Sentences with phrase «case against the bar»

We handle cases against bars, nightclubs, apartments, hotels, shopping malls, banks, and other entities that fail to protect their patrons and customers from criminals.

The plaintiff filed a personal injury case against the bar, arguing that under the state's Dram Shop Law, it should be liable for the injuries caused by the intoxicated driver.

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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.

The district judge assigned to Paul Manafort's case said the gravity and number of charges against President Donald Trump's former campaign manager means he could possibly spent the rest of his life behind bars, according to Politico.

In a case that could have wide - ranging national significance for gay rights, a federal appeals court in New York ruled that a landmark civil rights law bars employers from discriminating against their workers based on sexual orientation.

ALBANY — For the two dozen activists who rallied in the rain at New York's City Hall on Friday, the case against Jeffrey D. Klein — the powerful state senator accused of forcibly kissing a staff member outside an Albany bar in 2015 — was seemingly straightforward.

Disgraced ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is facing a mountain of «very damning» evidence that could make the federal corruption case against him a slam dunk and put him behind bars...

The bill would extend the time that criminal or civil cases against predators can be brought, treat public and private institutions equally when it comes to sex abuse cases, and provide a window to revive cases barred under current law.

Topics in the Q&A included the source of money for the City's planned pre-K advertising campaign, the City's target number of pre-K applicants, whether Speaker Silver thinks the proposed income tax surcharge should be pursued next year, how the pre-K selection process will work, how the City will cover the approximately $ 40 million annual gap between the estimated cost of pre-K and the amount provided in the state budget, when parents will learn whether their pre-K application has been accepted, how the City will collect data and measure success of the pre-K program, whether the existing pre-K application process will be changed, how the City will use money from the anticipated school bond issue, the mayor's reaction to a 2nd Circuit ruling that City may bar religious groups from renting after - hours space in public schools, the status on a proposed restaurant in Union Square, a tax break included in the state budget that provides millions of dollars to a Bronx condominium project, the «shop & frisk» meeting today between the Rev. Al Sharpton and Police Commissioner Bratton and a pending HPD case against a Brooklyn landlord.

You can only safely use a non-bolted down T - 3 with limited amount of weight if you don't bolt it down — after that, it becomes very unsafe (i.e. it could potentially slide, rock back and forth, or worst case completely tip over if you accidentally a heavy enough weight too hard or dump the bar against the uprights).

My view is that ultimately it's a waste of mental energy, since we've already got enough certainty to know that it's a good idea to take out an insurance policy against the worst - case scenario — and by the time you've got the hindsight to have «no error bars,» it's already too late to do anything about GHGs:

A scuffle with her — including a brush with the Violence Against Women Act — sparked Hollander's activism, which has included a case against women's nights iAgainst Women Act — sparked Hollander's activism, which has included a case against women's nights iagainst women's nights in bars.

Law and Disorder reports that Dunne also agreed to be barred from working in telemarketing and to assist the FTC in its ongoing case against other companies and individuals.

It has also served as the basis for such critical Supreme Court cases like Brown v. Board of Education (barring racial segregation in education) and Loving v. Virginia (striking down laws against interracial marriage).

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Moreover, to add insult to injury, in a related case, the Ohio Bar brought suit for unauthorized practice of law against a dad who succeeded in winning thousands of dollars in educational services for his son in an IDEA action against a school board.

And in a related case, the Ohio Bar brought a suit for unauthorized practice of law against a dad who succeeded in winning thousands of dollars in educational services for his son in an IDEA action against a school board.

In the North Carolina case, the court dismissed two counts in LegalZoom's 2001 lawsuit against the bar, in which LegalZoom alleged that the bar's efforts to shut it down violated the anti-monopoly and equal protection clauses of the state constitution.

The Connecticut case resulted in a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of the provision against attorneys who sued from that state.

This charges in this case differ from, say, those invoked in the Arkansas Bar's disciplinary action against Bill Clinton, where the former president's license was suspended for five years for giving misleading testimony under oath in the Paula Jones case.

The state bar is looking into at least two complaints against Megaro in connection with the McCollum case, said lawyer Ken Rose, who represented McCollum for 20 years when he was on death row.

Accordingly, before any injured person proceeds in a claim against a Florida city or county for damages sustained in an accident on public property, they need to get their evidence prepared and their case ready to file within a set amount of time or face a bar to their claim based upon immunity.

In September 2011, Ontario Court Justice John Ritchie was barred from a drinking - and - driving case after a Superior Court justice found he appeared biased against the defendant.

In a second case, someone forged a California solo practitioner's name, bar number, and electronic filing account to file motions requesting that the practitioner be recused in a high - profile lawsuit against four technology companies.

John, who was appointed SC in 2005, began his career in 1990 at the Johannesburg Bar where he appeared in high - profile cases, including the Competition Commission against the General Council of the Bar and against a recent Minister of Health who sought to prohibit a newspaper from publishing details of her medical treatment.

The case highlights that if you do have a claim against your financial adviser, you should act quickly to avoid your claim becoming time - barred.

In general, you can file a complaint asserting any cause of action whatsoever against a defendant, even if they are unrelated, in the same case, and if you don't, you risk having the claims that you do not file barred by the doctrine of res judicata, which bars new lawsuits between the same parties not only over all claims that were actually asserted and...

He figured the Eighth Amendment's bar against cruel and unusual punishment was triggered in cases like Matt's, where a sentence was functionally infinite.

Somewhere in Illinois, there's probably at least one (if not more) really bad lawyer embezzling money or negligently handling cases who's still in practice because the bar hasn't gotten around to addressing the complaints filed against him.

This case was a dram shop action against the bar that served the drunk driver and against the driver whose blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit.

In the first case, the Court of Appeal set aside a motions judge's decision that a claim against the plaintiff's ex-solicitor was statute - barred (2016 ONCA 223, allowing appeal from 2015 ONSC 1162).

In the case at bar, counsel for the Plaintiff sought to recover the cost of premiums for an adverse costs insurance policy purchased by the Plaintiff to insure against the Plaintiffs» own disbursements, as well as the Defendant's costs and disbursements.

In this case, the employer argued that Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act triggered preemption and barred this driver from bringing claims under New Jersey's Law Against Discrimination and Workers» Compensation Law.

This means that your lawsuit against the other driver or vehicle owner must be filed in the correct court within 4 years of the accident, or else your case may be forever barred.

(correct test for Barrister appeals; whether outside the ex improviso rule, prosecutor may call evidence after prosecution and defence case closed; use of debarring orders against prosecutor; whether tribunal may «enter the arena» and strongly request the attendance of a prosecution witness; whether BSB has power to summons witnesses; whether prosecutor may communicate with disciplinary judge behind the back of the defence; whether such communication redolent of actual bias of judge where judge wishes prosecutor good luck on appeal; whether apparent bias doctrine can be engaged by post-trial conduct of judge; legal effect of serving BSB prosecutions department officer being 1 of 4 appointing members of the COIC «Tribunals Appointments Body» (TAB); whether TAB ultra vires the Bar's Constitutions; whether open - ended power of removal of member of COIC pool without cause, unlawful given position of BSB Chair and senior staff on COIC; whether ECHR Article 6 guarantees against pressure on disciplinary judges to conform with a prosecutorial mentality; whether disciplinary judges Art. 6 «independent» within Findlay v United Kingdom given key role of BSB prosecutions department in appointing disciplinary judges; serious non-disclosure by BSB of notes of secret meeting between BSB and disciplinary judge until day before appeal and despite requests and application for disclosure by defence)

Marc Beaumont has obtained a number of notable victories against the legal regulators in high profile cases such as O'Connor v Bar Standards Board [2012] 17th August, a case that has expanded the direct access functions a Barrister may perform and Okoronkwo v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2008] EWCA Civ 1572.

This means that your lawsuit against the responsible parties, including the retailer, distributor and manufacturer, must be filed in the correct court within 4 years of the accident, or else your case may be forever barred.

Dram Shop Act cases are most commonly brought against bars but can also be brought against restaurants and even social hosts who provide alcohol to someone who was already visibly intoxicated.

The Bar assists the Court by recommending disciplinary action in grievance proceedings against lawyers and in cases of complaints of the practice of law by unauthorized persons.

She joined the firm in 2015 having spent 13 years at the Bar acting for and against prosecutors and regulators in cases of corporate crime.

The case involved the wrongful death of an elderly couple and resulted in a $ 2.9 million dollar verdict against the defendant bikini bar and the defendant drunk driver.

The personal injury bar's argument against limiting noneconomic damages — that a jury's award of noneconomic damages should not be reduced to an amount determined by legislators because a jury can determine on a case - by - case basis to what extent to compensate a plaintiff for harm suffered — fails to address the difference between noneconomic damages and economic damages, and fails to take into account the intangibility of noneconomic damages awards.

In dismissing the appeal against dismissal of an application for judicial review of the Bar Council's decision, the Court examined the relevant ECHR case law, which emphasised adequacy of representation over freedom of choice as to the identity of counsel.

Barring the edge case of purging enemy debuffs, paying two mana for the privilege of silencing a friendly minion and drawing a card felt like a cruel joke against a class that had been struggling (until «Drakonid Operative» brought Dragon Priest roaring back).

Karen Conti has been a lawyer for 26 years, and is a member of the Illinois, California, and U.S., Supreme Court bars, She's handled numerous significant cases, including a successful United States Supreme Court appeal for the Cook County Democratic Party, the death row appeals of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a reversal in the Illinois Supreme Court in an employment discrimination matter, and a wrongful arrest and injury action against the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers.

«In addition to the victory in this case, the judge's ruling will serve as a very important precedent for us to use against any future infringement of our red - over-white-over-blue bar design,» says Re / Max senior vice-president and chief legal officer Geoff Lewis.