Sentences with phrase «court as a shield»

Not exact matches

Gawker Media founder and CEO Nick Denton will file for personal bankruptcy protection as early as Monday after losing a fight in a Florida court for a shield against a judgment in a breach of privacy case involving professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, according to a person familiar with the matter.

It was unclear how far the court would go to shield businesses and perhaps individuals as well from the human rights lawsuits under the 223 - year - old Alien Tort Statute.

Problem definition is time - consuming, a deep journey into our own prejudices and hopes for a Christian faith that actually makes a difference, a horrible awakening that giants of the faith may have little faith in God and more in courts and money, that fame - seekers exist within the church system and garner friends as shields, that a man that marries a second wife may wish to destroy the first wife at any cost, and that authors can indeed write good books but run away from women speaking of their own abuse, and that prior friendships dictate the limits of Christianity....

The appeal court added that since the House of Representatives or any chamber of the National Assembly lacked the power to conduct criminal investigation, its report «can not be used to prevent or shield any of the petroleum marketer and supply companies from being investigated by competent investigative authority upon a criminal complaint that it fraudulently received billions of naira as imported petroleum subsidy payments when it did not import or market the petroleum in Nigeria.»

«I didn't do anything,» he told reporters as he left court, using a large manila envelope to shield his mug.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a labor - backed bill Thursday to help shield public employee unions from a looming US Supreme Court decision, as he works to lock down union support for a third term.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a labor - backed bill Thursday to help shield public employee unions from a looming US Supreme Court decision, as he works to lock down union support for...

If, as appears to be the case, the New Rochelle Police Department hushed up Latimer's car crash to shield her from unwanted attention on her relationship with Latimer you start to raise questions about ethical behavior by a sitting judge in New York State and conflicts of interest because one of three ways a Judge can be removed from the bench is to be impeached by a majority vote of the assembly then removed by a two - thirds vote a special court made up of judges of the court of appeals.

However, as von Tigerstrom points out, it may be challenging for courts to evaluate the evidence put forward by the government: Are purported financial worries genuine or is cost used to shield a discriminatory decision?

In finding that the circumstances described above would justify piercing the corporate veil, the Court endorsed earlier decisions that held that the corporate veil could properly be lifted when those in control of an otherwise validly incorporated corporation «expressly direct a wrongful thing to be done», or when a corporation «is completely dominated and controlled and being used as a shield for fraudulent or improper conduct.»

The Court also found the «Torrens system» will not operate as a shield to protect a vendor from his or her contractual obligations in this regard (see para. 48).

«In fact, ASCLD / LAB could more properly be described as a product service organization,» Schechter wrote, «which sells for a fee a «seal of approval» covering diverse laboratory systems, which laboratories can utilize to bolster their credibility through in - court testimony by technicians, plus ancillary services such as protection from outside inquiry, shielding of internal activities and, where necessary, especially in the event of public condemnation, a spokesperson to buffer the laboratory from media inquiry.»

Documents in future divorce cases will be public, but court clerks will be required to shield information such as Social Security numbers that could be used for identity theft.

In order to protect courts of law and administrative tribunals, a principle of deliberative secrecy applies to shield those decision - makers from having to make transparent or provide information in regards to the intellectual or other process by which they may have arrived at their decision except as may stand on the record within their reasons for judgment or opinion.

Moreover, an Italian public authority seeking to shield itself behind the authority of the Italian courts to shut out the jurisdiction of the English courts may indeed be very unpleasantly surprised as was the case here where the Italian Regional Administrative Court of Piedmont refused jurisdiction in the above named cases in favour of the English courts, a fact taken into account in the judgement of the English court in the application for summary judgement as further justification for its decisCourt of Piedmont refused jurisdiction in the above named cases in favour of the English courts, a fact taken into account in the judgement of the English court in the application for summary judgement as further justification for its deciscourt in the application for summary judgement as further justification for its decision..

The family court noted he could not use his invocation of privilege as both a sword and a shield.

While Ontario's courts have been unwilling to accept claims of a hostile work environment when wielded as a «sword», Ontario courts have shown that they are prepared to consider such claims when employees advance such arguments as a «shield.»

My final question is this: If a judge is required to undertake the above - referenced analysis when an employee alleges that he or she should not be made to mitigate his damages by returning to a hostile, embarrassing or humiliating work environment (thus using the allegations as a «shield») why is it «unnecessary and undesirable to expand the court's involvement in such questions» when the employee puts forwards the allegations as a claim, thus using the allegations as a «sword?»

As the immunity is such a potent shield, the courts are circumspect in its application by limiting it to bona fide quasi-judicial bodies only.

Judicial immunity substantially survived the decision in Lake, but it can not be seen as an impenetrable shield as far as the ET / civil courts are concerned.

The New York Times reported that the Court's decision has been hailed as «a major victory in the long - running effort to shield corporate defendants from unconstrained jury awards.»

Sources: «The Fifth Amendment Can & Will Be Used Against You In a (Federal) Court of Law» Taking the 5th: How to pierce the testimonial shield Plaintiff as Deponent: Invoking the Fifth Amendment

The court also found that fairness and equity allowed the disregarding of the corporate shield, as the Brokerage had few assets to pay a judgment in favor of the Buyers and also did not have insurance coverage for such a judgment.