Sentences with phrase «court over a campaign»

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The stand - off also comes amid a growing campaign by politicians, regulators and courts across Europe to rein in Google's power over the Internet search market and the impact it has on deeply ingrained social norms around personal privacy.

Trump is no stranger to trying to use the legal system to get his way: USA Today found during the 2016 campaign that Trump and his businesses had been involved in at least 3,500 legal actions in state and federal courts over the course of three decades.

JCOPE asked a court to compel the Campaign for One New York, a political nonprofit connected to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, to hand over documents related to its lobbying and fund - raising activities after the group's lawyer declared last week that he would not comply with the panel's subpoena.

Republican and Democratic Senate campaigns have already clashed — fiercely — over when and how to confirm a new Supreme Court justice.

Former Sen. Carl Kruger spent $ 1.42 million in campaign funds on his legal defense and still has $ 400,000 left over, although he must make a court - ordered restitution to the tune of $ 900,000.

And it will be no different this fall, when each of the party's presidential nominees — with vastly more resources at their disposal — target specific voter blocs over the Supreme Court in many of the same ways the Senate campaigns will.

The Senate GOP has filed a challenge in Supreme Court, claiming that it's not fair to compel Republicans to hand over documents that outline their political campaign strategies to a commission appointed by a Democratic governor.

A group of campaigning lawyers have, meanwhile, won the first stage of their High Court challenge over election spending in the run - up to the EU referendum.

The commercial by the Senate Majority Leader continues a full court press by his campaign and national Democrats over the past three months to paint Angle as too extreme.

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: «John Liu Sues Campaign Finance Board For Denying Him Funds» — 3/12/2014 EXCERPTS — The former City Controller charges in the suit, filed Wednesday in Manhattan Federal Court, that the board unconstitutionally took away his $ 3.8 million in campaign cash over possible improprieties in his fundraising opeCampaign Finance Board For Denying Him Funds» — 3/12/2014 EXCERPTS — The former City Controller charges in the suit, filed Wednesday in Manhattan Federal Court, that the board unconstitutionally took away his $ 3.8 million in campaign cash over possible improprieties in his fundraising opecampaign cash over possible improprieties in his fundraising operations.

Representatives from the campaigns of both Bob Bishop and Andrew Heaney will appear in Poughkeepsie court next Friday to resolve a dispute over ballot signatures from the Bishop campaign, a source knowledgeable of the situation confirmed.

A fall 2016 application for a secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court warrant targeting a former Trump campaign adviser has become the latest front in the partisan struggle over the investigation into Russia's interference in the presidential election.

The battle over President Donald Trump's U.S. Supreme Court selection began in earnest today, as the nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch, made a courtesy call on Capitol Hill and allies began an advertising campaign to win support from centrist Democrats.

The Leave campaign said this law would end the European Court's jurisdiction over the UK and see the UK stop making contributions to the EU's budget.

They came between April 21 and December 8, 2014, when Percoco left his state job to take over as Cuomo's campaign re-election chairman — «and therefore had no office to sell,» Bohrer wrote in a court filing last year.

In particular, he hit the governor over his failure to deliver the billions of dollars that the state's highest court determined Albany owed New York City schools in the 2003 Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. State case.

The Campaign for One New York, the nonprofit created by Mayor Bill de Blasio to advance his policy agenda, has been ordered to hand over documents and correspondence between itself and the mayor to the state's ethics commission, a State Supreme Court judge ruled last week.

The aforementioned suit over a candidate's use of LLC money was settled out of court, so there hasn't yet been a clear test of what might be called the Sugarman Doctrine, which assumes underutilized power in the sections of election law prohibiting attempts to circumvent contribution limits and obfuscate the true source of campaign money.

The new coalition points to a number of potential changes to the constitution that they would like to see, including the creation of a public financing system for campaigns, election reforms like same - day registration, court reforms to make it easier to navigate the judicial system and the ability for local municipalities to exercise greater control over issues they traditionally need state authority to manage.

When Obama's campaign took over the Democratic Party earlier this year, it embraced Howard Dean's 50 - state strategy, which is aimed at courting Democrats nationwide.

ERIE COUNTY, NY — Today, Michelle Schoeneman, candidate for the Erie County Legislature's 10th District, filed a summons with notice of a defamation lawsuit with the State of New York Supreme Court against Joseph Lorigo, his campaign, and his consultant, Chris Grant, over the outright lies the campaign has used against Schoeneman in a recent robo call and television ad regarding the serious opioid epidemic.

On Wednesday, members of the city council's Progressive Caucus, including Councilman Daniel Dromm, chair of the Education Committee, came to Albany asking state legislators to adopt a budget that provides funding mandated by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity court decision, excludes additional resources for charter schools, leaves the charter school cap at current levels and provides more local control over the city's schools.

Republican Doe Fund Founder George McDonald, who is battling the city's campaign finance laws in court, reported raising $ 11,288 over the past two months, minus refunds, while publisher Tom Allon raised $ 12,385.

But while the legal proceedings challenging his candidacy winds its through state court, Blake continues to campaign and add money to his campaign war chest of over $ 160,000 (with about $ 60,000 cash - on - hand).

Mike Derrick, a Democrat, engaged in what his campaign referred to as a «full court press» in the final week before Election Day, including a whirlwind schedule that saw him stump at over a dozen locations around the state's largest congressional district, including Willsboro, where he hammered Stefanik on residency issues and the role of outside money in politics.

This week, the Times Union's Chris Bragg reported that Board of Elections enforcement counsel Risa Sugarman had sued the Patterson campaign last month in an Albany court, arguing that some $ 5,000 donations were clearly over the legal limit and seeking both civic penalties and $ 10,000 fines.

so here's the question for you as a candidate... point blank: if a landlord or developer would make a donation to your campaign, maybe even a sizable one, and also get others to do so... donations that could give you a distinct advantage over your competition... would you still go after him and insist that he improve his properties to the point of even taking him to court, etc.?

May is expected to put the mandate for Brexit at the heart of her election campaign but she was reluctant to elaborate on her plan beyond her formal document setting out her desire for more control over immigration, leaving the single market and removing the UK from the jurisdiction of the European courts.

Whether to raise the Latimer - Kettner relationship as a political issue has been considered by numerous political campaign organizations over the years going back to Kettner's failed 2007 bid for New Rochelle City Council, to various Latimer races, to Kettner's successful run for New Rochelle City Court Judge in 2010.

She faces court cases challenging teacher tenure and job protections, the defection of historically loyal Democrats, growing apprehension over the Common Core, diminishing ranks, public relations campaigns painting her union as greedy and a complicated chessboard of state and local members with a variety of interests.

A court battle over a campaign for the ballot initiative illustrates the problem: A lawsuit filed in November alleges public money and property were improperly used when posting political signs on campuses about the tax.

Over the rest of the summer my primary focus was on appellate work in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the development of a youth climate change campaign for Eugene, Oregon.

When I began my intensive search for anything showing the «reposition global warming» memo in its full context, what I found in just the first day was essentially wall - to - wall quotes about Ross Gelbspan's big revelation of it to the world — except for one lone exception, which was a March 13, 2008 US News & World Report article noting phrase was part of Kivalina v Exxon court case documents (more on that separate problem here) which themselves led me to the New York Times revelation of the phrase and the ICE campaign, over six years earlier than any accolades about Gelbspan's exposé.

Recorded over half a day at Southwark Crown Court using three cameras, a camera drone, several GoPros, and an actor playing the judge, Knowles» video was largely cast with legal experts, recruited through an email campaign to law schools.

In 2006, Helen Green won a landmark case against Deutsche Bank and was awarded over # 800,000 in damages by the High Court for being the victim of «a relentless campaign of mean and spiteful behaviour designed to cause her distress».

Week ahead: mandatory recusal for Illinois judges receiving campaign contributions over $ 500, court technology fees in NH, stripping Arkansas Supreme Court of rulemaking authcourt technology fees in NH, stripping Arkansas Supreme Court of rulemaking authCourt of rulemaking authority

Unlike laws allowing legislatures to override court rules or giving politicians more control over judicial selection, recusal rules govern the ethics of judges, and they are only necessary in states in which the high courts have failed to respond adequately to the swelling tide of campaign cash.

Assuming the Advocate General's Opinion is followed by the Court of Justice, it will represent a significant victory for Mr Hampshire and hundreds of pensioners who have campaigned against the UK's pension compensation cap for over a decade.

The Wisconsin Judicial Commission filed charges against Gableman yesterday over his conduct during his campaign for the high - court seat earlier this year.

A group of campaigning lawyers have, meanwhile, won the first stage of their High Court challenge over election spending in the run - up to the EU referendum.

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EARLE3407 Old Dobbin Road, Montgomery, Alabama 36116 - 1903Home Phone: [phone] Cell Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [email protected] position managing legal discovery and document review with opportunity to assist attorneys with civil litigationBAR ADMISSIONAlabama State Bar, 1999LAW - RELATED EXPERIENCELaw Firm, AlabamaResearch Attorney for Special Projects, Mass Torts Department, November 2001 — February 2008 • Managed Multi-District Litigation (MDL) Document Depository (September 2002 to February 2008) o Reviewed more than 1 million pages of evidentiary documents for litigation purposes and for inclusion in electronic databaseso Coordinated document review assignments with attorneys at local depository and at other sites across the USo Retrieved, reviewed and coded documents in Concordance and Summation legal databaseso Prepared memoranda and spreadsheets providing detailed analysis of discovery materials • Aided attorneys and support staff with processing and preparation of personal injury claims and litigationo Conducted legal research and drafted pleadingso Conducted supplementary online research for additional documents and information pertinent to litigationo Assisted with preparation of correspondence to clients and referring attorneyso Contacted clients for additional information needed in case preparation, litigation, and potential settlementso Prepared and input case intakes and referrals into databaseLaw School, AlabamaStudent Intern, Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP), August 1996 — June 1997 • Participated in law school clinical program under third - year law student practice rule (as authorized by Alabama Supreme Court) o Assisted attorneys and advocates in cases involving mentally ill patients confined to state mental health facilitieso Interviewed clients in person (at state facilities) and over the phoneo Worked with clients, attorneys, and social workers to investigate and resolve issues concerning involuntary confinement and treatmento Aided in legal research on an appellate brief submitted to the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (ruling granted in favor of our client) Faculty Research Assistant for Library Services, Bounds Law Library, March 1996 — June 1997 • Prepared research and teaching materials for law school faculty; worked 20 hours per week while matriculating 10 - 15 hours per semester) o Investigated copyright issues related to procuring and reproducing texts for academic useo Conducted legal research using WESTLAW, LEXIS and the InternetADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCEManufacturing Company (MC), Montgomery, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant and Cost Analyst, Materials Purchasing Department, April 1999 — September 2001 • Assisted materials buyers in negotiating and preparing commodities contracts between raw materials suppliers and MC for manufacturing plants in the US and Mexicoo Assisted Legal Department at MC's corporate headquarters with coordination and preparation of documents for litigationo Notified and educated suppliers about MC's freight - on - board policy and its corresponding Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) provisions; result was the reduction of freight claims for both the company and its supplierso Prepared contracts and purchase orders for raw materials and capital projects involving plant maintenanceo Solicited price quotations from current vendors and established Excel spreadsheet format which simplified quote submission process and allowed MC to track and compare usage volumes and costs over timeo Prepared and analyzed cost reports used by materials buyers and production planners in purchasing decisions, including cost reductions, materials consolidation, and selection of vendorso Acted as liaison between vendors and the Purchasing, Transportation and Accounting Departments on issues concerning inbound freight, commercial carriers, and payment terms for commodities, resulting in reductions in freight costs and greater payment discounts for raw materialso Established online databases and printed directories for the Purchasing Department, allowing buyers to have easier and faster access to current vendor informationo Completed Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance project, which involved data collection and communication with MC's past, present, and potential materials suppliers and service providersNot - For - Profit Organization, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Combined Federal Campaign, September 1998 — January 1999 • Aided Campaign Director with 1998 Federal Campaigns (CFCs) in City 1 and City 2, which together generated nearly $ 700,000 for more than 1,000 local, national and international charitieso Prepared weekly reports on donations using WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Excel and dBase IVo Wrote script for Talent Showcase at City 1's 1998 CFC Kickoffo Assisted Director with merger of the City 1 and City 2 CFCs in 1999Regional Bank, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Year 2000 (Y2K) Department, March — June 1998 • Worked with Vice President of Corporate Projects on short - term project for the bank's Y2K Departmento Analyzed and processed data on Y2K readiness for all branches of Bank throughout the southeastern USo Organized meetings for personnel of Banko Communicated with vendors of computer hardware, software, and office equipment to request information on Y2K complianceo Prepared compliance files for Federal Reserve auditso Prepared in - house memoranda and reports using Microsoft Word and ExcelRecord / Music Promotion Company, AlabamaRecord Pool Co-Founder; Office Manager, September 1990 — December 1991 • Co-founded record pool to enhance promotion of music in Alabama and the southeastern USo Procured and distributed records from major and independent labels for club, radio and mobile disc jockeyso Coordinated jointly sponsored promotional events with record companies, radio stations and clubso Designed, wrote, and published bi-weekly reports and brochures to inform the music industry of the progress and popularity of music and performers in the region, with specific focus on the Alabama music sceneMajor University, AlabamaGraduate Research Assistant, AUM Department of Marketing, June 1989 — August 1990 • Worked 13 - 20 hours per week as a research assistant to Marketing faculty while carrying a full course load in the MBA programo Analyzed consumer surveys used in academic researcho Assisted Conference Chairperson with coordination for Atlantic Marketing Association (AMA) annual meeting (October 1989) o Co-authored five - year index and classification of AMA Proceedings (published Fall 1991) EDUCATIONLaw School, AlabamaJuris Doctor (JD), 1997 • Scholarshipso Seybourn H. Lynne Scholarship, 1996 - 97o Dexter C. Hobbs Memorial Scholarship, 1995 - 96o E. W. Godbey Memorial Scholarship, 1994 - 95 • Honorso Who's Who Among American Law School Students, 1996 - 94o Arthur Davis Shores Award, 1997 • Activitieso Frederick Douglass Moot Court Team Manager, 1996 - 97 Southern Regional Competition, Second Place National Competition, Eighth Placeo John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition, Spring 1996o Black Law Students Association Delegate, BLSA National Convention, 1997 Co-Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1996 - 97 Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1995 - 96 BLSA President's Award, 1996 and 1997o American Bar Association, 1996 - 97 Entertainment and Sports Industries Forum Intellectual Property Section Law Student Divisiono LAWS Student Group Leader, 1995 - 96Major University, AlabamaMaster of Business Administration (MBA), 1990Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.), 1988 (Major: Marketing — Advertising and Promotion Track) • Honorso Dean's List • Activitieso National Student Advertising Competition Team, 1988 - 90 Seventh District Competition: Third Place, 1990o Marketing Club, 1987 - 90 Vice President — Career Development, 1988 - 89o Public Relations / Advertising (PR / AD) Club, 1988 - 90 Charter Member, 1988 Active in fund - raising and membership driveso Theater Guild, 1988 - 90 Screening Committee, 1989REFERENCESAvailable upon request

... I am left without any doubt whatsoever of [father's] wilful breach of both court orders, his having undertaken a campaign over many weeks and months (which timeframe I will further particularize in a moment) to alienate the three children from their mother, the petitioner.