Sentences with phrase «case against the background»

Thus, we consider this case against the background of a national commitment to the principle that debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide - open, and that it may well include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public officials.

These opinions of mine are not a substitute for professional legal advice based on a thorough analysis of your particular case against the background of applicable laws.

Not exact matches

CNBC's Leslie Picker takes a look at the background of Makan Delrahim, the man leading the government's antitrust case against the AT&T - Time Warner merger.

Against this background, Asian authorities have continued to intervene in foreign exchange markets, though less strenuously than was the case in mid 2004 when upward pressures on regional exchange rates were also very strong.

Certain Christian feminists, in an attempt to make a case for the liberating nature of early Christianity, played off the egalitarian message of Jesus against his Jewish background.

One of the strongest arguments in recent years for abolishing the death penalty has arisen, not from the moral prohibition against the taking of life, but from the fact that with rare exceptions those who are executed are people who lack the means to secure good legal assistance, or lack the educational background to make full use of such assistance, or lack the social status which brings the case to public attention.11

Formed against a background of economic curtailment on welfare spending and a huge increase in the number of HIV and AIDS cases, Wola Nani initiated programs to help HIV + people in the local community cope with the emotional and financial strains brought about by HIV and AIDS.

Set against a white background and rendered in pencil and spare splashes of purple and gold watercolors, Petunia makes her case, telling her parents that skunks have cute little noses and stripes (just like her oversized striped dress).

Knowing you can't get through the week without a quick romp through the pleasures of the Department of Justice anti-trust case against the Big Five and Apple, Laura Hazard Owen at paidContent graciously gives you a cocktail - party - length bit of background — commit it to memory for the next time they ask, won't you?

The Red Square is a case in point: the vibrant red of the square forms stands out distinctly against the lighter background.

The label «Black artist» is both a functional term and itself another case of being thrown against the sharp white background of the art world.)

In both cases colors are tonally so close — wine - purple against deep rose, gray against lighter gray — that geometric form and background seem to fuse.

Against the invisible background of the expert consensus being right, say, 95 % of the time, the few cases it turns out wrong are very noticeable.

This is against a background of the number of parental child abduction and custody cases doubling over the last decade.

Against that background, Apple only asked for 60 cents per device from Motorola (which still seemed too much for Judge Posner, though not for the appeals court), less than one - twentieth of its per - unit damages demand from Samsung in the current case, in which Apple pursued a broader claim construction that enabled it to claim ownership of the whole feature as opposed to a particular internal architecture that can be avoided.

Against this background, the Court seems to examine in each case:

It also makes clear that the criteria established in preceding case - law are mere guidelines which interrelate and have to be discussed against the background of the respective facts of each individual case.

If such an ad is in writing, «the disclaimer shall be in bold type face and uppercase letters in a font size that is at least as large as the largest text used to advertise the specific or cumulative case results and in the same color and against the same colored background as the text used to advertise the specific or cumulative case results.»

Background This case arose out of the OSC's administrative proceedings against five individuals, including Miller and Cheng.

When the communication is in writing, the disclaimer shall be in bold type face and uppercase letters in a font size that is at least as large as the largest text used to advertise the specific or cumulative case results and in the same color and against the same colored background as the text used to advertise the specific or cumulative case results.

For example, Cohen says a person who feels they have been discriminated against could use the database, to figure out if they could pursue a case, if they have no background in human rights law.

The comprehensive legal background our attorneys enjoy helps them to counter and undermine the weapons violation case the prosecution has against our clients.

Against this background, we sifted carefully though reams of evidence, and submitted a lengthy and thorough analysis of the case including documents and arguments that had not been before the Superior Court.

It followed, in the Privy Council's judgment, that requirements that an implied term must «go without saying» or be «necessary to give business efficacy» are not «different or additional tests»: rather, «in every case in which it is said that some provision ought to be implied in an instrument, the question is whether such a provision would spell out in express words what the instrument, read as a whole against the relevant background, would reasonably be understood to mean».

Pattis & Smith criminal attorneys will quickly identify every imperfection in the case against you and defense activities include an immediate demand for every detail of the case against you; we assign investigators to review the credibility of witnesses, we ask the court to exclude irrelevant evidence or evidence gathered in violation of your rights, and package your background profile to maximize the chance of dismissal or reduction charges you're facing.

The full background to the case can be found in my earlier post here, with David Hart QC's analysis of the ECHR jurisdiction aspect here, and Alistair Henderson's analysis of whether the UN Convention Against Torture (CAT) could be relied upon in domestic law proceedings here.

The starting point is always the landmark ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada in R v Stinchcombe, [1991] 3 SCR 326 that was decided against the background of a high profile case involving a wrongful conviction for murder.

Background This case involved a claim by a real estate agent against his former real estate brokerage for unpaid real estate commissions in the amount of $ 60,000.

Responses can be assessed against the background information about the case, such as the amount in dispute, the governing law, the seat, or the industry in which the dispute arose.

In another case, an organization filed a takedown notice against a YouTube video containing birds singing, claiming that the sound of the birds singing in the background was their copyrighted content.

In what may amount to test cases based on its revised guidelines for the use of criminal background checks in hiring, the EEOC has filed discrimination lawsuits against BMW and Dollar General for employment practices.

The recent could - be class action case against Advance Auto exemplifies what can happen if a company's background screening processes are believed to be out of compliance.

As we've pointed out numerous times in our blog, a «national criminal database search» (in quotes because it's actually a misnomer)-- one of the practices targeted by the FTC in its case against the penalized background screening company — should never be reported without proper quality assurance and without local - level court records verification.

Employers should not «let their guard down about complying with background screening rules» such as the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) despite recent court rulings such as the dismissal of a proposed FCRA class action lawsuit against transportation network company Lyft, Inc. by a federal judge who cited a decision by the Supreme Court in the case of Spokeo, Inc. v Robins as a reason for the decision, according to an article on the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) website.

The case against HireRight Solutions, Inc. represents the first time the FTC has charged an employment background screening firm with violating the FCRA, and is the second - largest civil penalty that the FTC has obtained under the Act.

In a recent example, a class action case filed against one of the nation's top 10 banks on behalf of an employee alleging violations of the FCRA shows that legal compliance is a critical part of any background screening program.

A class action case filed against a large financial institution — one of the nation's top 10 banks — shows once again that legal compliance is a critical part of any background screening program.

Christof Loose shared the case of Schema Therapeutic Outpatient Treatment of a 15 - year - old boy with Hypochondria Against the Background of a Car Accident Caused Paraplegia Early in Childhood.