Sentences with phrase «from engaging in»

One of the critical appraisals of this approach could suggest that informed participants aware of this approach would be chilled from engaging in discourse, thereby achieving the opposite of the policy objective that is desired here, namely encouraging public debate.

The goal in ordering the payment of punitive damages is to discourage such defendants and others from engaging in the same kind of harmful behavior in the future.

Punitive damages: Awarded to deter employers from engaging in particularly harsh treatment of employees.

(4) For the purpose of this Regulation, a person suffers a complete inability to carry on a normal life as a result of an accident if, and only if, as a result of the accident, the person sustains an impairment that continuously prevents the person from engaging in substantially all of the activities in which the person ordinarily engaged before the accident.

Unlike compensatory damages, punitive damages are imposed against a plaintiff to punish them for particularly egregious conduct and to discourage others from engaging in similar conduct.

Users can always refuse to supply personally identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Site related activities.

There is nothing in the nature of the employment itself which would make it a necessary qualification of the job that support workers be prohibited from engaging in a same sex relationship.

Finally, punitive damages may be available in some jurisdictions in some circumstances, to punish a defendant for reckless conduct, and to deter others from engaging in the same behavior.

Subsequently G4S amended its workplace regulations to provide that: «employees are prohibited, in the workplace, from wearing any visible signs of their political, philosophical or religious beliefs and / or from engaging in any observance of such beliefs» («the internal rule»).

«Type A» injuries include a non-fatal injury that prevents a person from engaging in the activities they could prior to the crash.

The City also obtained an interlocutory injunction restraining the HDI and its supporters from engaging in the activities prohibited in those bylaws.

Compliance systems offer oversight preventing employees from engaging in non-compliant activities.

The attorneys only focus on negotiating an agreement, and they are contractually barred from engaging in contested court proceedings.

This prevents parties from engaging in dilatory practices, or continuing to appeal the case.

«Under the statute's plain meaning, therefore,» writes Justice Ming Chin, «an employer can not by contract restrain a former employee from engaging in his or her profession, trade, or business unless the agreement falls within one of the exceptions to the rule.»

All jurisdictions I know of have a law that prohibits businesses from engaging in deceptive or misleading conduct; in most cases irrespective of intent.

The ruling turns on an 1872 state law, Section 16600 of the Civil Code, that says, «Except as provided in this chapter, every contract by which anyone is restrained from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind is to that extent void.»

An interlocutory injunction is an order restraining the defendant from engaging in conduct for a limited period of time, such as until the trial or other disposition of the lawsuit.

Such damages are intended not to compensate a plaintiff for actual losses sustained as a result of a defendant's actions or actions, but rather to punish a defendant for egregious behavior leading to personal injury and to deter the same and similar defendants from engaging in the same sort of behavior in the future.

(a) a person suffers a complete inability to carry on a normal life as a result of an accident if, as a result of the accident, the person sustains an impairment that continuously prevents the person from engaging in substantially all of the activities in which the person ordinarily engaged before the accident;

In January 2015, the motions judge found that the wife's health issues would not prohibit her from engaging in full - time employment and that she had an opportunity to retrain and make herself «employable and self - supporting».

Social Security Disability If you are suffering from a medical condition that prohibits you from engaging in any gainful employment, and if your condition is expected to last at least one year, you may be eligible for Social Security Disability benefits.

Collaborative attorneys are prevented by contract from engaging in expensive contested courtroom proceedings.

In the test case that came before the Supreme Court in 2010, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, the Court held that it was constitutional to prohibit a group of humanitarian legal professionals (including a retired U.S. judge) «from engaging in certain specified activities, including training PKK members to use international law to resolve disputes peacefully; teaching PKK members to petition the United Nations and other representative bodies for relief; and engaging in political advocacy on behalf of Kurds living in Turkey and Tamils living in Sri Lanka.»

Playboy will strongly enforce its judgment and injunction against PlayBev / CirTran Beverage to stop Iehab Hawatmeh's companies from engaging in infringing and counterfeiting activities.

Alvaro Bedoya, a professor at Georgetown Law and executive director of the Center on Privacy & Technology, says use of the technology by the police might discourage people from engaging in political activity, including protests.

Given the defendant's lack of remorse and refusal to apologize, Justice Stinson found it important to award an additional $ 25,000 of punitive damages «to dissuade others from engaging in similar harmful conduct» [para 62].

Brantford proceeded to obtain an interlocutory injunction restraining the HDI and its supporters from engaging in the activities prohibited in the bylaws.

The committee's proposal «moves beyond the comment to craft a distinct rule within the black letter of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct prohibiting lawyers from engaging in harassment and knowing discrimination in conduct related to the practice of law» against people on the basis of race, sex, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or socioeconomic status.

[111] If the AUC determines that the person is guilty of a contravention, it can order an «administrative penalty», impose conditions on that person's participation in the electricity or natural gas market, and prohibit that person from engaging in certain conduct or require that person to do something.

Crime Victims Debt Collection (SB 1866 / PA 99 - 0444): Amends the Crime Victims Compensation Act to prevent a vendor who has been provided notice of a claim filed under the Act from engaging in debt collection activities against the applicant until the Court of Claims awards compensation for the debt and the payment is processed.

[72] It seems to me that, in line with Kroeker, the courts must not presume that the absence of monetary recompense for an activity necessarily means that pecuniary damages will be unavailable to a plaintiff who is disabled from engaging in it.

This expressly precludes any corporation from engaging in the practice of the law, Union Bank Plc inclusive.

In this video, attorney Patrick Montoya describes how lawsuits can help prevent drug companies from engaging in unethical business practices that harm consumers.

A loss of consortium claim is a claim that your spouse can bring if your injuries prevent you from engaging in normal marital activities and relations.

Claim preclusion prevents a party from engaging in «piecemeal litigation» by filing multiple lawsuits based upon the same incident or transaction.

Accordingly, would - be grafters are not deterred from engaging in corrupt practices.

In his view the Statement «effectively prohibits Ontario lawyers from engaging in... debate» around the «contours of anti-discrimination laws».

The Blog of the Legal Times» Marcia Coyle reports in this post that the Committee on Court Administration and Case Management has endorsed a set of model jury instructions for district judges to help deter jurors from engaging in such mischief.

In other words, so long as your boss's action would be likely to deter a reasonable person from engaging in the protected activity, you probably have a case of retaliation.

In the meantime the obvious presence of the inconsistencies you list doesn't seem to have kept the reality - challenged crowd over at Climate Audit from engaging in yet another Triumph of Pure Statistics Over Applied Science by means of HURDAT.

We know that in our current state of technology saturation, human brains tend to be exhausted from engaging in «hard fascination» — watching TV, computer screens, handheld devices, or other stimulating settings such as sporting events or amusement parks.

I think (and hope) that the worst of the threats etc. are over for climate scientists, and you should not let such threats discourage you from engaging in the very vibrant curiosity - driven research in our field.

Her willingness to speak out on critical social matters has on various occasions provoked the police to break into her home, place her under arrest, club her into unconsciousness and otherwise discourage her from engaging in political activity.

As such, he is legally prohibited, under the Hatch Act, from engaging in political activity.

And visitors can always refuse to supply personally - identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website - related activities.

The CRA clearly states that registered charities are prohibited from engaging in partisan... Continue Reading»

This question is designed to expose the ethical duty of the United States and other high - emitting nations under international law to prevent its citizens from engaging in activities which cause climate change damages as a matter international law without regard to what other nations do.

E.g., the way scientific work is structured and valued actually dissuades them from engaging in public outreach.

But active spin is different from engaging in policy discussions.