Sentences with phrase «most of the case law»

Most of the case law involves inadvertent «oops» style disclosures of attorney - client privileged documents (keep in mind that...

In my own entry on the subject, I highlighted that most of the case law setting out the «suitability test» is in union contexts - interpreting and applying collective agreements, which usually do expressly define probation.

Not exact matches

The outcome: Some lawyers feel Thompson's case could cause a rash of copycat suits, but most agree the case will go nowhere, given that no laws have been broken, and considering that outrageous popcorn and soda prices are a theatre's greatest source of revenue — something that is unlikely to change in the near future.

Each member of the Audit Committee shall meet the independence standards and expertise requirements of the New York Stock Exchange corporate governance listing standards, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and rules promulgated thereunder, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (FDICIA), and other applicable laws and regulations, in each case, as of the Firm's most recent annual meeting.

Hagens Berman is one of the most successful auto litigation law firms in the U.S. and is presently leading nationwide cases against Volkswagen, GM, Mercedes and Fiat Chrysler for use of diesel emissions - cheating software.

Not that I wanted to be a lawyer, but I wanted to know enough about different areas of law to see where economics would be most useful Unlike most other economists, I actually enjoyed reading law cases.

Everyone's at it, and while most people aren't breaking the law in the pursuit of profit, there's a case for saying that manipulation should simply be accepted as part of life.

If a business is owned by a properly established trust, and it is sued, in most cases the only assets that can be attacked or attached in a court of law are those that are in the trust itself.

And the decisions made in forced arbitration proceedings are final — meaning in most cases they can't be appealed in a court of law.

I'm reading NFIB v. Sebelius (the Obamacare decision) in preparation for teaching the case to my constitutional law students and came across the following most interesting passage in in Justice Ginsburg's opinion: «A mandate to purchase a particular product would be unconstitutional if, for example, the edict impermissibly abridged the freedom of speech, interfered with the free exercise of religion, or infringed on a liberty interest protected by the Due Process Clause.»

So far, «most of the high - profile cases involve state or local actions that would not be covered by the federal protections,» said John Inazu, a professor at Washington University School of Law who has written several times about such cases for CT..

The categorical imperative to «treat humanity, whether in thine own person or in that of any other, in every case as an end withal, never as means only» (46) was, for Kant, the «universal law of nature» (38) and his understanding of it is the most radical conception of natural law in its modern sense.

It is, at least, apparent that the debates about humanitarian intervention by military force in the last decade, about the creation of international criminal tribunals in a number of cases, about the idea of a state's «universal jurisdiction» in cases of violations of the Genocide Convention or other «crimes against humanity,» about how far the global war on terror may proceed without violating the rights of states, and most recently, about the United - States - led use of force against the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, have all raised important points of positive and customary international law, and that in every one of these cases the outcome remains unsettled.

That he ran and was elected president on a platform of, as he says, treating people differently under the law — in this case not allowing gays to marry — renders this most recent articulation of ideological colonization all the more arrogant and ironic.

Nor are there lacking among most peoples some legal requirements established by the gods, as in the case of the Mosaic and Levitical law in the Bible.

The cases of priestly abuse should be treated on a case — by — case basis according to Catholic canon law and most of all according to Christian charity.

The most interesting thing I've discovered lately is that Deuteronomy is all in Moses» words and there is a case for separating the 10 commandments from the Law (teaching) of Moses.

His case is one of 32 — most of them involving Protestant Christians — identified by the group Forum 18, as examples of how the law is being enforced.

Only in the most extreme circumstances do they permit the taking of life; both our traditions and our law, for example, forbid killing except in case of legitimate selfdefense.

The marriage contract is a most powerful one that not even Congress and the President can overturn through special laws, as seen during the case of Terry Schiavo.

So I want to take what for moderns is the most scandalous of these scandalous laws as our hard case — those related to sexual sins — and press Jesus on his claim that these and other laws in Moses reveal him and his grace, mercy, forgiveness, and love (Lk 24:27, 44, cf., John 5:46).

Since the Supreme Court, in the case of Furman v. Georgia in 1972, invalidated most existing laws permitting capital punishment, several states have enacted new legislation designed to meet the court's objections to the Georgia law.

This is all the more striking as» what Luke could not foresee» the rules on inheritance were to become one of the trickiest and most developed in Islamic religious law, a nest of case studies for students of legal theory.

The same can not be said of this most illiberal Court, which has embarked on a course of inscribing one after another of the current preferences of the society (and in some cases only the counter-majoritarian preferences of the society's law - trained elite) into our Basic Law.&raqlaw - trained elite) into our Basic Law.&raqLaw.»

Such was Paul's dynamic theology, and Erasmus had failed, so Luther judged, to understand on the one hand the relative dignity and goodness of the Law, on its own merits, and on the other the fact that in any case to keep it was useless, and indeed largely impossible for most men without Christ: «Fulfilment without faith in Christ, even if it creates men like Fabricius, Regulus and others [heroes of Roman history] who are wholly irreproachable in the sight of men — no more resembles righteousness than sorb apples resemble figs.»

Any contamination of food with impurities of any kind may have most serious consequences for a company, because under the product liability law every food producer is liable for contaminations of his products in case a consumer should be harmed by such contaminations.

So that you are prepared in a case of being separated from your child, or if your child becomes lost or missing: because then you have the most updated information and law enforcement is so grateful to have that because 99 % of the time families are prepared.

In order to win back custody of your children, you will most likely need to work with an attorney who has experience winning similar family law cases.

In the particular example of laws regarding marijuana, there is a federal law banning its possession or sale in most cases, but some states do not impose a state law against it.

International law involving disputes between sovereign states, unlike most kinds of law, isn't something that gets resolved definitively by a tribunal in most cases.

For most of these interventions, and to the best of my knowledge, the US did not even make a case for having casus belli under international law.

Most of the constitution is written but distributed among statutes, case law, treaties conventions, traditions etc..

If we try to summary the whole answer, then we may say that the norms are not there, but two important aspects have to be considered: Threat to peace and security and massive human rights violations; meanwhile, if there are not such cases, and the change has gone through the due process of law and the new government has been able to gain the most support of the member states, then the new government is recognized.

«The lurid details underlying the case — where county contracts and legislation were traded for personal favors — were laid out for all to see, leaving the public now to wonder whether even the most brazen acts are beyond the grasp of the law.»

«It is difficult to understand why Borough President Adams, who prides himself on being someone who respects the law and enforces order, is in this case, putting those values aside to go against the most local representatives of the community and follow the lead of people who deploy some of the most thuggish, vitriolic behavior,» said Lee Silberstein, a spokesman for the Rabsky Group.

«Local district attorneys work with local law enforcement and I think it makes sense, in most cases and certainly these types of cases, that there is concern that there can be a conflict and even a perception of a conflict of interest,» Stewart - Cousins said, flanked by other senior and newly elected members of the conference.

On this much, most agree: That the Supreme Court took McDonnell's case means a good number of the justices think that U.S. public corruption law is worth examining.

Tom Libous, one of the state's most prominent and powerful Republican lawmakers in the Senate, has been found guilty by jury of lying to federal agents in a case stemming from his son receiving a job at a politically connected law firm in Westchester County.

Specifically, most of the complications arise as a result of the Bill not giving full effect, at least initially, to the general principles of EU law, given the impact they have had on decided cases about, or applicable to, UK tax issues.

In most cases, it appears that laws and policies which grant personal freedoms and ease restrictions are seen as liberal, while the opposing viewpoint of asserting heavier restrictions for some intended good is conservative.

In a review of hundreds of police cases, the Civilian Complaint Review Board found scores of incidents in which police officers misapplied or misunderstood the legal standards of one of the most invasive law enforcement tactics: entering a home.

«We're always trying to catch up to make sure we're ahead of the banks, who in most cases just don't want to abide by the law,» said the bill's lead sponsor, State Sen. Jeff Klein.

Courts have generally held that due to this dual nature tribes have immunity from federal civil cases, most of the time, and are not subject to laws of States the reservation is on.

I'm pretty sure most of the federal law enforcement agencies have external lines of credit that can be used in case of loss of funding, but its not exactly insurance per se

The BHA's Head of Public Affairs Naomi Phillips commented, «Recent years have seen some of the most compelling challenges to the law and policy on assisted dying in the UK and, if successful, this case could be key in affecting some change in this area.

Assemblyman Sheldon Silver — one of the most powerful men in Albany for two decades and a constant in shaping state policy under five governors — was found guilty Monday of selling his office for legal fees, capping a trial that cast new light on the capital's lax ethics laws and handing federal prosecutors a big win in a case that had lacked a smoking gun.

David says under the new law, the Regents can only allow a delay in special cases, where it would be a «hardship» for the schools to meet the deadline, but can't just wholesale authorize a later compliance date for most of the schools in the state.

The PAC should be empowered in at least the cases of the most egregious misfeasance to table a resolution for debate and voting on the floor of the House of Commons which, if passed, would then be sent to the Lords, and if agreed there too, would command the force of law for being implemented.

«For example, the law requires the conservation of a 30 - meter strip of forest cover along both banks of any river, but this is not being enforced in most cases,» she said.

The differences however, lie in legislation, where Sweden and most European countries are not by law required to have a code of ethics nor an ethics and compliance programme — as is the case in the US,» says Maira Babri.