Sentences with phrase «general jurisdiction over»

The United States Supreme Court has made clear twice within the last five years that a state court may assert general jurisdiction over a foreign corporation under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment «only when the corporation's affiliations with the State in which suit is brought are so constant and pervasive «as to render it essentially at home in the forum State.»»

The Court believes that it is more likely than not based on the Supreme Court's comments about federalism that the courts will apply Bristol - Myers Squibb to outlaw nationwide class actions in a form, such as in this case, where there is no general jurisdiction over the Defendants.

It does not prevent the California and out - of - state plaintiffs from joining together in a consolidated action in the States that have general jurisdiction over BMS.

Until recently general jurisdiction over a defendant (i.e. jurisdiction over any lawsuit against a defendant without regard to the particular facts of the case) was present in any state where a company has a permanent office for the conduct of business, under half a century of precedent on the issue that traced back to a U.S. Supreme Court case known as International Shoe v. State of Washington, 326 U.S. 310 (1945).

So, if there is more than one defendant, the forum state must have general jurisdiction over all of the defendants, or must have specific jurisdiction over all defendants over whom it does not have general jurisdiction for a reason that applies to all members of the class bringing the lawsuit.

The district courts in New Mexico have general jurisdiction over claims when the damages are over $ 10,000, and the magistrate courts have jurisdiction when the damages are under $ 10,000.

His major proposal calls for the governor to sign an executive order giving the attorney general jurisdiction over corruption cases involving state departments, agencies and the legislature.

Not exact matches

The Enrollment Program also authorizes a superior court to have jurisdiction over enrollees by allowing it to «appoint a receiver, monitor, conservator, or other designated fiduciary or officer of the court for a defendant or the defendant's assets,» as well as authorizes the Commissioner of Business Oversight to «include in civil actions claims for ancillary relief, including restitution and disgorgement, on behalf of a person injured, as well as attorney's fees and costs, and civil penalties of up to $ 25,000» for up to four years after the purported violation occurred and «refer evidence regarding violations of the bill's provisions to the Attorney General, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the United States Department of the Treasury, or the district attorney of the county in which the violation occurred, who would be authorized, with or without this type of a reference, to institute appropriate proceedings.»

They battled over turf when Cuomo was attorney general and both sought to police crime in common jurisdictions.

· Provide The Attorney General's Office With Concurrent Jurisdiction Over Public Corruption Crimes: Through a «standing» order from the Governor, under Executive Law § 63, the Attorney General should be empowered to investigate and prosecute public corruption crimes.

The agreement settled a lawsuit filed by the attorney general to take over jurisdiction from Abelove in the ongoing investigation.

About three years ago, however, the General Legal Council, which has supervisory jurisdiction over the legal education in Ghana, led by Chief Justice Georgina Wood, decided to take the conduct of examinations away from the School.

There are restraints on jurisdiction in certain areas, but the [attorney general] has broad authority over misuse of public funds,» said Schneiderman.

«We have jurisdiction over everything because we're New York, and every check clears New York,» said former state attorney general (and governor) Eliot Spitzer, whose high - profile prosecutions on Wall Street demonstrated the office's national reach.

They argued the inspector general had no jurisdiction over them.

The New York attorney general office is particularly important because it has jurisdiction over Trump Tower and many other Trump properties.

Meanwhile, Cuomo is looking to make the PA board do his bidding: In April, he got the Legislature's backing for a new inspector general, appointed by and answerable only to him, with jurisdiction over the Port Authority and all downstate transportation projects.

«This same kinsman of mine whitewashed the Ford Expedition Saga even though he knew the CHRAJ had no jurisdiction over the President because the Attorney General could not prosecution him even if he were found culpable by CHRAJ,» the former AG noted.

In June, Mr. Cuomo signed an executive order granting Attorney General Eric Schneiderman jurisdiction over cases where a police officer kills a civilian who may have been unarmed, after the State Senate failed to support his proposals for an independent monitor to investigate such situations.

Sec. 1 - 225 and Sec. 1 - 200) states that «meetings of all public agencies shall be open to the public», and defines public agency as «including any committee of, or created by, any such office, subdivision, agency, department, institution, bureau, board, commission, authority or official», and defines «meeting» as «any hearing or other proceeding of a public agency... to discuss or act upon a matter over which the public agency has supervision control, jurisdiction or advisory power», nonetheless, the State Department of Education attempted to keep the «training session» for superintendents closed to the public, stating it «is not a venue for members of the general public to participate.»

While the Israeli regulator has no jurisdiction over foreign territories, the general consensus was that allowing online firms in Israel to steal from people in other countries was not doing Israel's image any favors, and in the end, this activity was banned in October 2017.

Applying the U.S. Supreme Court's 2014 decision in Daimler AG v. Bauman that limited general jurisdiction, a California appellate court held that such jurisdiction was lacking, but that the California courts had specific jurisdiction over the nonresidents» claims.

The general story is that one state does not have jurisdiction over an act carried out in another state.

Constitutionally, Congress still has the authority to vest all U.S. District Courts with jurisdiction over any case in which the United States treated as a single state for purposes of general jurisdiction and specific jurisdiction analysis.

If a forum state's courts have «general jurisdiction» over a defendant, this means that the defendant can be sued in that forum on any cause of action against that defendant arising anywhere in the world, regardless of any other relationship that the claim has to the forum state (except for claims in the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts which can be brought in a U.S. District Court located in the same state, or in an arbitration forum pursuant to a valid arbitration clause that binds the parties, an issue beyond the scope of this question and answer).

Instead of analyzing whether California has jurisdiction over the product liability situation, in general, the high court decides that the determination regarding whether California has jurisdiction over a suit against a particular defendant must be made on a plaintiff by plaintiff basis when «specific jurisdiction» rather than «general jurisdiction» is involved.

The case law indicates that the merging of the Small Claims Court into the Ontario Court (General Division) in the 1990s did not invest the provincially appointed court with s. 96 powers (Domtar Commercial Roofing and Insulation v. Exeter Roofing & Sheet Metal Co., 1993 CanLII 5563 (ON SC)-RRB-, and it is likely that only federal legislation could do so since s. 96 courts had jurisdiction over copyright matters in 1867.

In Abu Dhabi, the newly established Abu Dhabi General Market (ADGM) has its own court with jurisdiction over civil disputes.

Colorado state district courts recently solidified judicial recognition of the Colorado General Assembly's delegation of primary jurisdiction to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission over royalty underpayment disputes, according to an alert by BakerHostetler.

Jurisdiction Circuit courts have general trial jurisdiction over matters not assigned by statute to the county courts and also hear appeals from county Jurisdiction Circuit courts have general trial jurisdiction over matters not assigned by statute to the county courts and also hear appeals from county jurisdiction over matters not assigned by statute to the county courts and also hear appeals from county court cases.

The Court made a number of comments in reaching this conclusion, which suggest that federalism concerns, and particularly the doctrine of «interjurisdictional immunity» in favour of Canada's exclusive jurisdiction over «Indians and lands reserved for Indians», have no place at all in assessing the infringement of section 35 rights by provincial laws of general application.

The supreme court shall have general appellate jurisdiction, co-extensive with the state, in both civil and criminal causes, and shall have a general superintending control over all inferior courts, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by law.

It exercises the discretionary power of a State Government in authorizing the establishment of a court in which the judges hold their appointments for a term of years only, and not during good behaviour, and it exercises the power of the General Government in investing that [p446] court with admiralty jurisdiction, over which the General Government had exclusive jurisdiction in the Territory.

As a denial of jurisdiction over the subject matter of a suit between parties within the realm, over which and whom the court has power to act, can not be successful in an English court of general jurisdiction, a motion like the present could not be sustained consistently with the principles of its constitution.

Typically, governmental bodies must validate the union as most provinces hold jurisdiction over working conditions including minimum wages, working hours, termination requirements, and general working conditions.

In a previous blog post, we sought to give our readers an overview of the relationship between provincial laws of general application and the federal jurisdiction over «Indians and lands reserved for Indians» set out in section 91 (24) of the Constitution Act, 1867.

[3A] Because the position of the judge is paramount to the judge's private law practice, the judge should be particularly sensitive to conflicts that may arise when the judge presides over matters involving particular attorneys and then, in his or her private law practice, appears in adversary proceedings in a court of general jurisdiction opposing the same attorneys who appear before the judge.

As Québec expanded the jurisdiction of its provincial court over the last 50 years (for the most part, when it was governed by the Parti québécois), it took more and more out of the former exclusive jurisdiction of the Superior Court, impinging ever more on what the Supreme Court, in Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia v British Columbia (Attorney General), 2014 SCC 59, [2014] 3 SCR 31, described as its «historic task... to resolve disputes between individuals and decide questions of private and public law».

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In general, Canadian courts adjudicate on conflicts of interest in the course of exercising their inherent jurisdiction over the court's processes and in administering civil actions for breach of fiduciary duty.

As a general notion, if you were in court establishing visitation then you must have jurisdiction over her.

Short Answer The Superior Court is the court of general jurisdiction and the primary equity court will full authority over cases seeking injunctive relief.

While by regulation, the country of registration is responsible for the «aircraft» (We see that in Malaysia Flight 370 Investigation), the general situs of the aircraft governs jurisdiction over, and laws applicable to, those on - board at any given moment in flight (aside from the terrorism applicable laws).

[16] In support of its argument, the Attorney General relied on this Court's decision in Equustek for the proposition that the court has in personam jurisdiction over Craigslist because, by conducting business in BC, it has a real and substantial connection to the province.

He wrote of it in general terms: «[H] aving regard to the historical context of s. 92 (10) and its underlying purpose, the preference for diversity of regulatory authority over works and undertakings should be respected, absent a justifiable reason that exceptional federal jurisdiction should apply.»

The practice's recent representations include: (i) CONMEBOL in connection with U.S. criminal investigations and prosecutions into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world; (ii) the Special Committee of Banco BTG Pactual S.A. («BTG Pactual») in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its former CEO and other bank executives, in which we found no basis to support the allegations against the Bank and its employees; (iii) two of the largest construction companies in Brazil in potential civil and criminal investigations and litigation involving the Petrobras bribery scandal (Lava Jato), the largest corruption scandal in Latin American history, involving allegations of over $ 2.5 billion in bribes and kickbacks; (iv) the Government of Brazil in a corruption matter involving former senior government officials and multiple jurisdictions; (v) the General Manager of one of the largest energy companies in Central America in connection with allegations of bribery in Guatemala; (vi) a Mexican high - ranking executive for Wal - Mart Stores, Inc. in connection with DOJ and SEC FCPA investigations against Wal - Mart; (vii) a large Argentinean oil company and its owner, one of Argentina's wealthiest individuals, in connection with high - profile DOJ and SEC investigations involving alleged FCPA violations to secure an extension of oil rights in an Argentinean oilfield; (viii) the United State's largest chemical and industrial products companies in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its Mexican subsidiary; (ix) the Rosenthal family, one of the most prominent families in Central America, in a number of related criminal matters; and (x) a senior executive of one of Venezuela's largest engineering companies in DOJ investigations into corruption and money laundering involving PdVSA.

You agree that: (i) the Service shall be deemed solely based in New York; and (ii) the Service shall be deemed a passive one that does not give rise to personal jurisdiction over us, either specific or general, in jurisdictions other than New York.

Following the Attorney General's consideration of the issue, the Banking Department issued its own opinion stating that it had exclusive jurisdiction over East - West and it alone determined whether or not East - West had violated the real estate license laws.