Sentences with phrase «government lawyer in this case»

«Notice has been issued to Amazon,» said Sanjeev Narula, the government lawyer in this case.

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«It's the nuclear option,» said Jeffrey Neiman, a lawyer in Florida who was one of the lead prosecutors on the federal government's initial 2009 case against UBS's Swiss bank.

In the Google case, the labor department's lawyers have asked the court to cancel all of the company's federal contracts and block any future business with the government if it continues to refuse to comply with the audit.

Milos Barutciski, a lawyer with Bennett Jones LLP in Toronto familiar with the SNC - Lavalin affair and who has co-operated with authorities on certain aspects of the case, said he believes the Trudeau government will study both allowing deferred prosecution agreements and changing the mandatory blacklist provisions in the Conservatives» controversial government procurement rules.

«I don't think there's any doubt that the crime merited a life sentence, given the amount of damage that Mr. Pollard did to the United States government,» AP quoted Joseph diGenova, who prosecuted the case as a US government lawyer in Washington, DC, as saying.

As such it fits a pattern of senior people, close to Trump, having contacts with Russian agents, in this case, a lawyer who has some (disputed) connection to the Russian Government.

Only an infantile lawyer like Okudzeto Ablakwa would refuse to cut his losses as I did when he knows that governments in Ghana do not pay for any fees associated with filing and prosecuting civil cases except legal costs, damages, and other awards.

Six weeks into the trial of Percoco and three executives accused of allegedly bribing the former Cuomo adviser in exchange for government favors, prosecutors and defense lawyers spent all day Tuesday giving closing arguments to a case that could have sweeping implications for its sister case — the Buffalo Billion trial expected to start in June in the same courtroom.

His lawyers believe some issues in the case involve conduct between April and December of 2014 — when Percoco left government to work on Cuomo's campaign before returning — and whether his eventual return was widely anticipated and he continued to exercise power.

Zhou told jurors that defense lawyers purposely sought to confuse them over the past month - and - a-half in what he said, in the end, is a «simple case» of a top government official allegedly selling his position of power in the Cuomo administration to executives whose companies allegedly got millions of dollars» worth of insider help from Percoco with everything from stalled government payments for a Syracuse construction project to help with an Orange County gas - fired power plant development.

Government lawyers, led by Carrie Heather Cohen, argued that the office's conduct was standard for high - profile cases, and that there «was certainly no prejudice in the grand jury proceedings.»

The turn in court comes after Ms. James had previously called on the city's lawyers represent, pro bono, children facing deportation cases in the federal government's surge docket, and had promised to do so herself after a refresher on family and immigration law.

In describing prosecutors» case against their defendants — including Buffalo businessman Louis Ciminelli and former SUNY Polytechnic Institute President Alain Kaloyeros — the team of lawyers wrote of the government's «untenable» legal theory, «meager allegations,» and «ill - conceived and improper interpretation of the law.»

There have been high profile cases like that of Chen GuangCheng, the «barefoot» and blind human rights lawyer, who escaped house arrest and was eventually allowed by the Chinese government to claim a new home in the US.

The government's lawyers are due to lay out their argument in more detail tomorrow but at an initial hearing earlier this month, they claimed that a first tier tribunal only has the power to identify that legislation is incompatible with the Human Rights Act - not to rule on a case on that basis.

A federal judge has forbidden lawyers from publicly disclosing evidence until a possible trial in an ongoing corruption case that has ensnared several government officials, including former Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin, ex-Deputy Mayor Joseph Desmaret and state Sen. Malcolm Smith.

«This case is fueled by the government's desire to find wrongdoing where none exists,» wrote Kaloyeros» lawyer, Michael Miller, in a motion filed today in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.

The lawyer said, «Over the years, successive governments have sold off some of the national heritage in the name of privatisation by alleging that same will bring more economic gain to the nation, however the reverse has been the case.

Mayor Bill de Blasio today told the state's top judge that he believe the day is approaching when government will guarantee all citizens a lawyer in civil court cases — but said that the funding for the attorneys will have to come from the federal level.

During closing arguments in the corruption trial against state Sen. Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, a lawyer for the younger Skelos told jurors that the government's case against the former majority leader relies on burdening the jury with heaps of emails, phone calls and witness testimony to distract jurors from the lack of a supposed smoking gun.

The Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo, and defence lawyers in the trial of some former government appointees for their roles in a supposed $ 6 million fraudulent deal between the National Communication Authority (NCA) and Infraloks Development Limited (IDL), argued in court today [Tuesday], about the number of days the case should be heard in a week.

«Arbitration is an increasingly common way for state or local and tribal governments to resolve their differences,» said Gabriel S. Galanda, a lawyer in Seattle who has represented tribes in various cases and has served as an arbitrator in state and tribal disputes.

Bennett Liebman, government lawyer - in - residence at Albany Law School and former deputy secretary for gaming and racing in the Cuomo administration, told The Alt that while the governor has the power under the state constitution to remove a district attorney from office through a quasi-judicial proceeding, it is «extraordinarily unlikely» that he will do so in this case.

In 2001, the NPP Government which had replaced the NDC Government wrote to dispense with the services of Bindman & Partners, the GNPC's external lawyers in the case `, and asked Ghana's Attorney - General, Hon. Nana Akuffo Addo, to assume responsibility for the conduct of the casIn 2001, the NPP Government which had replaced the NDC Government wrote to dispense with the services of Bindman & Partners, the GNPC's external lawyers in the case `, and asked Ghana's Attorney - General, Hon. Nana Akuffo Addo, to assume responsibility for the conduct of the casin the case `, and asked Ghana's Attorney - General, Hon. Nana Akuffo Addo, to assume responsibility for the conduct of the case.

Lawyers for Sheldon Silver asked the judge to acquit him of all charges even before his case goes to the jury in his corruption trial, in a motion that is routinely filed by defense lawyers after the government rests itLawyers for Sheldon Silver asked the judge to acquit him of all charges even before his case goes to the jury in his corruption trial, in a motion that is routinely filed by defense lawyers after the government rests itlawyers after the government rests its case.

Within weeks of this year's federal court decisions — which examined and vindicated both the MMR vaccine and thimerosal — environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrote a column in The Huffington Post in which he continued to press his case that the government has peddled unsafe vaccines to an unsuspecting public.

Yesterday, the same day an appeals court questioned lawyers about the case, the government filed documents in a lower court arguing that the lawsuit brought by two researchers who oppose human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research should be thrown out.

James B. Donovan (Tom Hanks), a simple lawyer, was tasked with creating a case to allow the US government to release the Soviet spy without jail time - a request that seemed almost impossible in the face of Cold War prejudice.

What Is Life Worth is an Erin Brockovich / Spotlight - type story of Ken Feinberg, a powerful insider D.C. lawyer put in charge of the 9/11 Fund, who in almost 3 years of pro bono work on the case, fights off the cynicism, bureaucracy and politics associated with administering government funds and in doing so, discovers what life is worth.

Our Children's Trust is currently supporting lawyers representing youth plaintiffs in several U.S. states, and a new federal case against the U.S. government is planned for filing later this month.

CSAS, Inc. provides an overhead - free mechanism to support our work (including travel, computers, copiers), with, by far, the greatest expense being the legal costs we cover for Our Children's Trust lawyers, specifically for Dan Galpern, who is working with me in preparation of testimony and briefs for the case (Juliana et al v. United States) against the Federal government and several other cases.

Legal expert and UK200Group Executive Board Member Peter Duff has forecast that, in the case of Britain leaving the European Union, lawyers will be busy as our government and businesses adapt to being outside of the trade bloc.

As well, in the case of the RCMP, it is relying on advice from federal Department of Justice lawyers, most of which the government then maintains is privileged and inaccessible to the public, notes Fraser.

Restrictions include: limiting lawyers to three visits with existing clients and permitting military lawyers and intelligence officers not involved in the case to read lawyers» mail to clients and allowing government officials to decide, on their own, to deny lawyers access to evidence used to determine a detainee's enemy combatant status.

In both Geographic Resources Integrated Data Solutions Ltd. v. Peterson, 2013 ONSC 1041 and Guergis v. Novak et al, 2013 ONSC 1130 (the publicized case of Helena Guergis unsuccessfully suing various Conservative Party related people), the court was dealing with lawyers who were charging reduced rates to their clients (an insurance company in the Geographic Resources case, and a government agency in the Guergis caseIn both Geographic Resources Integrated Data Solutions Ltd. v. Peterson, 2013 ONSC 1041 and Guergis v. Novak et al, 2013 ONSC 1130 (the publicized case of Helena Guergis unsuccessfully suing various Conservative Party related people), the court was dealing with lawyers who were charging reduced rates to their clients (an insurance company in the Geographic Resources case, and a government agency in the Guergis casein the Geographic Resources case, and a government agency in the Guergis casein the Guergis case).

While lawyers not familiar with the intricate claim process are likely to hit a wall in their case, our lawyers boast substantial experience, having handled bus accident cases against both the government and third - party companies.

In addition to gathering evidence, you should speak with a personal injury lawyer as soon as possible, because if you pursue litigation in a bus accident case, you must act quickly due to notice requirements and statutes of limitation that can be more complicated is the bus or transportation vehicle is owned or operated by a government entity including a city or countIn addition to gathering evidence, you should speak with a personal injury lawyer as soon as possible, because if you pursue litigation in a bus accident case, you must act quickly due to notice requirements and statutes of limitation that can be more complicated is the bus or transportation vehicle is owned or operated by a government entity including a city or countin a bus accident case, you must act quickly due to notice requirements and statutes of limitation that can be more complicated is the bus or transportation vehicle is owned or operated by a government entity including a city or county.

If you are involved in a dispute stemming from a government decision, regulation or action, our lawyers make optimal use of all the means at their disposal both before and during the case to secure maximum speed and efficiency.

At times, the government's obsession with security borders on the absurd: When defense lawyers work on detainee cases in their own offices, they are supposed to draw the shades.

Bob Kohn, a lawyer and businessperson from New York, filed an amicus brief in the antitrust case against Apple by the American government.

«If victims are mad at anybody, they should not be mad at the courts, they should be mad at governments, which have consistently made business decisions to underfund the system in the expectations that judges will let them off the hook,» said lawyer Frank Addario, who represented Ontario's Criminal Lawyers» Association as an intervener in the Jordan case.

Finally, where an Ontario lawyer seeks to represent a client in accessing a remedy prescribed under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement agreement announced by the federal government in 2006, he or she is expected to comply with the Law Society's «Guidelines for Lawyers acting in aboriginal Residential School Cases.»

In this case and in Christie (British Columbia (Attorney General) v Christie, 2007 SCC 21, [2007] 1 SCR 873), the SCC has shown a real reluctance to monitor the government's decisions with regards to the provision of access to lawyerIn this case and in Christie (British Columbia (Attorney General) v Christie, 2007 SCC 21, [2007] 1 SCR 873), the SCC has shown a real reluctance to monitor the government's decisions with regards to the provision of access to lawyerin Christie (British Columbia (Attorney General) v Christie, 2007 SCC 21, [2007] 1 SCR 873), the SCC has shown a real reluctance to monitor the government's decisions with regards to the provision of access to lawyers.

Meanwhile, these four types of damage caused by the problem are getting worse: (1) to the population in that there are many thousands of people whose lives have been damaged for lack of legal services; (2) to the courts in that they are being clogged, as judges have warned, by high percentages of self - represented litigants, because their cases move much more slowly than those that have lawyers; (3) to the legal profession in that it is shrinking and is predicted to have a very negative future of contracting and of law firms failing; and, (4) to legal aid organizations because it is politically very unwise for governments to fund them better with taxpayers» money, to enable them to provide free legal services to more poor people, while the majority of the taxpayers can not obtain legal services for themselves at reasonable cost.

In trying cases to juries and arguing with judges as an attorney, in testifying in depositions and in court as an executive, and in tangling with government agencies on behalf of my clients as their lawyer — I have found that legal institutions are not always just and faiIn trying cases to juries and arguing with judges as an attorney, in testifying in depositions and in court as an executive, and in tangling with government agencies on behalf of my clients as their lawyer — I have found that legal institutions are not always just and faiin testifying in depositions and in court as an executive, and in tangling with government agencies on behalf of my clients as their lawyer — I have found that legal institutions are not always just and faiin depositions and in court as an executive, and in tangling with government agencies on behalf of my clients as their lawyer — I have found that legal institutions are not always just and faiin court as an executive, and in tangling with government agencies on behalf of my clients as their lawyer — I have found that legal institutions are not always just and faiin tangling with government agencies on behalf of my clients as their lawyer — I have found that legal institutions are not always just and fair.

The big story in today's legal news is how federal government lawyer Carla Martin may have botched the government's case against the thirteenth 9/11 hijacker, Zacarias Moussaoui.

Only last week, lawyers in the House of Lords were complaining of the Legal Services Board's (LSB's) «mission creep» following on from the government's triennial review of the LSB and last month there was a fiery speech at the Bar Council by Michael Todd QC in which he made the case «for disbanding the overarching regulator».

Last year, he was lead counsel for a team of lawyers who won the largest award ever against the U.S. government in a wrongful imprisonment case — $ 101.7 million.

Our Florida business tort lawyers have a history of securing damages in cases involving governments and large corporations.

«Rowbotham no longer used in exceptional cases» was published on at http://advocatedaily.com/2014/01/rowbotham-no-longer-used-in-exceptional-cases/ Bonus comment: So 13 % of your legal fees get paid straight back to the government as HST that your lawyer has a duty to collect and remit.