Sentences with phrase «year filed suit against»

The California effort is praiseworthy, according to Mozilla, which earlier this year filed suit against the FCC to protect Net neutrality.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman last year filed suit against fantasy sports companies that offered for - pay games, pointing to the state's constitutional ban on games of chance.

Not exact matches

Four former students filed a suit against Trump University last year in a federal court in California, seeking class - action status.

The following year, Monaco filed suit against the State of Mississippi in the U.S. Supreme Court, but the high court refused to hear Monaco's claim on the grounds that the «Court has no jurisdiction of a suit brought by a foreign state against a state of the Union without her consent.»

Unilever, for example, filed a suit against Hampton Creek last year claiming false advertising and unfair competition because Hampton Creek's Just Mayo doesn't contain eggs — a requirement under the current standard of identity for mayonnaise.

In 2015, New York - based competitor Bounce Exchange filed a suit against Yieldify in a New York federal court, accusing it of copying its code and infringing its patents, in a case that first came to light earlier this year in a report from The Financial Times.

The case started nearly four years ago, when iLife filed a $ 144 million patent infringement suit against the gaming company.

Last year he filed a racial discrimination suit against the Dakota, the well - known Manhattan apartment building, after its co-op board denied his request to buy an apartment next to his to accommodate Ms. Pao and their then -2-year-old daughter.

In 1906, the year of a peak that was not exceeded for ten years, President Theodore Roosevelt filed his famous suit against the country's largest company, Standard Oil.

MARGO ADAMS files a $ 12 million palimony suit against Red Sox third baseman WADE BOGGS, claiming that Boggs had promised her a salary and expenses during a four - year affair.

New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman filed a civil suit against the company and its founders, alleging years of harassment and intimidation.

The group filed suit against the Park District over the sale in 2009, following a referendum a year earlier in which La Grange voters approved the sale.

ORLANDO, Fla. — San Diego parents who say their 4 - year - old son suffered «severe burns» from scalding hot nacho cheese served to them during a family vacation have filed suit against Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, records show.

It also would create a one - year window for victims to file civil lawsuits against their alleged abusers even if the current statute of limitations on civil suits has passed.

But since 2006, if a criminal action is commenced against a defendant for one of those worst child sexual abuse crimes, the victim has five years from the date the criminal action is ended to file a civil suit against only the abuser.

Lawyer Maurice Ampaw has filed a law suit (number GJ / 26/2016) against Asamoah Gyan for having undignified sexual relations with Sarah Kwablah, a 22 - year University student.

In addition to lifting time limits for child victims to file civil suits against their alleged abusers, and against institutions that failed to act against abuse under their roofs, the current bill would provide a one - year window during which past victims who have already exceeded the statute of limitations could go to court.

A furious 74 - year - old Queens woman has filed a negligence suit against NYC, claiming Mayor Bill de Blasio's office broke a promise to help her fight an eviction case.

The settlement resolves a wrongful - death lawsuit filed against the county in 2014 and a federal civil rights suit filed last year against Nassau.

A lawyer representing the three Bronx buddies who face up to a year in prison for throwing a snowball at an off - duty cop is filing a false arrest suit against the city.

The owners of the Wandering Dago, run at the time by Andrea Loguidice and Brendan Snooks, filed suit in August 2013 against employees and leaders of OGS, including Commissioner RoAnn Destito and Executive Deputy Commissioner Joe Rabito, as well as the New York Racing Association, which ejected the truck from the Saratoga Race Course in July of that year.

The lawsuit includes 15 schools the United Federation of Teachers and the NAACP saved last year when they filed a similar suit against the Department of Education, arguing that the city had failed to provide enough community feedback.

The Motion Picture Association filed suit late last year against several sites that track BitTorrent files.

A similar suit was filed in 2000 against the Brookhaven National Laboratory to prevent the operation of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, an accelerator that started up that year.

The ACLU filed a federal suit last year against the Vermilion Parish school district on behalf of an unnamed parent whose daughters were placed in single - sex classes at Rene A. Rost Middle School.

Shortly after the letter of intent was issued, long time (40 - years) Birmingham, Alabama Mercedes - Benz dealership Crown Automotive filed a law suit (against Mercedes - Benz USA) claiming that by allowing a second Mercedes - Benz dealership to operate in Birmingham they would violate the terms of their franchise agreement.

There's no telling where those used cars on dealer lots come from.A used 1993 Nissan Maxima sold last year by Norman Brothers Nissan had been stolen and changed hands at least five times before the Florida Highway Patrol confiscated it from an unsuspecting Central Florida couple.Norman Brothers filed suit last week against Kissimmee Toyota Inc. and four previous owners of the car, seeking to recover $ 15,000 it paid for the Maxima.George Kazery, general manager of Kissimmee Toyota, could not be reached for comment Friday.

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Seven years ago, the Authors Guild and several major publishers (including McGraw Hill, Penguin, and John Wiley) filed suit against Google for its unauthorized scanning of in - copyright books.

In the past year the North Carolina Attorney General has had to file suit against operations that pretended to be nonprofit credit counseling groups by placing local telephone book advertisements.

Last year, roughly 1600 law suits were filed against debtors, and those who could not pay had their loans sent to a collection agency.

The following year, some HSUS members filed a class - action suit against the pet company.

A group of professors, students and alumni have filed a suit against the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, with the aim of preventing the introduction of tuition fees next year.

«Michael Mann, who chose to file what many consider to be a cynical SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) libel suit in the British Columbia Supreme Court, Vancouver six long years ago, has astonished legal experts by refusing to comply with the court direction to hand over all his disputed graph's data.

Last year, on August 12, 2015, a group of courageous millennials filed suit against President Barack Obama and members of his cabinet for failing to adequately address the climate change problem commensurate with the threat, despite the fact that we... Continue reading →

«Today, on behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, I filed three Notices of Intent to File Suit against NASA and its Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), for those bodies» refusal — for nearly three years — to provide documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act.»

Courageous young people filed suit a year ago against the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Department of the Interior, the United States Department of Agriculture, the United States Department of Commerce, the United States Department of Energy, and the United States Department of Defense.

Trump filed a legal malpractice suit against New York's Morrison Cohen last year in Westchester County Supreme Court, claiming the firm treated him like a «cash cow» and performed unnecessary work to generate higher bills.

«A citizen of Maine filing a suit in state court against a foreign country for an incident that happened over 25 years ago.»

You may file a suit against a property owner if the improvement is 20 years old or newer, and you may include the architect, contractor and / or engineer if it is 10 years old or newer.

A female litigation partner at Chadbourne & Parke who last year filed a $ 100m gender discrimination suit against the firm has been expelled from its partnership.

This past year, 158 lawsuits were filed against collection agencies and credit bureaus for violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, up from a scant 40 suits filed the year before.

The American Association for Justice, which sounds like a group of superheros but is the renamed Association of Trial Lawyers of America, filed an ethics complaint against Pearson yesterday with the D.C. Bar and has established a defense fund for Custom Cleaners in the two - year - old suit.

Wal - Mart filed a suit against him, and the two - year legal battle was anything but amicable.

Personal injury claims in British Columbia generally have a two - year limitation period, giving you 24 months from the date of the accident to file a suit against the liable party.

The suit against Christie's (based on a RICO claim) was not filed until March of 2010 — nearly 10 years after the District Court determined that he «was on inquiry notice of his injuries.»

The firm successfully filed suit against a large auto seat manufacturer, on behalf of the family of a 2 year - old girl who suffered a brain injury in a rear - end auto accident.

The plaintiff subsequently filed suit against three defendants, the 10 - year - old bicyclist and her two grandparents, who taught her how to use the bike, seeking compensation for his injuries.

The California statute of limitations regarding personal injury cases can be found under California Code of Civil Procedure, Section 335.1, and allows you two years from the date of the accident to file suit against those responsible for your injuries.

In Colorado, car crash claims are covered by a different statute of limitations, which requires plaintiffs who suffered personal injury or property loss as the result of a car crash to file suits against the responsible parties within three years of the date of the crash.

In a suit filed by the granddaughter of a 75 - year - old woman who suffers from diabetes and mild dementia, against the woman's niece, who formerly had power of attorney, and her great - niece, the granddaughter's allegations that defendants manipulated the woman's medications...