Sentences with phrase «against state award»

Bindmans scooped two awards — Charlotte Haworth Hird won the Inquests / Actions Against State award for her work on a judicial review which led to an inquiry into deaths of 18 - 24 year olds in custody; Mike Schwarz won Criminal Defence Lawyer for his work exposing misconduct by undercover police officers.

Not exact matches

CARACAS, Venezuela — ConocoPhillips says it won $ 2 billion arbitration award against Venezuela's state oil company over asset seizures.

A Florida state jury awarded former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan $ 115 million dollars in a lawsuit against the -LSB-...]

Last week, the media stood by homophobic liar Joy Reid, dismissed allegations of misconduct against Tom Brokaw, gave Jake Tapper an award for fake news, used Michelle Wolf as a hate - avatar, destroyed an admiral with lies, and were caught colluding with the Deep State to overturn Trump's election.

«In the World Cheese Awards, we've been named as the best U.S. cheese three times in the past six years, and there are 57 other companies in the United States that we're up against,» President Maxx Sherman says.

Chad Alban's stats are impressive — as of Sunday he led the nation with a 1.53 goals - against average and a.926 save percentage — but they don't explain why Alban, a Michigan State senior, should be the first goalie since Minnesota's Robb Stauber in 1988 to win the Hobey Baker Award as the top college player.

The United States» World Cup - winning midfielder Carli Lloyd, 33, won the women's world player of the year award after scoring a hat - trick in the final against Japan, including a sensational strike from the halfway line.

Also on tap for today: «Housekeeping» remarks from state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, and invocation from the Rev. Michael Faulkner, who is running against Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel; speeches from fromer US Attorney Michael Garcia (believed to harbor some political aspirations) and Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino (one of the party's rising stars) and presentation of a lifetime achievement award to former state Chairman Bill Powers.

Dr. Pradeep Haldar, a former interim dean and current tenured professor at the Colleges of Nanoscale Science & Engineering at SUNY Polytechnic Institute, has filed a lawsuit in state court against the school, SUNY Research Foundation, and certain officials at the institutions, alleging he was wrongly barred from leading sponsored research projects after an internal investigation sharply criticized his stewardship of two distinct awards.

in state court against the school, SUNY Research Foundation, and certain officials at the institutions, alleging he was wrongly barred from leading sponsored research projects after an internal investigation sharply criticized his stewardship of two distinct awards.

Activist and Author David Mixner Freedom to Marry Executive Director Evan Wolfson Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation President Jarrett Barrios Board Chair of the Empire State Pride Agenda Frank Selvaggi Human Rights Campaign New York Marriage Director Brian Ellner Former Chief of Staff to Minority Leader Dick Gephardt and Deputy Campaign Manager to John Kerry for President Steve Elmendorf Senior Vice President for External Affairs at the Center for American Progress Winnie Stachelberg Democratic National Committee Treasurer Andy Tobias Former Clinton White House Advisor Richard Socarides Academy Award Winning Producer and AFER Board Member Bruce Cohen Gill Action Fund Executive Director Patrick Guerrero Gill Action Fund Deputy Executive Director Bill Smith

The governor stated this after a Federal High Court in Abuja awarded of N40million in damages against him and the Nigerian police in favour of Audu Maikori.

Since last fall, when federal and state corruption charges were brought against former SUNY Polytechnic Institute president Alain Kaloyeros — who is alleged to have steered lucrative development contracts awarded by two opaque, SUNY - affiliated nonprofits to certain preferred companies — the university's use of nonprofit affiliates has come under increasing scrutiny.

The EFCC had on March 6 secured a conviction against the ex-governor who was arraigned before an Adamawa State High Court on 17 charges bordering on award of contract without due process to the tune of N167.8 m.

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Rickey Tarfa, has urged the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere to award N500m damages against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in his (Tarfa's) favour for what he termed his wrongful prosecution by the anti-graft agency.

Skelos says he likes the idea of competition, but wants to award the money based on the merits of each entry, and not pit one entire region of the state against another.

His Kano State counterpart, Gov. Umar Ganduje, received award of excellence as the best performing Governor in the area of war against drug abuse, good governance and the review of the Kano State Master plan.

Interviewed by host Susan Arbetter, Heaney discussed how state officials attempted to retaliate against Investigative Post after it broke the story about possible corruption in the awarding of Buffalo Billion contracts.

A cost of 5,000 dollars has been awarded against Mr Woyome who was seeking to defend the judgement paid to him by the State.

States will be graded against 30 different criteria, with some of the largest chunks of points awarded for states that demonstrate significant buy - in from local school districts and devise plans to evaluate teachers and principals based on student perforStates will be graded against 30 different criteria, with some of the largest chunks of points awarded for states that demonstrate significant buy - in from local school districts and devise plans to evaluate teachers and principals based on student perforstates that demonstrate significant buy - in from local school districts and devise plans to evaluate teachers and principals based on student performance.

What is especially interesting about this new award is that Burris is a leader in the fight against test - based accountability in New York State.

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.

Additionally, attendees celebrated the California Legislative Black Caucus as Assemblymember Dr. Shirley Weber (D - 79) accepted CCSA's Legislator of the Year Hart Vision Award on their behalf for their support in leading the charge against the NAACP to reject their resolution calling for a moratorium on charter public schools across the United States.

In determining who should be awarded custody, the court may want to consider which party has paid attention to the animal's basic daily needs (food, shelter, physical care, exercise, grooming, flea control); who takes the animal to the veterinarian; who provides for social interactions (in the case of dogs) with other dogs and / or with people; who maintains appropriate supervision to assure that state and local regulations are complied with (licensing, not allowing the dog to run free and protecting against circumstances that would endanger her life or health); and who has the greatest ability to financially support the animal.

The United States Court of Appeal has ruled against Silicon Knights» appeal of a lower court decision which awarded a total of $ 9.2 m in damages and legal fees to Epic Games.

In a decision that could have major effects on the process of authenticating artworks in the United States, a New York Supreme Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Pace Gallery founder Arne Glimcher and the Agnes Martin catalogue raisonné committee, and awarded them the cost of their legal fees, Artnet News reported.

In 2007 Wallinger was awarded the Tuner Prize for one of his most well known works, State Britain, a recreation of peace campaigner, Brian Haw's one - man political protest against war and foreign policy in Parliament Square.

Many law review presidents and editors have gone on to achieve great success and wield great influence: Barack Obama was the first black president of the Harvard Law Review; Brooksley Born — who warned against impending global economic crisis and was awarded the John F. Kennedy Medal of Courage this year — was the first woman president of the Stanford Law Review; former Chief Justice of the United States William H. Rehnquist, and former Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor — the first woman Supreme Court justice — were both Stanford Law Review editors.

The District Court denied Kirtsaeng's motion, giving» «substantial weight» to the «objective reasonableness» of Wiley's infringement claim,» and stating that» «the imposition of a fee award against a copyright holder with an objectively reasonable» - although unsuccessful - «litigation position will generally not promote the purposes of the Copyright Act,»» and that no other factors «outweighed» that objective reasonableness to warrant fee - shifting.

[6] Waldock v State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (2014), FSCO 4315 upheld on appeal FSCO 4315 — A special award of $ 108,456.09 was awarded against an insurer who blindly relied on flawed medical reports.

An arbitral award was rendered in India against a United States corporation, which argued before the Court that it should not be enforced in the United States on grounds that India would not have enforced the award had it been rendered in the United States in its favour, and that therefore, «the reciprocity between India and the United States as required by the Convention [article XIV] was absent».1394 The contesting party further argued that article XIV requires courts to determine the extent to which India applies the Convention and whether India treats awards rendered in India in favour of Indian parties in a similar manner.

The Court of Appeal ultimately dismissed the father's appeal all grounds, and specifically stated, that awarding damages for the father's tort claim of «involuntary parenthood» would be contrary to the spirit and purpose of the family law system and would «run against the clear trend in the law moving away from fault based claims in the family law context.»

The case raises numerous issues relating to the enforcement of arbitral awards against sovereign states, including immunity under the State Immunity Act 1978 and the interaction between English proceedings and proceedings in the curial court (Holland).

This includes inter-state litigation in relation to commercial contracts, the interpretation of treaties and state immunity under the State Immunity Act 1978, particularly in the context of enforcement of arbitration awards against ststate litigation in relation to commercial contracts, the interpretation of treaties and state immunity under the State Immunity Act 1978, particularly in the context of enforcement of arbitration awards against ststate immunity under the State Immunity Act 1978, particularly in the context of enforcement of arbitration awards against stState Immunity Act 1978, particularly in the context of enforcement of arbitration awards against states.

In particular, he has substantial recent experience in relation to the enforcement of arbitral awards against states and issues of sovereign immunity.

It was one of the largest damage awards ever in the state, comparable, Daniel notes, to the award against O.J. Simpson in the California wrongful death lawsuit brought by the families of Nichole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

This is for instance the case in the Micula award, where the EU law requirement to pay back unlawful state - aid resulted in an award against Romania.

Guest Lecturer in International Investor State Arbitration Spring 2010, «Enforcement of International Arbitral Awards Against Sovereign Entities,» University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, April 2010

In circumstances where principles of sovereign immunity fetter the ability of an award creditor to execute against the assets of a state debtor, an alternative route that has gained increasing traction has been the possibility of executing against the assets of a State - Owned Enterprise (SOE) through a legal technique known as «reverse piercing.&rstate debtor, an alternative route that has gained increasing traction has been the possibility of executing against the assets of a State - Owned Enterprise (SOE) through a legal technique known as «reverse piercing.&rState - Owned Enterprise (SOE) through a legal technique known as «reverse piercing.»

Accordingly, it challenges such conceptions by proposing that if one adopts non-absolutist and non-monolithic conceptions of sovereignty and legal personality, and that if one acknowledges that consent is the foundational basis for arbitration, then there can be no basis for supporting the proposition that an SOE can be held liable for the award debts of a state and its assets executed against in satisfaction of such debts.

He has acted and advised on claims made by and against sovereign states (including enforcement proceedings and challenges to arbitration awards).

The three dominant themes in 2008 cases where PIL was invoked were as follows: UK / EU law implementation of UNSC resolutions concerning freezing of alleged terrorist assets (sanctions cases); the acts / omissions of UK authorities in Iraq / Afghanistan viewed in the context of PIL and provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and Human Rights Act 1998 (Iraq / Afghanistan related cases); and state / diplomatic immunity in the context of civil proceedings and / or attempts to enforce arbitration awards against assets of State entities in the UK (Civil immunity castate / diplomatic immunity in the context of civil proceedings and / or attempts to enforce arbitration awards against assets of State entities in the UK (Civil immunity caState entities in the UK (Civil immunity cases).

She received the 2012 Florida State - Wide Service Award for her more than 2,000 hours of service to such charities as the Children's Miracle Network, First Harvest Food Bank, Mothers Against Drunk Driving and the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind.

According to Alexander Hansebout, a dispute resolution practitioner at Altius in Belgium, companies are finding it difficult to enforce awards against the DRC and its state - owned entities because, simply, «the country has no serious legal system in place.»

As measured by the Comp Pinkbook, Kupfer had 62 awards against the State of Maryland, 39 awards against the Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, and 13 awards against Giant Food, LLC.

Moreover, numerous cases have in fact enforced commercial arbitral awards against states and state - related entities, without any suggestion that the commercial activity exception is per se inapplicable.

Thanks for the comments — on the issue of damages in the first comment above — To be clear — I was lazy in stating the total damages: the $ 681,000 damages awarded against the defendant was made up of smaller awardsl.

The same issue comes up at the state level when a court awards a money judgment against a state or local government with taxing power, or holds that a state government has insufficiently funded education as required by a state constitution.

Jurors in a state court have awarded Kamie Kendall Rees $ 1,587,928 in her Accutane injury lawsuit against drug maker Hoffman La Roche Inc..

Therefore, the homologation process in Ecuador implies that the party that seeks the enforcement of a foreign award shall file a petition with the Provincial Court8, which will assess whether the award complies with the following requirements: (i) The international award complies with the formalities required for it to be considered authentic in the state where it was issued; (ii) The award is final and binding in the jurisdiction where it was delivered and the attachments are duly legalized; (iii) With regard to the requirement prescribed in the Convention, if the award is in a language other than the official language of the country, in this case Spanish, it shall incorporate a translation; (iv) It is shown from the legal papers of the arbitration proceedings that the party against whom the awards is being enforced was duly notified of the claim and that there was no due process violation; (v) The petition must specify the domicile of the party against whom the award is being enforced.