Sentences with phrase «curiae briefs»

Editor's Note: The Ohio Association of REALTORS ® and NAR filed separate amicus curiae briefs in support of the Brokerage.

Johnson: NAR's Legal Action Program assists members involved in litigation that presents legal issues of significance to the association, the real estate industry, or property rights generally by providing financial assistance and, sometimes, amicus curiae briefs in those cases.

The Foundation intends to file amicus curiae Briefs in decisive bitcoin - related legal cases and offer pro bono legal defense.

The importance of the case to the IT sector was reflected by the submission of amicus curiae briefs in support of Microsoft by major companies such as Google, Cisco and Verizon, as well as several business associations.

He is President of Solidarity Center for Law and Justice, P.C., a public interest religious and educational liberty law firm, which files amicus curiae briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court and state and federal appellate courts.

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party, or neither party from counsel for the appellees received.

Consent to the filing of timely amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party from counsel for the appellants received.

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party from counsel for the appellants filed.

There is a January 22, 2016 deadline for applications for amicus curiae briefs.

He has also been active in the Maritime Law Association of the United States (MLA), having served on the Board of Directors and written two amicus curiae briefs to the United States Supreme Court on the organization's behalf.

He has also drafted a number of amicus curiae briefs before the Wisconsin Supreme Court and Washington Supreme Court involving environmental and civil liability issues.

Before the Supreme Court, we note both the specific issue and the area of the law involved, the prevailing party and the vote, the writers and length of all opinions, the number of amicus curiae briefs and who each amicus supported, and of course each Justice's vote.

The committee found that ABA policies influence legislation at both the federal and state levels, serve as starting points for amicus curiae briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court and other tribunals, and provide the bases for standards and model rules relating to the legal profession.

Business Development: Brokering various business dealings that further the diversification of Indian economies Developing and accessing commercial financial programs and services for tribal governments, including tax - exempt offerings and federally - guaranteed housing loans Serving as issuer or underwriter's counsel in tribal bond issuances Ensuring tribal compliance with Bank Secrecy Act and other federal financial regulatory requirements Handling federal and state income, excise, B&O, property and other tax matters for tribes and tribal businesses Chartering tribal business enterprises under tribal, state and federal law Registering and protecting tribal trademarks and copyrights Negotiating franchise agreements for restaurants and retail stores on Indian reservations Custom - tailoring construction contracts for tribes and general contractors Helping secure federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs Government Relations: Handling state and federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal rights.

Partly this is a consequence of the English legal systems» requirement that the loser pays the other side's costs — so English judges never have the benefit of any amicus curiae briefs to assist the court in deciding a matter before it.

Two more amicus curiae briefs related to Google's appeal of Judge Posner's FRAND ruling in Apple's favor have become available: one of them was submitted by BSA The Software Alliance, and the other one by four law professors.

We do not have amicus curiae briefs.

In addition, the court specifically invited interested parties to submit amici curiae briefs without seeking consent of the parties or leave of the court.

Mr. De La Cruz has also advocated for his clients» interests by submitting amicus curiae briefs to the California Supreme Court in cases that could have far - reaching effects on workplace practices.

In addition to a number of ongoing infringement proceedings, the legal service also wrote several amicus curiae briefs contesting the jurisdiction of the investment tribunals.

We file amicus curiae briefs representing the broad views of the business community in important litigation throughout the country, including in the Supreme Court of the United States.

Usually, of course, you will not find me reading amicus curiae briefs on any topic, and most certainly not on antitrust.

I'll give Steyn credit, he strives for some balance here, but there's just so few positive reviews that he could barely fill that chapter, much like there were no amicus curiae briefs filed with the DC Circuit Court on Mann's behalf.

Rotten though the American legal system is, and despite the fact that most of these organizations do not agree with Steyn's views on climate change (nor necessarily with Mann's either), amicus curiae briefs supporting Mark's position have been filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Reporters» Committee for Press Freedom, the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the Associations of American Publishers and of Alternative News Media (e.g. Village Voice), NBC Universal, Bloomberg, Time, USA Today, the Washington Post, and many other publications and groups.

Become much more involved in the judicial system to support the interests of the business community by, among other things, filing litigation and amicus curiae briefs in important cases.

Amici curiae briefs were filed by Animal Legal Defense Fund and the City of San Francisco in support of the declaw ban.

Cote has granted Barnes & Noble, the American Booksellers Association, the Authors Guild and attorney and music industry executive Bob Kohn, all of whom oppose the settlement, permission to act as «friends of the court» and weigh in on the settlement in amici curiae briefs.

The Senior Attorney will write amicus curiae briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court and lower courts, research and monitor federal legal developments affecting schools, respond to media and member inquiries, staff committees, write and edit publications, supervise legal interns, and more.

Through her involvement as a research assistant for the CRP — a position she started in 2005 when she was still a doctoral student at HGSE — Garces has served as counsel of record in three amicus curiae briefs for the Supreme Court, including the recent Fisher v. University of Texas, and previously on a case involving the constitutionality of K — 12 voluntary desegregation policies.

Klein joined Congressman Eliot Engel; New York State Senator Adriano Espaillat; New York Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz; and New York City Councilman Andrew Cohen, in filing amici curiae briefs on April 7, 2014, urged New Jersey's Superior Court, Appellate Division to invalidate LG's variance to exceed the traditional 35 - foot height limit in towns surrounding the Park by more than fourfold.

Many church groups filed amicus curiae briefs urging that the court declare a constitutional requirement of property tax exemption for churches.

Not exact matches

Overall, 73 amicus curiae (friend - of - the - court briefs) were filed in support of the University of Texas at Austin's holistic admissions policy.

A group of of education chiefs from around the nation, as well as some teachers, parents, student groups and business organizations, lended their official support to the Vergara lawsuit today by filing several amicus curiae or «friend of the court» briefs.

Preeminent education policy experts, school board members and administrators, civil rights advocates, award - winning teachers, and top legal scholars filed amici curiae, or «friend of the court» briefs urging the Court of Appeal to uphold the basic protections on which teachers and students depend.

The department drafts and files amicus curiae «friend of the court» briefs relevant to cases that would either advance animal welfare or be in opposition to those that would cause setbacks to animal welfare.

Since 2011, we've assisted hundreds of researchers by providing legal counsel, matching them with pro bono legal representation, and filing amici curiae — «friend of the court» — briefs in their cases.

It is also reflected in the fact that the Firm is regularly retained by financial industry leaders (including, for example, the Illinois Bankers Association) to file amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs in lawsuits involving issues of particular interest to the financial institutions industry.

The respondent's brief, and any briefs amicus curiae, shall be filed by February 22, 2008.

We invite briefs amicus curiae from interested parties.

While the briefing schedule of the parties is to be strictly observed, extensions of the time to file briefs amicus curiae will be considered on a case - by - case basis.

Amicus curiae (friend - of - the - court) briefs are filed by a person or group who has a strong interest in the outcome of the subject matter of a pending lawsuit even though not themselves a party.

The amici curiae («friends of the court») supporting will then have to file their briefs on or before June 8.

Developing the factual record and pleadings, researching and writing legal memoranda, amicus curiae and case briefs on transnational and international and regional human rights law and claims for use in national and / or international and regional fora, including the European Court of Human Rights.

Apple has just responded to Samsung's mid-December petition for writ of certiorari (request for Supreme Court review) regarding two legal questions concerning design patents and, in the same document, to amicus curiae («friend of the court») briefs from major industry players, many IP law professors and various public interest advocates, all of whom agree with Samsung that the top U.S. court should take a look at this matter.