Sentences with phrase «despite laws against it»

Yet despite no laws against mining bitcoin in Venezuela, police have been arresting those caught doing so, making it a risky proposition.

Its research has helped produce important statistics for the insurance industry including figures of those who text while driving despite laws against it.

The most basic discrimination in America, despite laws against it, is in housing — in the dynamics that determine where people live.

Not exact matches

On Monday and Tuesday of this week, Attorney General Sessions said that marijuana sale and use is still against federal law and said he does not think that cannabis is something that should be legalized, despite the fact that more than half of all states have some form of a regulated market already in place and the majority of Americans agree that marijuana prohibition should end.

One member cooperative with 500 indigenous Maya Mam families, Asociación de Silvicultores de Chancol, struggled to make a living from the 6,200 acres (2,500 ha) of reforested land it owns despite a donation of timber processing equipment in 2006; Guatemalan laws have a strong bias against rural forestry businesses.

Even if Belle has his losses under control, baseball should be worried about other aspects of his gambling: the possibility that he did bet on baseball; violated tax or gambling laws; or, despite his denials, did business with a bookie or bookies, thereby violating the sport's unwritten rule against improper associations.

Despite the off - season losses of Ty Law and other defensive players, New England looked impressive against the Raiders.

Despite laws that protect women's right to breastfeed in public, there are frequent press stories about women being advised against breastfeeding or humiliated in public for breastfeeding.

Despite its innocuous title, the Statute Law represented an attempt by the government of President Uhuru Kenyatta to clamp down on the activities of civil society groups that had supported his prosecution at the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.

Interestingly, despite stern warnings in the 1992 Constitution, as well as the Political Parties Law; Act 574 of 2000, against non-Ghanaians funding political parties, many Chinese nationals were at the event donating to the NPP and receiving gifts of appreciation from Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who led the delegation to the Asian country.

Despite these criticisms, Duterte's regime, confronted by another challenging issue, has extended another form of «martial law» by declaring war against the Islamist armed group Maute, aligned with the Islamic State, in the city of Marawi.

And despite Mr. Cuomo's assurance the behavior is illegal, going topless in New York City isn't against the law — for men or women.

Despite important law changes on violence against women, there has been lots of rhetoric but not much action when it comes to improving women's rights in the UK.

Just Won't Quit State Sen. Ruben Diaz, Sr., continues his tirades against the legalization of same - sex marriage, despite the fact that the bill was signed into law two weeks ago.

Cuomo's challenger, Fordham Law School Professor Zephyr Teachout, managed to win over one - third of the vote against the incumbent governor, despite Cuomo's multi-million dollar war chest and near unanimous support from the state's Democratic political establishment, from Hillary Clinton to local mayors.

[85] But, despite not having practised law for some time, Jeremy Wright took silk shortly after his appointment, which was criticised by some as a breach of the protocol against «courtesy silk».

Cuomo's challenger, Fordham Law School Professor Zephyr Teachout, managed to win over a third of the vote against the incumbent governor, despite Cuomo's multimillion dollar war chest and near unanimous support from the state's Democratic political establishment from Hillary Clinton to local mayors.

Despite advances in facial recognition in recent years — law enforcement agencies including the FBI use it to check suspects against data bases of mug shots — it remains unclear whether FaceID will work in a variety of conditions while also keeping the iPhone X secure.

The appointment seems a favorable one for the people of Denmark, since the doctor is a man who champions the Age of Enlightenment, a rationalist who carries with him books by Voltaire and Rousseau, doubtless smuggled in despite of Denmark's censorship laws against «radical thinkers.»

Wentzell unilaterally decided that the law allowing complaints against public schools does not apply to charters; despite the fact that charters receive more than $ 100 million each year in public taxpayer dollars.

In addition, despite state and federal laws making it illegal to discriminate against students who require special education services, only 2 percent of Jumoke Academy's students have special education needs.

THE LIGHT OF LITERACY Most folks know that it was against the law for slaves to learn to read, but it's clear that some were able to learn despite...

Author Solutions has said no legal action has been lodged against it, despite a New York law firm's announcement that it is investigating the company.

Author Solutions has said no legal action has been lodged against it, despite a New York law firm's announcement that it is investigating the...

Despite the consequences, Tulsa has historically, in my opinion, been weak on law enforcement against the violators of animal laws compared to other cities in similar size throughout the country.

Turner says there are many cases of cruelty against street dogs in Thailand, despite the introduction of the country's first Animal Welfare Law in late 2014.

Goodman's legacy was unique: it was founded by a woman in 1966 — a time when very few women were owning and running businesses — and had provided a platform for black artists to exhibit their work despite apartheid laws against this.

Despite the ongoing violent retaliation against the activists by law enforcement personnel, the December 4 editions of the major Sunday morning political talk shows — including ABC's This Week, CBS» Face the Nation, CNN's State of the Union, Fox's Fox News Sunday, and NBC's Meet the Press — entirely ignored the events at Standing Rock.

At the time that he denied the waiver (acting against the better advice of his staff, which had strongly urged him to grant it), Johnson claimed that California's law was unnecessary because of the recently enacted energy bill, which would do more to mitigate climate change than «a confusing patchwork of state rules» — this despite the fact that 13 other states, representing about half of the country's drivers, were also on board with the plan.

«Despite these multiple approvals, TWU now faces the necessity of legal action against the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Nova Scotia Barristers Society, and now the Law Society of British Columbia, related to their disapprovals of TWU's law school based upon the University community's religious beliefs,» said a press releaLaw Society of Upper Canada, the Nova Scotia Barristers Society, and now the Law Society of British Columbia, related to their disapprovals of TWU's law school based upon the University community's religious beliefs,» said a press releaLaw Society of British Columbia, related to their disapprovals of TWU's law school based upon the University community's religious beliefs,» said a press relealaw school based upon the University community's religious beliefs,» said a press release.

Despite the possibility of a switch to voluntary status, it's probably unlikely that law schools would abandon a test deemed so integral to the admissions process — it remains the best way to measure applications against one another and to evaluate merit - based financial aid.

Going against popular opinion with respect to judicial interpretation of solicitation, it argued that the contradictory and often self - defeating nature of the various Criminal Code sections relating to prostitution was at the root of the high levels of street prostitution in Canada; despite the fact that prostitution is legal, the prostitution laws control when and where it can take place — essentially leaving only the street.

Despite the increased digitization of today's world, many law firms have not shielded themselves fully against security breaches.

Despite finding that the Law Society had not handled complaints against solicitors properly, the Legal Services Complaints Commissioner has decided not imposed a fine but said that this was, «not a cause for celebration».

And given the new reality, the legal issue for consideration now and in the future by Canadian law societies and courts is not whether TWU Law graduates would become good lawyers and judges who do not discriminate against LGBTQ people — few opponents of accreditation doubt that the vast majority of them would become good lawyers and judges despite some discriminatory belielaw societies and courts is not whether TWU Law graduates would become good lawyers and judges who do not discriminate against LGBTQ people — few opponents of accreditation doubt that the vast majority of them would become good lawyers and judges despite some discriminatory belieLaw graduates would become good lawyers and judges who do not discriminate against LGBTQ people — few opponents of accreditation doubt that the vast majority of them would become good lawyers and judges despite some discriminatory beliefs.

Further, and despite the thoughtful arguments made against this position (see, e.g., Elaine Craig's article, «The Case For the Federation of Law Societies Rejecting Trinity Western University's Proposed Law Degree Program»), I think the Federation of Law Societies would have erred if they had concluded that a person holding a law degree from Trinity Western ought not to be admitted because their legal education did not satisfy the Federation's legal ethics requiremeLaw Societies Rejecting Trinity Western University's Proposed Law Degree Program»), I think the Federation of Law Societies would have erred if they had concluded that a person holding a law degree from Trinity Western ought not to be admitted because their legal education did not satisfy the Federation's legal ethics requiremeLaw Degree Program»), I think the Federation of Law Societies would have erred if they had concluded that a person holding a law degree from Trinity Western ought not to be admitted because their legal education did not satisfy the Federation's legal ethics requiremeLaw Societies would have erred if they had concluded that a person holding a law degree from Trinity Western ought not to be admitted because their legal education did not satisfy the Federation's legal ethics requiremelaw degree from Trinity Western ought not to be admitted because their legal education did not satisfy the Federation's legal ethics requirement.

When the City began its case and threats against my mother I felt helpless despite being a law student....

Despite being generally considered the liberal state, New York has a history of being conservative with issues regarding marriage; it was the last state in USA to allow no - fault divorce whilst still being maintains a (seldom enforced) law against adultery.

«like Charles Evans Hughes, Sr., later Mr. Chief Justice Hughes, who stood up for the constitutional rights of socialists to be socialists and public officials despite the threats and clamorous protests of self - proclaimed super patriots — men like Charles Evans Hughes, Jr., and John W. Davis, who, while against everything for which the Communists stood, strongly advised the Congress in 1948 that it would be unconstitutional to pass the law then proposed to outlaw the Communist Party — men like Lord Erskine, James Otis, Clarence Darrow, and the multitude of others who have dared to speak in defense of causes and clients without regard to personal danger to themselves.

Further, despite the fact talking and texting are against the law, a 2014 survey found that at least 75 percent of drivers admit to texting while driving, and even more talk on their cell phone.

In rejecting an argument that a conversion claim against a towing company, which had sold a towed vehicle despite the owner's efforts to reclaim it, was preempted by federal law governing a «service» of motor carriers, the Second District cited an internet news story about the inventor of the tow truck.29 The court relied on facts from that article to make the temporal point that Florida law permitted claims for conversion of property before there were tow trucks.

You do some legal research, and you come across an arresting sentence in a law review from a dozen years ago: «Despite the overwhelmingly large number of people who die from hospital - acquired infections each year, there are virtually no instances of successful litigation against doctors or hospitals.»

Despite finding against the claimant, however, the Court of Appeal took the opportunity to re-affirm the longstanding principle of law that it is the employer, not the employee, who is responsible for devising a safe system of work and that this extends to the giving of specific warnings about risk.

Despite that, there are also recent decisions where courts do allow recovery of online legal research costs (by the winning party against the losing party or by a law firm against their client) where the research was necessary and the cost reasonable and the search done for that specific client on a specific issue.

Despite recognizing that some other courts have reached a different conclusion, the Ohio Supreme Court held that jury's weighing of aggravating circumstances against mitigating factors is not a fact - finding process, so it is not governed by Hurst, but even if it were, there was no violation because Ohio law requires the jury to unanimously agree that aggravating circumstances outweigh mitigating circumstances beyond a reasonable doubt before the trial judge can consider imposing a death sentence.

Incidentally, this approach can be beneficial: it has been used recently by the Italian Constitutional Court to reject the applicability in Italy of the ICJ decision on Germany immunity, being it against the «hard cre values» of the Constitution, despite being Italy boubd - as a matter of international law and treaty obligations - to apply the ICJ decision.

Despite these challenges, and against growing competition from Big Law's IP practice groups, boutiques believe their specialist approach will continue to attract clients.

A Toronto law firm is pushing for lawsuits against Canadian mining company HudBay Minerals Inc. regarding alleged human rights abuses to continue despite the fact the company no longer owns the project where the alleged killing of one man and gang rape of 11 women occurred.

But Scott Greenfield at Simple Justice, while warning against do - it - yourself litigation, nonetheless says: «Don't begrudge pro se litigants the opportunity to make their case on the merits despite the roadblocks the law places in front of them.»

A state appeals court has reinstated a lawyer's suit against a company offering cut - rate legal services, ruling that - despite a voter - approved law limiting unfair - competition suits - a business that's being undercut by a rival's practices can still seek redress in court.