Sentences with phrase «not being in court»

At the resumed hearing, Rotimi Jacob who is prosecuting for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) informed Justice Husseini Baba Yusuf that the defendant refused to come to court on the ground that his lawyers, Joseph Daudu and Ahmed Raji would not be in court.

I'm not happy with all this litigation in the sense of I'd rather not be in court because I think these are things that could be solved without litigation, but the reality of our modern life is that people that have a lot of money want to guard their money, so they sued us over these laws and standards we posted.

Even if you haven't been in a court room before, you can probably picture it in your mind thanks to numerous TV shows.

The information is notarized, and can be used sometimes in place of the actual witness if they can not be in court for some reason.

If the relevant consumer protection law has a minimum $ 5,000 statutory damages amount for some claims covered by the clause, this clause would prevent it from being invalidated, while allowing the merchant to still have access to the consumer unfriendly arbitration forum in which class action lawsuits are probably also barred while class action lawsuits would not be in court.

Not exact matches

Martin said he hadn't yet discussed the ruling with Eminem, aka Marshall Mathers III, but was glad the rapper hadn't been needed to travel to New Zealand «to watch the paint dry in the court room.»

After Verizon beat the FCC in court in 2014, then - FCC chair Tom Wheeler turned to Title II of the 1934 Communications Act to achieve his goal of mandating net neutrality (the court had said that, without broadband providers being classified as common carriers, the FCC did not have the authority to force them to maintain an open internet).

«This is not a policy we support, and I would note that it has already been challenged in federal court, and some of the order has been enjoined at least temporarily,» Blankfein said, according to a transcript seen by Reuters.

The Condo Authority of Ontario (CAO) would be a third - party not - for - profit administrative body that would help in resolving disputes between owners and boards, presumably to avoid expensive court battles.

To resolve that issue, the court had to determine whether (1) virtual currency may be regulated by the CFTC as a commodity and (2) the CEA permits the CFTC to exercise jurisdiction over fraud in connection with commodities that do not directly involve futures or derivative contracts.

Still, some have argued (in court) that the degree of risk isn't adequately communicated, and crowdfunding companies have taken steps to better communicate that uncertainty over time.

Clifford has sued Cohen and Trump in federal court in Los Angeles, seeking a ruling that the «hush agreement» she signed in October 2016 was never valid because Trump didn't sign it.

You don't have to be courting VCs to notice the change in mindset: According to Alicia Robb, a senior fellow at the Kauffman Foundation who analyzed more than 25,000 Kickstarter projects, female crowdfunders on the site are more likely to get fully funded than men.

What we in the West definitely don't know is the current location of Bo or Wang, what repercussions will be felt by Bo's powerful allies in politics, business and the military (the Financial Times reported May 14 that Bo's mentor and standing committee member Zhou Yongkang had been relieved of his duties as head of China's police, courts and spy apparatus), and who is going to lead China for the next 10 years, let alone what their policy leanings may be.

The Xbox console owners filed a proposed class action against Microsoft in federal court in 2011, saying the design of the console was defective and that its optical disc drive could not withstand even small vibrations.

In the case, National Cable & Telecommunications Association v. Brand X Internet Services, the High Court ruled that ISPs are information services, as the FCC had defined them at the time, and not public utilities.

As it turns out, it's not just the Hulk Hogan case: Thiel admitted in his interview with the Times that he decided several years ago to secretly fund multiple cases in an attempt to cripple the company, and that there is at least one other case before the courts that he's involved in.

While there were dissenters, the Supreme Court found that Skilling's negative publicity didn't prevent him from receiving a fair trial — especially because Houston was the fourth - most - populous city in the country, allowing for a large jury pool.

Being able to give massive political contributions actually pales in comparison to the impact of being able to destroy a publication you don't like by combining the machinery of the courts with anonymity and unlimited funds to bleed a publicationBeing able to give massive political contributions actually pales in comparison to the impact of being able to destroy a publication you don't like by combining the machinery of the courts with anonymity and unlimited funds to bleed a publicationbeing able to destroy a publication you don't like by combining the machinery of the courts with anonymity and unlimited funds to bleed a publication dry.

Bon - Ton did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment on the store closures but announced in a press release Wednesday that the liquidation firms» bid had been approved by the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

The streaming TV startup that lost against big broadcasters in the Supreme Court is still not giving up.

An Italian court has ruled that Uber's apps can not be used in the country, and that the company can not advertise its services there.

In separate lawsuits against the state, Michigan's Republican attorney general and Trump asked state courts to prevent the recount, saying Stein should not be allowed to seek one because she finished so far behind Trump and Clinton that she couldn't have won, even if some votes were miscounted.

Apple also cites U.S. v. New York Telephone because the Supreme Court, in its ruling, addressed the question of what is and isn't an «unreasonable» request under the All Writs Act.

In the words of the chief justice in the Chaoulli v. Quebec case, in which the Supreme Court of Canada overturned the prohibition against private health insurance in the province in 2005, «Access to a waiting list is not access to health care.&raquIn the words of the chief justice in the Chaoulli v. Quebec case, in which the Supreme Court of Canada overturned the prohibition against private health insurance in the province in 2005, «Access to a waiting list is not access to health care.&raquin the Chaoulli v. Quebec case, in which the Supreme Court of Canada overturned the prohibition against private health insurance in the province in 2005, «Access to a waiting list is not access to health care.&raquin which the Supreme Court of Canada overturned the prohibition against private health insurance in the province in 2005, «Access to a waiting list is not access to health care.&raquin the province in 2005, «Access to a waiting list is not access to health care.&raquin 2005, «Access to a waiting list is not access to health care.»

But prosecutors assured the court that they weren't interested in 400,000 users, just Snowden, and Levison was ordered to comply.

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled that even if these allegations are true, Yelp still isn't guilty of extortion.

Polygraph results haven't been accepted in most state courts since 1923.

The lawsuit says Wisconsin is violating the U.S. Supreme Court's 2000 Bush v. Gore ruling because it doesn't have uniform standards to determine which votes should be counted in a recount.

He says though Ontario won't become a «plaintiff nirvana,» mostly due to the fact that in order to be sued a company must have a tangible Canadian connection and that these lawsuits are costly to launch, the Ontario court is showing financial savviness.

If a judge believes you have been less than entirely honest, your agreement will be legally baseless and won't stand up in court.

Not long after the Supreme Court deemed Aereo's service «for all practical purposes a traditional cable system,» the company, in a desperate last bid for survival, pulled an about - face and argued that it should be allowed to operate like one.

A lawyer representing Schrems, James Doherty, told the court that a referral to the European Court was «unnecessary or at least premature» as the Irish regulator had not fully investigated the complaint and had not used all tools in its power to restrict data flows where consumers» rights were threatcourt that a referral to the European Court was «unnecessary or at least premature» as the Irish regulator had not fully investigated the complaint and had not used all tools in its power to restrict data flows where consumers» rights were threatCourt was «unnecessary or at least premature» as the Irish regulator had not fully investigated the complaint and had not used all tools in its power to restrict data flows where consumers» rights were threatened.

This category isn't restricted to attorneys who appear in court.

Facebook said on Thursday a legal challenge against the way it transfers EU user data to the United States was «deeply flawed» and should not be referred to the EU's top court because ample privacy protections were already in place.

I was in the bleachers (virtually), but my heart was not on the court.

Ding and Gao were certainly not specialists in the former, according to descriptions of them in court records and from family members and acquaintances.

In fact, the number of new divorces before Alberta courts doubled in recent years, suggesting the low divorce rate trend isn't nationwidIn fact, the number of new divorces before Alberta courts doubled in recent years, suggesting the low divorce rate trend isn't nationwidin recent years, suggesting the low divorce rate trend isn't nationwide.

«A ruling by a single judge in one circuit can not and does not undo the years of clear legal precedent nationwide establishing that transgender students have the right to go to school without being singled out for discrimination,» said a statement from five groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), that have filed «friend of the court» briefs on behalf of transgender students.

«This court, as a trier of fact, is simply not firmly convinced of defendant's guilt,» Judge Wilson wrote in his ruling.

The settlement couldn't be immediately confirmed in court records.

Mendez is not the first time the court has ruled in favor of officers whose poor choices led to preventable harm.

«There are going to be tough questions on both sides, questions the Supreme Court has not directly answered before in cases, that this court may not hesitate to stay clear of,» says Adam Winkler, a professor of constitutional law at University of California, Los AngCourt has not directly answered before in cases, that this court may not hesitate to stay clear of,» says Adam Winkler, a professor of constitutional law at University of California, Los Angcourt may not hesitate to stay clear of,» says Adam Winkler, a professor of constitutional law at University of California, Los Angeles.

Lonzo is a great player and has some of the best court - vision you could hope to find in a rookie out of college, but his play and his passing aren't the only reasons his name has been grabbing headlines.

A fire damaged the house in 2002, and the owner went to court in 2012 after it was alleged that he was not keeping the historic property up to code.

When prime - time hosts — who have never served our country in any capacity — dismiss facts and empirical reality to launch profoundly dishonest assaults on the FBI, the Justice Department, the courts, the intelligence community (in which I served) and, not least, a model public servant and genuine war hero such as Robert Mueller — all the while scaremongering with lurid warnings of «deep - state» machinations — I can not be part of the same organization, even at a remove.

Complicating this is an appeals court decision from last year that said the FTC could not regulate common carriers in any field, be it for their common - carrier business (i.e., providing internet or telephone service) or anything else.

Baazov, who was not in court on Monday, has pleaded not guilty to securities - related charges following an investigation by Quebec's stock market regulator.

«I would not have belonged on the court in any way,» Fliegel says, «if it weren't for that coach.»

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