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The Department of Education has seen the surge in waiver applications because its Office for Civil Rights has «exceeded its legal authority» by taking the position since 2013 that the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination applies to transgender students, Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Gregory Baylor said.

But the lawsuit she filed this week, seeking to break a 2016 agreement to keep silent in return for a $ 130,000 payout, opens what could be a precarious new legal front for a White House already beset by the investigation by the special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.

The Committee shall receive appropriate funding from the Company, as determined by the Committee in its capacity as a committee of the Board, for the payment of compensation to its compensation consultants, outside legal counsel and any other advisors.

The Solicitor is the chief attorney for the United States Department of the Interior, principal legal adviser to the Secretary of the Interior, and is assisted by a Deputy Solicitor, Special Assistant, Ethics Director, Senior Counsel for Collaborative Action and Dispute Resolution, six Associate Solicitors, eight Regional Solicitors, and a staff of more than three hundred attorneys and four hundred total employees.

Giuliani, who is bonded with the president by a particular brand of New York bravado, has escalated Trump's attacks on the Department of Justice, pushed for strict limits on special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe and upended White House legal strategy.

Both sides may wish to instruct legal counsel to assist in the final negotiation and drafting of Shareholder Agreements, etc, and if for any reason the deal does not close then our Members» legal costs will be borne by us.

RELEASE AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: By participating in any Aberdeen Group survey, entrants agree that Aberdeen Group and any other applicable sponsor, and its parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, consultants, contractors, legal counsel, advertising, public relations, promotional, fulfillment and marketing, web site providers, web masters, Aberdeen Group and their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives, and agents (The «Released Entities»), will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be held harmless by entrants against any liability for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind to persons, including personal injury or death, or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of a prize, entry, or participation in any survey contests or in any survey contest related activity, or any claims based on publicity rights, defamation or invasion of privacy, or merchandise deliverBy participating in any Aberdeen Group survey, entrants agree that Aberdeen Group and any other applicable sponsor, and its parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, consultants, contractors, legal counsel, advertising, public relations, promotional, fulfillment and marketing, web site providers, web masters, Aberdeen Group and their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives, and agents (The «Released Entities»), will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be held harmless by entrants against any liability for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind to persons, including personal injury or death, or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of a prize, entry, or participation in any survey contests or in any survey contest related activity, or any claims based on publicity rights, defamation or invasion of privacy, or merchandise deliverby entrants against any liability for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind to persons, including personal injury or death, or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of a prize, entry, or participation in any survey contests or in any survey contest related activity, or any claims based on publicity rights, defamation or invasion of privacy, or merchandise delivery.

Lively, with representation by Liberty Counsel (an evangelical legal organization), responded that in both the U.S. and Uganda he exercised constitutionally protected speech rights; that he opposes violence and neither committed nor plotted any; that Uganda did not in fact pass a proposed draconian anti-gay law, and that in any case Uganda's political institutions, instead of himself, are responsible for its political decisions; and that the court lacks jurisdiction and the plaintiffs lack standing.

Atty. Zelda Soriano, Legal Counsel for the Petitioners discussed the grounds on which the appellate court based their favorable decision, which includes the main argument of the petitioners that the field testing is characterized by «serious scientific uncertainty with regard to its health and environmental effects.»

A one - minute call made from the university - issued phone of Ole Miss football coach Hugh Freeze to a number associated with a female escort service was raised as a potential issue in the back - and - forth between the university's legal counsel and the attorney for former Rebels football coach Houston Nutt, according to records and correspondence obtained by USA TODAY Sports.

Intended parents and gestational carriers are to be represented by independent legal counsel prior to executing an assisted reproduction agreements for gestational carriers.

On 23 January we were contacted by Tesco's Senior Legal Counsel for Brands, Innovation and Marketing.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen&raLegal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen&ralegal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

Indeed, the same Deputy Chairperson CS has previously failed to negotiate fees with previous counsel retained by the Commission or ensure that they are paid for legal work done.

The lawsuit filed this week against the president by the porn star Stormy Daniels, seeking to break a 2016 agreement to keep silent about her affair with Trump in return for a $ 130,000 payout, ge & module = Ribbon & version = origin & region = Header & action = click & contentCollection = Home % 20Page & pgtype = article» > opens what could be a precarious new legal front for a White House already beset by the investigation by the special counsel Robert Mueller.

Erie County Attorney Michael Siragusa, seated at front right, answers a question asked by Erie County Legislator Edward Rath III during Thursday's hearing into a $ 25,000 expense for outside legal counsel in a query regarding Legislator Joseph Lorigo's brief stint as the West Seneca Town Prosecutor earlier this year.

«In the circumstances, we humbly urge that these orders be given effect by recognising that only the National Executive Committee of the PDP, as represented by its National Chairman (Sheriff), National Secretary (Oladipo) and National Legal Adviser can act for the PDP to prosecute this appeal and to instruct counsel to act on behalf of the PDP.»

The complaint, brought by the office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, focuses on Silver's outside legal work, primarily for the law firm Weitz & Luxenberg, where Silver served as of counsel.

Following a review of the Executive Order announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Dec. 22, legal counsel for the WCSD has advised the following: «Under the current Executive Order, school districts do not have the legal authority to accept pre-payments for the 2018 - 19 school year.»

The new programs are expected to increase college access and support degree completion by providing wraparound services for students such as child and elder care, transportation, health care services, family and / or employment counseling, legal aid, and more.

«We've had clients in Russia who've been beaten by police, but more often it's vigilante groups and thugs engaging in social cleansing and unfortunately the police don't do anything to offer protection,» said Aaron Morris, senior staff attorney for Immigration Equality, a national organization that advocates for LGBT equality under US immigration law and offers legal counsel to those seeking asylum.

Silver was arrested in January for pocketing $ 3 million in legal fees by steering asbestos - related cancer cases from a top Manhattan oncologist to W&L, where he was «of counsel.»

Attorney Elizabeth Beacham White, legal counsel for the PAC, called the filing «a frivolous complaint filed by a liberal activist group that harasses conservative leaders.»

David Farber, the authority's general counsel and executive vice president for legal affairs, is the fourth high - ranking official to pack it in amid probes by the Department of Investigation and US Attorney's Office into how the agency handled lead - paint inspections.

Legislation adding post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of 11 serious medical conditions eligible for medical marijuana was recently approved by the State Legislature and is now under review by the governor's legal counsel and the state Department of Health, a spokesman for Cuomo said.

Next came the legal fireworks when prosecution counsel, Prince Ben Ikani shocked the capacity - filled court house as he made frantic efforts to stop the court from hearing the application for bail even before it could be moved and argued by the former minister's lead counsel, Chief Chris Uche (SAN).

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His Amazon empire commands the new technocratic state, accompanied by Facebook, Google and Twitter, the legal counsels of which were grilled by the House and Senate Intelligence Committees for their role in enabling Russian disinformation campaigns in the 2016 U.S. election.

For example, 62 percent of public school students in our sample believed that, if faced with long - term suspension or expulsion, they were legally entitled to at least one of the following: a formal disciplinary hearing, opportunity to be represented by legal counsel, opportunity to confront and cross-examine witnesses bringing the charges, or opportunity to call witnesses to provide alternative versions of the incident.

As Robert Holster, superintendent of the Passaic, New Jersey, school district for more than 16 years, lamented, «I run a lot of decisions by legal counsel, getting input as to, «Is this the legal decision to make?»

In addition to the expert opinion, legal arguments pertaining to mootness and ripeness, as well as a strong defense of CCJEF's legitimate standing in the case, the reply brief was offered by counsel for the plaintiffs, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (New York), with assistance from the Yale Law School Education Adequacy Clinic, both of which serve pro bono in this action.

Under the terms of the Advisory Agreement, each Fund is responsible for the payment of the following expenses among others: (a) the fees payable to the Adviser, (b) the fees and expenses of Trustees who are not affiliated persons of the Adviser or Distributor (as defined under the section entitled («The Distributor»)(c) the fees and certain expenses of the Custodian (as defined under the section entitled «Custodian») and Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent (as defined under the section entitled «Transfer Agent»), including the cost of maintaining certain required records of the Fund and of pricing the Fund's shares, (d) the charges and expenses of legal counsel and independent accountants for the Fund, (e) brokerage commissions and any issue or transfer taxes chargeable to the Fund in connection with its securities transactions, (f) all taxes and corporate fees payable by the Fund to governmental agencies, (g) the fees of any trade association of which the Fund may be a member, (h) the cost of fidelity and liability insurance, (i) the fees and expenses involved in registering and maintaining registration of the Fund and of shares with the SEC, qualifying its shares under state securities laws, including the preparation and printing of the Fund's registration statements and prospectuses for such purposes, (j) all expenses of shareholders and Trustees» meetings (including travel expenses of trustees and officers of the Trust who are not directors,

Heidi Chen, General Counsel for Zoetis, was recently presented with the 2016 Justice in Action Award by the Asian American Legal Defense Fund, which recognizes outstanding achievements and efforts in advancing social justice in the U.S. Below is an adaptation of Heidi's remarks from the event.

«The case shows that legislators who deny open records requests and seek refuge behind improbable claims of immunity will be held accountable by the public, the media and the legal system,» said Brendan Fischer, General Counsel for the Center for Media and Democracy.

by Matthew Hardin, FME Counsel When Attorneys General from seventeen states banded together in a political crusade to «investigate» and threaten to prosecute those who disagree with their climate change agenda, E&E Legal decided to pull back the curtains to expose what the states were really looking for, and what might have spurred these investigations, -LSB-...]

For example, was he counseled by attorneys on the legal use of «bad faith», and was that how he meant it?

I suspect that competent legal counsel will eventually get the chance to cross-examine all kinds of «consensus» scientists when civil cases claiming damages for Katrina were caused by global warming get to the discovery stage.

Abigail Dubiniecki, legal counsel for the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, noted that even if an organization doesn't have operations in the EU, if it is directing services to EU residents, it can still be captured by the requirements.

The site, at vetsprobono.org, was launched this week by The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program, a national charity that provides free legal counsel in federal matters to veterans and their families, and Pro Bono Net, a national non-profit dedicated to increasing access to justice for the disadvantaged.

That said, in proceedings supervised by the court and particularly where the court is asked to give its imprimatur to the legal fees requested for counsel by its court officer, the court must ensure that the compensation sought is indeed fair and reasonable.

Video is used for trial preparation, research, and educational purposes by a range of legal and business professionals, from litigators to in - house counsel to financial analysts to educational institutions.»

RPC commercial head praised by general counsel in Legal Week's Best Legal Adviser report for his client skills

For instance, contracts for hiring free - lance writers or photographers may involve complicated legal analysis of copyright ownership, better addressed by seasoned intellectual property counsFor instance, contracts for hiring free - lance writers or photographers may involve complicated legal analysis of copyright ownership, better addressed by seasoned intellectual property counsfor hiring free - lance writers or photographers may involve complicated legal analysis of copyright ownership, better addressed by seasoned intellectual property counsel.

The study also recommends companies should use IP lawyers «efficiently and strategically,» and that, while it is essential to use lawyers for all legal tasks, it advises companies to do their own research on the IP process and prepare documentation required by counsel.

The peer - reviewed study, «A Child's Right to Counsel: A National Report Card on Legal Representation for Abused and Neglected Children,» was conducted by two child - advocacy organizations, First Star and the Children's Advocacy Institute at the University of San Diego School of Law.

Legal OnRamp: Legal OnRamp was launched by the general counsel of Cisco and other major companies as an outlet for participating law firms to share expertise in a community environment.

Pearson's Bjarne Philip Tellmann was named general counsel of the year for overhauling the company's legal team and culture, reducing controllable legal spend by almost half and saving millions of pounds on non-controllable spend such as M&A.

A few years ago I was doing some work for a professional association on guidelines for dealing with litigants without counsel and I was struck by the extent to which some legal professionals regard litigants without counsel as interlopers who gum up the finely tuned, well - oiled machine that is their justice system.

The firm has a great reputation for providing quality legal counsel, and I look forward to contributing to the continued expansion of the Corporate & Securities practice by collaborating with my new colleagues on cross-border, cross-practice matters.»