Sentences with phrase «violating state laws against»

Last fall, the New York state attorney general fined 19 SEO companies more than $ 350,000 for posting fake business reviews, saying the firms violated state laws against false advertising and deceptive business practices.

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Texan regulators have had a lot on their plate: in addition to the filing against Bitconnect in early January by state officials, the state's banking commission also clamped down on AriseBank, for violating the law and using the term «bank» in its name, when it was not registered to do so.

It is, at least, apparent that the debates about humanitarian intervention by military force in the last decade, about the creation of international criminal tribunals in a number of cases, about the idea of a state's «universal jurisdiction» in cases of violations of the Genocide Convention or other «crimes against humanity,» about how far the global war on terror may proceed without violating the rights of states, and most recently, about the United - States - led use of force against the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, have all raised important points of positive and customary international law, and that in every one of these cases the outcome remains unsestates, and most recently, about the United - States - led use of force against the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, have all raised important points of positive and customary international law, and that in every one of these cases the outcome remains unseStates - led use of force against the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, have all raised important points of positive and customary international law, and that in every one of these cases the outcome remains unsettled.

An Albany City Court judge ordered former Niagara County Republican Chairman Henry Wojtaszek to pay a $ 1,000 fine for violating a state campaign finance law in 2012, after he pleaded guilty as part of a deal with prosecutors working on the case against former State Sen. George Mazstate campaign finance law in 2012, after he pleaded guilty as part of a deal with prosecutors working on the case against former State Sen. George MazState Sen. George Maziarz.

AG Andrew Cuomo just announced he has filed a second lawsuit against Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., this time accusing the Bronx Democrat of violating labor laws by creating a sham job training program that cheated workers and shortchanged state coffers.

«The problem here is that in some ways what this is based on is the idea that you can violate state law and state prohibitions on using government resources during a campaign as a defense against federal bribery charges,» Kaehny said.

«And his persistent work against wage theft by employers violating laws for prevailing wage, minimum wage and overtime, has recovered millions of dollars that have made a huge difference for many low - income workers in the state.

The state ethics panel is examining whether her comments violated the law against state advocacy on ballot measures; it had already ruled that a state Web site was improperly slanted toward mining interests.

In 2o13, Schneiderman filed a $ 40 million fraud case against Trump on the grounds that he violated state education laws by making it seem like Trump University, his unlicensed real estate seminar program, was a real university.

The Joint Commission on Public Ethics settled its case against Fred Hiffa, formerly of Ostroff, Hiffa, & Associates, Inc., following allegations that he had violated the state's lobbying gift ban in 2006 by hiring Matthew Libous in 2006, retaining the Binghamton lawmaker's son for $ 4,166 a month for one year to a Westchester County - based law firm.

Donald Trump is suing the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, arguing it has violated state law by not responding to his complaint against AG Eric Schneiderman within 45 days of its December, 2013 filing.

Authority to Shut Down Businesses that Violate the Law: The legislation authorizes the Department of State to take immediate actions against a business that is not following the lLaw: The legislation authorizes the Department of State to take immediate actions against a business that is not following the lawlaw.

President Trump has two options, according to USA Today: File lawsuits against sanctuary - observing cities, counties and states for violating federal law by refusing to cooperate with immigration enforcement and withhold federal grant money for local law enforcement agencies.

Another ethics complaint has been filed against Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, claiming free services he received from a law firm violated state law.

Trump, in a lawsuit filed Tuesday, argued the Joint Commission on Public Ethics has violated state law by not responding to his complaint against Schneiderman within 45 days of its December, 2013 filing.

State and federal prosecutors announced on March 16 that they would not seek charges against the mayor, though Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance wrote to the New York State Board of Elections that the fundraising appears to have violated «the intent and spirit of the laws.»

One week after announcing they were exploring the option of requesting a judicial injunction, Assemblyman Ronald Castorina and Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis filed a brief against the city, arguing that expunging the files of the IDNYC program would violate the state's Freedom of Information Law — which explicitly forbids the destruction of documents «with intent to prevent public inspection» — and would overstep the city's legal powers.

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that vouchers violated the state constitution in 2009, and the union and state school boards» association filed suit against education savings accounts shortly after Gov. Jan Brewer signed them into law.

Their suit charged that the state's teacher - certification exam discriminated against blacks, violating their 14th Amendment protections and federal civil rights laws.

The states say they have pursued «numerous costly and time - intensive investigations and enforcement actions against proprietary and for - profit schools» that violated consumer protection laws.

We will continue to draw a bright line against any practices that violate state and federal law.

«In response to an October 2013 complaint filed by the Center for Children's Advocacy against the district, the state conducted an investigation and determined that the district violated its obligations to students under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and state law.

Two lawsuits have been filed by the district against the state, citing the state violated civil - rights law by underfunding Philadelphia and other districts with a large number of minorities.

State anti-bullying laws do not allow you to file a suit against a school district for violating those laws.

JB: The ACLU in Nevada sued shortly after the law was signed in 2015, and the state Supreme Court ruled in 2016 that ESAs do not violate provisions in the Nevada state constitution against providing money to religious or private purposes.

Mr. Cunningham is also referencing a suit in Washington state against the charter school sector that was working its way through the courts at the time — charters in Washington lost, with the state Supreme Court ruling that the state's charter school law violated the state Constitution.

A slew of anti-school choice activists, including the teachers union, state school boards association, and the state PTA, filed two separate legal challenges against the state's school choice laws, alleging that they violate the state constitution's historically anti-Catholic Blaine Amendment, which prohibits public funds from being expended at religious schools, and the state's «uniformity» clause.

According to Richard Soto, general counsel for the California Charter Schools, that would violate state law (see LA Times: Charter school backers campaign against proposed L.A. moratorium).

Because how do you tell people, «Well this great device that works really well, and it's the smoothest check - out process of any device or format that we offer here in the library — but it violates your privacy, it jeopardizes your intellectual freedom, and, you know, it might kinda be against state law, but I'm not really sure.»

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey filed a lawsuit in August against the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA)-- doing business as FedLoan Servicing — and claimed it violated state and federal laws by not discharging loans for borrowers who agreed to accept certain public sector jobs.

He has successfully litigated hundreds of claims against credit card companies that willfully violate the bankruptcy code as well as other state and federal laws designed to protect consumers.

Salzer v. King Kong Zoo The Animal Legal Defense Fund is assisting in legal representation of several North Carolina residents who filed a lawsuit against King Kong Zoo for violating the state's animal cruelty law.

PETA filed an official complaint against the Westminster Kennel Club in 2004, claiming that its support of tail - docking violated New York state laws against inhumane procedures on dogs [source: PETA].

Earthjustice has filed a legal challenge against JEA, Florida's largest municipal electric utility, because it is violating state law by short - changing customers who want to use rooftop solar energy.

Trump sued the law firm Morrison Cohen and partner David Scharf in state Supreme Court in Manhattan claiming references to him on the firm's Web site and in press articles violates law against using a person's name in advertising without consent.

«Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer's judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable.»

A photographer, an actress, a college student and two minors filed suit against Facebook on Monday, alleging that the site violates state privacy law and misleads members into believing that the information that they post can be accessed only by designated «friends» and not third parties, reports the Associated Press.

A court can not strike down a law for being a stupid idea; it can only strike down the law for violating a more fundamental law (i.e. state and federal constitutions, including striking down state laws for going against...

The State of Vermont filed a lawsuit against a patent troll company for allegedly violating the state's consumer protection State of Vermont filed a lawsuit against a patent troll company for allegedly violating the state's consumer protection state's consumer protection laws.

It is also against the law for an employer to engage in retaliation against an employee for refusing to violate laws and for whistle - blowing — reporting unlawful employer conduct and violations of any state or federal law to a government or law enforcement agency.

This suit makes its way to the State Supreme Court after the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled (2 - 1) against the plaintiff citing his failure to prove that either Wabash or Phi Psi violated Indiana's codified hazing law (IC § 34 -30-2-150).

A federal civil rights law, 42 U.S.C. Section 1983, allows United States citizens to file a lawsuit against police officers who violate the Fourth Amendment's protection against the use of excessive force.

CHANHASSEN, Minn. (Legal Newsline)- Targeted by class action lawyers in several states, MyPillow is defending itself against claims that its special offers violate the consumer protection laws of several states.

A federal civil rights law, 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 allows United States citizens to sue officers of the law for violating the Fourth Amendment's protection against the use of excessive force.

Our law firm near El Monte also represent clients in civil lawsuits against law enforcement for violating Federal and State Civil Rights.

Our criminal defense law firm also represents clients in civil lawsuits against law enforcement for violating Federal and State Civil Rights.

For example, suppose that I sue you for failing to repay a loan under state law in state court, and you counterclaim against me for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act under federal law.

Illinois» Cook County, which includes Chicago and surrounding areas, is joining the legal fight against Facebook and Cambridge Analytica over the misuse of data scraped from social media profiles, claiming that both companies violated state fraud law.

Other than empowering State Attorney Generals to investigate and pursue legal action against violating companies, the primary purpose of data breach notification laws is to ensure that if personal information belonging to platform users and service consumers is compromised, then the target of the breach is under obligation to duly notify any person whose data has been leaked.

But employers also must avoid the risk of violating federal and state laws that mandate background checks be conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner, protect against violating applicants» privacy and maintain workers» confidentiality.