Sentences with phrase «federal rule amendments»

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In the 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller case, the Supreme Court ruled 5 - 4 that the Second Amendment protects a person's right to own guns — at a federal level — and in 2010 the court said that protection applies at a local level as well.

Heather Dietrick, president and general counsel of Gawker Media, said in a statement that soon after Mr. Bollea sued the company in 2012, three state appeals court judges and a federal judge «repeatedly ruled that Gawker's post was newsworthy» under the First Amendment.

The Cruz amendment will first have to survive the so - called «Byrd Rule,» which is supposed to limit the bill to policies that directly affect federal revenue and spending.

Federal Communications Commission, Submission by the Communications Committee of the United States Catholic Conference and Others in the Matter of Amendment of the Commission's Rules Concerning Program Definitions for Commercial Broadcast Stations, BC Docket No. 78 - 355, RM - 2709, 1979, Table II.

Johnson's anti-Obama sermonizing likely violated the so - called Johnson Amendment, an Internal Revenue Service rule that forbids churches that receive tax - exempt status from the federal government to intervene in «any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office.»

The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) released today their final amendments to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA).

As there was such amendment explicitly guaranteeing equal protection for the federal government, the courts ruled that due process necessitated equal treatment.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today a disparagement provision of federal trademark law violated the First Amendment in what could be a major win for the Washington Redskins.

Assault weapons and large - capacity magazines are not protected by the Second Amendment, a federal judge said in a ruling Friday upholding Massachusetts» ban on the weapons.

In the divisive 5 - to - 4 decision, the Court's ruling on Citizens United v. the Federal Elections Commission endorsed the view that the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act restricted First Amendment rights.

In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations and unions can be considered individuals as far as their political contributions are concerned and that restricting their ability to donate to candidates amounted to a violation of their First Amendment right of free speech.

«Consistent with court rulings here in Colorado and around the country, the federal court agreed that the part of Colorado election law that requires petition collectors to be state residents is unconstitutional and unduly infringes on the First Amendment rights of voters and petition circulators.»

A federal court has ruled that a man, who used profanities on his speeding ticket payment form and was arrested as a result, had his First Amendment rights violated.

After a federal court ruled this week upheld U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's push to clawback disgraced former Assemblyman Eric Stevenson's pension, Speaker Carl Heastie does not expect the move will make the Legislature change course on a constitutional amendment for pension forfeiture.

The Justice Department's disinclination to seek warrants for private files stored on the servers of companies like Apple, Google, and Microsoft continued even after a federal appeals court in 2010 ruled that warrantless access to e-mail violates the Fourth Amendment.

Some home - school advocacy groups have attempted to secure a federal law or Supreme Court ruling that would establish uniform national guidelines grounded in First or Fourteenth Amendment rights, but to date such efforts have failed (to the great relief of home - school advocacy groups that oppose this strategy).

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled late last month that due to extensive state control over school finances, California school districts are state agencies and deserve the same 11th Amendment immunity against federal lawsuits enjoyed by other branches of state government.

The bill, HR 1523, enjoyed bipartisan support until last week, when the House Subcommittee on Select Education approved an amendment that would incorporate federal regulations protecting the rights of all handicapped individuals into the statute — thus barring changes in the rules without Congressional approval.

A coach who alleged school district retaliation for his complaints about unequal treatment of his girls» high school basketball team had no right to sue under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, a federal appeals court has ruled.

A Williamsport, Pa., student group was joined by the Reagan Administration in urging the Court to review a federal appeals court's July 1984 ruling that such meetings are prohibited by the establishment clause of the First Amendment.

On the day before school was to open that year, federal district court judge Solomon Oliver struck down the program, ruling that the use of tax dollars to pay for children to attend religious schools offends the First Amendment's Establishment Clause.

If state courts rule that the amendment requires that religious students and institutions be treated differently than secular ones, as Martinez's ruling seems to imply, it could potentially raise a federal challenge under both the First and Fourteenth Amendments as a violation of free exercise and equal protection.

The court expressed sympathy both for Ms. Couture and the teachers, but ruled that «The Fourth Amendment... does not empower federal courts to displace educational authorities regarding the formulation and enforcement of pedagogical norms....

The West Virginia Board of Education has voted unanimously to appeal a federal - court ruling striking down the state's voluntary - prayer amendment.

A teacher's selection of a controversial play for students is not protected speech under the First Amendment, a divided federal appeals court has ruled.

An amendment pushed by Heritage Action that would allow states to opt out of the law's requirements altogether but still receive federal funds was left on the cutting room floor when the bill went through the House Rules Committee.

Federal district in South Carolina has ruled that a school district's award of academic credit for of - campus religious instriction does not violate the First Amendment's Establishment Clause.

But their arguments could become relevant on the national stage when they contend the Colorado Supreme Court ruling, by prohibiting private religious K - 12 schools from accepting vouchers, is on a collision course with the federal First and Fourteenth Amendments.

The conference and community event will examine the context, decisions, choices, and legacy of the 1974 federal court ruling that school assignment of children in the City of Boston was in violation of the 14th amendment of the constitution.

The Judicial Conference Advisory Committees on Bankruptcy and Civil Rules published a set of proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure this summer that could modify how parties to a bankruptcy give notice of an adversary proceeding, how debtors give notice of a Chapter 13 plan, and how creditors make objections.

The Senate amendment replaces the restriction on GRATs with the new rules for Roth accounts, which have a similar effect on the federal budget.

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP)-- A federal appeals court ruled Friday that bloggers and the public have the same First Amendment protections as journalists when sued for defamation: If the issue is of public concern, plaintiffs have to prove negligence to win damages.

The Dec. 1 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure underscore the obligation of parties in litigation to provide electronic data in discovery.

Green noted that the latest amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, which went into effect on Dec. 1, appeared in the treatise, with annotations, that same day.

In this single case, and never since, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that the protections offered by the Illinois long - arm statute and Illinois due process exceeded those of the federal due process clause under the Fourteenth Amendment, and that for the Illinois courts to assert personal jurisdiction over the officer on these facts was «not fair, just, and reasonable.»

«We've done co-sessions on litigation support technology and discovery because of the [2006 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure],» she said.

Amendments towards the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure extending the guidelines of discovery to electronic information (for example e-mails, spreadsheets, voicemails along with other digital data) coupled with growing volumes of ESI have fueled the development of the fledgling profession to deal with the electronic realities of the digital age.

Although the Second Circuit's holding in Chin and the promulgation of the 2015 e-discovery amendments to the Federal Rules have scaled back Judge Scheindlin's holdings on legal holds and spoliation, her impact on the world of e-discovery will continue.

Significant amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure became effective on December 1, 2015 and include an important change to patent infringement pleading practice and the most notable revisions to the civil discovery rules in yRules of Civil Procedure became effective on December 1, 2015 and include an important change to patent infringement pleading practice and the most notable revisions to the civil discovery rules in yrules in years.

In fact, amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) have already been made to recognize e-Discovery as a vital procedure for civil lawsuits.

The discussion «Hacking America» centered on the proposed and unconstitutional changes to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, which would violate the Fourth Amendment's protection against government hacking into the computers of innocent Americans.

This persistent emphasis stems from the 2006 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which bring uncertainty and unpredictability to e-discovery outcomes for corporations and law firms alike.

Proposed Amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure: Hearings Before the Subcomm.

On Dec. 1, electronic - discovery amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure will take effect and change forever how civil cases are litigated.

New York Times reporter Miller has petitioned for a writ of certiorari, specifically asking about journalists» rights under the First and Fifth Amendments, as well as any common law privileges that would apply under Federal Rule of Evidence 501.

Yesterday, a federal district court in Louisiana held oral argument on First Amendment challenges to Louisiana's proposed advertising rules filed by a group of attorneys, reports The Associated Press.

A federal judge ruled that the ban did not violate Erik Estavillo's First Amendment rights.

A recent amendment to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, however, addresses that frustration by extending the work product privilege to protect from disclosure draft expert reports and most communications between experts and attorneys.

The amendments to the civil rules incorporate or adapt recent changes to the federal rules.

When new amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for handling electronically stored information went into effect on Dec. 1, 2007, discovery was supposed to become easier to manage.