Sentences with phrase «by justice courts»
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U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed support on Tuesday for Microsoft's bid to fend off class action claims by Xbox 360 owners who say the video game console gouges discs because of a design defect.
Barrister John Vaughan has been appointed a judge of the WA Supreme Court, filling the vacancy left by the resignation of Justice Peter Martino.
By contrast, Delaware Chancery Court Judge Leo Strine, now chief justice of the state Supreme Court, wrote in the Wake Forest Law Review: «Corporate law requires directors, as a matter of their duty of loyalty, to pursue a good faith strategy to maximize profits for the stockholders.»
World Atlas notes that the island was decided to be Danish territory by the Permanent Court of International Justice of the League of Nations in 1933.
The text also suggested that any dispute settlement arising from the future U.K. - EU relationship should be overseen by the European Court of Justice.
It is asking the Irish High Court to refer the case to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which would then decide whether to ban the use of «model contracts» — common legal arrangements used by thousands of firms to transfer personal data outside the 28 - nation bloc.
Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the unanimous court, «once a use of force is deemed reasonable... it may not be found unreasonable by reference to some separate constitutional violation.»
Of course, President Trump has accomplished some significant campaign promises, including appointing a Supreme Court justice who is well - regarded by Republicans and rolling back some of the onerous regulations of the Obama era.
In a legal filing joined by other public interest groups and the consumer electronics trade association, the group said the justices should not become regulators of technology and «the court should not attempt to predict the future of television.»
And Torstar is controlled by a trust comprising five families, who made a court commitment decades ago to promote social justice, a promise that analysts have long insisted eats away at margins.
The Justice Department urged the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond to lift a stay imposed by a Maryland federal judge March 16th blocking the administration from carrying out the executive order.
The stakes in finding discriminatory intent are higher because it provides a window for opponents to argue that Texas should be forced to resume having changes to voting laws «pre-cleared» by the Justice Department or a federal court.
Assange and his attorney said Britain's vote to leave the European Union could complicate his situation by limiting his ability to appeal to the European Court of Justice or the Council of Europe, a European human rights body.
The decision by Justice Jennifer Schecter of the New York state court in Manhattan in favor of California restaurateur Summer Zervos, a former contestant on NBC's «The Apprentice,» raises the prospect that Trump might have to answer embarrassing questions in court about his behavior toward women.
The committee's report «Brexit: devolutiion», said the supremacy of EU law and its interpretation by the EU's Court of Justice have helped ensure consistency of legal and regulatory standards across the United Kingdom's internal market.
In his dissent, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote that the Constitution «had nothing to do with» that ruling by the court majority.
In the notice of his decision, New York Supreme Court Justice Manuel Mendez supported the arguments made by Schneiderman at the November 25 hearing and did not appear to be sympathetic to or convinced by those of DraftKings or FanDuel attorneys.
The Supreme Court's Citizens United decision in 2010 allowed for unlimited political spending by corporations, but Justice Anthony Kennedy expressed his strong support for public disclosure of the money spent.
«A criminal defendant, we hold, need not request special interrogatories, nor need he acquiesce in the Government's request for discrete findings by the jury, in order to preserve in full a timely - raised objection to jury instructions,» Justice J. Ginsburg wrote in her explanation of the court's decision.
They point out that Israeli settlement in those territories is illegal under Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, and has been declared illegal by the International Court of Justice.
The inquiry Ramirez intends to launch could uncover data and evidence to be used by Congress, federal courts, the Department of Justice and other agencies to combat the harm caused by patent trolls.
That's because Penraat «has been profiteering from a rent - controlled apartment partially subsidized by another government program,» wrote Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Carol Edmead in her injunction.
Three years ago, when four of the major health insurers rushed to partner on large - scale mergers, the deals were blocked by the Department of Justice, and ultimately rejected by the courts on anti-trust grounds.
May 30: Google launches tool that enables Europeans to request «right to be forgotten» in response to ruling by European Court of Justice.
According to a new study, female Supreme Court justices are interrupted three times more often than the opposite sex by their male colleagues.
The five lawsuits to block the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule continued to move forward in July in separate venues, but the Department of Justice strongly defended the rule in a Washington, D.C., federal district court challenging the suit filed by the National Association for Fixed Annuities, or NAFA.
The groups are represented by former DOL solicitor Eugene Scalia (the son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia) who's a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Washington office.
But they agree that a decision by the U.S. District Court in April or May will be a «key catalyst that will tip the scales or at least show the hand» of the Department of Justice, she said.
Following a controversial New York Times editorial by former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Tuesday calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment, we asked readers to respond, offering not only the news of Stevens» stance, but also a Chicago Tribune editorial taking the other side of the issue.
The French decision follows the May ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the case of Mario Costeja González, a Spanish man who succeeded in ordering Google to remove links to an old article saying that his home was being repossessed to pay off debts.
The Department of Justice defended the rule when it filed papers in July in a Washington district court arguing against the case filed by the National Association for Fixed Annuities.
Joined by the other three members of the court's liberal wing, Justice Stevens said the majority had committed a grave error in treating corporate speech the same as that of human beings.
The Justice Department will sum up its position that the deal should be blocked by the Federal District Court of the District of Columbia because it believes the merger will harm consumers and competition.
Not one executive of any major Wall Street firm that caused the financial crash in 2008 through fraudulent activities was prosecuted by the U.S. Justice Department — which was headed at the time by law partners from Covington & Burling — the Big Tobacco law firm that was singled out in a Federal Court decision for hiding the deadly effects of cigarette smoke for decades.
While Jesner suggests that five justices likely would rule that the federal courts should not recognize an ATS cause of action against American corporations for their overseas activities, several federal appeals courts have exhibited little willingness to limit the scope of ATS liability unless directly ordered to do so by the Supreme Court.
The Canadian government must also take concrete steps to ensure that people who are harmed by Canadian companies overseas have the opportunity to seek justice in Canada through a mining ombudsperson and access to Canadian courts.
The groups are represented by former DOL solicitor Eugene Scalia, who's now a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Washington office and the son of deceased Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
One official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, said that Mr. Trump was sympathetic to the plight of the young immigrants, known as Dreamers — many have known life only in the United States and have few connections to the countries of their birth — but had been told by Justice Department lawyers that his predecessor's program would not survive a court challenge.
The federal judge overseeing the case in Texas against the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule on Wednesday denied considering all but two of the eight amicus briefs filed in the court, allowing only the briefs filed by the Financial Planning Coalition and the American Association for Justice.
Following a controversial New York Times editorial by former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Tuesday calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment, we asked readers to respond, offering not only the news of Stevens» stance, but also a Chicago Tribune editorial taking the other side of...
Germany: the German Ministry of Finance, in response to the questions of the deputy Frank Shaffler (no. 409, July 2013 and no. 226, September 2013), ruled that bitcoin is «private money» denying the exemption (also supported by the Court of Justice).
While the points made by these gentlemen are both valid and critically important, they fail to take note of four other dangerous subsidies: (1) the market perception that the Washington and Wall Street revolving door has rendered these firms immune from prosecution — even for repeated, illegal cartel behavior; (2) the ability to spend billions buying back their own stock, effectively propping up their own share price and bad behavior; (3) self - regulation with compromised bodies creating the market perception and reality of a competitive edge; and (4) Congress and the Supreme Court tolerating Wall Street running its own private justice system (mandatory arbitration) where corrupt acts are kept hidden from public view until they blow up into catastrophic events to the economy.
Estonia: the Estonian Tax Authority (Maksu - Tolliamet) published in March 2014 an interpretation of the taxation of bitcoin, ruling that bitcoin was subject to VAT (also supported by the Court of Justice).
A spokeswoman declined to answer a series of direct questions from CNBC about his case, instead providing a statement from Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department's Tax Division: «Bradley Birkenfeld was afforded due process of law and sentenced by a federal district court after full consideration of all relevant facts and circumstances, including his admission that he advised wealthy UBS clients on how to conceal their assets from the U.S. government,» she said.
The FBI takes seriously its obligations to the FISA Court and its compliance with procedures overseen by career professionals in the Department of Justice and the FBI.
After reading the documents released by the Justice Department in connection with the settlement, the Los Angeles Times asked in a photo caption of a smirking Madoff outside of Federal Court: «Bernie Madoff: Was he part of the JPMorgan ring, or was JPMorgan part of his ring?»
A three - judge panel rejected the appeal by Anthem, and the Department of Justice blocked their merger in the U.S. District Court noting the projected effect of the merger on competition in the market.
«The memo's primary contention,» the Times writes, «is that FBI and Justice Department officials failed to adequately explain to an intelligence court judge in initially seeking a warrant for surveillance of Mr. Page that they were relying in part on research by [Steele].»
The U.S. Department of Justice is going to court to block the deal and a separate $ 54 billion acquisition of Cigna Corp. by Anthem Inc..