Sentences with phrase «access to legal information about»

A new website developed with funding from the Alberta Real Estate Foundation provides Alberta landlords with online access to legal information about the province's recently revised...

A new website developed with funding from the Alberta Real Estate Foundation provides Alberta landlords with online access to legal information about the province's recently revised Residential Tenancy Act.

Not exact matches

The Patriot Act made it legal for the FBI to access all information about citizens without a warrant.

«I have great concerns with a policy that impedes patients» ability to access information about a legal medical treatment,» said Sen. Diane Savino, a Democrat from Staten Island and the lead sponsor of the medical marijuana legislation in the Senate.

But the decision means the public has no access to clear information about how much May's various legal battles are costing the taxpayer, not just in terms of legal fees but also including compensation paid out after unsuccessful cases.

Concerns were expressed about the possibility of police and security services having access to this information, but a DoH spokesman insisted the legal protection of such data would not change.

The guidelines will provide for a sequential course of study for each of the grades kindergarten through 12 and must include, at a minimum, the following: (1) knowledge of the research process and how information is created and produced; (2) skills in using information resources and critical thinking about those resources; (3) the abilities to evaluate information critically and competently, to recognize relevant primary and secondary information, and to distinguish among facts, points of view, and opinions; (4) access to information and information tools; and (5) an understanding of economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and how to use information ethically and legally.

How can it be that an incredibly stripped - down statistical model outpredicted legal experts with access to detailed information about the cases?

For more information about NYLS's DRAGNET and how it was created, see Using Google Custom Search To Access Recommended Legal Sites by Terry Ballard, LLAGNY Law Lines (Spring 2011) Vol.

If we are serious about access to justice, then we must do a better job of providing public access to legal information and legal information services.

The Hawaii Courts Mobile App can be used to access court records, learn more about jury service, or obtain information about free legal services.

Select from the public legal education submenu to access information about the practice of PLE in Canada.

«If one of us is doing a case about one issue, we can upload that information onto a wiki so that other lawyers across the province have access to the cases and legal work that's been done so we're not reinventing the wheel 77 times,» says Abramowicz.

A recent decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union found that the Dutch immigration authorities were not required to give a person access to a legal opinion about the person's immigration status, though the opinion contained personal information about the person.

Together, they run PlainSite, a website dedicated to providing the public with free access to legal documents and information about the legal system.

What's especially noteworthy about Free the Law, though, and what distinguishes it from other preservation initiatives, is that it provides for the preservation of historical legal materials in connection with free, public access to them, on the conviction that access to legal information promotes access to justice.

«The Access to Justice movement challenges society to seek ways to educate citizens about the law and legal procedure, expand the appearance of counsel to those most in need, and provide information and programs for those handling their own cases.

At some time in the past decade I was at a conference where Lexis actually introduced a new member of their senior staff who was to be the person who would bring all this information together, and establish a way to facilitate information about, and access to, all their affiliated legal resource brands.

The role of the Public Navigators is to provide legal information only, not legal advice, and to enable SRLs to access better information, and as a result, make better decisions about their legal problems.

Access to the legal profession is central to the work we do with schools so we felt it was important to include other aspects of law and provide important information about the various routes into the profession.

These crucial decisions about increasing meaningful access to public legal information shouldn't be had alone but rather together, as an open dialogue for the public good.

However, Butler ruled that Mulgrew had to turn over his notes, noting «the nature of the legal profession is such that the Law Society could not investigate complaints about its members without access to privileged information.»

Providers and legal advice agencies are already taking advantage of mobile technology to facilitate access and provide information about advice options.

In my view, micromanaging lawyer activities by blocking access to Facebook (a practice about which Steve Matthews is gathering more information at Stem Legal) doesn't seem like a great idea.

Margie Maes, Executive Director of the Legal Information Preservation Alliance (LIPA), and regular panelist on the podcast, will join us for a discussion about LIPA's involvement in many important initiatives and projects to insure the longterm access to legal materLegal Information Preservation Alliance (LIPA), and regular panelist on the podcast, will join us for a discussion about LIPA's involvement in many important initiatives and projects to insure the longterm access to legal materlegal materials.

There is more money to be made in responding to concerns about security than there is in providing access to legal and regulatory information.

This raises questions for me about the wisdom of CALL members contributing free labour to a commercial product that is not available to many of the people who most need access to legal information.

This webpage from Ted Tjaden's Legal Research and Writing website provides access to information about and links to Canadian case law, as well as links for those jurisdictions that provide online access to court dockets.

Business Development: Brokering various business dealings that further the diversification of Indian economies Developing and accessing commercial financial programs and services for tribal governments, including tax - exempt offerings and federally - guaranteed housing loans Serving as issuer or underwriter's counsel in tribal bond issuances Ensuring tribal compliance with Bank Secrecy Act and other federal financial regulatory requirements Handling federal and state income, excise, B&O, property and other tax matters for tribes and tribal businesses Chartering tribal business enterprises under tribal, state and federal law Registering and protecting tribal trademarks and copyrights Negotiating franchise agreements for restaurants and retail stores on Indian reservations Custom - tailoring construction contracts for tribes and general contractors Helping secure federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs Government Relations: Handling state and federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal riLegal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal rilegal and political developments affecting tribal rights.

Give special judicial protection and guarantees to family members and relatives, especially by improving mechanisms to ensure that such parties have access to information about the development of the investigation and about their rights in any legal proceedings.

· launching an Access to Justice website, to provide seamless access to local information about legal assistance and related serAccess to Justice website, to provide seamless access to local information about legal assistance and related seraccess to local information about legal assistance and related services;

This is my hundredth Slaw posting and rather than post on legal information, research and the Technologies of access and knowledge analysis, I'd like to think about slaw as a community of knowledge and where we've come from since those trans - mondial postings about taxonomies of legal knowledge back in June en route to India.

It used to be just about possible to discuss court reform separately from other access to justice issues such as online legal information and advice prior to issue of proceedings.

109 See Hazelwood, supra note 19, at 286 — 89 (listing a number of ethical issues surrounding email that legal writing courses could raise, including third - party access / interception, metadata, data retention, and inadvertent disclosure); Dragnich, supra note 36 at 15 (discussing how an email assignment could include lessons about confidentiality, attorney - client privilege, and «contemporary issues such as information security and removal of metadata prior to transmitting documents»); Tracy Turner, E-mail Etiquette in the Business World, 18 No. 1 Persps.: Teaching Legal Research & Writing 18, 19 — 20 (2009)(discussing ethical and professional email issues, including when to use email versus other forms of communication, forwards and replies, and CC and BCC use); see also Shapo, supra note 3, at 345 («If you are forwarding a message to another attorney, for example, check that there is nothing in the thread that is not for the eyes of that reciplegal writing courses could raise, including third - party access / interception, metadata, data retention, and inadvertent disclosure); Dragnich, supra note 36 at 15 (discussing how an email assignment could include lessons about confidentiality, attorney - client privilege, and «contemporary issues such as information security and removal of metadata prior to transmitting documents»); Tracy Turner, E-mail Etiquette in the Business World, 18 No. 1 Persps.: Teaching Legal Research & Writing 18, 19 — 20 (2009)(discussing ethical and professional email issues, including when to use email versus other forms of communication, forwards and replies, and CC and BCC use); see also Shapo, supra note 3, at 345 («If you are forwarding a message to another attorney, for example, check that there is nothing in the thread that is not for the eyes of that recipLegal Research & Writing 18, 19 — 20 (2009)(discussing ethical and professional email issues, including when to use email versus other forms of communication, forwards and replies, and CC and BCC use); see also Shapo, supra note 3, at 345 («If you are forwarding a message to another attorney, for example, check that there is nothing in the thread that is not for the eyes of that recipient.

All About Information is a legal blog about privacy and access to information, protection of confidential business information, libel and slander and the law of producAbout Information is a legal blog about privacy and access to information, protection of confidential business information, libel and slander and the law of Information is a legal blog about privacy and access to information, protection of confidential business information, libel and slander and the law of producabout privacy and access to information, protection of confidential business information, libel and slander and the law of information, protection of confidential business information, libel and slander and the law of information, libel and slander and the law of production.

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider shares thoughtful and timely discussion of legal news and perspectives and is a resource for readers to access cutting - edge information about various issues relating to data privacy and security.

MB may use your personal information for purposes such as, but not limited to, providing legal services, billing, record - keeping, and other client contact and service matters, accessing new clients» eligibility for credit, audit and record - keeping purposes, account collection purposes, managing and developing business and operations, learning about the needs of current and potential clients, developing or offering services and products tailored to our clients» needs, communicating with clients regarding current and future products and services, and responding to client comments and suggestions.

The ten model objectives include, among others, «protection of the public,» «advancement of the administration of justice and the rule of law,» «meaningful access to justice and information about the law,» «independence of professional judgment,» and «diversity and inclusion among legal services providers and freedom from discrimination for those receiving legal services and in the justice system.»

The Public Legal Information Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (PLIAN) is an independent non-profit that provides general information and education about the law to all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, with the intent of increasing access Information Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (PLIAN) is an independent non-profit that provides general information and education about the law to all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, with the intent of increasing access information and education about the law to all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, with the intent of increasing access to justice.

In addition to helping SRLs access legal information and locate referrals to affordable legal services, this system of portals hopes to connect the public to more information about their legal rights, court information, social services in their area, and other resources.

Over the years I have learned that being a Plaintiff's lawyer in this community means that I must provide people with access to the law, access to information about their health and welfare as well as provide advice and legal services.

This holds whether we are talking about Clicklaw in B.C. or Community Legal Information Association in P.E.I. Organizations such as these are on the front lines of the access to justice cause.

Tomorrow's Guardian has an amazing story about a British Government's proposal to charge for access to legal information, when value has been added to the raw text.

With numbers like that, we realized it was possible to learn even more from the experiment and so this year we teamed up with the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family (where JP Boyd is now executive director) to commission a multi-phase evaluation exploring not only what people think about the resource, but how this wikified approach to disseminating legal information actually impacts on outcomes and access to justice.

As someone who recently supported law firm legal research, would I ask the right question about how someone needs to access information to provide the right tool at the right time.

C. Meaningful access to justice and information about the law, legal issues, and the civil and criminal justice systems

The vendors aggregate the data and provide end users with access to such information as what specific lawyers at a firm have worked on particular matters, the average cost of representation in an area, or the average cost of a particular firm, as well as other data points that allow individuals or organizations to make informed decisions about their legal representation.

Inclusion in the Bucerius network gives access to our experts and content and thereby to new information about trends and developments in the legal market.

Tune in for part three of this series, where you'll learn about how clients benefit from online portals and why many 21stcentury legal clients who are used to 24/7 access to information prefer using this type of interface more than any other.

In addition to the four consecutive events, the DEH Speaker Series provides members with a distribution of topical articles, access to dynamic guest speakers, information about legal industry trends, and prospective business referrals and job opportunities.