Sentences with phrase «against a lawyer in»

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According to the Delaware Office of Disciplinary Counsel's Digest of Lawyer Discipline, approximately 60 percent of complaints against lawyers in 2016 involve, either directly or indirectly, books and records violations.

Defending claims against lawyers in the current climate is an uphill battle: Franchisees are often treated by the courts almost as a «protected class» as judges seem to strive to make findings in their favour in disputes with franchisors over disclosure.

Similarly, in 2010 — 11, the most common complaints against lawyers in Texas involved allegations of neglect and failure to communicate (State Bar of Texas, Commission for Lawyer Discipline Annual Report, June 1, 2010 — May 31, 2011).

Past disciplinary decisions against lawyers in Canada for incivility have tended to focus on personal attacks.

Kirsty Brimelow QC, Chair of BHRC, said: «In 2016, BHRC, called upon the President of Egypt to end the persecution against lawyers in Egypt.

«I'm not against lawyers in general; just the ones who exploit people by charging huge amounts of money for copying and pasting documents,» Browder said.

It's like letting the wolf in the door, like going up against a lawyer in your own murder trial.

Not exact matches

Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, attended the Monday hearing alongside Michael Avenatti, her lawyer in a pending suit against Trump and Cohen seeking to void her hush deal.

In Europe, some think the American reaction to the scandal is overwrought, driven by contingency - fee lawyers and politicians eager to help domestic automakers gain ground against a European rival.

In his statement of defence, O'Leary's lawyer Christopher Madill denies all of the allegations against his client and says the suit should be dismissed.

PHILADELPHIA — Lawyers for an investigative reporting organization filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Philadelphia region's main transit agency after it refused to run ads about the group's stories on racial disparities in mortgage lending.

And in May, Trump - appointed FCC chairman Ajit Pai, a former Verizon lawyer, proposed canceling most of the agency's 2015 net neutrality rules that prohibit ISPs from blocking, slowing, or otherwise discriminating against web sites and online services.

Matt Zuchetto, a lawyer in Washington state who has filed class - action lawsuits against debt - settlement companies, says many established players simply modified their fee structures.

It came as a surprise to some who know or have worked with Joanna Hendon that she would represent President Donald Trump in the case against his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen.

«The most you can charge in Washington is $ 25,» explains lawyer Matt Zuchetto, whose firm launched a class - action lawsuit against the company on that basis.

At a recent Michigan State board of trustees meeting, a Larry Nassar victim came forth and accused the school's interim President John Engler of attempting to get her to agree to a payoff in a meeting without her lawyers so she would drop her civil lawsuit against the school.

Yadav's lawyer, D.K. Mishra, said he would appeal against the sentence in a higher court.

In filings that are part of a libel lawsuit that first lady Melania Trump filed against the Daily Mail tabloid, her lawyers argue that her position could help her grow her personal brand, according to The Associated Press.

In his response letter, the Times» lawyer bluntly declined those requests from Trump's legal team despite the threat of a potential libel lawsuit against the newspaper.

«Sometimes issues involving non-bank dealers overlap with end - user issues and in those cases, they can be working with the banks and against the banks at the same time,» the lawyer said.

Bloom, a lawyer who built a reputation on representing women in high - profile sexual harassment cases against powerful men, came under fire from critics.

That conflict eventually led to the jailing and death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, and in turn to the Magnitsky Act sanctions against certain Russian oligarchs by the U.S.

Krasner: I have — like a lot of civil rights lawyers, like a lot of activists — been beating my head against the wall of the DA's office and the [Philadelphia] police department for a long time because the DA's office in Philly was not enforcing the law against police.

Last week, Daniels» initial lawsuit against Trump and his personal lawyer Michael Cohen was delayed for 90 days, while proceedings in an ongoing criminal investigation into Cohen move forward.

Many provinces have intervened in the case against Comeau, while a team of lawyers with an interest in the constitutional issues offered to represent him for free, and the Canadian Constitution Foundation volunteered its assistance.

You'd be forgiven for thinking that a renegade lawyer going up against one of the biggest bands in the world in court only has a tiny chance of prevailing.

«Qualcomm has confirmed publicly that this lawsuit against our clients is intended to make a point about Apple and punish our clients for working with Apple,» Theodore J. Boutrous, a lawyer for the four companies, said in a statement.

The reforms, in essence, would create an independent panel composed mostly of laypersons to oversee the profession, and an independent office for the investigation of complaints against lawyers (a real life, «highly successful» example is the Office of the Legal Services Commissioner in New South Wales, Australia).

NEW YORK, April 16 - A lawyer for victims of terrorist attacks in Israel on Monday urged a federal appeals court to revive their lawsuit against Facebook Inc, saying Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony undermined the social media company's argument that it bore no responsibility for content on its platforms.

(Bloomberg)-- An investment fund that's seeking a payout from the Cuban government on more than $ 1.3 billion in defaulted debt and back interest has hired the lawyer who won a settlement for hedge funds in a long - running legal battle against Argentina.

Matthew Leib, a former New Yorker intern, and Lauren Ballinger, who worked at W Magazine, are represented by the same lawyers in both the Black Swan suit against Fox Entertainment and former interns at Hearst's Harpers» Bazaar and Cosmopolitan.

Legal experts noted that federal authorities face an uphill climb in turning lawyers against their clients.

«It's the nuclear option,» said Jeffrey Neiman, a lawyer in Florida who was one of the lead prosecutors on the federal government's initial 2009 case against UBS's Swiss bank.

In March, a Reuters investigation found that the agency had also dropped a lawsuit lawyers were preparing to file against another payday lender, called National Credit Adjusters, and that Mulvaney was weighing the possibility of halting lawsuits against three others.

Cobb had been a major advocate in the White House for Trump to sit for an interview while many of those close to Trump, including his former lawyer John Dowd, warned against it.

This week Mr. Avenatti revealed that Mr. Cohen had received help from a Trump Organization lawyer in initially seeking the restraining order against Ms. Clifford.

Mr. Cohen is a longtime lawyer and fixer who, in a decade at Mr. Trump's side, has served as a reliable attack dog against real or perceived threats to him.

In an email, the lawyer, Charles J. Harder, said Ms. Trump, the wife of Donald J. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, «has placed several news organizations on notice of her legal claims against them, including Daily Mail among others, for making false and defamatory statements about her supposedly having been an «escort» in the 1990s.&raquIn an email, the lawyer, Charles J. Harder, said Ms. Trump, the wife of Donald J. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, «has placed several news organizations on notice of her legal claims against them, including Daily Mail among others, for making false and defamatory statements about her supposedly having been an «escort» in the 1990s.&raquin the 1990s.»

Mr. Lighthizer brought such trade cases against foreign actors for decades as a lawyer for the steel industry, and he has criticized the World Trade Organization for interfering in what he sees as the United States» efforts to enforce its own laws.

«RBI claims to be a Canadian - based company to avoid U.S. taxes but yet when franchisees attempt to pursue legal claims against its various brands, including Tim Hortons, RBI takes a conflicting position and claims to be a Miami, Florida based company,» the association's lawyer Robert Einhorn said in a statement Thursday.

Also March 20, 2018: New York state Judge Jennifer Schecter rules against Trump's lawyers» motion to dismiss the defamation case by Summer Zervos, citing the Supreme Court's ruling in Clinton v. Jones that presidents are not immune from civil suits.

The Cryptocurrency Litigation Tracker serves as a clearinghouse for the industry to keep track of trends, in order to know what the regulators and plaintiffs» lawyers are thinking, both to prevent against future litigation and to develop defenses to current actions.

There are no open class action lawsuits against Kraken -LSB-...] There will always be lawyers engaged in barratry, and there will always be traders unwilling to be accountable for their own decisions.»

Lawyers filed a $ 1 billion lawsuit against Facebook Inc., alleging it allowed the Palestinian militant Hamas group to use the platform to plot attacks that killed four Americans and wounded one in Israel, the West Bank and Jerusalem.

Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen has filed papers in federal court for $ 20 million in damages against the porn actress.

You would need a lawyer who specializes in lawsuits against financial services firms or financial service providers.

A separate arbitration case by Conoco against Venezuela before the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) introduced in 2007 could result in a final decision later this year, a lawyer close to the case said.

President Trump's personal lawyer and a former business associate met privately in New York City last month with a member of the Ukrainian parliament to discuss a peace plan for that country that could give Russia long - term control over territory it seized in 2014 and lead to the lifting of sanctions against Moscow.

Najib said on Sunday that he had referred «wild allegations» against him to lawyers and would decide any legal steps in a few days.