Sentences with phrase «social host laws»

Indiana has laws commonly known as social host laws.

Social host laws are a form of dram shop law; dram shop laws apply to make bar and restaurant owners responsible for serving alcohol to someone who is visibly intoxicated or who is a minor.

Under Indiana's social host laws, it isn't just those who sell alcohol who are responsible for the consequences of their choice.

Social host laws in some jurisdictions hold adult property owners responsible whether or not they were aware of the party or provided the alcohol.

Adults who knowingly allow minors to consume opioids and other controlled substances in their home could face jail time under an amendment to Nassau's social host law proposed by lawmakers in the county's Republican legislative majority.

Nearly a decade has passed since Suffolk County adopted its social host law, which is aimed at preventing adults from allowing minors to consume alcohol in their homes.

Laura Schaefer (R - Westbury) said the change to the social host law is necessary to battle an opioid crisis that claimed the lives of some 600 Long Islanders last year, including about 200 in Nassau.

Under the Social Host Law — any one caught for the first and second time violating it would be fined.

A LL Amending LL # 2 (2014) to Include the Known Abuse of Drugs on Property as a Violation of the Social Host Law

The adopted, «Social Host Law» makes adults accountable for their actions in the event that minors were drinking on their property.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)- When the Social Host Law was passed by the Erie County Legislature in 2014, it only punished parents who knowingly provided alcohol to underage kids.

WBFO's Eileen Buckley reports the Social Host Law would hold adults accountable for allowing minors to drink on their property.

Legislator Dixon's current Social Host Law was enacted in 2014 to curb underage drinking and impose personal responsibility on adults or «social hosts» who allow the behavior on their premises.

Police made arrests in April in Southold and in May in Mattituck under the social host law.

«This proposed law is a logical extension of the social host law which was passed by the legislature in 2014.

Suffolk County legislators may add controlled substances, including opioids, to the social host law that currently applies to the consumption of alcohol by minors.

Based on the present state of social host law in Massachusetts, and without more facts, this may be a case, as in MacDougall, where the parent had no duty to the guests, and in particular to this girl, if she voluntarily consumed alcohol to excess, and drowned as a result.

The social host law now holds Massachusetts homeowners and their teenagers more accountable.

The Massachusetts social host law was back in the media this weekend when a mother and son were arrested following a large underage drinking party at their Cohasset home.

The mother was charged with furnishing alcohol to minors under the social host law, keeping a disorderly house and disturbing the peace.

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Many insurers today offer protection against a host of business risks - be it law suits, cyber-attacks, theft or social media mishaps

Beginning in 2015 all BWI - hosted giveaways and social media parties will be restricted to US participants due to international sweepstakes laws.

18.00 Conservative MEP Kay Swinburne and Labour MEP Derek Vaughan are among speakers at an event hosted by the TUC, Foreign Policy Centre and the European Commission Representation in the UK to discuss UK perspectives on EU employment and social law

In addition to Citizen Action, a variety of other groups hosted the event including Albany Democratic Socialists, Albany Jewish Voices for Peace, Albany Social Justice Center, Alliance for Quality Education, Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace, the Capital District Coalition Against Islamophobia, Center for Law and Justice, the New York State Labor Religion Coalition and the New York State Council of Churches.

A bill to strengthen Suffolk County's «social host» law was unanimously approved at last Tuesday's county Legislature meeting in Hauppauge.

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Texas Social Host Drunk Driver Law If someone comes to my home or apartment, gets drunk and gets in a car accident, am I liable?»

The Massachusetts Law Office Management Assistance Program (LOMAP) is hosting a free, one - hour webinar this Friday, April 29, at noon, at which I will present on «The Power of Social Media.»

As follows from earlier case law (as translated into guidelines by the Commission in COM (2009) 313 final), when assessing whether the residence of an individual constitutes an unreasonable burden on its social assistance system, national authorities are required to take account of «social factors» such as the level of connection of the EU citizen with the society of the host Member State and any considerations pertaining to age, state of health, family and economic situation.

According to the article, last summer, the Appollo Theatre Foundation hosted summer associates for an amateur night at the Apollo, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland held a social networking party for local nonprofits and summer associates from Cleveland's top law firms.

In a paragraph that could be seen as wrapping up its recent line of case law, it claims that it would be «particularly unjustified» if a Union citizen who has worked for one year in the host Member State and who has contributed to its social security and tax system by paying taxes, rates and other charges on his income, was treated in the same way as a first - time job seeker in that Member State «who has never carried on an economic activity in that State and has never contributed to that system» (para. 44).

Hence it may be concluded that EU free movement law especially protects mobile Union citizens who «earn'their social rights by paying their way into their host welfare system.

Social Media for Law Firms Upcoming Webinar: Ethical Social Media Marketing For Lawyers: Tips And Strategies My good friend Natalie Alesi and I are hosting a Rocket Matter webinar titled Ethical Social Media Marketing for Lawyers: Tips and Strategies on June 20, 2013 from 12:00 pm — 1:00 pm ET.

The Centre of Excellence for International Courts (iCourts) and PluriCourts — Centre for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order is hosting a high - level summer school for PhD students working on international law and with a special interest in interdisciplinary studies of international law and its social and political context.

Unlike many states, Maine law also provides for the liability of private individuals, or social hosts, who provide alcohol to minors or intoxicated individuals who later cause injuries to a third party.

For instance, Colorado law permits claims against third parties or anyone who may have contributed in some way to the accident, like a restaurant or bar owner, or perhaps against an individual who was hosting a social function or party.

In addition, Pennsylvania law recognizes social host liability when adults serve or provide alcohol to minors, which then results in injuries to the minors or others.

«Under the so - called «social host» law that was enacted in 2006, adults who allow underage drinking parties to be held in their homes can face criminal charges.

Co., the Court created a common law theory of liability of a social host «to a person injured by an intoxicated guest's negligent operation of a motor vehicle where a social host who knew or should have known that his guest was drunk, nevertheless gave him or permitted him to take an alcoholic drink and thereafter, because of his intoxication, the guest negligently operated a motor vehicle causing the third person's injury.»

James G. Ryan, the head of the Commercial Litigation Department and is the chair of the firm's Employment Litigation practice presented a seminar on Social Media in the Workplace on May 4, 2016 at the 26th annual Law in the Workplace Conference hosted by the Suffolk County Academy of Law.

One of London's leading mid-tier law firms, Mackrell Turner Garrett, is to host a talk as part of its ongoing series of Directors» Briefings which will focus on brand protection, social media and intellectual property.

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Located in Montreal, and fluently bilingual, Ava works with clients on a wide array of matters, ranging from licensing, copyright clearance, incorporation and service contracts to web - related issues such as vetting content, social media copy, privacy policies, terms and conditions, language / privacy laws, and website guideline, development and hosting contracts.

O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) in association with Stanford University, US, hosted «Law of Democracy — India Field Study», a joint exercise offering an exciting exploration of the legal, political and social constructions of the Indian and American democracies from 26th March — April 1st 2017.

CWP's political activities included hosting a dinner where people living in poverty ate a meal with members of parliament and other decision - makers, and discussed their experiences of poverty and ideas about how to address it; organizing policy summits where people living in poverty could collaborate with social policy experts and academics to develop recommendations for addressing poverty; and offering an online course on Canada's obligations to address poverty under international human rights law, those living in poverty could join a community of learners to discuss topics of the day.

Click here to read about the Massachusetts social host liability law.

(Freedom of movement for persons — Union Citizenship — Directive 2004 / 38 / EC — Right of residence for more than three months — Article 7 (1)(b)-- Person no longer having worker status — Person in possession of a retirement pension — Having sufficient resources not to become a burden on the «social assistance system» of the host Member State — Application for a special non-contributory cash benefit — Compensatory supplement intended to augment a retirement pension — Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 — Articles 3 (2) and 70 — Competence of the Member State of residence — Conditions for granting — Legal right to reside on the national territory — Compliance with European Union law)

The Centre of Excellence for International Courts (iCourts) and PluriCourts — Centre for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order is also hosting a high - level summer school for PhD students and junior scholars working on international law and with a special interest in interdisciplinary studies of international law and its social and political context.

In the landmark decision in MRC Properties, Inc. v. Gries, 98 NM 710 (1982), the Fine Law Firm attorneys were successful in requiring a social host, a local McDonald's, to be responsible for the consequences of serving alcoholic beverages to minors resulting in a serious automobile accident.

The university was also host of this year's games, which boasted a variety of social events, a trivia competition, a talent show, 15 sporting events, and a moot competition, judged by Dalhousie faculty and a few bilingual third - year law students.