He has a wide range of experience which includes working
with both plaintiffs and defendants in commercial litigation, employment matters, civil rights and disputes relating to the Illinois Video Gaming Act.
I work
with both plaintiffs and defendants, so my in - depth reviews and case evaluations include assessments from a variety of closely considered angles.
Wells Fargo, U.S. Bank, and other financial institutions began tapping psychologists around 2007 to help high - net - worth broods navigate interpersonal dramas, which often wind up
with plaintiffs and defendants bleeding money.
Represents clothing manufacture in connection
with both plaintiff and defendant litigation.
Will a judge now be required to review all settlements by calling in all plaintiffs and defendants to his court room and conducing a hearing on each settlement
with each plaintiff and defendant?
Not exact matches
Yieldify denies this, countering that «in March 2013, Mr. Jay Radia,
Defendant's Chief Executive Officer,
and Mr. Meelan Radia,
Defendant's Chief Technical Officer, met
with representatives of
Plaintiff.
If both sides, through their eyes
and their people's eyes, have concluded that the
plaintiff is absolutely going to win this case,
and the
plaintiff is going to get a lot of money because they're totally on board
with everything that has been presented, then that might be a good reason for the
defendant to agree to a settlement
with the
plaintiff for less money than the potential exposure if the jury comes back
and finds willful infringement.
It is the first
defendant to settle
and agreed to help the
plaintiffs with their case against the remaining
defendants, which are American Airlines Group (aal), Delta Air Lines (dal)
and United Continental Holdings (ual).
«To place
defendants» argument in a real world context,» she wrote, «they assert that for the payment of approximately $ 100 a year to the Copyright Office (the payment for a Section 111 compulsory license)
and without compliance
with the strictures of the Communications Act or
plaintiffs» consent, that they are entitled to use
and profit from the
plaintiffs» copyrighted works.»
To quote a legal friend: «
defendants with documentation, records
and client acknowledgements are the best protection from the
plaintiff's bar.»
Defendant Bulliard, concededly, has a perfect right, so far as
plaintiff is concerned, to make sauce in accordance
with the patent, but he does not pretend to be doing so,
and, in fact, since the adoption of the National Prohibition Amendment to the Constitution
and the passage of an enforcement statute by Congress, he may not do so, as the patented process provided for a mixture of alcohol as well as vinegar
with the pepper pulp.
Not only did
defendant adopt the name
and imitate the bottles
and cartons in use by
plaintiff, but at the very beginning, when he started the manufacture
and sale of his sauce in competition
with the long established business of
plaintiff, he printed on his bottle labels a caution to use «only the genuine Evangeline,» thus apparently seeking to create the impression that such «Evangeline» Tabasco Sauce was an old
and established brand, against spurious imitations of which the public should be warned.
Such of these other manufacturers, including
defendant, whose use of the word «Tabasco» came to the knowledge of
plaintiff and its predecessors, have been warned to the effect that they have no right to use the word in connection
with the sauce, or to use similar packages,
and quite a number of suits for infringement have been filed by
plaintiff, most of which have been terminated by consent decrees.
A declaration that
defendant (Asamoah Gyan) on the 13th day of February, 2015 did have natural
and unnatural sex
with plaintiff (Sarah Kwablah) without her consent.
Plaintiff says that as at the 1st day of September, 2016, she had completed in electing a Presidential candidate
with a vice presidential candidate
and also prepared 275 parliamentary candidates ready to sponsor them to the public office of the Presidency
and Parliament of the Republic of Ghana through the 2016 Ghanaian Presidential
and Parliamentary Elections being conducted by the 1st
Defendant.
Plaintiff states again that C.I. 94 only re-state the mandate of the 1st
Defendant vested discretion of determining the filing fees
with respect to the 2016 general elections
and not the specific fees to be charged
and basis of the fees charged as required by law.
Plaintiff states that on Thursday September 8, 2016, she participated in an Inter-Party Advisory Committee, IPAC, meeting called by the 1st
Defendant together
with other registered political parties in Ghana during which the parties were informed by the 1st
Defendant that the filing fees for Presidential
and Parliamentary Elections would be GHC50, 000.00
and GHC10, 000.00 respectively.
Plaintiff again states that in order to fully participate in this year's general elections, she must find
and deposit
with the 1st
Defendant an amount of GHC2, 800,000.00 of which fees
and or deposit of fees would be confiscated to the State should
Plaintiff failed to secure at least 25 % of the presidential votes
and 12.5 % votes in each constituency parliamentary votes in the general elections.
Plaintiff further avers that 1st
Defendant could only exercise that discretionary power upon publishing a statutory instrument
with regulations that are not inconsistent
with PNDC Laws 284
and 286
and also the provisions of the 1992 Constitution to govern the exercise of the discretionary power.
AN ORDER OF MANDAMUS is made directing
and or compelling the
Defendants / Respondents to provide the
Plaintiff / Applicant
with up to date information on recovered stolen funds since the return of civilian rule in 1999, including:
He also sought an order of perpetual injunction restraining the
defendants and their agents from interfering
with his rights
and or privileges as a senator
and preventing him from entering «or remaining within the precinct or chamber of the Senate or National Assembly or attempting to forcibly remove him from the chamber or precinct of the National Assembly or in any way impeding or undermining the
plaintiff's ability to function as a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.»
By article 46, the first
defendant is endowed
with independence in the performance of its functions including the initiation, regulation
and conduct of elections in the country... In our opinion
and as part of our function to declare what the law is, the above words which are unambiguous insulate the Electoral Commission from any external direction
and or control in the performance of the functions conferred on it under article 45... A fair consideration of the functions of the first
defendant reveals that the demand which was made on it by the
plaintiffs regarding the presence of ineligible
and deceased persons
and the latter's refusal to acquiesce in the said demands which provoked the action herein relates to its mandate under article 45 (a) «to compile the register of voters
and revise it at such periods as may be determined by law».
Castorina argues that the
plaintiffs and others are «being denied their right to vote for a representative in the vacant 11th Congressional District in New York due to the failure of
defendant to comply
with mandatory provisions of Article I, Section II, Clause IV of the United States Constitution
and the New York Public Officers Law Section 42 [3],» according to court documents.
Delivering the ruling, Tsoho said, «The
plaintiff raised two issues in the written address for determination, to wit: Whether or not the 1st
defendant (Saraki) can reject a valid statutory appointment made by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Office (of the Chairman) of the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission in accordance
with the provisions of the EFCC (Establishment) Act, 2004
and whether or not the 1st
defendant is bound by the provisions of the EFCC Act, 2004,
with respect to the confirmation of any appointment made by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the office of the Chairman of the EFCC.»
«
With all of the bargaining power, money, intimidation
and leverage;
Defendant Hoyt forced the poor
and destitute
Plaintiff Cater to enter into a settlement agreement of $ 50,000.»
Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the court adjourned the case after consultation
with counsels of the
plaintiff and the
defendant.
In the Originating Summons marked FHC / ABJ / CS / 232/2018, the
plaintiff 8 issues for determination by the court, including: Having regards to the combined provisions of sections 79,116,118,132,153,160 (1)
and 178 of the 1999 constitution as amended, the constitution read together
with paragraph 15 (a) of the third schedule to the same constitution, whether the 3rd
defendant (Independent National Electoral Commission) is not the only institution or body constitutionally vested
with the powers
and vires to organized, undertake
and supervised elections to the offices of the president, the vice president of the federal republic of Nigeria, the Governor
and deputy governor of a state, the membership of the Senate, the House of Representatives
and the House of Assembly of each state of the federation, including fixing the sequence
and dates of the elections to the said offices?
«To stop discriminating
and comply
with the law, the
defendants must allow people seeking a same - sex relationship to access all the services
and features of eHarmony.com, not a separate site,» added Jeremy Pasternak of The Law Offices of Jeremy Pasternak, who is also representing the
plaintiffs.
As I also testified, one of my goals (
and I believe this to also be a goal of the
plaintiffs» writ large) is to (a) get the state of New Mexico to release the data to an external evaluator to evaluate the models» functionality (this person certainly does not have to be me) or (2) release the data to the «expert witnesses» on both the
plaintiffs» side (i.e., me)
and the
defendants» side (i.e., Thomas Kane of Harvard), so that we can both examine these data independently,
and then come back to the court
with our findings
and overall assessments regarding the model's overall strengths
and weakness, as per the actual data.
Appeal from judgment entered by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Mark D. Fox, Magistrate Judge), which held that
defendant Board of Education of the Newburgh Enlarged City School District intentionally discriminated against
plaintiff Santina Polera in violation of the Americans
with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.,
and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794,
and awarded damages to
plaintiff.
«The
Plaintiffs have shown that the Publisher
Defendants conspired
with each other to eliminate retail price competition in order to raise e-book prices,
and that Apple played a central role in facilitating
and executing that conspiracy,» Cote wrote in the ruling.
Pursuant to Section 2 (b) of the Antitrust Procedures
and Penalties Act («APPA» or «Tunney Act»), 15 U.S.C. 16 (b)- (h),
Plaintiff United States of America («United States») files this Competitive Impact Statement relating to the proposed Final Judgment against
Defendants Hachette Book Group, Inc. («Hachette»), HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C. («HarperCollins»),
and Simon & Schuster, Inc. («Simon & Schuster»; collectively
with Hachette
and HarperCollins, «Settling
Defendants»), submitted on April 11, 2012, for entry in this antitrust proceeding.
Various persons, who are known
and unknown to
Plaintiff,
and not named as
defendants in this action, including senior executives of the Publisher Defendants and Apple, have participated as co-conspirators with Defendants in the offense alleged and have performed acts and made statements in furtherance of the c
defendants in this action, including senior executives of the Publisher
Defendants and Apple, have participated as co-conspirators with Defendants in the offense alleged and have performed acts and made statements in furtherance of the c
Defendants and Apple, have participated as co-conspirators
with Defendants in the offense alleged and have performed acts and made statements in furtherance of the c
Defendants in the offense alleged
and have performed acts
and made statements in furtherance of the conspiracy.
Judge Denise Cote has sided
with the Department of Justice
and found Apple guilty of conspiring to fix e-book prices: «The
Plaintiffs have shown that the Publisher
Defendants conspired
with each other to eliminate retail price competition in order to raise e-book prices,
and that Apple played a central role in facilitating
and executing that conspiracy.
Finally, the suit also claims that «various persons, who are known
and unknown to
Plaintiff,
and not named as
defendants in this action, including senior executives of the Publisher Defendants and Apple, have participated as co-conspirators with Defendants in the offense alleged and have performed acts and made statements in furtherance of the conspira
defendants in this action, including senior executives of the Publisher
Defendants and Apple, have participated as co-conspirators with Defendants in the offense alleged and have performed acts and made statements in furtherance of the conspira
Defendants and Apple, have participated as co-conspirators
with Defendants in the offense alleged and have performed acts and made statements in furtherance of the conspira
Defendants in the offense alleged
and have performed acts
and made statements in furtherance of the conspiracy.»
As
with an ordinary lawsuit, an adversary proceeding begins when a
plaintiff serves a summons
and complain on a
defendant.
Although Aaron is the named borrower
with respect to the loans through the U.S. Department of Education via its William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program
and a Federal Perkins Loan,
and Bahiyyih is the named borrower
with respect to the loan through Sallie Mae, the
Plaintiffs submit that there may be co-obligations such that the
Defendants are creditors of both Aaron
and Bahiyyih.
Plaintiff / debtor listed a disputed debt to
defendant Sallie Mae, Inc. on Schedule F
with account number -LSB--RSB- in the amount of $ 29,774.00,
and another loan
with account number -LSB--RSB-(believed to be the same account, under an abbreviated number).
She asserts that prior to trial one of the
defendants came to the
Plaintiff's place of employment (a banking facility
with video surveillance) as well as on separate occasions approached
and intimidated her all in violation of a restraining order.
In Raymond, the
plaintiff and defendant were former roommates who shared their apartment
with plaintiff's cat.
Plaintiffs are environmental protection groups
with a common goal to prevent
defendant City of Los Angeles (the City) from implementing a program to trap, neuter
and release feral cats to the outdoors without conducting an adequate environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code section 21000 et seq. (CEQA).
We avoid traditional models
and act for
plaintiffs and defendants, institutions
and individuals,
with very low levels of conflict.
The format was straightforward — two hours each for the
plaintiffs and the
defendants,
and the judge had provided us
with a series of questions on the essential physics that he wanted addressed, as well as requesting a timeline of how our understanding of climate change has evolved over the past 150 years.
So everyone is starting afresh
with a new judge, a new complaint from the
plaintiff,
and new motions to dismiss from the
defendants.
According to the Wonk Room, it claims that the «
Defendants issued the false press release
and set up the fake website
with the intent to deceive
and confuse the public, to disrupt
and harm
Plaintiff's business
and reputation,
and to draw attention to
and funding for
Defendants» activities.»
The National Petrochemical
Plaintiffs explain that there is no dispute that application of the «two factors» identified by
Defendants results in the following: (1) California's HCICO is assigned a CI [carbon intensity] value
with less than half of the GHG emissions associated
with its production
and transport; (2) California's HCICO is the only HCICO to qualify for this favorable treatment;
and (3) All HCICOs from outside of California are required to account for all of the GHG emissions associated
with their production
and transportation.
I say this
with the greatest of respect, as both the
Plaintiffs and the
Defendants are educated professionals who are successful in their work lives
and are otherwise productive members of the community.
This is a legal blawg of interest to lawyers who occasionally or regularly deal
with clients,
plaintiffs,
defendants,
and witnesses from other cultures or who encounter foreign - language evidence requiring foreign - language document translation in the course of litigation.
After all, having a juror who's preoccupied
with other matters or who's so eager to finish a case that he won't seriously deliberate can prove damaging to both
plaintiffs and defendants alike.
First, there's good news for autism blogger Kathleen Seidel who was hit
with a subpoena by
plaintiffs attorney Clifford Shoemaker, seeking disclosure of her research sources, financial records
and communications
with other bloggers in a lawsuit alleging that
defendant Bayer's vaccine caused the
plaintiff's autism.