Sentences with phrase «effort by the litigants»

Two weeks ago, EPA fended off an effort by the litigants to receive a legal «injunction» which would have temporarily blocked EPA from moving forward on the whole program.

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In 2005 two sets of litigants mounted suits with this language in an effort to secure more federal funding or relief from federal requirements, but were not expected by legal analysts to get far (see «NEA Sues over NCLB,» legal beat, Fall 2005).

Despite significant individual and organizational efforts, including those of the Law Societies, the «crisis» only seems to be growing, highlighted perhaps most starkly by the numbers of self - represented litigants appearing in courts across the country.

Courts have responded to the increasing numbers of self - represented litigants in family cases in a number of ways, and, for the most part, these efforts have been informed largely by perspectives of judges, attorneys, and court staff.

Beyond the dramatic, recent example provided by the Volkswagen case, legal holds remain a common source of issues for litigants, particularly with regard to the spoliation that can follow an ineffective or nonexistent legal hold and the question of whether reasonable efforts to preserve were taken.

Their efforts to serve the public by providing an accessible, fair, efficient and innovative forum for justice also include several notable initiatives with direct public impact: In addition to hosting the second - ever Twitter Town Hall, the Court is also taking greater efforts to improve meaningful access to justice for self - represented litigants (SRLs), and has recently released Guidelines for Using a Support Person in Provincial Court.