Sentences with phrase «civil suits often»

Civil suits often arise alongside criminal activities, and just because the government has pressed charges does not always mean those who have been harmed will receive the compensation they deserve.

Not exact matches

The issue arises fairly often for school administrators and other government officials sued under the federal Civil Rights Act of 1871, a Reconstruction - era law that is frequently the basis for suits alleging that government officials have deprived someone of...

We understand civil suits like Kinder Morgan's are often brought forward while seeking an injunction, and Ian Anderson, president of Kinder Morgan Canada, said he wouldn't pursue the case if the company got its work done.

In some cases, a defendant in a civil law suit will retaliate against the plaintiff by filing a counter law suit, often of a dubious or spurious nature.

A civil suit has different guidelines for establishing fault, and it is often possible to obtain some justice in a civil court when it could not be done in a criminal court.

We need to concentrate our amelioration efforts on those relatively few, though extremely important, areas of the law (civil, family and criminal litigation), that have been made too often unaffordable, mostly by a poorly designed system — a system designed, short - sightedly, by the government to suits its desires, not the desires of the litigating public.

Even the exemptions that exist are often evaded by the $ 100 billion debt buyer industry, whose collection suits are dominating civil court dockets around the country.