Sentences with phrase «civil practice issues»

«Civil Practice Issues,» panelist, Lawyers Following Orders: Ethical Pitfalls and Practical Advice, Suffolk University Law School Center for Advanced Legal Studies and the New York City Bar, April and May 2008

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Kim has established a full time mediation practice in the areas of mortgage foreclosure, civil conflicts, contract / / business disputes, Homeowner Assn. issues, guardianship and elder care disputes.

But from what is public about their toxic relationship, Brown didn't practice tough love... he was an enablear.Whitney's tragedy should not be used to defend the counterproductive war on drugs.This war has failed; mainly serves the money intererts of the prison / industrial complex; and has strongly curtailed our civil liberties.Insteaed, Houston's tragedy should be used to argue the position that drugs and drug addiction is a medical issue, not a criminal issue.The war on drugs should be reconfigured, beginning with the legalization of medical pot

A few days after a state audit criticized a long - used Syracuse hiring practice to get around civil service laws, the Common Council probed the issue, but councilors came down more on the side of the mayor's office than the auditors.

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday issued a marching order to all civil servants to either avoid engaging in corrupt practices or be ready to leave the service...

In September, 2014 the Town of Clarkstown announced that it had retained Public Sector HR Consultants LLC of Glenville, NY to conduct a review of the human resources practices and issues of concern on application of civil service rules and regulations in the Highway Department under the management of Superintendent Wayne Ballard.

In collaboration with our partners from research, policy, industrial practice and civil society, we develop responses and recommendations for action for pressing environmental issues and support decision - making processes at the local, national and international level.

In connection with any such proposed application the attorney general is authorized to take proof and make a determination of the relevant facts and to issue subpoenas in accordance with the civil practice law and rules, and direct restitution.

The extent to which Uncle Sam should intrude himself into school discipline practices — and the extent to which «disparate impact» should intrude itself into federal civil - rights policies — are hugely important issues, with or without charter schools.

Serving classroom teachers and instructional leaders with news, information, opinion, and service journalism, the online Education Week Teacher promotes professional engagement, idea - sharing, and a lively but civil discourse on issues of education policy and teacher practice.

The kindness and humanity that Greg showed his colleagues in the workplace have deeply informed Education Week's journalism, which combines independent, incisive coverage with a belief in the critical importance of a civil discourse around highly contested issues of pre-K-12 policy and practice.

The extent to which Uncle Sam should intrude himself into school discipline practices — and the extent to which «disparate impact» should intrude itself into federal civil - rights policies — are hugely important issues.

Characterizing its practice as a «general practice for a specialized clientele,» the firm provides legal advice and expertise to handle any and all needs of a school district, including fair dismissal personnel issues, allegations of employment discrimination and EEOC complaints, other personnel disputes, student discipline issues, student tribunal hearings, civil rights claims, personal injury actions, federal and state constitutional claims and other litigation, special education and other legal issues involving disabled students, contracts, leases and other business needs, policy and rule development, construction disputes, bond and SPLOST issues and other financial matters.

Providing a general law practice for a specialized clientele, Harben, Hartley & Hawkins meets all of the legal needs of school districts including: fair dismissal personnel issues, allegations of employment discrimination and EEOC complaints, other personnel disputes, student discipline issues, student tribunal hearings, civil rights claims, personal injury actions, federal and state constitutional claims and other litigation, special education and other legal issues involving disabled students, contracts, leases and other business needs, policy and rule development, construction disputes, bond and SPLOST issues and other financial matters.

In these roles, she leads and grows a national network of charter school attorneys known as «The Alliance of Public Charter School Attorneys»; provides technical assistance and training to charter school operators, authorizers, attorneys and advocates seeking to improve school - level civil rights policies and practices; addresses fiscal equity and labor issues confronting charter schools; provides litigation and strategic assistance to state partners considering litigation; and supports charter school advocates and operators seeking to improve their regulatory and authorizing environments.

Melnick doesn't see that kind of work changing much under the new administration; instead, he thinks the big change will involve the practice of issuing «Dear Colleague» letters, which lay out the OCR's position on civil rights issues, to school districts and institutions of higher education.

Mr. Keller's practice includes the representation of independent school districts, public charter schools and other public and private sector employers in all areas including labor, special education matters and employment civil rights issues.

Politics as Practice includes four groups: March Group, Judson Church's Hall of Issues, The Center, and Spiral Group, which examined the viability of politics as a subject for art and channeled a new sense of social urgency in addressing Cold War politics, the civil rights movement, and the legacy of World War II, among other concerns.

We are pleased to announce that we not only had a significant amount of feedback on this most vexed of questions but received a variety of responses that ranged from supporting artistic practices that, successfully or otherwise, negotiated the exigencies of institutional, public and civil spaces to responses that pointedly questioned the need (and, indeed, the inherent demand) for art to engage with such issues at all.

In December 2010, Attorney General Eric Holder called King a father of the environmental justice movement and urged everyone to think about the environment as a civil rights issue — because minority and low income populations have the same right to be free of health hazards posed by unsustainable practices as everyone else.

Finally, says Brooke LJ (at [52] and [64]-RRB- «family law practitioners who are concerend with proceedings which may lead to committal [must] be fully acquainted with the requirements of» the Convention, Art 6; for, he said, he was «completely satisfied that [the committal practice direction set outs] the practice which must be applied, both in civil courts and in family courts, in proceedings in which committal to prison may be in issue».

Within these broad practice areas, their lawyers have deep knowledge and experience in a variety of legal matters, including the development and review of contracts, regulatory compliance issues, risk management, collective bargaining, civil rights matters, personal injury, property and business transactions, and legislative concerns — to name just a few.

Our compliance team brings a depth of experience in the wide range of compliance issues that affect various types of providers, such as the Federal False Claims Act, the Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, Civil Monetary Penalties laws, and various legal and billing issues that pertain to the specific practice or provider.

Within these broad practice areas, our lawyers have deep knowledge and experience in a variety of legal matters, including the development and review of contracts, regulatory compliance issues, risk management, collective bargaining, civil rights matters, personal injury, property and business transactions, and legislative concerns — to name just a few.

He has published widely on issues including civil litigation, trial practice, and antitrust, and is an editor of the American Bar Association's treatise Proving Antitrust Damages.

For over thirty years, Mr. Miklave has represented employers and management in all areas of employment, civil rights, and traditional labor law, including issues arising under federal and state anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation statutes; non-compete agreements and other post-employment restrictions; wage and hour investigations and litigation; multi-employer pension plan withdrawal liability and administration; collective - bargaining negotiations, administration and enforcement proceedings; corporate restructurings, reorganizations and plant closings; and employment practices and policies.

Last week on the blog The Free for All, civil libertarian Harvey Silverglate issued a call for an ethics investigation of the Department of Justice lawyers who advised the CIA on the legality of its torture practices.

Mike authored the chapter on Default for the Oregon State Bar publication Oregon Civil Pleading and Practice, and has written articles on Oregon legal issues for other legal publications.

Her practice covers divorce, separation, civil partnerships, pre - and post-nuptial agreements, co-habitation agreements, children issues, abductions and international law.

She also regularly counsels private and public employers on a broad range of employment and human resources issues, including compliance with civil rights and equal employment laws, hiring and firing practices, compliance with wage and hour and FMLA requirements, and racial and sexual harassment investigation practices.

Practicing competition law, Ms. Liu Dongping provides specialized services in investigation cases, merger control filing, compliance programs, evaluation of risks arising from business strategy, contract arrangement, JV arrangements, other horizontal and vertical issues, IP and anti-monopoly related issues, civil litigation related issues, remedies as well as solutions to avoid or mitigate such risks, etc. for international and domestic clients.

Our employment practice has provided counsel to individuals and businesses in areas ranging from the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Federal Civil Rights Act and the Family Medical Leave Act, as well as a variety of training, contract and employment policy issues.

In addition, Jim is recognized as an authority and frequently is consulted by other law firms and clients alike on complicated civil procedure, attorneys» fees and trial practice issues.

Although this blog spends most of its time addressing criminal case issues, my practice includes personal injury claims, wrongful death claims, contract disputes and civil rights matters.

Fernando's numerous published articles and speaking engagements in his areas of practice reflect the depth of his knowledge and understanding of the issues that his clients face, including his chapter authorships for the leading treatise on electronic discovery for in - house counsel, eDiscovery for Corporate Counsel (Chapter 17 - Electronic Data, Cyber Security & Crisis Management)(Thomson - West 2013 — present), and New Jersey Federal Civil Procedure (Chapter 10 — eDiscovery)(ALM 2011 - present).

The firm requires all of its attorneys to participate in certain continuing legal education programs designed to keep pace with evolving issues in the practice of law, such as, by way of only one example, the new challenges presented by electronic discovery and changes to the rules of civil procedure.

He has authored numerous legal papers on civil litigation and trial practice and has spoken at seminars before health care professionals, consumer groups, the insurance industry and attorneys on issues relative to civil litigation.

Ms. Narancio's international arbitration practice includes representation in both institutional and ad hoc arbitrations (including under the ICC, LCIA, SIAC, NAI and UNCITRAL rules) sited in both common and civil law jurisdictions, and has particular experience with issues relating to Latin American jurisdictions.

In addition to his litigation practice, Michael assists in the representation of the Firm's Municipal Clients, including the Villages of Rockdale, New Lenox, Minooka and Manhattan, and handles bond issues and litigation, tax increment financing, union negotiations and labor issues, annexation, zoning / re-zoning issues, and civil rights cases involving municipal employees and police officers.

As part of his practice, Mr. Sickinger counsels municipalities on a range of issues including Freedom of Information Law, Open Meetings Law, civil service and other compliance matters.

So far, only three published studies have analyzed the association between brief readability and case outcome, 50 and no studies have analyzed that association in the trial courts, where most lawyers practice.51 Long and Christensen sampled 882 appellate briefs from the Supreme Court, federal appellate courts, and state supreme courts.52 Their dependent variable was the outcome of the appeal (affirmed or reversed), while their independent variable was readability measured by the Flesch Reading Ease score as calculated by Microsoft Word.53 For federal appellate and state supreme court briefs, the researchers coded control variables for federal or state court, standard of review, presence of a dissenting opinion, and readability of the opinion deciding the appeal.54 For United States Supreme Court briefs, the researchers coded control variables for constitutional issue, criminal or civil case, presence of a dissenting opinion, and opinion readability.55 They found no statistically significant correlation between readability and outcome in the briefs in their study.56

In recent years, Danish has practiced in South Texas, where she represented clients in civil litigation and handled all aspects of employment and labor issues, including trial ofemployment discrimination claims, labor contract negotiation and arbitration and organizing campaigns.

In 2007, Professor Curcio gave her first - year Civil Procedure class five single - issue essay questions over the course of the semester.134 After students turned each assignment in, the professor provided an annotated model answer.135 In addition, the professor spent some class time discussing the models and providing time for self - and peer - edits.136 The students in Professor Curcio's class and in another Civil Procedure class then took the same final exam.137 Professor Curcio and the other professor graded all the exams from both classes.138 The results showed that students who practiced and received feedback performed better than those students who had not had the opportunity to practice and receive feedback.139 Most of the benefit, however, accrued to students who had above - the - median LSAT scores.140 For those students with below - the - median LSAT scores, the study found no statistically significant difference between scores of those who had received the feedback and those who had not.141 In 2010, the school's median LSAT was 161.142

Melody L. Harness focuses her practice on white collar criminal defense, complex civil litigation, government investigations, and the panoply of issues arising in e-discovery.

On November 3, the federal Civil Rules Advisory Committee met in Washington D.C. to discuss a range of issues — from current proposed rule amendments to future projects focused on discovery practice and active judicial case management.

Additionally, not every legal issue falls within one area of practice, for example, someone who experiences the wrongful death of a family member may wish to file a civil lawsuit for the wrongful death, and they may also require assistance in probate.

In our municipal law and government practice at BHPK, we represent government entities, officials and public employees in matters such as civil rights claims, land use issues, employment law, alleged ethics violations, and personal injury.

Licensed to practice law in three of the nation's most influential jurisdictions — New York, California and the District of Columbia — Jonna owns and operates Jonna Spilbor Law, a full - service, extended hour law firm whose practice is dedicated primarily to the areas of Criminal Defense, Driving While Intoxicated, Family Law and Divorce, including Same - Sex / Marriage Equality issues, Living - Together Law, Personal Injury / Accidents, Civil Rights and more.

Some of these lawyers have failed to identify the issues properly, because they are civil lawyers who believe they can practice family law.

The Group includes labor and employment specialists, government enforcement lawyers, civil litigators, practitioners versed in governance and disclosure matters, and other practice and industry experts who work together seamlessly to assist clients in responding, promptly and effectively, to the full spectrum of issues presented by claims of workplace harassment.