Sentences with phrase «year by a federal judge»

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Earlier this year U.S. District Judge William Alsup, who is hearing the civil action brought by Waymo, asked federal prosecutors to investigate whether criminal theft of trade secrets had occurred.

It was elevated to the Connecticut Supreme Court after a lower court judge dismissed the lawsuit last year after she found that the claims it raised fell «squarely within the broad immunity» provided by federal law.

Conservative foundations, multinational oil companies and a prescription drug maker were the most frequent sponsors of more than 100 expense - paid educational seminars attended by federal judges over a 4 1/2 - year period, according to a Center for Public Integrity investigation.

According to a report by the New York Post, Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) told a federal judge it is committed to freezing its prices for the next three years to appease regulatory concerns and move forward its proposed acquisition of Office Depot Inc (NASDAQ: ODP).

Less than two years after the citizens of Washington voted by referendum to uphold the state's prohibition of physician - assisted suicide, a federal judge invalidated the statute as....

An appeals court has upheld a ruling by a federal judge that effectively overturned his conviction in the sexual assault and murder of Teresa Halbach more than 10 years ago.

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Nov 19 (Reuters)- A federal judge denied a bid by a group of Christian churches on Monday to force a California beachside town to reopen a park to a nearly 60 - year - old Christmas - season nativity display it discontinued after atheists upstaged the event last yeaBy Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Nov 19 (Reuters)- A federal judge denied a bid by a group of Christian churches on Monday to force a California beachside town to reopen a park to a nearly 60 - year - old Christmas - season nativity display it discontinued after atheists upstaged the event last yeaby a group of Christian churches on Monday to force a California beachside town to reopen a park to a nearly 60 - year - old Christmas - season nativity display it discontinued after atheists upstaged the event last year.

As he did in the wake of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's sentencing, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a brief statement in response to the five year sentence handed down by a federal judge in the corruption case of ex-Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced to 12 years in prison by a federal judge Tuesday.

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced to 12 years in prison and told by a federal judge that he must give back $ 5 million that he gained from illegal kickback schemes, as well a pay another $ 1.75 million in fines.

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced to 12 years in prison and told by a federal judge that he must give back $ 5 million that he stole from the public, as well as pay another $ 1.75 million in fines.

The criminal prosecutions spawned by the CityTime case reached a quiet denouement when a federal judge in Manhattan sentenced Carl Bell, a computer specialist at the center of the scheme, to three years» probation, showing leniency because he had given crucial help to investigators.

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced to 12 years in prison Tuesday and told by a federal judge that he must give back $ 5 million that he stole from the public, as well a pay another $ 1.75 million in fines.

A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Malcolm Smith to seven years in prison, saying the former state Senate majority leader corrupted the political process by trying to buy his way...

Manhattan federal judge Valerie Caproni pushed back the start date for ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's 12 - year sentence for corruption by two months, giving him until Aug. 31 to comply.

A federal judge rejected attempts by four of the Buffalo Billion defendants to move next year's corruption trial to Buffalo, keeping the high - profile case in lower Manhattan instead.

He faces up to 20 years behind bars, but former state Sen. John Sampson has asked a federal judge to go easy on him by sentencing him to just a year and a day in prison.

At the Tuesday afternoon sentencing of Mr. Silver, Federal District Court Judge Valerie Caproni referred to his age of 72 as why she wouldn't go by the recommended sentence of roughly 22 to 27 years.

He faces up to 20 years behind bars, but former state Sen. John Sampson has asked a federal judge to go easy on him by sentencing him to just a...

A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Malcolm Smith to seven years in prison, saying the former state Senate majority leader corrupted the political process by trying to buy his way onto the ballot in a crooked bid to become mayor of New York City.

The disgraced ex-pol was handed two prison terms by federal Judge Valerie Caproni: 12 years for the six criminal counts against him, including mail and wire fraud and extortion, and another 10 years on a seventh count involving money - laundering.

The campaign includes graphic photos on cigarette ads, much like NYC's ads that were banned by a federal judge last year.

It said at the expiration of the July 20 order given by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba (of the Federal High Court, Abuja) for 45 days, it went before another judge of the court — Justice Okon Abang — for a new order of interim forfeiture granted on November 3 this year.

Carl Kruger, the once - powerful New York State senator from Brooklyn who resigned his office in disgrace and pleaded guilty to corruption charges in December, was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday by a federal judge in Manhattan.

Although the ID debate was not an issue in most congressional races, voters may have punished Santorum because the once - vocal ID supporter tried to distance himself from the movement after a federal judge struck down an attempt last year by the Dover, Pennsylvania, school board to insert ID into the curriculum.

A federal judge in California on Tuesday ordered Apple to step up efforts to help the FBI search the locked iPhone 5c used by Syed Rizwan Farook, who, along with wife Tashfeen Malik, is suspected of a mass shooting at a December 2 holiday party last year in San Bernardino, Calif., that killed 14 people and injured 22.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Dickinson R. Debevoise was the third such ruling by a federal district judge against similar state laws within the past Judge Dickinson R. Debevoise was the third such ruling by a federal district judge against similar state laws within the past judge against similar state laws within the past year.

Denver — The Denver school board's plan to end eight years of mandatory busing was rejected by a federal judge last week as «an exercise in escapism.»

A federal judge overseeing a 26 - year - old school desegregation case in Chicago has indicated that as long as some details are added, he is inclined to approve a proposed final settlement between the school system and the U.S. Department of Justice that could end court supervision of the district by July of next year.

Since two years earlier a person with a similar job to mine had been killed by a berserk parent in Dayton, Ohio, Federal Judge Frank Battisti ordered that I have bodyguards from morning to night.

In that case, a Clinton appointed federal judge, whose appointment was approved by Biden's Judiciary Committee, ruled that a disabled 45 - year - old woman whose entire income is $ 10,000 per year in Social Security did not meet the «undue hardship» test for discharging her student loans.

Lefebvre cut a deal with the U.S. Justice Department and was sentenced June 29, 2007 by federal Judge P. Kevin Castel in the U.S. New York Southern District Court to 45 days imprisonment, one year of supervised release, and fined $ 750,000.

But on a sad note other reports indicate eighteen other people were also shot by Jared Loughner, 22 who is a fan of Sarah Palin and the tea party movement and six have been confirmed dead including a 9 - year - old girl, a federal judge and one or more of Ms. Giffords» aides.

It includes Christine Arguello, a Mexican - American appointed a U.S. district judge by President Bush last year; Ruben Castillo, a Mexican - American who has been a federal district judge for 15 years; Nora Demleitner, Hofstra Law dean; JoAnne Epps, Temple Law dean; Caitlin Halligan, former solicitor general of New York, now in private practice; Johnnie Rawlinson, 9th Circuit judge; and Patricia Timmons - Goodson, North Carolina Supreme Court justice.

A year after the decision in Richard, an Ontario Superior Court judge was asked to determine this issue in the context of an action brought by the federal commissioner of competition over claims made by wireless providers about the number of dropped calls.

For the past two and a half years years, Tom Kirkendall of Houston's Clear Thinkers has been offering continuing coverage of the long, tragic story of Jamie Olis, a midlevel executive at Dynegy who was sentenced by federal district Judge Sim Lake to a 24 - year prison term for his involvement in a fraudulent accounting scheme.

Court records show the 57 - year - old Delray Beach doctor was also ordered Wednesday by a federal judge to pay more than $ 2.1 million in restitution to the government.

The latest eDiscovery hot topic revolves around a Federal Judge Survey that highlights a key point, in which we at D4 are not surprised by: after all these years of talking about eDiscovery, many practitioners, and the legal industry overall, still do not understand the eDiscovery process and how to properly handle Electronically Stored Information (ESI).

According to The New York Times «In recent years, a single judge based in Marshall Texas oversaw about a quarter of all patent cases nationwide, more than the number handled by all federal judges in California, Florida and New York combined.»

This distinction in a similar case years ago with regard to a similar federal jury tampering statute was recognized by the judge in that case, and she correctly dismissed the indictment.

Since joining JAMS, Judge Roberts has been appointed as a discovery master by federal and state courts to supervise discovery and review privileged documents in complex commercial, patent, and product liability cases, as an election monitor for unions under court supervision, as a consultant to monitor a four - year consent decree in an EEOC pattern and practice case against a major restaurant chain, and as a trustee for a 36 - story commercial retail and office building on Fifth Avenue

«Given that approximately fifty percent of the filings in this district last year were made by pro se litigants, the court has found it necessary to join the other district courts around the country that have instituted mandatory pro bono appointment programs,» Southern District Chief Judge Richard Young wrote in a letter to the federal district bar.

Described by a former Chief Judge as a possible «case of the year» for 2018, the federal circuit's hearing in the dispute between the University of California, Berkeley and the Broad

When an experienced Federal judge retires or resigns, the caseloads of the remaining judges on that court, by necessity, increase until the resulting vacancy is filled (a process that can take months, and sometimes years).