian government media in order to malign climate scientists.
Those questions are coming to head this week with a ruling over a suit bought by Greenpeace, Defenders of Wildlife and other environmental groups, against the US government.
Of course, Kieffer did get some legal training in prison (indeed, perhaps more than some students receive in law school) by handling his appeal and a subsequent civil suit against the United States government.
The commission makes 100 recommendations featuring six overarching ones: the National Advice and Legal Support Fund mentioned before; prioritising public legal education in schools, alongside financial literacy, and in «education for life»; calling on government to clampdown down «preventable demand» by getting decisions right the first time including a «polluter pays» scheme for the DWP to pay costs on upheld appeals (on average 35 % of appeals against welfare benefits decisions are upheld); an overhaul of the courts to make them better suited for the needs of litigants in person; a national strategy for 2015 — 20, including a «minister for advice and legal support»; and for local authorities to commission local advice and legal support plans.
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.
Our team has worked with US federal, state and local government agencies to defend against governmental enforcement actions and citizen suits, response cost litigation, indemnification claims, toxic tort class actions, imminent and substantial endangerment litigation, and criminal environmental claims.
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