Sentences with phrase «which sued over»

If they don't act, they could face another lawsuit from the US Justice Department, which sued over this issue in 2010.

It's about forcing the city to comply with the Campaign for Fiscal Equity which sued over inequitable distribution of funding among wealthier and poorer school districts back in 1993.

Not exact matches

In 2013, for example, Magnetar and several other hedge funds sued over the acquisition by 3M (mmm) of biometrics company Cogent, seeking about 55 % more money for their shares in the target, which they claimed were priced too low.

He's upset that the Grocery Manufacturers Association (of which Starbucks is a member), is suing Vermont over the state's new law that will require labelling of foods containing genetically modified ingredients by summer of 2016.

Prominent venture capitalist and co-founder of Kholsa Ventures Vinod Khosla was back in the news this week after being sued over his privatization of a once - public California beach, which he purchased in 2008 for nearly $ 40 million.

And way over in Ireland, which has been devastated by the financial crash and subsequent austerity, an organization called Debtoptions is taking the fight to the banks by suing them.

But when workers sue over labor issues — discrimination, for example, or wrongful termination — companies sometimes find that the contractor designation, which they thought would protect them from liability, doesn't hold up in court.

Alphabet rarely, if ever, sues over any issues with people or other companies, which means this litigation carries a lot of weight.

Apple, which sued Qualcomm in January over patent royalties, is a sponsor of The App Association.

The agency, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which sued Mr. Corzine in 2013 over MF Global's collapse and misuse of $ 1 billion in customer money, could announce a deal by the end of this year if the agency's three commissioners approve it.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which won a record $ 602 million civil settlement with SAC over the trades in March, also must move by July if it decides to sue Cohen personally.

The Great White North Franchisee Association's U.S. branch, a group claiming to represent at least half of Tim Hortons» owners south of the border, said Thursday that it is suing Restaurant Brands International, which has headquarters in Oakville, Ont., over a contract clause forcing all disputes to be handled in a Miami court.

For that reason, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, which had sued the FDA over menu labeling delays, put their lawsuit on hold in September.

Weick is suing Financial Freedom Senior Funding over a foreclosure that started with a dispute over which hurricane insurance Weick needed to buy — and an unpaid bill for it.

He also was not the handpicked candidate of Uber investor Benchmark, which controls a board seat and is currently suing Kalanick over claims that he withheld crucial information regarding company operations.

The selection also ends a two - month search that was met with constant speculation and reported meddling by Kalanick, which lead Benchmark, one of its largest investors, to sue the former CEO over allegedly pulling strings to return as chief.

Alphabet is suing Uber for patent infringement over a crucial self - driving technology called lidar, which is a laser - based radar.

Practical, as in being sued into bankruptcy when something goes wrong over which a bishops conference can have no control.

Leaders from the Episcopal, Methodist and Catholic churches of Alabama sued the state's governor, its attorney general and a district attorney this month over the law, which is to go into effect September 1.

Update (May 23): The Arizona state senate has approved a state - level Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which will «would allow people to sue over potential violations of religious freedom,» according to the Associated Press.

Colin Hart, chief executive of the institute, accused the government overreacting, on Premier's «News Hour», he said: «You may or may not agree with it, but one thing you can't do is sue the school over the way in which history is taught or maths is taught or whatever subject there is, because the law excludes discrimination from the content of the curriculum, but that's to change for independent schools, free schools and academies»

Crucifixes are all over Italy in public places and it will be hard for that person not to notice a crucifix in any public place INCLUDING the public schools there... so I don't know why this person would suddenly sue the government for having a crucifix at a walking or sitting at a PUBLIC school which does not teach religion any more than a walking at a PUBLIC pedestrian where you would probably find more crucifixes as you walk by.

Everett Piper — the president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University, which sued the federal government over the ACA birth control mandate — and Montse Alvarado — executive director of Becket, a leading religious liberty law firm which represented the Little Sisters of the Poor in their contraceptive fight — spoke at the HHS announcement and applauded the new office, as did Jewish and Muslim representatives.

ISDS is the controversial mechanism by which Philip Morris is suing the Australian Government over tobacco advertising under an obscure Hong Kong trade treaty.

In a landmark case being globally monitored, farmer Steve Marsh is suing his former friend Michael Baxter over the contamination in 2010, which cost Marsh his organic certification and an estimated $ 85,000 in earnings.

To that end, groups of current and former NFL cheerleaders have used multiple lawsuits to sue both the league and the teams that feature cheerleaders (the Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns and the New York Giants do not employ cheerleaders; the Buffalo Bills also do not employ cheerleaders but have been sued over the Buffalo Jills, which the Bills discontinued in 2014).

The ruling was a victory for Edgewater residents Robert and Mildred Tong, who sued the district last summer over its refusal to engrave the religious statement on a brick for which they had paid $ 50 in a Senn Park fundraiser.

The mesothelioma advocate said she learned through Taub's patients that he had been referring them to law firm Weitz & Luxenberg, which made money suing over the rare cancer that is caused by exposure to asbestos.

One proposal that has taken a hit in popularity, however, is the governor's push to sue the federal government over the December federal tax reform law, which garners 49 percent support, down from 58 percent in January.

«I object to the complete evisceration of all legal issues we have won throughout the years in the courts,» said Judy Bachman, president of Citizens Equal Rights Alliance, which is suing the federal government over Oneida nation trust land.

Milly Dowler's parents are suing the News of the World over the allegations, which David Cameron has described as «appalling.»

After she left City Hall, the relationship with Miner continued to sour, with stories leaking about disputes over hiring and a lawsuit in which Perez Williams» ex-husband's law firm sued the administration, which was refusing to pay for work done.

Senator Savino's bill S. 5152, which passed the Senate, would grant courts the power to make the assignee of an auto loan pay reasonable attorney's fees if a consumer sues the assignee and wins, over and above the limitation on assignee liability that currently exists in statute.

The city of Syracuse, which named COR as its developer, is now suing COR over tax breaks for the Inner Harbor project that the company obtained from Onondaga County's industrial development agency.

While the county and some environmental groups remain in court over similar action taken in 2011, Bob DeLuca, executive director of Group for the East End — which did not take legal action then — said his organization's members are deciding for themselves whether or not to sue.

The chairman of the NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board, Richard Emery, says there is nothing improper about his civil rights law firm representing a Queens man suing the city and eight cops over an incident in which the agency validated the client's allegation of excessive police force.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is seeking to join the lawsuit launched by attorneys general from several states, including Oregon, and Minnesota and led by Washington, which was the first state to sue over the original ban, resulting in its being halted by a federal judge in Seattle.

Quinn also heard it from her opponents — particularly de Blasio — over her handling of the city's living wage law, which is currently tied up in courts after the Bloomberg administration sued to halt it.

Instead, he holds out the false notion of suing the federal government over loss of the SALT deduction, which is a complete non-starter with little legal merit.

It also would have paid for any related litigation, which would have allowed him to sue the town board over whether the town's highway department should maintain the roads at the private Oak Hills community in Baiting Hollow.

This week, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo used his state - of - the - state speech to pledge to sue over the GOP tax plan, which he called «an assault» by the federal government.

This removes many difficulties with attempting to sue over past actions (which have been mentioned in other questions and comments).

Cuomo said New York would sue the Trump administration over a provision in the new law which caps a deduction for state and local taxes at $ 10,000, a change which will mean significantly higher taxes for many residents in high - tax states such as New York.

We'll have a separate roundup on the whirlwind of Espada stories in just a few minutes — until then, here's some other, non-Espada related news happening in the borough this morning: A group of tenants in Kingsbridge are suing over unlivable conditions in their Heath Avenue apartment building, which has over 900 open violations.

The announcement comes after the city was sued by two Republican Assembly members to retain data, which Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed to destroy rather than turn over to the federal government in the wake of Donald Trump's election.

A majority of the councilors are suing the mayor's office over requests to sign the agreement, which the lawmakers say allows the administration access their confidential communication and research.

Democrats, which include some of the same people who fled the state in 2011 over Right to Work and then sued the state to get their back pay, have called on Republicans to donate their pay, Republicans responded, and by my last count about 15 of them will donate to charity, which is five more members than the entire Senate Democratic caucus.

Lawmakers now face a pretty bleak pair of options: pass the furlough — which the state worker unions obviously despise, and plan to sue over — or shut down government.

The Progressive People's Party (PPP), which is already in court against the Commission's filing fees for presidential and parliamentary nominees, has indicated it will sue the Commission again for contempt, over its decision to accept their Flagbearer's filing fee, despite an injunction prohibiting that action.

The living - wage measure, which was passed into law over Michael Bloomberg's veto in 2012, would have covered more than 12,000 jobs had Bloomberg not sued to stop it, according to a study released last July by the union that pushed the bill, the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union.