Sentences with phrase «civil liability action»

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If your mistake will likely result in legal action or criminal or civil liability, any good attorney will tell you to remain silent to protect your fifth amendment privilege against self - incrimination.

When the judges ruled that the school officer's actions were protected under qualified immunity, which shields public officials from liability for civil damages, Gorsuch issued a colorful dissent arguing that the student should have been able to sue the officer for using excessive force.

Known as the «Melbourne Response,» this system made a form of justice available to victims who were disinclined to establish legal liability — though it did not preclude their also pursuing civil action, if they wished.

Any violation of the Action Network Group's system or network security may subject you to civil and / or criminal liability.

We shall have no Liability to You for any delay in performance of this Service and / or any other matters to the extent that such events and / or matters are due to any events outside Our reasonable control including but not limited to acts of flood, fire, war, labour disputes, strikes, any kind of god, lock - outs, riots, civil commotion, hijacked airplanes, malicious damage, explosion, aliens from outer space, governmental actions and any other similar events.

Topics to be discussed include: Court Procedure: An understanding of the civil litigation process in New Jersey as it pertains to negligence claims; Damages: Understanding the standards for, and the differences between Compensatory and Punitive Damages; Facility Maintenance: Identifying potential safety hazards related to facilities and grounds, and taking reasonable steps to address common problems; Indemnification: Identifying when the school district is responsible for the actions of its employees, and when it may disclaim coverage; Insurance Coverage Issues: Understanding what is, and is not covered under a school district's insurance policy, and understanding whether your district will be allowed to choose its attorney or be required to utilize the attorney assigned by the Insurance Company; Negligent Supervision: Examples of school district negligence liability lie within the school, on the athletic field, in the locker room, and on school trips; Sovereign Immunity: Understanding the effect of the New Jersey Torts Claims Act on negligence claims against school districts.

Any person found to have intentionally breached the security of the test system may be subject to sanctions including, but not limited to, disciplinary action by a local board of education, the revocation of Connecticut teaching certification by the State Board of Education, and civil liability pursuant to federal copyright law.

Ironically, in the New York Times case, the Supreme Court decided that the newspaper was protected from liability for an ad it ran that was critical of Alabama officials and their actions against the civil rights movement.

The third segment, Individual Liability Cases, is designed for actions against individuals in violation of the safety laws, including civil penalties, disqualification orders, and warning letters.

ICFE DCCS ® Independent Study Guide Table of Contents Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to oversee debt collectors Collection agencies and junk debt buyers - Mini-Miranda What to do if a debtor is contacted about past debts Sample cease and desist letter Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Summary from the CFPB Debt that is covered Debt Collectors that are covered Debt Collectors that are NOT covered Debt Collection for Active and Veteran Military Personnel Communications connected with debt collection When, where and with who communications is permitted Ceasing Communication with the consumer Communicating with third parties Validation of debts Prohibited Practices: Harassing or abusive Practices False or misleading representations Unfair Practices Multiple debts Legal Actions by debt collectors Furnishing certain deceptive forms Civil liability Defenses CFPB / FTC staff's commentary on the FDCPA Common debt collector violations How to document a collector's abusive behavior What to do if a collector breaks the law How collectors are trained - examples of collector training courses FDCPA Sample Exam from ACA for Collectors How collectors are using Social Medias in collections Dealing with creditors and third party collectors Other factors for a debtor in collection: Credit reports and scores Reviewing credit reports with debtors - Permissible uses Rules about credit decisions and notices Debtor education about credit reports and FICO scores Specialty Report Providers Rules to protect consumers in credit card debt How to read and understand credit reports How to make changes or dispute accuracy Freezing Credit Files FCRA / FACTA Provisions of ID Theft victims How credit scoring works The Credit Card Accountability and Disclosure Act Credit Rules CFPB rules establish strong protections for homeowners facing foreclosure Other Resources

[FN17] Civil liabilities include actual [FN18] and punitive damages, [FN19] as well as attorneys» fees and costs for the prevailing party in a successful action to enforce liability.

You will not, and will not allow or authorize others to, use the Services, the Sites or any Materials therein to take any actions that: (i) infringe on PetSmart Charities» or any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual or proprietary rights, or rights of publicity or privacy; (ii) violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including those regarding export control); (iii) are defamatory, trade libelous, threatening, harassing, invasive of privacy, stalking, harassment, abusive, tortuous, hateful, constitute discrimination based on race, religion, ethnicity, gender, sex, disability or other protected grounds, or are pornographic or obscene; (iv) interfere with or disrupt any services or equipment with the intent of causing an excessive or disproportionate load on PetSmart Charities or its licensors or suppliers» infrastructure; (v) involve knowingly distributing viruses, Trojan horses, worms, or other similar harmful or deleterious programming routines; (vi) involve the preparation and / or distribution of «junk mail», «spam», «chain letters», «pyramid schemes» or other deceptive online marketing practices, or any unsolicited bulk email or unsolicited commercial email or otherwise in a manner that violate any applicable «anti-spam» legislation, including that commonly referred to as «CASL»; (vii) would be or encourage conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international laws or regulations; (viii) involve the unauthorized entry to any machine accessible via the Services or interference with the Sites or any servers or networks connected to the Sites or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Sites, or attempt to breach the security of or disrupt Internet communications on the Sites (including without limitation accessing data to which you are not the intended recipient or logging into a server or account for which you are not expressly authorized); (ix) impersonate any person or entity, including, without limitation, one of PetSmart Charities» or another party's officers or employees, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; (x) forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any information transmitted through the Sites; (xi) collect or store personal data about other account users or attempt to gain access to other account users» accounts or otherwise mine information about other account users or the Sites, or interfere with any other user's ability to access or use the Sites; (xii) execute any form of network monitoring or run a network analyzer or packet sniffer or other technology to intercept, decode, mine or display any packets used to communicate between the Sites» servers or any data not intended for you; (xiii) attempt to circumvent authentication or security of any content, host, network or account («cracking») on or from the Sites; or (xiv) in PetSmart Charities» sole discretion, are contrary to PetSmart Charities» public image, goodwill, reputation or mission, or otherwise not in furtherance of our Vision of a lifelong, loving home for every pet.

A facility that provides a dog or cat to a rescue organization under this section is immune from any civil liability that otherwise might result from its actions, provided that the facility is acting in good faith.

You will not, and will not allow or authorize others to, use the Services or the Sites to take any actions that: (i) infringe on any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy; (ii) violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including those regarding export control); (iii) are defamatory, trade libelous, threatening, harassing, invasive of privacy, stalking, harassment, abusive, tortuous, hateful, discriminatory based on race, ethnicity, gender, sex or disability, pornographic or obscene; (iv) interfere with or disrupt any services or equipment with the intent of causing an excessive or disproportionate load on the Animal League or its licensors or suppliers» infrastructure; (v) involve knowingly distributing viruses, Trojan horses, worms, or other similar harmful or deleterious programming routines; (vi) involve the preparation and / or distribution of «junk mail», «spam», «chain letters», «pyramid schemes» or other deceptive online marketing practices or any unsolicited bulk email or unsolicited commercial email or otherwise in a manner that violate the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act (CAN - SPAM Act of 2003); (vii) would encourage conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, federal or international laws, rules or regulations; (viii) involve the unauthorized entry to any machine accessible via the Services or interfere with the Sites or any servers or networks connected to the Sites or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Sites, or attempt to breach the security of or disrupt Internet communications on the Sites (including without limitation accessing data to which you are not the intended recipient or logging into a server or account for which you are not expressly authorized); (ix) impersonate any person or entity, including, without limitation, one of the Animal League's or other's officers or employees, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; (x) forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any information transmitted through the Sites; (xi) collect or store personal data about other Animal League members, Site users or attempt to gain access to other Animal League members information, or otherwise mine information about Animal League members, Site users, or the Sites; (xii) execute any form of network monitoring or run a network analyzer or packet sniffer or other technology to intercept, decode, mine or display any packets used to communicate between the Sites» servers or any data not intended for you; (xiii) attempt to circumvent authentication or security of any content, host, network or account («cracking») on or from the Sites; or (xiv) are contrary to the Animal League's public image, goodwill, reputation or mission or otherwise not in furtherance of the Animal Leagues stated purposes.

Best known for handling large - scale international mandates including class actions and liability matters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has been representing Volkswagen and its subsidiaries Audi, Porsche and Skoda in several product - related civil actions in various jurisdictions.

Tom practices in the area of civil litigation focusing on corporate / commercial litigation, securities litigation, product liability defence and class action defence.

Auto, Truck and Vehicle Accidents Commercial / Business Litigation Immigration Litigation Product Liability Pharmaceutical Litigation Personal Injury Municipal Liability Premises Liability Police Misconduct Professional Negligence Medical Negligence Environmental Litigation Mass Torts / Class Action Consumer Fraud Consumer Law / Mortgage Modification Aviation Litigation Maritime Litigation Bucket Truck Litigation Workers» Compensation Nursing Home Negligence Employment Discrimination Wage & Hour / Overtime Disputes Civil Rights Litigation Social Security Disability Claims Criminal Defense Wrongful Death Closed Head Injury

He has represented a broad spectrum of clients in products liability and class action matters, breach of warranty claims, wrongful death claims, tort and personal injury claims, professional liability claims and other areas of civil litigation.

Aviation Litigation Maritime Litigation Civil Rights Litigation Immigration Litigation Police Misconduct Criminal Defense Closed Head Injury Auto, Truck and Vehicle Accidents Bucket Truck Litigation Personal Injury Professional Negligence Medical Negligence Nursing Home Abuse Pharmaceutical Litigation Product Liability Premises Liability Wrongful Death Municipal Liability Social Security Disability Claims Consumer Fraud Consumer Law / Mortgage Modification Commercial / Business Litigation Wage & Hour / Overtime Disputes Employment Discrimination Workers» Compensation Class Action / Mass Torts Environmental Litigation

Closed Head Injury Auto, Truck and Vehicle Accidents Aviation Litigation Bucket Truck Litigation Civil Rights Litigation Commercial / Business Litigation Consumer Fraud Consumer Law / Mortgage Modification Criminal Defense Employment Discrimination Environmental Litigation Immigration Litigation Mass Torts / Class Action Medical Negligence Municipal Liability Product Liability Pharmaceutical Litigation Personal Injury Premises Liability Police Misconduct Professional Negligence Maritime Litigation Workers» Compensation Nursing Home Negligence Social Security Disability Claims Wage & Hour / Overtime Disputes Wrongful Death

We have neutrals with extensive experience in virtually every practice area, including antitrust, banking, civil rights, consumer actions, employment, environmental / toxic tort, healthcare, insurance coverage, intellectual property, product liability / torts, pharmaceutical / medical devices, securities, and unfair business practices.

Practice Areas: Complex Civil Litigation, Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice, Product Liability, Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Liability, Consumer Protection, Qui Tam Litigation, Class Actions.

Ms. Henderson has experience in general civil litigation, as well as construction defects, labor law, premises liability, employment disputes and cost recovery actions.

Drunk drivers can face both civil liability and criminal charges for their actions.

Civil & Commercial The Civil & Commercial litigation practice includes, but not limited to; general and complex Commercial litigation, Bankruptcy, Insolvency, Debt Recovery & Receiverships, Banking & Finance, Class actions, Consumer protection, Contract law, Employment, Insurance law, Environmental, Energy, Oil & Gas law, Property / Real Estate, Professional liability, Medical negligence, Tax & Compliance, Family law & Administration of Estates, Trademark and Copyright related litigation.

During his 21 - year legal career, Mr. Goldberg has litigated hundreds of cases in federal and state courts throughout the United States involving claims of retaliation, discrimination, wrongful termination, fraud, defamation, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract, as well as commercial contract disputes, civil RICO, ERISA, trade secrets and restrictive covenants, corporate governance disputes, minority shareholder disputes, partnership disputes, Madoff counseling and defense, advancement and indemnification proceedings, whistleblower actions (SOX and CEPA), executive compensation counseling, litigation, and arbitration, international litigation and arbitration, antitrust litigation and arbitration, products liability litigation, environmental and toxic tort litigation, and securities fraud.

Ms. Luther represented a commercial lender in an action brought by a managing member of a limited liability company who alleged that the lender violated the Unruh Civil Rights Act by declining to make a loan to managing member's limited liability company based on managing member's prior felony convictions.

Auto, Truck and Vehicle Accidents Aviation Litigation Bucket Truck Litigation Civil Rights Litigation Class Action / Mass Torts Closed Head Injury Commercial / Business Litigation Consumer Fraud Criminal Defense Employment Discrimination Environmental Litigation Immigration Litigation Maritime Litigation Medical Negligence Municipal Liability Nursing Home Negligence Personal Injury Pharmaceutical Litigation Police Misconduct Product Liability Premises Liability Professional Negligence Social Security Disability Claims Wage & Hour / Overtime Disputes Workers» Compensation Wrongful Death

He also handles complex civil matters such as equity disputes, securities litigation, product - liability claims, malpractice claims and wrongful death actions.

Initially, David represented clients in work - related accidents, product liability lawsuits, medical negligence litigation, and employer - employee civil rights actions.

As an experienced trial lawyer, Susie has successfully defended employers, management and corporations involving commercial disputes, general civil litigation, premises liability, personal injury law and class and derivative actions.

Greg Kohn is a partner at Nagel Rice and specializes in complex civil litigation cases, including professional malpractice, personal injury, class actions, wrongful death, products liability, and commercial litigation.

Scott focuses his practice on general commercial litigation, including: bank regulatory and enforcement matters; defending directors and officers of failed banks in FDIC actions; commodities and securities regulatory enforcement and civil actions; professional liability claims; directors and officers liability insurance matters; and employment and restrictive covenant matters.

Puri, with Osgoode J.D. research assistants, has compiled the first ever independent academic study of statutory secondary market civil liability class actions in Canada and provides recommendations for reform.

He has also represented corporations in professional malpractice, breach of contract, consumer rights, real estate, civil rights, product liability, construction, whistleblower, medical malpractice, class action and mass tort litigation.

Securities fraud, for instance, can give rise to criminal liability and to civil liability in parallel private actions.

Medical Malpractice; Professional Negligence; Automobile Negligence; Product Liability; Civil Litigation Medical Malpractice; Obstetric Malpractice; Drug and Medical Device Litigation; Products Liability; Legal Malpractice; Mass Torts; Complex Litigation; Consumer Class Actions; Food Poisoning; Catastrophic Auto Injury Appeals Automobile Negligence; Professional Malpractice; Professional Negligence; Obstetrical Malpractice; Personal Injury Law Health Care Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Birth Trauma; Discrimination Law; Personal Injury Law; Consumer Protection; Legal Malpractice; Mass Torts Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Automobile Negligence; Professional Negligence

Regardless of whether an insider's acts are inadvertent or deliberate, the potential results can be the same — significant losses to the organization and civil lawsuits (including class actions) and liabilities to individuals and organizations harmed by the incident.

Alternative Dispute Resolution Bank Regulatory & Other Financial Disputes Bankruptcy & Creditors» Rights Civil RICO & Conspiracy Actions Consumer Class Actions Contracts Counseling Director & Officer Matters Licensing Disputes Motor Vehicle Franchises Negligence & Product Liability Professional Liability Real Estate Securities & Derivative Securities Trade Secrets

Auto, Truck and Vehicle Accidents Bucket Truck Litigation Personal Injury Professional Negligence Medical Negligence Nursing Home Abuse Pharmaceutical Litigation Product Liability Premises Liability Wrongful Death Closed Head Injury Aviation Litigation Maritime Litigation Municipal Liability Police Misconduct Criminal Defense Civil Rights Litigation Immigration Litigation Social Security Disability Claims Consumer Fraud Consumer Law / Mortgage Modification Commercial / Business Litigation Wage & Hour / Overtime Disputes Employment Discrimination Workers» Compensation Class Action / Mass Torts Environmental Litigation

Aviation Litigation Maritime Litigation Medical Negligence Nursing Home Negligence Pharmaceutical Litigation Product Liability Closed Head Injury Premises Liability Auto, Truck and Vehicle Accidents Bucket Truck Litigation Personal Injury Professional Negligence Wrongful Death Commercial / Business Litigation Consumer Law / Mortgage Modification Consumer Fraud Wage & Hour / Overtime Disputes Workers» Compensation Employment Discrimination Immigration Litigation Civil Rights Litigation Police Misconduct Criminal Defense Social Security Disability Claims Municipal Liability Class Action / Mass Torts Environmental Litigation

Barack Ferrazzano's 40 + trial lawyers have managed thousands of commercial disputes concerning securities and derivative securities; contracts; motor vehicle franchises; trade secrets; licensing disputes; consumer class actions; real estate; professional liability; civil RICO and conspiracy actions; director and officer matters; negligence and product liability; bankruptcy and creditors» rights; and bank regulatory and other financial disputes.

The firm, which has grown to 80 attorneys with offices in Long Beach, San Francisco, Seattle, Anchorage, and Hong Kong, has developed expertise in many specialties of civil litigation including class and mass actions, securities and banking litigation, mortgage litigation, employment, energy, environmental, admiralty and maritime, bankruptcy, business litigation, products liability, real estate, toxic tort, professional malpractice defense, professional design & construction, all types of civil appeals, mortgage banking, real estate, corporate / transactional and other commercial matters.

Most actions taken by private security are justified by express exclusions from civil and criminal liability for self - defense, defense of others, defense of property and citizen's arrest.

If the lawyer has been charged criminally or is subject to civil liability or disciplinary action or any other adverse proceeding in relation to the lawyer's representation of the client, the lawyer may disclose confidential information to defend herself.

Recourse to a civil lawyer occurs in all sorts of situations of civil litigation: this litigation may concern failure to respect a contract, damages involving third party liability, neighbourhood trouble, damages caused by actions performed in bad faith or the incompetence of a person, personal injury, etc..

The preferable option is for actions of medical negligence to remain strictly a matter of civil liability.

Led by co-founders and senior partners Mary Quinn Cooper and William S. Leach, ECSL specializes in commercial litigation, products liability, class actions and complex civil litigation on a regional and national level for clients ranging from small privately owned companies and government entities to Fortune 100 companies.

Barack Ferrazzano trial lawyers have handled a variety of cases, including disputes concerning: securities and derivative securities; contracts; motor vehicle franchises; trade secrets; licensing disputes; consumer class actions; real estate; professional liability; civil RICO and conspiracy actions; director and officer matters; negligence and product liability; bankruptcy and creditors» rights; and bank regulatory and other financial disputes.

In addition, two newly - enacted laws risk expanding civil liability through class actions.