Sentences with phrase «threat of a lawsuit against»

Wilber said developers» efforts to secure access for surveys have also been a concern because tactics have included the threat of lawsuits against property owners.

A City Council candidate, Dashia Imperiale, then interjected, asking why the threat of a lawsuit against the city is only being mentioned now.

The suit alleges that shortly after the sketch of The Force 1 was published two days before Christmas last year, Aston Martin demanded that he change the design of the car or not display in Detroit at all, under the threat of a lawsuit against him.

Fisker claims that the threat of the lawsuit against him is unfounded because the company has admitted that it doesn't know if the Force 1 is actually similar to the DB10 because it has not seen the car.

IN the company's view, self - represented claimants present no real threat of a lawsuit against the insured person.

Not exact matches

In his response letter, the Times» lawyer bluntly declined those requests from Trump's legal team despite the threat of a potential libel lawsuit against the newspaper.

The Paypal cofounder and Facebook board member also argued his bankrolling of a lawsuit brought by pro-wrestler Terry «Hulk Hogan» Bollea against media conglomerate Gawker, which ultimately drove the company into bankruptcy, was not a threat to freedom of the press.

: A new class - action lawsuit against Facebook for complaints of privacy violations is a «multibillion - dollar threat,» Bloomberg News writes.

Interestingly, it comes despite ongoing investigations into Coinbase staff for alleged insider trading, and the ongoing threat of a class action lawsuit against the San Francisco - based company in the US.

I'm not a lawyer, but have had to do some research on SLAPP / anti-SLAPP because threats of defamation lawsuits against those who speak out seem to arise regularly in situations that involve alleged spiritual abuse.

Questions during the off - topic portion of the press conference included his opinion of the expected Democratic candidate in the 11th Congressional District special election and whether he'll campaign for Gentile, the prospect of Department of Homeland Security losing funding, religious organizations renting City school facilities for prayer / worship services and the related lawsuit, a NY Post report criticizing a newly - created NYPD training program, reported terror threats against shopping malls, the absence of a Lunar New Year message from the mayor and his non-attendance at the Lunar New Year parade, his reaction to Governor Cuomo's comment that their relationship will be «the best relationship between a mayor and governor in modern political history,» his scheduled trip to Albany on Wednesday and delays in federal funding of Sandy rebuilding.

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).

The chemical is currently the subject of a class action lawsuit launched against Syngenta by 15 water providers in Illinois who are seeking at least $ 350 million for facilities to purify drinking water of atrazine, which they say poses a threat to human health.

Is the threat of a viable lawsuit against a statewide teaching assessment system even well founded?

But it's also sparked controversy and legal battles, including threats this week of a lawsuit by the Department of Justice against Apple and its publishing partners.

As long as the EPA properly follows its existing and well - tested regulatory rule - making processes and procedures; and as long as the anti-carbon regulations are themselves fair and impartial in their application, then this two - prong regulatory attack on carbon emissions can be made bulletproof against the threat of lawsuits.

I mean, how many people will understand such a soft action against the threat of lawsuits, etc, etc..

Motivating the deal was the green groups» threat of ongoing lawsuits against the plant and encouragement of costly regulatory impositions, and their promise to support full cost - recovery for PG&E if it closed the plant.

It was five years ago today that the RIAA filed its first round of lawsuits against 261 defendants, observes David Kravets of Wired's Threat Level blog.

In essence, SLAPPs are lawsuits, or the threat of a lawsuit, directed against individuals or organizations, in order to silence and deter their public criticisms and advocacy for change.

Whether unintended or intended, the effect of the lawsuit against all five protestors was to intimidate, silence, disrupt further protests and to breakup groups through threat of lawsuit and privatizing a matter of public importance within the judicial system.

The court rationalized that an abusive patentee without malice should not be permitted to avoid the «forthright course» (of actually carrying out a lawsuit) and instead rely on empty threats against a purchaser.

The threat of a lawsuit continuing to hang over his head, where damages claimed against him are «well in excess of $ 10,000,000.00», may well have an impact on his ability to carry on his business affairs.»

Business owners in Huntington must protect their assets against the very real threat of natural disasters, as well as property crimes and lawsuits.

In the past, when one of the biggest threats looming over Android was Apple's patent lawsuits against Samsung which was Google's biggest partner, it was to protect Samsung and other manufacturers from Apple's lawsuits that Google purchased Motorola Mobility.

These concerns arise through threats of litigation made against the association, and while a court might direct a respondent - plaintiff to exercise the appeal remedy available through the association prior to filing a lawsuit against the association, dismissal of a legal challenge is not a certainty, particularly if the respondent - plaintiff can argue that the association's appeal remedy, though available, would result in a predetermined or sham conclusion.

The Broker filed a lawsuit that included claims against Gross and Frank, claiming that they had a duty to warn him of the threats made against him by the Attacker.