Sentences with phrase «brought against law»

In a recent judgment in Butera v. Chown, Cairns LLP, 2017, the court allowed a $ 5 - million negligence action brought against a law firm to proceed to trial in its entirety and rolled back a lower court judge's decision to dismiss part of the case.

This immunity, official immunity, is an affirmative defense, and the scope of the immunity is almost invariably at issue in cases brought against law enforcement.

Professional negligence claims brought against law firms in the High Court have almost tripled in the last year, jumping to 418 in 2013/14, according to City law firm RPC.

One of the many lawsuits brought against law schools for inflated employment numbers has been thrown out by a judge in Chicago.

Are you tired of reporting illegal formula marketing in the UK and seeing no prosecutions brought against the law breakers by the responsible authorities?

Not exact matches

His case was brought to the clinic's attention by a group called Families against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM), which works to reform the kind of extreme sentencing laws that landed Tyler behind bars for life.

Until now, significant cases have not been brought against mutual funds although the law applies equally in each case.

Labor laws France not only levied fines against Uber and its managers but also brought a criminal case over unlicensed taxi operations.

The Philippines brought an arbitration case in 2013 over the South China Sea, eventually lodging 15 claims against China related to the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea — a critical piece of international law that both countries have ratifiLaw of the Sea — a critical piece of international law that both countries have ratifilaw that both countries have ratified.

The SEC brings numerous civil enforcement actions against firms and individuals that violate securities laws every year.

Index funds are one of a number of issues in a 401 (k) lawsuit against Anthem, Inc. brought by the St. Louis law firm of Schlichter, Bogard & Denton, the big kahuna in the world of 401 (k) plan litigation, this January.

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.

During that time CFPB (at Cordray's direction) brought a civil enforcement action against a California attorney, Chance Gordon, for alleged violations of consumer protection laws.

That said, the SEC has brought a number of cases against blatant fraudsters in the cryptocurrency markets as well as against ICOs that clearly fall under the scope of securities law (e.g., Munchee).

Each year the SEC brings hundreds of civil enforcement actions against individuals and companies for violation of the securities laws.

«By protecting these laws and failing to bring Shahbaz Bhatti's killers to justice, the Pakistani government is further emboldening extremists to commit ever - more violent acts against religious minorities.

Look at the suit recently brought by a George Washington University law professor against the Catholic University of America for, of all things, choosing to go back to single - sex dorms.

The decision in Smith held that the First Amendment provided no special protection for religious liberty claims brought against «generally applicable laws.»

But you can always make a case that every person has the potential to make society better or more advanced and bringing harm to another human being should be against the law.

Dear I am not working or aware of the laws of legal or sharia systems but as a Muslim know that cursing all that is considered holy can bring a whole lot of trouble for Muslim or not Muslim specially if there were many witnesses against you, said tobe not less than two men or four women.

The separation so largely brought about by Paul was to result in Gentile Christians becoming subject to the drastic Roman laws against «illegal superstitions», often in abeyance, but always liable to be put into effect.

Mention of that great saint brings to mind what he said about change: he sharply cautioned against changing law — any law — even when some improvement is possible, unless there is some «urgent necessity or substantial and obvious benefit», since «the mere fact of change in law itself can be adverse to the public welfare and lessen the restraining power of the law».

In the first place, it will be hard to win a civil lawsuit brought against the heirs of anyone who was, before 1861, merely operating under the laws of the time.

«Both the statute and case law surrounding private prosecutions are adamant that courts must protect the right of access to these private prosecutions, by not assessing punitive costs against the person seeking justice - unless the case is frivolous, and never should have been brought.

To survive what is bearing down on us, we must learn four hard lessons: to acknowledge the natural law as a true and universal morality; to be on guard against our own attempts to overwrite it with new laws that are really rationalizations for wrong; to fear the natural consequences of its violation, recognizing their inexorability; and to forbear from all further attempts to compensate for immorality, returning on the path that brought us to this place.

Citing examples of Christian mothers who were instrumental in the abolition of slavery and the passage of laws against child labor, she makes a strong case that virtues such as compassion and creativity that are «refined in the practice of motherhood can and should be used in other arenas to bring God's love, peace, mercy and justice to the world.»

I don't like atheists because they bring pointless law suits against old lady's who work in government buildings that put fake little xmas tree's on their desk or hang up pictures of Santa, or who wear really ugly albeit festive sweaters during the holidays.

I delight in the law of God after the inward man, but I find another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

Probably the church gang must give the impression that they would never do something wrong against law and Mr. Ratzinger would do his best to bring confidence back!

It is not enough to escape from bondage to a hated, alien foe -LRB-» a law in my members which wars against the law of my mind and brings me into captivity to the law of sin in my members»); something must be done about my own ghastly guilt.

If you truly do not recognize the Const!tution as being the Supreme Law that governs your physical life here in this country, then you have some options, like giving up your Citizenship and moving to a different country, or staying here and refusing to follow the law — in which case we can bring a tort action or other civil suit against you, file criminal charges against you, or have you committed to a psychiatric hospitLaw that governs your physical life here in this country, then you have some options, like giving up your Citizenship and moving to a different country, or staying here and refusing to follow the law — in which case we can bring a tort action or other civil suit against you, file criminal charges against you, or have you committed to a psychiatric hospitlaw — in which case we can bring a tort action or other civil suit against you, file criminal charges against you, or have you committed to a psychiatric hospital.

Coverage of the Olympic Winter Games brought Russia's anti-gay laws back into the conversation and exposed some of that country's cultural prejudice against LGBT people.

Haman had tried to use this law to his own advantage by bringing accusations against the Jews.

Then through all of the vicissitudes of actual life in the ancient Near East, God made himself a people from those forebears — delivering them from slavery in Egypt, protecting them against their enemies, leading them through the terrors of the wilderness, entering into covenant with them, giving them his guiding presence in the covenant law, bringing them into a land flowing with milk and honey, giving them a Davidic king to be their protector of justice in peace and in war, and finally taking up his own dwelling in their temple on the Mount of Zion.

9, part 1:... so he a.ssembled the sanhedrim of judges, and brought before them the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James, and some others, [or, some of his companions]; and when he had formed an accusation against them as breakers of the law, he delivered them to be stoned... (Note: The Antiquities can be found at several different sites, including the Christian Cla.ssics Ethereal Library, Perseus Digital Library and Crosswalk.com)

For, he argued, «An Act of Congress which deprives a citizen of the United States of his liberty or property merely because he came himself or brought his property into a particular territory of the United States, and who had committed no offense against the laws, could hardly be dignified with the name of due process of law.»

Paul had answered the charges the Jews brought against him in Caesarea and had declared that he had not transgressed Jewish law or in any way profaned the Temple, neither had he done anything detrimental to the reign of Caesar.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

See also Lucy Barbour, «Competition watchdog ACCC head Rod Simms (sic) denies claims an «effects test» would be «economically dangerous» (ABC Rural, 18 August 2014), in which the ACCC Chairman defends the ACCC's proposed effects test (and is also reported as saying that the current case against Coles was brought under the unconscionable conduct provisions rather than under s 46 because the misuse of market power prohibitions is a law that exists only between competitors...)

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In his judgment summary, Justice Martin said although Mr Marsh and his wife brought two causes of action against Mr Baxter - common law negligence involving the breach of a duty to ensure there was no escape of GM material, and the tort of private nuisance - they claimed only financial loss.

«It's also not against any law in China to bring in some golden rice for scientific research purposes,» he added.

No prosecutions have been brought against Danone, Nestle or any other company for breaking this article of the law.

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What are we seeing in our country today?It is no secret that plans are being made in right wing think tanks and some law firms, within the elephants media and among Npp leaders to bring back to life the 18th century notion that the heavenly prescribed duty of the opposition is to obstruct government business and to incite the public against the establishment.

«In his prior political offices, Eliot Spitzer brought junk lawsuits which seldom held up in court against New York's leading industries for his own political gain, to the detriment of the citizens of New York; he misused the powers of his offices to «steamroll» legitimate political opposition, and acted with calculated hypocrisy, signing tougher penalties into law for the very crimes he was committing.

According to the Supreme court's recent decision regarding prop 8 it does not matter since is we do not have standing to bring a case against an administration for failure to enforce laws.

In papers submitted by the UK Government last year in the case and seen by the BHA, the Government attempted to argue that there is no breach of EU law because «if a teacher brought a claim against a school (on the basis that the school, as an employer, had discriminated against them in their remuneration, for example), then the court or tribunal would consider the legislation in this wider context.

The case, which was brought by the Public Interest Law Unit (PILU) and North East London Migrant Action (NELMA), is one of several legal battles against Theresa May's «hostile environment».

Schneiderman is urging state lawmakers to quickly close a loophole in state law that could prevent him from bringing charges against anyone pardoned by Trump.