Sentences with phrase «high profile cases at»

Norm Pattis» national reputation for winning high profile cases at trial causes prosecutors to reconsider the charges against you and reevaluate their chances of winning at trial.

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But Cohodes gave a detailed presentation of his case against Home Capital last year at a high - profile investor conference, and he'll engage with anyone who reaches out with questions.

The most high - profile of all those cases has been the reaction to comments attributed to an executive at New Balance Shoe Company that were supportive of a Donald Trump presidency as it relates to trade.

High profile edge cases, like the sexual harassment allegations at Uber, have the unfortunate effect of making ongoing diversity and gender equality issues seem insignificant in comparison.

Ahead of July's presidential election, public anger at government is running high thanks to high - profile corruption cases, drug gangs, and sluggish growth.

«It's definitely the longest, high profile holdout case I've ever seen,» said Edwin Gutierrez, a money manager at Aberdeen Asset Management.

If you look at the high - profile history of the Roman Catholic sex abuse cases, for example, I would guess that some smaller portion involves the priests who actually engaged in the abuse, while some larger portion is the cover - up.

So far, «most of the high - profile cases involve state or local actions that would not be covered by the federal protections,» said John Inazu, a professor at Washington University School of Law who has written several times about such cases for CT..

Despite this, she could be deported at any time and given the now high - profile nature of her case, is likely to face severe consequences back in Iran.

At a time when high - profile sexual harassment and discrimination cases are emerging throughout industry after industry, is there another shoe waiting to drop in the beverage business?

The most high - profile case of its kind was aimed at Barca's four - time Ballon D'Or winner Lionel Messi, but even he was only given a sentence of only 21 months, which in Spain will always be suspended, and no time will be spent.

Following a high profile fall out with manager Jose Mourinho at the beginning of the campaign, Carneiro left her position in September and has since filed a constructive dismissal case against the club, with the final hearing set to go before an industrial tribunal in the new year.

We want big names like Lacazette who never played in the EPL before and forget that Giroud is not that bad if you look at the states properly and his willing to sit on the bench if needs be, do you think that, that will be the case with Mbappe and all of those high profile player.

While at this firm, Ms. Coleman met Lisa L. Maki where they co-counseled in a few high - profile cases.

At the time, McGury said Peterson had «brought shame» to his department, but he said Friday that his decision to leave the Bolingbrook Police Department had nothing to do with the high - profile case.

Just look at high profile cases such as when respect for precedent pushed Justice Rehnquist to defend Miranda rights, an anathema to the conservative movement from which he came.

IBT also reported that Vance received more than $ 42,000 from lawyers at a criminal defense firm whose clients received plea deals from Vance's office that let them avoid prison, including another high profile sexual assault case.

Look at the high - profile cases and all you hear are stories about bail or no bail and EFCC arresting this and that but when you get to the real trial you don't get to hear anything because it would seem the proper investigation has not been done.

But even after the high - profile case, it's unlikely that there will be much appetite in Albany for banning outside income — at least according to Mr. Silver's successor, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.

Since then, there have been quite a few high - profile legislative corruption cases, and when lawmakers balked at passing Cuomo's ethics package to address that, he created a Moreland Commission to investigate them.

The stories of judges becoming very wealthy on bribes paid by litigants in election petitions and other high profile cases have become more pervasive and in matters of the sanctity of the judicial process, appearances are at least as important as the substance.

Albany County DA David Soares said that at the time he accused Judge Stephen Herrick of giving a «get - out - of - jail - free card for every criminal defendant in New York state» and creating a «dangerous loophole» by giving his high - profile steroids case to a special prosecutor in 2010, he saw nothing offensive in his words.

Ms. Hormozi successfully prosecuted numerous high profile and difficult cases, including the conviction at trial of the Boss of the Bonnano Crime Family and the conviction at trial of the 2006 «Mafia Cops» case, involving two retired police detectives who acted as hit men for the mob.

Libous» case is one of three recent, high - profile New York political corruption prosecutions brought by Southern District U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara that are at or near their conclusions.

«Today, Sheldon Silver got justice, and at long last, so did the people of New York,» U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement — using just 16 words to sum up a high - profile case that has rocked New York State politics.

An attorney with the firm, Edward Robertson, formerly tried «high - profile, high publicity corruption cases» at the Suffolk district attorney's office, according to the website.

But Belling, forced to leave the Erie County district attorney's office at the end of last year, may be best known for two high - profile cases: the acquittal on the most serious charges against Dr. James G. Corasanti and the murder conviction (later resulting in a manslaughter plea) of Jeffrey J. Basil.

His team at the Urban Justice Center was behind several high - profile cases against Lower East Side landlords accused of harassing rent stabilized tenants.

In one of his office's highest profile cases, in March, Thompson recommended no jail time for Peter Liang, the former NYPD cop convicted of manslaughter after fatally shooting Akai Gurley in a stairwell at the Louis Pink Houses in City Line.

But Leemon McHenry, a medical ethicist at California State University in Northridge who has investigated the use of ghostwriters on articles about other drugs, thinks that the practice stretches beyond these high - profile cases.

At a breakfast for journalists at the meeting, Richmond also answered questions about several high - profile cases of sexual misconduct and sexual harassment in sciencAt a breakfast for journalists at the meeting, Richmond also answered questions about several high - profile cases of sexual misconduct and sexual harassment in sciencat the meeting, Richmond also answered questions about several high - profile cases of sexual misconduct and sexual harassment in science.

She is only one of many recent high - profile cases in which attempts at rehabilitation from substance abuse failed.

However, Phil was involved in a number of high - profile cases during his time at FSS and was able to follow the events in the press.

Rather than overestimating data fabrication, the method of Kuriakose and Robbins «very likely underestimates the true extent of the problem,» says Michael Spagat, an economist at Royal Holloway, University of London, who has investigated high - profile cases of possible data fabrication in war zones.

Roiled by high - profile cases in the field and at conferences, anthropology works to change its culture

Second, Warfarin, a vitamin K inhibitor, produces a toxicity profile almost identical to that of vitamin D, but does not increase serum calcium levels.81 Third, one group used vitamin D to produce calcium deposition in the kidneys of chickens at doses that did not lead to hypercalcemia.104 This finding is consistent with a case report of four post-menopausal women who were taking undetermined doses of vitamin D without their knowledge in the form of supplements that appeared to be contaminated with large amounts of vitamin D2: these patients had abnormally high vitamin D levels, three times the calcium in their urine as is normal, and appeared, albeit inconclusively, to have associated bone loss.

These three lessons explore the differing theories of punishment (deterrence, rehabilitation, reform and retribution) and capital punishment; first through reflecting on the morality of capital punishment by looking at high profile murder cases and then investigating differing Christian attitudes to state sanctioned executions.

PAC chairwoman Margaret Hodge said «recent high - profile failures», at Al - Madinah School in Derby, Discovery New School in Crawley and Kings Science Academy in Bradford, highlighted the case for better monitoring.

Covering almost 2,000 years of the most jaw - dropping heists, break - ins and high - profile cases, A Burglar's Guide to the City will forever change the way you look at the world around you.

Hundreds of dogs seized last month from an animal - rescue group accused of not caring for the animals remain in cages at Polk County's animal shelter while authorities ponder their next move in the high - profile case.

Marilyn Church's illustrations are an integral part of a new group show opening this week at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. «Drawing Justice: The Art of Courtroom Illustrations» features original art that captures the drama of high - profile court cases in the last 50 years.

As a senior partner at Finers Stephens Innocent, he has undertaken some of the highest profile cases in cultural property law and litigation.

A gay man and attorney who worked on high - profile LGBT cases, including a challenge the Boy Scouts ban on homosexual members, set himself on fire on Saturday at a public park in New York City to protest fossil fuels and climate change, according to a suicide note.

After the high - profile failure of Copenhagen, governments have gone into Cancun, Durban, and Doha conveying low expectations, which in many cases I suspect was a deliberate public relations strategy so that at any hint of incremental progress they could reemerge proclaiming they met or exceeded those expectations.

As he explains at this blog, Adam Smith, Esq., the legal landscape is littered with uncaught - conflicts horror stories, starting with the recent high - profile U.K. case involving two Freshfields partners.

Despite the prevalence of these high - profile cases, the Court has worked through its docket at a slower - than - usual pace.

Wonu is advising on the representation of Public Concern at Work («PCaW») on the charity's planned intervention in the Court of Appeal in the high profile reported case of Chesterton Global Limited v Nurmohamed UKEAT / 0335/14.

(3) Successfully representing a Chartered Surveyor at the RICS tribunal in a high profile case and winning a submission that there was no case to answer.

David is a faculty member at Harvard Law School's renowned Trial Advocacy Workshop and NITA's Building Trial Skills Seminar at Georgetown Law School, and he has been interviewed on national television regarding high - profile cases.

Item has a long and checkered history of inserting itself into high - profile or controversial cases (O.J. Simpson, Scott Peterson, Roman Polanski, Tiger Woods) and — as events of this past week demonstrate — even at current long - in - the - tooth stage, item has lost none of its effectiveness at cheap publicity stunts.