Sentences with phrase «become precedent setting»

When plaintiffs lawyers have attempted to push the boundaries of existing wage and hour law, we've beat them back with cases that have become precedent setting and that deter future copycat suits.

Such was the case in a recent lawsuit involving the severe burning of a minor in a public park has become a precedent setting decision after it was ruled that the defendants in the case, East Bay Regional Park District and Girl Scouts of Northern California, were liable for the injuries caused to 10 year old Fabio Hornischer's hand and arm in a fire pit.

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A precedent had already been set when Aldo becoming champion again by default when Conor was not active in that div for 1 year.

If this bill becomes law, it will set a shameful and dangerous precedent that local solutions to local environmental issues will be vetoed in Albany.

The question is did the Ninth Circuit drag its heels and wait until after the DADT Repeal became effective so it would not have to rule in favor of the LCR and against the Federal Government and thus NOT set a precedent.

Even though shareholders for public corporations are becoming increasingly curious about political giving, it could set a precedent where companies have re-evaluate their contributions anytime there's a controversial bill.

Twilight Princess set the precedent in 2006, long before cross-gen became standard practice in 2013 - 14.

Games like Mario Teaches Typing, Reader Rabbit, etc. become exceptionally popular and set the precedent for adoption in the eLearning scenario.

There are still many legal questions to be answered and precedents to be set before cars can become truly autonomous.

The Gallery became a «collection of collections,» and these early gifts set a precedent for giving to the nation that continues to this day.

Set a global precedent by becoming the first producer to announce a managed decline of existing production in line with climate safe limits, with a just and equitable transition that protects workers, communities, and economies.

Klimaatzaak hopes the Belgian court in Brussels will rule in line with the valuable legal precedents in the Netherlands and Washington, and will follow as the third stone setting in motion what could become an avalanche of successful climate change court cases against governments worldwide.

http://heartland.org/funding If they want to reject that status and become a private - for - profit enterprise then they might be able to make the case for unlimited lobbying (this follows the Citizen's United case, which sets the precedent that corporations are people).

When Katie Mohammed turned to Facebook to air concerns about her community — as millions of people do every day — she didn't think she'd ever be sued for libel, and become the centre of a precedent - setting case in Ontario's laws protecting speech in the public interest.

(i) BMO reducing its roster of firms from about 800 to 200 with further reductions planned; (ii) the clients of seven sister firms hiring me to help them get control over their legal spend and forge stronger and more value based relationships with their firms; (iii) the many small and mid-sized businesses who hire accountants to do all of their tax and structuring work because it is cheaper than dealing with lawyers; (iv) firms hiring me to help them figure out how to budget, set and meet client expectations without losing money; (v) «clients» who never become clients at all as they do their own legal work based on precedents that friends share with them; (vi) the various forms of outsourcing that are now prevalent (from offices in India to Tory's office in Halifax); (vii) clients hiring me to figure out how to increase internal capacity without increasing headcount in order to reduce external spend; (viii) the success of firms like Conduit, SkyLaw and Cognition (to name a few) who are taking new approaches to «big» and «medium law» work; (ix) the introduction of full time project managers in many firms; and (x) the number of lawyers throughout the profession who regularly don't docket chunks of their time in order to avoid unpleasant fee conversations with their clients.

Though we may not have seen a U.K. law firm IPO yet, the precedent has already been set by Australian personal injury specialist Slater and Gordon, which in May 2007 became the world's first law firm to float its stock.

With precedent - setting cases awarding these damages, as well as for invasion of privacy, intentional infliction of mental suffering, defamation, loss of reputation, breach of fiduciary duty and even negligence, garden variety dismissals now flirt with becoming significant lawsuits.

Canada sets a new precedent as its stock exchange becomes the first in the world to begin offering Bitcoin brokerage services.

The release of the audit as part of rolling process is also noteworthy as it could help set a new precedent for bitcoin businesses, becoming a necessary part of proving legitimacy and increasing customer satisfaction.

The High Court's decision is therefore set to become an influential precedent throughout the common law world.