Sentences with phrase «common legal claims»

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«That is an explicit acknowledgment that this payment was about the election and was about hiding information from voters immediately before the presidential election,» said Paul S. Ryan, vice president of policy and litigation at watchdog group Common Cause, which filed a legal claim over the payment.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

Legal academics have argued that this sort of harm strikes at the heart of the common good, and that judges should count it against the moral and religious liberty claims of those seeking to avoid complicity with others» sins.

The great issues of our time are moral: the uses of power; wealth and poverty; human rights; the moral quality and character of society; loss of the sense of the common good in tandem with the pampering of private interests; domestic violence; outrageous legal and medical costs in a system of maldistributed services; unprecedented developments in biotechnologies which portend good but risk evil; the violation of public trust by high elected officials and their appointees; the growing militarization of many societies; continued racism; the persistence of hunger and malnutrition; a still exploding population in societies hard put to increase jobs and resources; abortion; euthanasia; care for the environment; the claims of future generations.

Soon thereafter, the attorney for CABE advised the Sherman BOE that there was no legal requirement to implement the Common Core Standards, although she claimed the majority of local districts found the Standards appropriate and were implementing them.

So expenses like land transfer tax, legal fees and real estate commissions would be common claims.

This collection of essays examines the shifting legal landscape of federal claims by foreign plaintiffs in the federal courts and focuses on the most common statutes invoked by foreign plaintiffs, as well as the threshold issues of personal jurisdiction and pleading standards that govern such suits.

Conflicts remain the most common error resulting in legal malpractice claims.

Missing a statue of limitations is a common cause of legal malpractice claims.

We combine our decades of legal experience with a comprehensive understanding of the operations of the insurance industry in order to vigorously defend our clients involved in first and third - party common law and statutory bad faith claims.

Of course, being obsessed with justice, common law has left many loopholes that allow contracting parties to require a deeper inquiry into the facts and the law of the dispute by claiming unconscionability, mistake, rescission, and other legal ways of rewriting the original contract to satisfy buyer's remorse or a similar regret about the way risks were originally allocated between contracting parties.

Wrongful Death The legal or common - law spouse, child, parent, step - parent or grandparent of a person killed as the result of the wrongful act or neglect or another person, may have a claim for compensation for the death of their loved one.

With today's launch, Lexis Answers works only with questions that fall into one of five common categories: standards of review, burdens of proof, elements of claims, standard legal definitions, and core legal doctrines.

In each of these situations the relevant human rights code is engaged not because of the nature of the legal relationship, or the fact that there were two legally distinct and identifiable parties at common law, but rather because the claim related to an area of activity covered by the Code and the claimant was able to show a nexus or link between him or herself, the social area and the allegedly discriminatory treatment.

Car accidents, slip and falls, and disability claims are some of the most common reasons people hire an attorney after an accident, but there are numerous other ways injuries can occur where a legal professional's assistance is required.

Married spouses enjoy different rights than common - law spouses, although both can assert a legal claim for property.

Although the amount that the owner was ordered to pay was huge in comparison to the amount claimed in the lawsuit, a sizeable portion of the corporation's legal costs will end up being included in the corporation's common expenses payable by all of the owners.

But what they all share in common is a knowledge of and profound interest in the same legal subject area — pharmaceutical class actions, say, or business process patents, or asset securitization, or child custody proceedings in Oregon, or small - claims court cases in Nova Scotia, or wealth management in New South Wales, or any of the law's thousands upon thousands of sub-specialties.

Corporate clients seek Hannah's legal advice on a range of substantive matters involving regulatory compliance, state consumer protection laws, ERISA, the False Claims Act, common law claims and discovery iClaims Act, common law claims and discovery iclaims and discovery issues.

Vehicle Accident Attorneys with Vast and Varied Experience The personal injury attorneys at Ketchmark and McCreight, P.C. do provide expert advice and professional legal support for those people filing claims to do with truck, auto and motorcycle accidents, which are some of the most common personal injury claims in Missouri and Kansas, but that is not where our experience and expertise ends.

Find answers to the most common questions regarding personal injury claims and the legal process.

The Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (the «Court») has upheld a recent ruling that the common law right to claim the fees of foreign lawyers as a disbursement of BVI counsel was abrogated by s. 18 (3) of the Legal Profession Act 2015 («LPA»).

Not surprisingly, estate planning is one of the most common areas for legal malpractice claims.

In this section you will learn about a variety of legal issues that are common to ICBC injury claims.

In general, all franchise related civil claims, whether statutory or common law, are subject to a general two - year limitation period in Ontario to commence a legal action under Ontario's Limitations Act, 2002.

The Specific Claims Tribunal determined Williams Lake had established the validity of the claim against the federal Crown: there were pre-emptive purchases of the lands by settlers, in contravention of colonial policy and law; such contraventions constituted a breach of a legal obligation, pursuant to colonial legislation pertaining to reserved lands; B.C. failed to act honourably and was in breach of its fiduciary duties at common law, by failing to put the Indian interest in settlement lands ahead of settlers» interests; Canada was liable for B.C.'s pre-Confederation breaches of legislation and fiduciary duty, pursuant to the Act; and Canada also breached its post-Confederation fiduciary duties by failing to provide reserve lands to Williams Lake.

In general, all franchise - related civil claims, whether statutory or common law, are subject to a general two - year limitation period in Ontario to commence a legal action under Ontario's Limitations Act, 2002.

Legal claims brought against a Sovereign State or its instrumentalities by a foreign investor under a bilateral or multilateral investment treaty, or a contract or a domestic investment law, require a legal team of the highest international caliber: with great expertise in international law, a deep understanding of the civil and common law systems, extensive experience in the various fora and rules under which claims are raised, an enhanced capability to analyze complex facts and industries, broad language abilities, and sensitivity to political and cultural issues in the various regions of the wLegal claims brought against a Sovereign State or its instrumentalities by a foreign investor under a bilateral or multilateral investment treaty, or a contract or a domestic investment law, require a legal team of the highest international caliber: with great expertise in international law, a deep understanding of the civil and common law systems, extensive experience in the various fora and rules under which claims are raised, an enhanced capability to analyze complex facts and industries, broad language abilities, and sensitivity to political and cultural issues in the various regions of the wlegal team of the highest international caliber: with great expertise in international law, a deep understanding of the civil and common law systems, extensive experience in the various fora and rules under which claims are raised, an enhanced capability to analyze complex facts and industries, broad language abilities, and sensitivity to political and cultural issues in the various regions of the world.

Calendar related errors, relative to court dates and deadlines, are the single most common cause of legal malpractice claims today.

Where there is a joint retainer, or where the same solicitors act for two clients in related matters in which they have a common interest, neither client can claim legal professional privilege against the other in relation to documents which come into existence, or communications which pass between them and the solicitors, within the scope of the joint retainer or matter of common interest concerned.

Lawyers have become increasingly concerned that Legal Professional Privilege (LPP) is being undermined by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO): they are anxious that this fundamental common law right may become further diminished as the SFO increasingly challenges companies which claim LPP while under investigation.

Automobile or Car insurance, is probably the most common form of insurance and may cover both legal liability claims against the driver and loss of or damage to the insured's vehicle itself.

Automobile insurance, is probably the most common form of insurance and may cover both legal liability claims against the driver and loss of or damage to the insured's vehicle itself.