Sentences with phrase «almost taken to court»

She's lost quite a bit of business along the way, and was almost taken to court, but her morals were worth sticking up for.

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LOS ANGELES (AP)-- It's a story almost as old as Hollywood — stars taking their parents to court over money they earned as child actors that was pilfered or mismanaged.

Texas eminent domain lawyer Luke Ellis, told the Houston Chronicle: «The public interest question surrounding exports provides an opening to challenge land takings in court, and is almost certainly on the minds of pipeline executives.»

But not all marketing terms are used legally - earlier this month, the federal court ruled in favour of the Australian Consumer Commission, which took two of the nation's largest poultry producers to task for using the term «free to roam», when in reality, almost 20 chickens were being kept per square metre.

Traded away for almost no cash and three run - of - the - court players, Chamberlain is again threatening to take his investments and go home.

The public attention given to the landmark High Court case taken by Aja Teehan and the coverage of the recent Coroner's inquest in the tragic death of baby Kai David Heneghan in Mayo have dominated the debate and have detracted from the real issues of: (i) Ireland's maternity care system being almost solely obstetric led and (ii) a woman's right to make responsible, informed choices in pregnancy and childbirth.

In reversing McDonnell's conviction, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court found that instructions to the trial jury about what defines a public official's «official acts» were so broad that they could include almost any action an official might take while in office.

A man who was 16 years old when he fatally strangled his girlfriend almost 40 years ago is entitled to a new parole board review that takes into consideration his age at the time of his crime, a divided upstate court has ruled.

As a lawyer you debate everyday in court so nobody and absolutely nobody can take Nana Addo's competence and ability to debate issues from him so I am surprised that Nana Addo who has taken part in 2008 debates, 2012 debates and has been on almost all platforms in this country campaigning, can be described as avoiding an embarrassing situation,» he said.

An industry coalition denounced the study as flawed almost from the beginning and took the government to court several times.

In court last week, official state media reported, Zhang pleaded guilty to taking bribes, almost half of which were for his CAS membership bids.

How a dating app hookup landed a teen on the sex offender registry Almost six months after Jessie Nizewitz took Viacom and the producers of the VH1 series Dating Naked to court for showing too much of her skin, a New York

Includes links to related topics EXCLUSIVE: Almost six months after Jessie Nizewitz took Viacom and the producers of the VH1 series Dating Naked to court for some big bucks for showing too much of her skin, the reality show contestant's case has been left in its own birthday suit.

«The evidence this court heard was that it could take anywhere from two to almost ten years and cost $ 50,000 to $ 450,000 or more to bring these cases to conclusion under the Dismissal Statutes, and that given these facts, grossly ineffective teachers are being left in the classroom.»

«It took us almost 20 years to establish a sector, it took one court decision to rip it away from us and now we are fighting to maintain and reclaim that option» for the students, families and teachers of Washington.

In an unusual step, the high court did not allow the mid-level Indiana Court of Appeals to review the program and rule on its constitutionality as it almost always does before taking an apcourt did not allow the mid-level Indiana Court of Appeals to review the program and rule on its constitutionality as it almost always does before taking an apCourt of Appeals to review the program and rule on its constitutionality as it almost always does before taking an appeal.

If you want to openly conspire to set prices in order to protect your market and limit competition at the expense of the consumer you will only be able to get away with doing so for two years, plus however long it takes the government to drag you into court, prove anything, and penalize you with a slap - on - the - wrist settlement in which you ultimately offer consumers a small price break they will almost certainly never take you up on for products they probably don't want to buy anyway.

Judgments» (you got taken to court & lost), are almost always REQUIRED to be paid off before approval.

These included: Mark Rothko, Philip Guston («Philip would say again and again — as if he had never said it before — that everything in a work of his had to be «felt»»), Franz Kline (he «held court at the Cedar Street Tavern almost every night after ten»), David Smith, Tony Smith, Robert Motherwell, Ad Reinhardt, Jackson Pollock, Barnett Newman, Hans Hofman («I always admired Hans» painting and believe that certain of his pictures — Lava and Agrigento come to mind — must be numbered among the greatest abstract expressionist canvases»), Willem de Kooning, and Clyfford Still («as a de Kooning man, it took me time to appreciate Still's innovation»).

A year ago — almost to the day — the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reached the opposite result, deciding that a graduate of the wholly online Concord Law School would be allowed to take the Massachusetts bar examination.

There is a dearth of authority on the issue of the extent to which a court in Ireland will take a prenuptial agreement into consideration in its distribution of assets and, in the absence of such authority, it is assumed that Irish courts will not consider (and will almost certainly refuse to automatically enforce) a prenuptial agreement.

Whilst it seems likely that the Courts of many EU Member States would generally continue to recognise English jurisdiction clauses, in the absence of a unifying instrument the approaches taken by different EU Member States would almost inevitably be different and quite probably inconsistent.

When Hoodfar was taken to a prison in Tehran, her local lawyer was not told what the charges against his client were, he had almost no access to her and the presiding judge eventually dismissed him without Hoodfar's consent and replaced him with a lawyer who was deemed acceptable to plead before the Revolutionary Court.

Despite the final damning judgment by Canada's highest court in 2010, it took Stephen Harper's Conservative government almost two years to repatriate Khadr.

What makes this latter case notable is that it took the D.C. Court of Appeals almost five years to decide the case — with the lawyer continuing to practice all the while — and the court excused the lawyer's failure to maintain financial records based on his excuse that he forget them when he moved his ofCourt of Appeals almost five years to decide the case — with the lawyer continuing to practice all the while — and the court excused the lawyer's failure to maintain financial records based on his excuse that he forget them when he moved his ofcourt excused the lawyer's failure to maintain financial records based on his excuse that he forget them when he moved his office.

My understanding of Achmea is that the Court considers it contrary to EU law for a MS to enter into an agreement which may cause it to be bound by decisions of a tribunal if (i) the tribunal may take decisions affecting EU law in that state — which is almost inevitable for any trade or investment tribunal, and (ii) it can not refer questions to the Court, and (iii) there is no possibility to substantively review the decisions in the MS courts.

After struggling with the issue, the Court erred on the side of protecting the almost sacrosanct attorney - client privilege, holding that, «[o] n balance, and perhaps with some indulgence for human fallibility,» defendant satisfied his burden of showing that he took reasonable steps to preserve the confidentiality of the communication.

Canadian society, in general, may take issue with particular decisions but as a whole appears to respect the judicial system (although most would probably like it to be more transparent, particularly the process for choosing new judges at almost every level of court).

While he found it would be almost impossible to create an exact formula for determining when a lawyer has committed professional misconduct in the courtroom and agreed that it should be up to the Law Society to determine when misconduct took place, he did offer a set of basic principles that could be applied when trying to make a determination of in - court misconduct.

The Court also took note of the fact that the Defendant's formal offer was almost double that of the actual Court award, leading the Court to conclude that the Plaintiff should not be awarded costs throughout, including trial, as this would defeat the purpose of the deterrent function of the costs rule.

By now [after almost two years of legislative inaction], the government's decision not to challenge the WSIAT decisions in court has taken a more sinister complexion — it looks like an attempt to take advantage of a peculiarity of administrative law to ensure that the unconstitutional bar to mental stress claims will continue to apply to all but the most well - resourced and determined injured workers....

U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves ruling will almost certainly be appealed to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, but that may take several years.

Two years ago, in Imerman v Tchenguiz, Imerman v Imerman [2010] EWCA Civ 908, [2011] 1 All ER 555, the Court of Appeal took the Family Division to task for maintaining, for almost 20 years, a practice in relation to disclosure in ancillary relief proceedings that was incompatible with the general law of confidentiality.

It takes almost five years on average from the opening of a formal investigation for a case to arrive at the crown court, the report says, and even then the resulting trials often face further delays.

While it is possible to attend a driving school course from almost anywhere in the country, it is important to understand that only courses that are approved by the state of Florida are accepted if you are taking the course for the purposes of your driving record, are under court order to take a course, or are taking a driver safety course because of a traffic ticket or citation.

We're out almost $ 1800 for the rental and it looks like we're going to have to take the policy holder to small claims court.

If you want to fight the speeding ticket yourself or if you want to know 5 things to ask before hiring a traffic attorney, the main point to take away is that in almost every situation, fighting your speeding ticket in court is the way to go.

When you take your certificate to the court they will almost certainly be familiar with the name printed on the top.

Adoption is a hard road that can take a toll some times as we are almost at the end of our journey and just waiting to be able to get our finalization paperwork and court date (We are adopting through US Foster care system).