Sentences with phrase «who file lawsuits»

One of the primary goals of this new legislation was to ensure that Canada did not open the floodgates to «copyright trolls» (copyright plaintiffs who file lawsuits simply to extort quick settlements) and devolve into the shocking state of copyright litigation south of the border.

Popular culture tends to shames people who file lawsuits.

Those who file lawsuits are taking action to hold negligent people liable for the harm they cause, which is not only a form of seeking justice, but could also help to mitigate injuries to others in the future.

If doctors really want to avoid plaintiffs who file lawsuits, they can easily run background checks on them; malpractice complaints are a matter of public record.

Lila Chavez, the passenger who filed the lawsuit, claimed she has suffered post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, and other personal injuries in the days after the flight made an emergency landing in Philadelphia, according the the lawsuit detailed by NPR.

The school would be shut down after five years and, earlier this year, a $ 25 million settlement was finalized with former students who filed a lawsuit against Trump's real estate academy for predatory practices.

We'll get to that in a minute, though, because also on stage was David Carroll, the associate professor at Parsons School of Design in New York who filed a lawsuit against Cambridge to find out what data the company has about him.

His widow Zecole Thomas, who filed a lawsuit last fall, has blamed a demoralizing work culture, noting that colleagues were causing him to question his abilities.

The Winklevoss twins are trying, as is Martin Lewis — a British journalist who filed a lawsuit against Facebook for allowing his name to be used in crypto scams on the platform.

Archbishop Raphel Cheenath, who filed the lawsuit, asked for about $ 6,000 per damaged house and about $ 22,500 for each family member killed in the riots.

King's announcement came a week after Bishop Eddie Long, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Church, settled out of court with four young men who filed lawsuits against him last year claiming he coerced them into sexual relationships.

Miner, who filed the lawsuit Tuesday, is trying to halt the Inner Harbor project because the Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency gave the developer nearly $ 45 million in tax breaks over her objections.

Judge Roanne Mann has until March 12 to give her recommendation for the state's proposed congressional plan, according to lawyer Dan Burstein, one of the plaintiffs who filed a lawsuit to have the redistricting process put -LSB-...]

Reps. Kathleen Rice of New York and Ted Lieu of California, both former prosecutors, have asked the FBI to investigate payments from Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, to Daniels, who filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the president in Los Angeles Superior Court.

In a decision dated Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Mae D'Agostino turned aside each of the arguments made by the truck's owners, Andrea Loguidice and Brendan Snooks, who filed the lawsuit in 2013 after being denied a permit to sell their wares at Empire State Plaza as part of the state's summer lunch program.

«If Melissa puts in her person as commissioner, she gets to place all kinds of friends in jobs,» said Arthur Schwartz, a borough Democratic district leader who filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Manhattan Democratic Party and leader Keith Wright to block her appointee.

That step had long been sought by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who filed a lawsuit against the company last month on behalf of its employees.

Schneiderman — a powerful Democrat who filed lawsuits against President Donald Trump, himself accused of sexual misconduct, and a sexual harassment lawsuit against disgraced Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein — announced his resignation on Monday night.

That step had long been sought by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who filed a lawsuit against the company last month on behalf of its employees.

Bob Bastress, a law professor who has argued many ballot access cases over the past 32 years, will be representing the independent candidate who filed the lawsuit.

But the plan was met with widespread condemnation from local officials — who filed lawsuits to stop it — and furious community members.

A state judge ruled earlier this month that, while the plaintiffs who filed the lawsuit had no legal standing to make the challenge, the governor could do so.

Ramanathan, Smith's predecessor at Ed Trust - West, testified as a witness for students who filed the lawsuit.

This e-reader was a byproduct of stolen product designs from Spring Design, who filed a lawsuit and settled out of court in 2011 for millions for dollars.

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.

This option didn't go down well with rock band No Doubt, who filed a lawsuit claiming that the feature was a breach of their contract with Activision.

BISMARCK, ND — Two North Dakota farmers who filed a lawsuit in June to end the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) ban on commercial hemp farming in the United States were in U.S. District Court on Wednesday, November 14, 2007.

ST. PAUL, MN — Two North Dakota farmers, who filed a lawsuit in June of 2007 to end the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) ban on commercial hemp farming in the U.S., will be back in court on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota.

BISMARCK, ND — Two North Dakota farmers who filed a lawsuit in June to end the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) ban on commercial hemp farming in the United States will have their day in court on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 in Bismarck, North Dakota.

Former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of State, is set to be deposed today by lawyers for a group of 21 young plaintiffs, aged 9 to 20, who filed a lawsuit claiming the U.S. government failed to protect their rights to life, liberty, and property by not taking action to halt global warming.

State and local government representatives from 18 states wrote a letter to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the Information Technology Industry Council (ITIC), who filed the lawsuit, expressing their continued support for state and local laws that give the electronics manufacturers responsibility for financing effective takeback services for all the products they are selling in those states.

The EPA has dragged its feet long enough, say environmental groups who filed a lawsuit yesterday to force the agency to finalize new regulations for the containment and disposal of coal ash — the toxic solid waste from coal plants that most people had never heard of before the TVA spill in Tennessee in December 2008.

The officials who filed this lawsuit are in need of a civics lesson, says an editorial in the Austin American - Statesman:

The 25 - year - old man who filed the lawsuit said that Rose's «negligent» absence has caused the lawsuit - filer mental and emotional distress, culminating in multiple mental breakdowns and leading to incredible weight gain.

In Pustejovsky v. Rapid - American Corp., the firm represented an ironworker who filed a lawsuit for asbestosis decades previously, but was later diagnosed with mesothelioma.

Learn from the follies of others, like the guy who filed a lawsuit on a client's behalf without ever meeting or getting the consent of the client.

You hire an attorney who files a lawsuit on your behalf against the other driver.

A California woman who filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson over their baby powder will receive $ 417 million in compensatory and punitive damages.

Ms. Berg was the first in a long line of women who filed lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson, claiming that the manufacturing giant's baby powder products caused their deadly disease.

The person who files the lawsuit is called a «plaintiff» and the party the lawsuit is filed against is called the «defendant.»

, 75 Notre Dame L. Rev. 221, 221 (1999)(«A judicial precedent requires not only an aggrieved party who files a lawsuit, but also that the case goes to trial, and perhaps appeal, without a settlement.»).

Loretta Lee, an ex-Google engineer who filed a lawsuit against her former employer last month, posted a blog to her website Unicorn Techie today decrying the state of gender inclusion in software engineering and the tech industry in general.

David Carroll is an associate professor at Parsons School of Design who filed a lawsuit against Cambridge Analytica when he said he found out it collected data on him.

The law firm of Girard Gibbs who filed this lawsuit on behalf of the plaintiffs is rumored to now be preparing a second class action against Google relating to Pixel phone display burn - in issues with the latest Pixel 2.

Loretta Lee, an ex-Google engineer who filed a lawsuit against her former employer last month, posted a blog to her...

The civil lawyer may either represent the plaintiff (one who files the lawsuit) or the defendant (one who is being sued).

But that view is being challenged by Aaron Farmer, broker - owner of Texas Discount Realty in Austin, who filed a lawsuit, sparking the court order.

Not exact matches

Chavez sat three seats behind the window that smashed and partially sucked out the passenger who later died and «prayed and feared for her life» as she contacted her children and prepared to die, according to the lawsuit filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Spotify was hit in late December by another lawsuit seeking a class - action suit filed by David Lowery, the leader of alternative rock bands Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven who is also an academic.

Under Kalanick, Uber had run roughshod over regulators, faced accusations of rampant sexual harassment, and allegedly obtained medical records of a woman in who said an Uber driver in India had raped her (Uber recently settled a U.S. lawsuit that the woman had filed against the company).