Sentences with phrase «week in a federal lawsuit»

A California jury gave the furry frown queen more than $ 700,000 this week in a federal lawsuit over the use of her identity.

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That's according to a federal lawsuit filed last week in U.S. District Court in San Francisco.

The preliminary injunction, filed in federal court on Friday, comes a few weeks after Waymo filed an explosive lawsuit accusing Uber of stealing the design for its lidar sensor that allows the car to detect obstacles.

Coinbase claimed the IRS demands are illegally broad and refused to comply, which in turn led the IRS to file a federal lawsuit last week to enforce the summons.

With talk this week that the Naperville Park District could settle a federal lawsuit over trapshooting in the city's Sportsman's Park, there are indications that not all the players in the matter are on the same page.

Last week, Paladino's attorney notified the state education commissioner of their plans to file a federal lawsuit and asked her to stop moving forward with three appeals to remove him from the board until it had played out in court.

A Manhattan federal judge ordered The New York Times to produce the author of an editorial for testimony next week in former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's lawsuit alleging she was defamed by a false claim that her political committee incited the gunman who shot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in 2011.

New York Republicans are preparing to file a lawsuit in federal court this week that would force Democratic Gov. David Paterson to call a special election for the seat vacated by former Rep. Eric Massa (D - N.Y.).

It was only this week that the agency settled a federal lawsuit over its mismanagement of last year's presidential primary that resulted in a wrongful purge of 117,000 voters.

With a week to go before a removal hearing in Albany, Buffalo School Board Member Carl Paladino is fighting back with a federal lawsuit saying the board and its governing majority is violating his First Amendment Constitutional rights.

An assistant principal in Alabama filed a federal lawsuit last week challenging classroom prayers, Bible distribution, and other religious practices he contends his school district has long condoned in violation of the U.S. Constitution.

Parents of children assigned to failing schools in the New York City and Albany, N.Y., systems claimed in a lawsuit last week that those districts had denied students the chance to transfer or receive supplemental services as required by the federal law.

Washington — Negotiations that could lead to stricter federal controls on asbestos in school buildings are scheduled to begin this week, as the Environmental Protection Agency and a union representing school - maintenance employees attempt to settle a lawsuit over the issue.

An inter-district desegregation lawsuit in St. Louis appeared near resolution last week as a federal district judge agreed to postpone for seven days a hearing to determine the liability of eight suburban school districts for segregation in the city's schools.

What it is: Filed in 2007, the federal lawsuit filed against the state for failing to ensure special - education students are served in the «least restrictive environment» reached final settlement this week with a consent agreement between the plaintiffs and the Christie administration.

But in asking the Court last week not to hear the lawsuit, Grove City College v. Bell, the Administration also asked the Court not to resolve an issue that has perplexed many schools and colleges, women's rights advocates, and lower federal courts in recent months: whether entire educational institutions, or only their component parts that receive federal aid directly, are required to comply...

The Tangipahoa Parish, La., school board unanimously agreed last week to change the word «prayer» to «invocation» in its practice on prayers before board meetings, a policy under challenge in a federal court lawsuit.

The California Teachers Association apparently thinks it scored a major legal victory last week when a federal judge in Santa Ana dismissed a lawsuit challenging the public teachers union's collection of fees from nonmember teachers for both collective bargaining purposes and political activity.

Following last week's filing of Martinez v. Malloy by a group of students and parents in Connecticut, the groundbreaking new federal education equality lawsuit has earned continued local and national media coverage.

After a week of public fighting between two of Louisiana's top elected officials, Attorney General Jeff Landry has decided to join with Gov. John Bel Edwards in seeking the dismissal of the state's Common Core lawsuit against the federal government.

This week, The Wall Street Journal published an op - ed by Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. and Joshua S. Lipshutz, two lead members of the legal team behind Vergara v. California and the new federal education equality lawsuit, Martinez v. Malloy, in which the attorneys make the case for a constitutional right to education and federal legal protections for disadvantaged students.

A Chicago - area pet store chain must now be a tad more honest about where they get their puppies thanks to a settlement reached in a federal lawsuit last week.

This week, a federal judge in New York refused to throw out a photographer's lawsuit against Mr. Prince over Mr. Prince's use of an image in an exhibition.

Last week, the Viennese nonprofit Archiv Franz West accused the Gagosian of damaging the late artist's legacy by planning to use «unauthorized» versions of his work in the exhibition, according to a Manhattan Federal Court lawsuit.

In the wake of a hearing last month on this and several related lawsuits, a Federal District Court judge in Washington, D.C., this week ordered the Interior Department to explain its decision not to seek the greatest protectioIn the wake of a hearing last month on this and several related lawsuits, a Federal District Court judge in Washington, D.C., this week ordered the Interior Department to explain its decision not to seek the greatest protectioin Washington, D.C., this week ordered the Interior Department to explain its decision not to seek the greatest protection.

Last week, federal district court judge Ann Aiken in Oregon ruled against the federal government's motion to dismiss, an important hurdle to clear for the lawsuit to move forward.

Alsup ordered the tutorial as part of his ruling last week that the San Francisco and Oakland lawsuit would be heard in federal court, as opposed to California state court.

Ahead of the much - discussed «climate tutorial» in a federal court last week, Chevron quietly filed a memo with the court listing its key points and arguments in favor of dismissing the climate lawsuits, in which the cities of San Francisco and Oakland are targeting it and four other oil and gas companies.

How did a failing California solar company, buffeted by short sellers and shareholder lawsuits, receive a $ 1.2 billion federal loan guarantee for a photovoltaic electricity ranch project - three weeks after it announced it was building new manufacturing plant in Mexicali, Mexico, to build the panels for the project.

A week ago, I reported here that that a federal judge in Georgia had dismissed without prejudice Fastcase's declaratory judgment lawsuit against Casemaker over the latter's claims of copyright in Georgia state regulations.

The Dallas Observer reports (via Consumerist), that Gary Cole, an inmate at a high - security prison in Colorado, filed a federal lawsuit in Texas this week alleging that Taco Bell stole his idea for the Doritos tacos.

This week, the recipient of such a threat made a pre-emptive strike, filing a lawsuit in a federal court in California seeking a declaratory judgment that the First Amendment applies even to the almighty iPhone.

Two weeks ago, Legal Blog Watch mentioned that a band formed in 1989 as Supernova had filed a federal court lawsuit alleging trademark infringement and other claims against the producers of the rock - reality show Rock Star: Supernova.

Other developments also include a class action lawsuit filed last week in the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench and which has been brought against the federal government and the Canadian Wheat Board on behalf of western Canadian farmers seeking to recover the alleged value of the assets of the Canadian Wheat Board.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that They Tieu is seeking more than $ 100,000 in damages through a federal lawsuit that was filed in court last week.

The possibility for more universal disclosure requirements moved one step closer last week, when three U.S. Senators introduced legislation that would make litigation financing disclosure mandatory in certain kinds of federal court lawsuits.

With at least six Florida personal injury lawyers now facing unrelated criminal charges for defrauding auto insurers and the Sunshine State already in the running for this year's # 1 ranking among the nation's Judicial Hellholes, a panel of four federal judges last week imposed nearly $ 9.2 million in sanctions on two Jacksonville - based plaintiffs» firms for their shameless pursuit of more than 1,200 «frivolous and factually baseless lawsuits» against tobacco defendants... → Read More: Two Florida Firms» Fraudulent Tobacco Claims Draw Nearly $ 9.2 Million in Sanctions

A new case was filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County last week and outlines allegations similar to those laid out in six other lawsuits filed against Facebook in a federal court.

The Walt Disney Co. secretly collects personal information on some of their youngest customers and shares that data illegally with advertisers without parental consent, according to a federal lawsuit filed late last week in California.

As The Seattle Times reports, three men filed a lawsuit against Microsoft in the US District Court in Florida last week, claiming that the frequent «Get Windows 10» upgrade prompts were in violation of laws regarding unsolicited electronic advertising, and potentially in breach of Federal Trade Commission regulations on «deceptive and unfair practices».

Written By Attorney Lester Rosen, Founder & CEO of Employment Screening Resources (ESR) Two class action lawsuits filed in federal courts in Wisconsin by the same lawyers and the same lead plaintiff within one week of each other and both alleging the same cause of action underscore the prevalence of class action lawsuits for violations...

The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) was hit this week with a federal class - action lawsuit stemming from its failure to supply enough foster home beds in the state's...