Sentences with phrase «changed legal cases»

How has this affected the changes legal cases have undergone over the years?

Not exact matches

But other legal experts said that the mere fact of Mr. Thiel's involvement did not change the case.

Writing in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece, Acosta said that «we have carefully considered the record in this case, and the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act, and have found no principled legal basis to change the June 9 date while we seek public input.»

Once you fully analyze NAFTA's effects on your business, understand the potential new costs and legal changes that would come into place if the deal is terminated, talk to the businesses you work with and develop new plans, your business will be ready for even the worst case scenario.

The parents of Charlie Gard, who made a legal bid to transfer their terminally ill son to the US for experimental treatment, have called for the law to be changed to prevent cases like Alfie Evans reoccurring.

Catholic organizations have for decades fought to change federal and state laws that fail to protect «unborn persons,» and Catholic Health's lawyers in this case had the chance to set precedent bolstering anti-abortion legal arguments.

and major changes to the break even requirement both of which in legal terms are are anti competitive and as is the buzz word of this case «seek to fossilize» the status quo of the current elite.

16/10/2014, MEMO / 14/589, Taxation: Commission asks ROMANIA to stop the discriminatory tax treatment of foreign legal entities Case No 2009/4343 Proceedings closed on 19/11/2015 (Romania changed its legislation)

Indeed, in an example suggesting that the rhetoric of change might have outpaced the reality of reform, a presidential bill regarding criminal responsibility for improperly launching criminal cases was recently adopted by the Duma without amendment, in spite of calls for significant changes voiced by the lead committee and the Duma's Legal Department.

The BHA was called to give evidence to the Commission's inquiry into whether there should be a change in law to legalise assisted dying in the UK and made the case that there are good ethical reasons not to limit legal assisted dying only to terminally ill people but to others who are incurably suffering, and to permit voluntary euthanasia as well as assisted dying to maximise autonomy of patients who wish to end their lives but are unable to do so themselves.

«Change does not happen without an honest conversation in our communities, in our courthouses, at City Hall about how we have real reform in the criminal justice system, real reform in our communities and real relationships between NYPD and the people they serve,» Tina Luongo, attorney - in - chief for Legal Aid Society Criminal Practice, the plaintiff in the court case, said.

Over the past few years, cuts to legal aid and changes to lawyers» fees have made it harder for alleged victims of human rights abuses by UK - linked companies to have their cases heard in UK courts.

In his legal case, Mr Nicklinson is seeking several changes which would sit alongside the existing laws.

In 2006, then - attorney general Lord Goldsmith bought the agreement of the Tories and Lib Dems to step away from their demands for legal change by signing a protocol with his US counterpart that would supposedly lead to far fewer such cases in the future.

Legislative leaders in Albany are walking away from their private legal practices and in some cases aren't accepting any outside income, a change from their scandal - scarred predecessors.

Adding other states later would help the case politically, but would not change the legal arguments, Cuomo said.

In a 48 - page order, U.S. District Court Judge Valerie Caproni issued a series of legal rejections against defense lawyers in the Buffalo Billion case, including bids to dismiss the indictments against the defendants and to change the case's venue to Western New York.

In the first case, users would need to install a special version of the operating system, but in the second case, as soon as you change the code, you are no longer on firm legal ground, and will also lose the application data as well as the automatic update function.»

Legal experts note that judges» opinions in environmental cases won't necessarily fall strictly along ideological lines, but that conservative judges are often more likely to reject arguments calling for more regulation or trying to fit climate change rules within the existing Clean Air Act.

It also helps people evaluate whether they have a legal case because of life - changing side effects or complications.

Prior to these changes, educators lived in a vague legal world, at the mercy of a Supreme Court decision (the 1996 Virginia Military Institute [VMI] case, United States v. Virginia), which required an «exceedingly persuasive justification» of anyone wanting to set up single - sex schools or classes.

The LAUSD Board will hold a special closed session on Tuesday, December 4 to confer with its legal counsel about the Doe v. Deasy case and to discuss labor negotiations: Board Members Monica Garcia and Tamar Galatzan will also introduce a resolution calling on state legislators to change «the lengthy, expensive [teacher] dismissal process required...

Randall G. Bennett is the Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel of the Tennessee School Boards Association where he provides general legal opinions to local boards of education, superintendents and TSBA staff on school governanace issues, organizes and presents at seminars and training events, prepares and files amicus briefs in appellate cases affecting public schools, monitors current litigation and changes in state and federal law, and supervises the Association's Policy Department, A former school board member and police officer, Mr. Bennett obtained his law degree from Nashville School of Law.

You could request that JOE»S PETS & MORE change its name, but if it was located far enough away, your legal case may be tenuous.

In the best - case scenario, undercover investigations can lead to immediate changes through corporate or legal policy change and consumers reducing their consumption of animal products, as well as contribute to long - term outcomes by growing the animal advocacy movement and increasing public concern for farm animal issues.

These societal and legal changes are creating an increasing demand for veterinary forensics skills; veterinarians with forensic training are able to identify, document these cases appropriately, and make important contributions to the legal system.

Kittles» case in Carbon County, Wyoming also led to legal changes, although at a local level.

While there is diversity, that is a recent change, and it's still perfectly within my legal rights as an American, to sue for False Advertisement under the Lanham Act, which would entitle me to damages (i could care less) and prevent them from being able to sell items that fall under the description of that case.

Al Butzel was a young associate at Paul Weiss in 1965 who gets drawn into a case that dramatically changed the direction of his legal career.

Lord Monckton, one of the leading scientists battling against the «settled science», has just submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to determine how the U.K. Supreme Court has ruled to support climate change activism in specific legal cases before it.

The heavy hand of the fossil fuel industry works mostly in legal ways such as the «I'm an Energy Voter» campaign in the U.S. Failure of executive and legislative branches to deal with climate change makes it essential for courts, less subject to pressure and bribery from special financial interests, to step in and protect young people, as they did minorities in the case of civil rights.

Klimaatzaak hopes the Belgian court in Brussels will rule in line with the valuable legal precedents in the Netherlands and Washington, and will follow as the third stone setting in motion what could become an avalanche of successful climate change court cases against governments worldwide.

«International Court of Justice ruling would settle the scientific dispute and pave the way for future legal cases on climate change, says high - profile lawyer»

When an EPA draft quoted the National Academy of Science conclusion that the changes observed over the last several decades are likely mostly due to human activities, CEQ objected because the above quotes are unnecessary and extremely harmful to the legal case being made.

As you well know, very few, if any, climate scientists would be prepared to say that any single event is the result of anthropogenic change (and it's partly for that reason that I think a legal case would be problematic).

International legal experts are discovering climate change law, and the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu is a case in point: The Polynesian archipelago is doomed to disappear beneath the ocean.

But a ruling by a body such as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) would carry much more weight with public opinion and help pave the way for future legal cases on climate change, he said.

The legal team at Our Children's Trust was already developing a federal climate change case seeking to hold the government accountable for their role in promoting fossil fuel development and continue their ongoing global legal campaign to hold governments accountable for precisely that which the Pope has said is causing our undoing.

Daunted by expensive and time - consuming legal cases, scientists may hesitate to explore climate change.

He'll talk about building on our work to #StopAdani, the push for fossil fuel divestment and the groundbreaking NYC legal case against five of the world's biggest oil companies, and ensure climate change is the number one issue on any election agenda.

The legal community has been following the case to determine whether it changes the standard for copyright infringement in musical works and potentially other artistic fields.

«However the evidence shows that the intervention [of Cirvek's president], demanding [to change lead lawyers] added nothing to the case except the generation of additional legal fees.»

Think about how legal issues and technology are changing and their near - future implications and the types of things new grads typically ought to be able to do for employers: discovery / e-discovery, planning and writing research memos and legal analysis, noting up case law, relevant note taking and client interview techniques / etiquette.

In any case, the gist of Susskind on technology is this: technology will eventually lead to big changes in the way legal services are delivered.

In a jurisdiction that has prided itself on the importance of «doctrine» in interpreting the law, the fact that the major French language university opts for content with the lowest common denominator, while a foreign owned commercial publisher offers an authoritative work by leading academics and legal practitioners, is a remarkable case of role reversal, as well as a reflection on how times have changed.

The Blog of the Legal Times reports that in one recent case in the District of Columbia Superior Court, the court granted the prosecutors» request for a jury instruction that, if the jury found that the defendant had tried to change his appearance with eyeglasses to avoid being identified, the jury could consider it as evidence of his feelings of guilt.

In any case, all of this will invariably become evident over time, and it is a first step towards a transformational change that we all hope will help strengthen and improve the legal professions.

Every time you change a title or section number, you impair the ability of people doing legal research (both judges and lawyers) to find previous case law interpreting the meaning of the statute.

From a law publisher's point of view, I might have a concern about the potential absence of the certainty and profitability of legal change, which are guaranteed with a reliance upon cases, legislation and other primary and secondary source material.

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