He settled the civil lawsuit with the accusing family in 1994 and was never charged criminally.
The civil lawsuit has been brought by the US Attorney Preet Bharara, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, New York.
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Apparently, by the estimation of Spitzer's office, the civil lawsuit is justifiably limited to the two easiest targets--Grasso and Langone--"those who misled" the rest of the board.
The civil lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles federal court against William W. Alexander, 60, and two Nevada corporations he controls, Retirement Plan Services Inc. and Lyons Pensions Inc.
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The civil lawsuit was apparently filed after Hertz, 56, and the SEC could not negotiate a settlement, which is how so many such securities cases end the day they are filed.
In the civil lawsuit, which is proceeding in a federal court in Houston, the basis for claims against Enron officials are clear: They made statements on which shareholders relied when buying stock.
The civil lawsuit was brought against the UK oil firm - as well as other companies involved in the accident, including rig-owner Transocean and cement-provider Halliburton - by the US Justice of Department and the US states affected by the oil slick.
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He was the subject of a civil lawsuit by the Justice Department alleging civil rights violations.
As a result, Instagram has now been been hit with what appears to be the first civil lawsuit to result from these changed terms of service.
But it is the fact that the lie occurred during a civil lawsuit or before the independent counsel's own grand jury that according to the charges constitutes the offense.
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Eddie Wise, who was arrested more than two dozen times while panhandling in the Bronx, was one of the original plaintiffs in a 2005 civil lawsuit aimed at the antibegging loitering law.
To make a RICO case stick, however, the plaintiffs must establish a series of acts by management to perpetuate an offense and state those facts with enough particularity to survive a so-called Iqbal challenge, named after a 2009 Supreme Court case that heightened the standards for civil lawsuit claims.
Congress resolved this by doing away with the tracing requirement for fungible property, but imposing a short statute of limitations the government must bring a civil forfeiture lawsuit within one year after the allegedly structured transaction.
If nothing happens, the SEC's civil lawsuit against Citigroup is set for trial July 16, 2012.
Tripp's allegations have made her a central figure in the Jones civil-rights lawsuit.
The civil health care fraud lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan seeks unspecified damages and civil penalties for a scheme that the government said has been carried out since 2005.
The Web companies also face a civil lawsuit filed by a citizen, with almost identical accusations to the criminal case, and pressure from the telecommunications ministry to monitor their sites proactively, with an eye toward removing offensive content.
The class-action lawsuit was the result of separate civil suits that challenged the three antiloitering laws.
The American Civil Liberties Union recently filed a federal lawsuit against the Department of Defense, charging that combat exclusion is unfair and outdated.
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The American Civil Liberties Union recently filed a federal lawsuit against the Department of Defense, charging that combat exclusion is unfair and outdated, harms America's safety and prevents women from receiving training and recognition for their work.
As a result of the WMATA's censorship, AFLC filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of the advertisement's sponsors, which challenges the WMATA's unconstitutional restriction on FDI's right to engage in protected speech in a public forum.
The Clean Halls lawsuit was filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union and Bronx Defenders on behalf of Ligon and others who live in South Bronx apartment buildings enrolled in the program.
Now he's about to file a civil lawsuit accusing the three attorneys of fraud.
Lowe responded with a civil lawsuit in the New York Supreme Court.
The US Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit against the companies and forced them to dissolve the agreements in 2010, but the current lawsuit is a civil complaint filed by five former employees.
So in 1999, the Mandans and other Native Americans joined with a Sioux rancher named George Keepseagle and filed a civil-rights lawsuit against the USDA. Keepseagle v.
But after the programme was uncovered by the media a year ago, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit arguing that the scheme was unconstitutional.
After client drowned last September and the company's staff had been issued 13 tickets by rangers for unlicensed guiding over the previous five years, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a civil lawsuit seeking to permanently shut down the company.
On the surface, Mr. Blankfein's support remains unwavering as the New York company battles a federal criminal investigation and last month's civil-fraud lawsuit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In a civil forfeiture lawsuit, the government prevails by proving the alleged structuring by a preponderance of evidence.
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