Sentences with phrase «federal case law includes»

Currently, federal case law includes a number of situations where a hostile work environment can develop.

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Since the new law didn't include any new federal funding for implementation, states in many cases were scrambling for state funds to fulfill the required items, let alone find money for anything not explicitly required.

A spokeswoman declined to answer a series of direct questions from CNBC about his case, instead providing a statement from Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department's Tax Division: «Bradley Birkenfeld was afforded due process of law and sentenced by a federal district court after full consideration of all relevant facts and circumstances, including his admission that he advised wealthy UBS clients on how to conceal their assets from the U.S. government,» she said.

Even though many states have decriminalized marijuana to some degree (including recreational use in some states), federal law still says it is a controlled substance that is illegal to possess in most cases.

Even though 23 states have decriminalized marijuana to some degree (including recreational use in some states), federal law still says it is a controlled substance that is illegal to possess in most cases.

Rosa Aliberti Rosa has worked on diverse labor and employment law matters, including wage and hour cases; workplace investigations; severance, employment, and non-compete agreements; has drafted and responded to discrimination complaints before government agencies, including the U.S. EEOC and NYS Division of Human Rights; and, has assisted in federal and state court litigations.

Some provisions in the law also directly impacted child support collection, including the creation of a Federal Case Registry of Child Support Orders (FCR) and a National Directory of New Hires (NDNH) for the purpose of tracking child support cases and locating obligors.

Two real estate developers hired the law firm to represent them in tax challenge cases in return for Silver allegedly backing the renewal of state tax incentives for developers of large housing projects that include affordable units, according to federal charges.

Hanna joins former Utah governor and presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, HP CEO Meg Whitman and ex-Vice President Dick Cheney in signing the amicus, which is being filed with the Supreme Court as justices prepare to take on several court cases challenging same - sex marriage laws, including the controversial Proposition 8 measure in California and the federal Defense of Marriage Act.

The bill comes after officials, including Republican County Executive Edward Mangano, who were arrested in federal corruption cases, tapped their campaign funds to pay for their defense, as is allowed by law.

As released by the attorney general's civil rights bureau, the policies outline the limits local law enforcement can participate in federal immigrant enforcement efforts, including refusing to enact non-judicial warrants in civil cases, denying requests by federal officials in holding people longer than 48 hours and limits on the access Immigration and Customs Enforcement or border protection officers can have with those currently in custoy.

Because much of the state's tax code is based on the federal law, big changes included in the recent tax overhaul in Washington will have significant and in some cases unforeseen effects on the state's own tax code.

In this case, follow - up proposals might include a state - friendly interpretation of the new federal K - 12 law (the Every Student Succeeds Act) and scaled - back activity by the US Department of Education.

Using case studies and surveys, the report outlines special education requirements for charter schools — including the challenge of pursuing unconventual approaches but still staying true to the legal foundations of federal special education law.

-LSB-...] Our goal in filing a motion for further relief -LSB-...] was straightforward: The United States is seeking the court's assistance in ensuring that the information Louisiana collects in connection with its school voucher program is provided to the United States in a timely fashion and that Louisiana implements its program in full compliance with federal law, including the desegregation order in this case.

I draw on quantitative and qualitative data, including an original data set of all federal Title IX complaints filed with the Department of Education since 1994, lawsuits that transformed the meaning of Title IX, and in - depth case studies of the law's application at Yale University and the University of California - Berkeley.

The General Attorney occupation covers professional legal positions involved in preparing cases for trial and / or the trial of cases before a court or an administrative body or persons having quasi-judicial power; rendering legal advice and services with respect to questions, regulations, practices, or other matters falling within the purview of a Federal Government agency (this may include conducting investigations to obtain evidentiary data); preparing interpretative and administrative orders, rules, or regulations to give effect to the provisions of governing statutes or other requirements of law; drafting, negotiating, or examining contracts or other legal documents required by the agency's activities; drafting, preparing formal comments, or otherwise making substantive recommendations with respect to proposed legislation; editing and preparing for publication statutes enacted by Congress, opinions or discussions of a court, commission, or board; drafting and reviewing decisions for consideration and adoption by agency officials.

In this capacity, Mr. Geier has been responsible for developing DOT's positions in numerous Supreme Court and lower federal court cases that have included a wide range of constitutional and administrative law issues as well as regulatory challenges.

Primary law from all U.S. states and territories, including all federal and state case law available on traditional LexisNexis, all LexisNexis headnotes and case summaries, and all available statutes and constitutions.

In fact, the top legal research app for Android users didn't include any case law and only offered extremely limited access to state and federal statutes.

The review notes, «The company also is preparing to launch other legal products based on the same search platform, including databases of federal and state case law and U.S. patents.

Other subjects covered in the course included federal subject matter jurisdiction, the applicable law in the federal courts in diversity of citizenship cases — i.e., the Erie doctrine.

New Hampshire litigation attorney professionals are knowledgeable in all areas of general litigation law, including but not limited to civil litigation and federal litigation cases in New Hampshire.

In the case of an environmental accident, cleanups must be performed according to the guidelines set forth in certain state and federal laws, including the New Jersey Spill Act and the Industrial Site Recovery Act, the federal Superfund law and various underground storage tank laws.

Although this case was brought under the Federal legislation, the Canadian Human Rights Act (the «Act»), the principles of law are transferrable to the individual provincial human rights contexts, including Ontario, and this case should be viewed as the leading authority on the protected ground of family status with respect to child care obligations.

Robin has represented employers in all areas of labor relations and employment law in hundreds of cases in federal and state courts and before administrative agencies, including the National Labor Relations Board, the Florida Public Employees Relations Commission, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Florida Commission on Human Relations and United States Department of Labor.

Neal's business litigation experience has included the successful trial and arbitration of cases involving a broad spectrum of issues, including but not limited to the Uniform Commercial Code, «lender liability» law, fraudulent conveyance avoidance, preference avoidance, partnership disputes, state and federal securities law issues, business torts, and contract law.

When an individual has been injured due to the negligence of a semi-truck driver, our firm provides legal services that focus on the specific nuances of trucking litigation including state and federal laws involved in truck cases.

The case involved some 13 different counts including ERISA, federal and state RICO, the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act, and numerous common law claims.

The projects potentially include: legislative drafting at both the state and federal level; legal research, amicus briefs and testimony on relevant legislation and significant cases; collaboration with tech industry leaders on anti-harassment policies; community outreach, victim support, and training programs for law enforcement and educational institutions; and fundraising efforts.

Fastcase for iPhone is a mobile law library that allows its users to search cases and statutes from all fifty states, federal government included.

It just released its 2003 editions, which include the Federal Rules of Evidence, Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, Bankruptcy Procedure and Appellate Procedure, along with popular lawyers» titles such as A Lawyer's Life, by Johnnie Cochran and David Fisher; The Case Against Lawyers, by Catherine Crier; and Law School Confidential, by Robert H. Miller.

He has prepared many briefs to the United States Courts of Appeals, including to the Sixth Circuit in a contracts / agricultural law case, to the Federal Circuit in a gray market case, and many matters to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, involving claims for allowance / rejection of registration of trademarks.

About St. John, Bowling, Lawrence & Quagliana, LLP St. John, Bowling, Lawrence & Quagliana, LLP, representing RRHA in this case, is a litigation firm that has past experience in 42 U.S.C. § 1983 public housing litigation and represents clients in Virginia state and federal courts in matters including civil rights law, business law, eminent domain, criminal defense, college and university disciplinary proceedings, government representation, estate planning and real estate matters.

* Canadian Criminal Cases — 1898 to present * Dominion Law Reports — 1912 to present * Labour Arbitration Cases — 1948 to present * Land Compensation Reports — 1971 to present * Ontario Municipal Board Reports — 1972 to present * Alberta Decisions, Civil Cases — 1979 to 2007 * Alberta Decisions, Criminal Cases — 1979 to 2007 * All - Canada Weekly Summaries — 1977 to present * British Columbia Decisions, Civil Cases — 1977 to present * British Columbia Decisions, Criminal Cases — 1977 to 2007 * British Columbia Labour Arbitration Decisions — 1982 to present * British Columbia Labour Relations Board Decisions — 1979 to present * Canadian Labour Arbitration Summaries — 1986 to present * Charter of Rights Decisions * — 1961 to 2007 (* includes Bill of Rights) * Federal Court of Appeal Decisions — 1980 to 1999 * Manitoba Decisions, Civil Cases — 1978 to 1999 * Manitoba Decisions, Criminal Cases — 1978 to 1999 * Saskatchewan Decisions, Civil Cases — 1980 to 2007 * Saskatchewan Decisions, Criminal Cases — 1980 to 2007 * Supreme Court of Canada Decisions — 1978 to present * Weekly Criminal Bulletin — 1977 to present

This case was followed shortly thereafter by an immigration law case in the Federal Court which occurred in July 2005, 2005 FC 1050, at para 10 ``... That evidence included a variety of items such as newspaper articles, an e-mail «blog» and a report by a human rights organization...» (e-mail «blog» in quotations in original source).

The library's subscription to Lexis Advance includes primary law databases (case law, statutes, codes) at the Wisconsin and federal level plus all 50 states.

As for the scope of its coverage, according to the Source Information entry, «Federal and provincial statutory references from the last revisions, cited in case law decided from [1 January] 1992 are included (from [1 January] 2005 for Quebec).

Harrisonburg litigation attorneys are knowledgeable in all areas of general litigation law, including but not limited to civil litigation and federal litigation cases in Harrisonburg Virginia.

With NLP technology, ROSS can pinpoint answers to substantive legal issues in Bankruptcy Law, across Federal and State courts and agencies, including published and unpublished case law covering subjects such Law, across Federal and State courts and agencies, including published and unpublished case law covering subjects such law covering subjects such as:

The legal research service Ravel Law, which last year launched Judge Analytics to provide analysis of how individual federal court judges make decisions, today is launching Court Analytics, a similar feature that applies analytics to an entire court, including all its cases and judges.

Covers employment law topics, including discrimination cases, the minimum wage, OSHA and other federal laws.

Thank's to Ravel's digitization partnership with Harvard Law School, its case law collection includes all federal and state courLaw School, its case law collection includes all federal and state courlaw collection includes all federal and state courts.

free archive of federal case law, including all Courts of Appeals decisions from 1950 to the present and all Supreme Court decisions since 1754.

These include: United States v. Resendiz - Ponce, which presents the question whether the omission of an element from a federal indictment can constitute harmless error (9th Circuit says no); Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. v. Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc., on whether a provider of pay phone services can sue a long distance carrier for alleged violations of the Federal Communications Commission's regulations concerning compensation for coinless pay phone calls (9th Circuit says yes); Cunningham v. California, a sentencing case involving whether whether California's Determinate Sentencing Law violates the 6th and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution by permitting California state court judges at sentencing to impose enhanced sentenced based on their determination of facts neither found by the jury nor admitted by the defendant; and Carey v. Musladin, reviewing the 9th Circuit's decision to overturn a murder conviction of a defendant who claimed he was denied a fair trial because the victim's relatives appeared in court wearing buttons with the deceased's picture ofederal indictment can constitute harmless error (9th Circuit says no); Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. v. Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc., on whether a provider of pay phone services can sue a long distance carrier for alleged violations of the Federal Communications Commission's regulations concerning compensation for coinless pay phone calls (9th Circuit says yes); Cunningham v. California, a sentencing case involving whether whether California's Determinate Sentencing Law violates the 6th and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution by permitting California state court judges at sentencing to impose enhanced sentenced based on their determination of facts neither found by the jury nor admitted by the defendant; and Carey v. Musladin, reviewing the 9th Circuit's decision to overturn a murder conviction of a defendant who claimed he was denied a fair trial because the victim's relatives appeared in court wearing buttons with the deceased's picture oFederal Communications Commission's regulations concerning compensation for coinless pay phone calls (9th Circuit says yes); Cunningham v. California, a sentencing case involving whether whether California's Determinate Sentencing Law violates the 6th and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution by permitting California state court judges at sentencing to impose enhanced sentenced based on their determination of facts neither found by the jury nor admitted by the defendant; and Carey v. Musladin, reviewing the 9th Circuit's decision to overturn a murder conviction of a defendant who claimed he was denied a fair trial because the victim's relatives appeared in court wearing buttons with the deceased's picture on them.

She has significant experience in other areas including various high profile and confidential business disputes, contract review, labor and employment law, constitutional law and imminent domain; duties include managing clients and full time trial case load, state and federal jury trial and bench trial practice.

Each state section includes the federal and state case law for that state — state appellate courts, federal circuit court, U.S. District Court and U.S. Supreme Court.

They also include cases from other jurisdictions and federal law to the extent it affects family law, as well as news items related to family law.

Mr. Bryce has represented lenders and servicers in a variety of mortgage - related litigation, including cases involving claims and defenses under the federal Truth in Lending Act (TILA), the federal Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), and various state laws.

Joseph & Castan's Federal Constitutional Law: A Contemporary View is more current (2001) and includes longish case extracts alongside the commentary.