Sentences with phrase «being in the court system»

«There were really no victim services in Chicago for families that have suffered a violent loss and where they did exist, it's because there was a case that'd been solved and you're in a court system,» she says.

The first battle would be in the court system, where officials would have to wring efficiencies out of the process to bring the Rikers population to a more manageable level.

If neither party is in the court system, a Complaint for Absolute Divorce will need to be filed.

Cynthia Shafer 2002 Good Neighbor Award winner Voices for Kids and Bedz for Kidz Shafer was recognized for her work as a guardian ad litem — an advocate for children who are in the court system as a result of being abused or neglected.

Not exact matches

He noted that the number of circuit court judges the Senate confirmed set the record for the most in a year since the system was established in 1891.

Not long after the Supreme Court deemed Aereo's service «for all practical purposes a traditional cable system,» the company, in a desperate last bid for survival, pulled an about - face and argued that it should be allowed to operate like one.

«The patent system is based on a «bargain,» or quid pro quo: the inventor is granted exclusive rights in a new and useful invention for a limited period in exchange for disclosure of the invention so that society can benefit from this knowledge,» the court said.

Rice's case apparently posed something of a dilemma for the court system, too: back in May, Rice was indicted for third - degree aggravated assault, but those charges were later dropped.

However, he praised the U.K.'s legal system, saying «we have the good fortune to live in a country where everyone... even government is subject to the rule of law, so the government will comply with the judgment of the court and do all that is necessary to implement it.»

LEIPZIG, Germany, Feb 27 - German cities can ban the most heavily polluting diesel cars from their streets, a court ruled on Tuesday, a move likely to be mirrored in other parts of Europe and to force automakers to pay to improve exhaust systems or switch to cleaner vehicles.

In fact, in December 2017 a Virginia district court judge ruled against a female plaintiff in a lawsuit alleging sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation against defense contractor BAE Systems, in part, because she «did not take advantage of BAE's harassment reporting procedures of which she was well aware.&raquIn fact, in December 2017 a Virginia district court judge ruled against a female plaintiff in a lawsuit alleging sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation against defense contractor BAE Systems, in part, because she «did not take advantage of BAE's harassment reporting procedures of which she was well aware.&raquin December 2017 a Virginia district court judge ruled against a female plaintiff in a lawsuit alleging sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation against defense contractor BAE Systems, in part, because she «did not take advantage of BAE's harassment reporting procedures of which she was well aware.&raquin a lawsuit alleging sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation against defense contractor BAE Systems, in part, because she «did not take advantage of BAE's harassment reporting procedures of which she was well aware.&raquin part, because she «did not take advantage of BAE's harassment reporting procedures of which she was well aware.»

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said its ruling stemmed from a 2008 decision in which it held that Cablevision Systems Corp. could offer a remote digital video recording service without paying additional licensing fees to broadcasters because each playback transmission was made to a single subscriber using a single unique copy produced by that subscriber.

The judicial system does not track civil cases filed in circuit court by the section of law cited, but he does not remember hearing of any lawsuit based on the disparagement law being filed in circuit court anywhere in South Dakota.

A Russian hacker has confessed, in court, to being hired by Russian state intelligence to hack the Democratic National Congress» computer systems in 2016.

Retail: In the base are 45 stores and a 455 - seat food court linked to the PATH system, a six - kilometre underground walkway that connects to other office towers as well as the subway.

But the revelation this week that Mr. Thiel was covertly backing Mr. Bollea's case as well as others has raised a series of new questions about the First Amendment as well as about the role of big money in the court system — specifically the emerging field of litigation finance, in which third parties like hedge funds and investment firms pay for other people's lawsuits.

Trump is no stranger to trying to use the legal system to get his way: USA Today found during the 2016 campaign that Trump and his businesses had been involved in at least 3,500 legal actions in state and federal courts over the course of three decades.

CFPB director Richard Cordray announced that rights of groups of consumers to a day in court is «a cherished tenet of our justice system» and «that no one, no matter how big or how powerful, should escape accountability if they break the law.»

Patent trolls are more common in the United States because they are able to exploit structural issues within the patent and court systems.

In a federal court filing, Waymo, Google's autonomous vehicle unit, said it was scaling back some of its claims over Uber violating its patents on LiDAR, a remote - sensing system powering Waymo's driverless car technology.

According to the U.S. Court System Administration Office, there were 936,795 bankruptcy filings in 2014, the majority of which were individuals claiming Chapter 7.

Because of the obvious importance of the nomination right in our system of corporate governance, Delaware courts have been reluctant to approve measures that impede the ability of stockholders to nominate candidates.

In the U.K. gambling debts are known as «debts of honor» and are not enforceable in the court systeIn the U.K. gambling debts are known as «debts of honor» and are not enforceable in the court systein the court system.

If a Canadian entrepreneur has an idea with potential to generate great wealth, ownership of this idea will be decided in courts beyond Canada, by foreign judicial and geopolitical systems designed to make another country prosperous.

VRI is currently being used in a wide variety of settings including hospital facilities, medical offices, mental health settings, higher education, court systems, and business settings.

Because ownership is almost always determined in the United States, and the ensuing settlements usually must be effective globally, U.S. courts are effectively the world's IPR court system.

EFF stepped in to protect Hamidi's First Amendment rights, arguing in a friend - of - the - court brief that there was no evidence to suggest that his email had threatened the integrity of Intel's systems.

Cunningham and Cunningham, et al. v. Electronic Data Systems Corporation is a purported collective action filed on May 10, 2006 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York claiming that current and former EDS employees allegedly involved in installing and / or maintaining computer software and hardware were misclassified as exempt employees.

The news: The court tore down the previous outline for determining how a worker should be categorized, and put a simpler system in its place.

Liberal MLA Mary Polak (Langley) was instrumental as a Surrey School Board trustee in banning gay - positive books from Surrey Schools: The book ban was later struck down by the Supreme Court of Canada which said «instead of proceeding on the basis of respect for all types of families, the Board proceeded on an exclusionary philosophy, acting on the concern of certain parents about the morality of same - sex relationships, without considering the interest of same - sex parented families and the children who belong to them in receiving equal recognition and respect in the school system.»

«The inaccessibility of the legal system results in women staying in situations that are unhealthy and sometimes dangerous, while women fleeing abuse without legal help are often re-victimized by their abuser and by the court system.»

Statsure is based in Puerto Rico: - Onshore for regulatory purposes and immigration / work permits - Access to US court system - Compliant with current tax regime

Statsure is based in Puerto Rico, which is considered onshore for regulatory purposes, immigration and work permits, and has access to the US court system.

The mission of the network will be the development of the Aragon Core contracts, contract upgradability services for all Aragon Core contracts with a built - in bug bounty mechanism, and a decentralized court system.

«The court need not reach far outside the complaint or be an expert in economics to take notice that it was the trading of toxic RMBS between financial institutions that nearly brought down the banking system in 2008,» Cogburn wrote in an order.

«The repercussions of this cruel and shortsighted approach are wasted human potential and incredible costs incurred in adulthood in the courts, the medical system and in social services.»

A deed of trust is different in that it allows the lender to bypass the court system entirely.

The main difference you need to keep in mind with a deed of trust is that it allows lenders who want to foreclose on a home to bypass the court system when doing so.

Whether these safeguards are being properly applied — particularly as to keeping victims informed on each step in a case — is a timely question for the Legislature and for the Supreme Court, which oversees the judicial system.

«Effectively, we are locked in the court system,» he said,» [It's] by trial until you're either found guilty or not guilty.»

Venue reform was the one piece of comprehensive legislation that had broad support in Congress, so while the court's decision frees up capacity for patent reform advocates to tackle other problems with the patent system, the hard fights are still to come.

However this kind of court would not be open to the public, which is a fundamental part of the justice system in many countries.

How come testimony and doc - umentation is valid in our court systems today but not when we apply it to the biblical text?

Most likely, it reflects the old Ottoman millet system, in which patriarchs were both spiritual and secular leaders, expected to represent their entire communities at the sultan's court (though Copts did not, as far as I know, constitute a millet in Ottoman times).

And often, school systems will go beyond the court rulings and try to ban permitted activities that are Christian in nature.

In California, with the nation's largest prison system, a federal district court found in 2005 that the parole board «operated under a sub rosa policy that all murderers [typically serving life terms] be found unsuitable for parole.&raquIn California, with the nation's largest prison system, a federal district court found in 2005 that the parole board «operated under a sub rosa policy that all murderers [typically serving life terms] be found unsuitable for parole.&raquin 2005 that the parole board «operated under a sub rosa policy that all murderers [typically serving life terms] be found unsuitable for parole.»

This would mean, for instance, that participants in an economic transaction are bound to halt their activity whenever any one of them or any affected individual objects to it, or a criminal court judge is bound to halt the trial's proceedings if the accused dissents from a specific rule of the judicial system.

It iosn't just me saying this, it is the way the court system works in this and MANY other countires.

Suggestions of ways to accommodate him, such as an internal referral system, were dismissed by the court, which stated that his employer was «entitled to treat the issue as one of principle, in which compromise is inappropriate.»

The court's ruling was a backhanded decision that favored the theater circuit but added that if the city were to improve its system, such cases might be decided in its favor in the future.