Sentences with phrase «hear disputes about»

The MIC proposed by the EU would be a permanent international court empowered to hear disputes about investments between investors and states that have accepted its jurisdiction to decide whether there has been a breach of the obligations guaranteed in investment treaties.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court added three cases to its docket on Monday, agreeing to hear disputes about lethal injections, class - action settlements and arbitration.
Then the trial begins and an even more educated judge with his own staff will sit with the lawyers and the parties and the witnesses for days and hear everything and maybe hear some disputes about what the judge should or should not hear (because it's unfair to hear some things).
The agreement contains no consequences for failure by either country, and there is no international court designated to hear disputes about the agreement.

Not exact matches

Prodan said he has yet to hear about layoffs, but some wineries are putting expansion plans on hold pending a resolution to the dispute.
Critics also routinely say that mandated wholesale arrangements discourage network owners from investing in upgrades, which is indeed what we've heard in just about every dispute between big companies and small ISPs in Canada.
To this day, I've never found or heard anything that indicates Bill Wilson disputed Dr. Bob's statement about the Bible's being the source of AA.
Ghafir sura 40: Those who dispute about the Signs of Allah without any authority bestowed on them — there is nothing in their breasts but (the quest of) greatness, which they shall never attain to: seek refuge, then, in Allah: it is He Who hears and sees (all things).
«We can not call the strike off until we hear from the bus companies and we are persuaded that TfL is serious about resolving this dispute.
Williams disputed that and used the example of Lee Thomas, of Ozone Park, Queens, who spoke at the hearing about how he used Airbnb to rent out a guest cottage in his single family home when he became ill with cancer.
The State Objections Board, composed of the Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and Secretary of State, heard testimony about the dispute, and then ruled that the state party has the authority to name the presidential electors, and therefore the state party determines which presidential nominee to list.
Davis was dispatched to Walters» Theresa home after a call came in about gunshots being heard during a domestic dispute.
Dispute resolution hearings in New York state are about 7 times more common than in the rest of the country.
They never heard of the Amazon - Hachette dispute, and they haven't heard about the latest dispute, and they are unaware of the other companies that signed new contracts.
Given what I have heard about self - publishing cost through independent subcontractors (companies who are a one - stop shop for all bundling), that seems like a hefty cut, even though it IS for a limited time, but if you had any dispute with your publisher, who would you go to?
You may have heard that Amazon and Hachette are having a dispute about how books are sold.
Jerrod Myers When Jerrod Myers, a disabled veteran living in Independence, Ore., successfully disputed an inaccurate collection account listed on his credit reports, he figured that was the last he'd hear about the mysterious $ 1,071 cellphone bill to T - Mobile.
I never heard about this in the United States, but it is clear that dispute over water is a big part of the roiling conflict here.
The 400 scientists they characterize as disputing man - made climate change include mostly folks no one has ever heard of, and the quotes they cherry pick aren't all expressing doubt about whether climate change is real and a problem — many are simply expressing differing opinions about the degree of warming and the consequences of that warming.
From the initial stages of marital separation, to longer - term disputes related to issues such as child custody or support payments, we answer the most frequently asked questions («FAQs») that we hear about marital disputes in Ontario, Canada.»
Appellate experts such as SCOTUSBlog's Tom Goldstein pegged the odds of the Supreme Court hearing the appeal at «zero» because the dispute is primarily about facts rather than broad legal issues.
The majority of felony criminal cases are resolved in the pre-trial phase of criminal proceedings through court appearances (conferences and hearings), waivers, motions (requesting court to resolve a dispute about the evidence or charges between the defense and prosecution), discovery issues, and plea bargains or negotiations.
Attend any conference on digital justice and you'll hear about smart systems, expert systems and solution explorers, you'll be told that eBay's automated dispute resolution program resolves over 65 million cases each year.
A tribunal can hear evidence about protected conversations if the actual date of termination is disputed.
Florida's rent deposit statute disparately impacts low - income people's ability to defend themselves: even if a tenant has a sudden financial hardship to overcome or alleges legitimate concerns about housing conditions, that tenant must deposit all the unpaid rent into the court to even have the dispute heard.
He made his comments in a written ruling in which he placed limits on what detail the public could be told about evidence aired at a private family court hearing of the dispute involving Gallagher and Appleton.
Sam Glover: So say more about where... I hear online dispute resolution mentioned a bunch.
For instance, one report, entitled Human Rights at Home: Miami's Housing Crisis and its Perpetuation of Poverty, analyzed raw data collected by Legal Services of Greater Miami and the Community Justice Project to show how Florida's rent deposit statute disparately impacts low - income people's ability to defend themselves: even if a tenant has a sudden financial hardship to overcome or alleges legitimate concerns about housing conditions, that tenant must deposit all the unpaid rent into the court to even have the dispute heard.
I had always understood that details of the parties» assets would be of assistance to the court in resolving disputes of this nature, but both counsel persuaded me that such information would not advance either party's case and I therefore heard no evidence about this.
I heard lately of a case where someone mediating a dispute between A and B sent an email about the dispute to A with a bcc: to B.
As ADR practitioners get out and educate the public about the various alternative dispute resolution processes, we frequently hear some of the same questions asked.
Colin Rule: Yeah, that's the number one thing I hear from parties when they are concerned about taking their dispute resolution process online.
The court considered those comments and concluded that a reasonable person would conclude that the mediator / arbitrator had made up his mind about the behaviour of the mother (which she disputed), and that by refusing to grant a short delay for the hearing he had failed to give her a reasonable opportunity to be heard.
Topics addressed in the study include participants» views of and experiences with: court - attached family justice programs; hearing the views of children; issues in custody and access disputes; issues in disputes about child support and spousal support; family violence; unified family courts; and, limited scope legal services in family law disputes.
In a Markman hearing, judges must resolve all the disputes about the interpretation of a patent and must construe the claims for trial.
On the first day of the JDP, we had the opportunity to hear from Nicole Aylwin, Assistant Director of the Winkler Institute for Dispute Resolution, and Kari Boyle, Coordinator of the BC Family Justice Innovation Lab (@BCFamInnovLab), about the importance of adopting a user - centered approach to enhance access to justice.
Rebutting stereotypes in a single decision could involve all of, or any combination of, identifying and hiring an expert witness like a psychologist, psychiatrist or social worker qualified to address the range of «ordinary» reactions to sexual misconduct; having that person write a report and testify; spending hearing time disputing about expert qualifications and admissibility; and spending hearing time where the expert is cross-examined.
Sometimes you hear about Family litigants for whom their dispute against the former spouse has taken on a life of its own, and who will not stop until they have literally exhausted every possible legal and procedural avenue.
I've heard it suggested that claimants are often far more concerned about an apology and correction than damages (though costs add up fast once litigation is underway); if so, it would make sense to find alternative avenues for resolving disputes more quickly and cheaply.
There is also a dispute with HudBay about where the case should be heard — here in Canada or in Guatemala.
Maybe those disputed HTC Nexus tablet rumors about hardware weren't too far off; hear the latest account on just how high - end the slate could be.
a court must not hear the application unless the applicant has indicated in writing that the applicant has received information from a family counsellor or family dispute resolution practitioner about the services and options (including alternatives to court action) available in circumstances of abuse or violence.
When separated parents live in separate states and have a dispute about the custody of their children, there may arise a question about which state should hear the matter.
In talking to clients about the benefits of different dispute resolution models, prior to helping a client understand all of their options, a common question I hear is «Why not just mediate vs. go through the collaborative process?
As a Portland Oregon divorce lawyer trained in both collaborative divorce and litigation, I hear a lot of process questions about which dispute resolution method is faster.
REM: What are you hearing from your brokers and salespeople about the legal dispute between CREA and the Competition Bureau over access to MLS data?
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