Sentences with phrase «judge in a civil action»

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In a separate action, Venditto was granted a delay by U.S. District Judge Joan Azrack in filing his pretrial motions in the case this week because he said he is also simultaneously preparing reply papers in a civil action being considered by the Securities and Exchange Commission involving Oyster Bay's finances in its dealings with SingIn a separate action, Venditto was granted a delay by U.S. District Judge Joan Azrack in filing his pretrial motions in the case this week because he said he is also simultaneously preparing reply papers in a civil action being considered by the Securities and Exchange Commission involving Oyster Bay's finances in its dealings with Singin filing his pretrial motions in the case this week because he said he is also simultaneously preparing reply papers in a civil action being considered by the Securities and Exchange Commission involving Oyster Bay's finances in its dealings with Singin the case this week because he said he is also simultaneously preparing reply papers in a civil action being considered by the Securities and Exchange Commission involving Oyster Bay's finances in its dealings with Singin a civil action being considered by the Securities and Exchange Commission involving Oyster Bay's finances in its dealings with Singin its dealings with Singh.

«And I'd quite like a court, a judge, in a civil action, to listen to what the argument for the defence is.»

Superior Court Judge William F. Highberger today approved the landmark settlement in Reed v. State of California, et al., a class action suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Public Counsel, and Morrison & Foerster, LLP, in February 2010 on behalf of students at three Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) middle schools.

As Justice Stratas put it to the attendees, should Canada ever be gripped by some form of threat or disorder, leading the government to abridge the civil liberties of many Canadians, do we want the judge deciding the constitutionality of the government's action to be able to turn to a body of constitutional law «based on fundamental principles, consistently applied over decades» — in other words, «settled legal doctrine» — or do we want the judge deciding the issue based upon «her or his own worldview?»

Mar. 24, 2016)-- joint opinion by Circuit Judges O'Scannlain and Ikuta as well as District Judge Burns (sitting by assignment); discussed in our Mar. 28, 2016 post: Prevailing party in bankruptcy non-dischargeability action is not entitled to recover fees under either California Civil Code section 1717 or ERISA's fee shifting provision.

«The motion judge's ruling is also inconsistent with the manner in which lawyers in Ontario do, and should, conduct themselves in negotiating settlements of civil actions,» she said.

[11] Specifically, a judge or justice is required to «disqualify himself or herself from any civil or criminal action or proceeding... [w] hen a judge determines that, for any reason, he or she can not, or it appears he or she can not, act in an impartial manner.»

The judgment by Karakatsanis, a former Ontario Court of Appeal judge and senior civil servant in the province, concluded that none of the actions was statute - barred.

In Imperial Oil v. Jacques, 2014 SCC 66 the court upheld the ruling of a trial judge that allowed the plaintiffs in a class action to access government surveillance materials during civil discovery proceedingIn Imperial Oil v. Jacques, 2014 SCC 66 the court upheld the ruling of a trial judge that allowed the plaintiffs in a class action to access government surveillance materials during civil discovery proceedingin a class action to access government surveillance materials during civil discovery proceedings.

Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh, writing for the court in the case of South Carolina v. United States (Civil Action No. 12 - 203), expressed the opinion of the court that the law enacted by South Carolina «satisfies Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act,» making it permissible, but that the short time left before the 2012 elections prohibited its implementation until elections taking place in 2013.

Coordination of civil actions sharing a common question of fact or law is appropriate if one judge hearing all of the actions for all purposes in a selected site or sites will promote the ends of justice taking into account whether the common question of fact or law is predominating and significant to the litigation; the convenience of parties, witnesses, and counsel; the relative development of the actions and the work product of counsel; the efficient utilization of judicial facilities and manpower; the calendar of the courts; the disadvantages of duplicative and inconsistent rulings, orders, or judgments; and, the likelihood of settlement of the actions without further litigation should coordination be denied.

In addition, the practice offers significant experience in class actions and complex commercial litigation, including civil and criminal cases before juries and judges in multiple jurisdictions, avoiding a full trial whenever possible — but successfully trying cases where necessarIn addition, the practice offers significant experience in class actions and complex commercial litigation, including civil and criminal cases before juries and judges in multiple jurisdictions, avoiding a full trial whenever possible — but successfully trying cases where necessarin class actions and complex commercial litigation, including civil and criminal cases before juries and judges in multiple jurisdictions, avoiding a full trial whenever possible — but successfully trying cases where necessarin multiple jurisdictions, avoiding a full trial whenever possible — but successfully trying cases where necessary.

SRL Angela Carbone had asked that the managing judge in her Alberta Queen's Bench civil action be replaced, because she -LSB-...]

5 Feb. 13, 2018)(unpublished), County defensed an ex-employee's FEHA harassment / retaliation claims through a summary judgment motion, with the trial judge later awarding County fees under Code of Civil Procedure section 1038, which allows trial courts to award public entities the attorney's fees they incur for «unmeritorious and frivolous» lawsuits if the action was not brought in good faith and with reasonable cause.

When multiple civil actions involving one or more common questions of fact are pending in several different federal district courts, those actions can sometimes be transferred to one district court for coordinated and consolidated management and pretrial proceedings under a single judge.

The one - case - one - judge court model was considered and strongly recommended in the final report of the Family Justice Working Group, one of four working groups of the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters.

Civil actions in state court may be tried to either a judge (often referred to as a bench trial) or a jury.

Judge Kaup was appointed to the district court in October 2001, where his docket consists of civil and criminal actions and domestic relations cases.

Born 1950; lawyer (1974 - 80); law degree from the University of Athens (1973); diploma of advanced studies (DEA) in labour law from the University of Paris II, Panthéon - Sorbonne (1977); national expert with the Legal Service of the Commission of the European Communities (1988 - 1990), then Principal Administrator in Directorate General V (Employment, Industrial Relations, Social Affairs)(1990 - 1994); Junior Officer, Junior Member and, since 1999, Member of the Greek Council of State; Associate Member of the Superior Special Court of Greece; Member of the Central Legislative Drafting Committee of Greece (1996 - 98); Director of the Legal Service in the General Secretariat of the Greek Government (1996 - 1998); Judge at the General Court of the European Union (1998 to 2010, President of Chamber from 2004 to 2010); Member of the Supreme Council for Administrative Justice (2011 - 2012); Member of the Special Court for Disputes relating to the Remuneration of Judges and of the Special Court for Actions against Judges (2013 - 2014); Member of the Advisory Panel of Experts on Candidates for Election as Judge to the European Court of Human Rights (2014 - 2015); Member of the Committee responsible for giving an Opinion on Candidates» Suitability to perform the Duties of Judge at the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (2012 - 2015); Lecturer in European Law at the National School for the Judiciary (1995 - 1996 and 2012 - 2015); Judge at the Court of Justice since 7 October 2015.

Soon after joining CLS in 1987, she became active in a variety of litigation, ranging from federal court class actions to civil service and unemployment compensation hearings before administrative law judges.

Such a ruling would grant the KBA jurisdiction to file a civil action seeking sanctions of judges who were acting in their judicial function.

In any civil action pending in a district court, which has not been appealed from a lower court, each side is entitled, as a matter of right, to one change of judge by peremptory challengIn any civil action pending in a district court, which has not been appealed from a lower court, each side is entitled, as a matter of right, to one change of judge by peremptory challengin a district court, which has not been appealed from a lower court, each side is entitled, as a matter of right, to one change of judge by peremptory challenge.

They conduct settlement conferences in simplified procedure actions, they handle the lion's share of procedural motions and, I expect, most members of the civil litigation bar have more contact with the Masters, and their Registrars, than with judges.

In those jurisdictions where jury trials are still available in civil actions — both the issue of whether the Resurfice material contribution test is applicable and the issue of whether the plaintiff has satisfied the requirements of the doctrine will have to be decided by a judgIn those jurisdictions where jury trials are still available in civil actions — both the issue of whether the Resurfice material contribution test is applicable and the issue of whether the plaintiff has satisfied the requirements of the doctrine will have to be decided by a judgin civil actions — both the issue of whether the Resurfice material contribution test is applicable and the issue of whether the plaintiff has satisfied the requirements of the doctrine will have to be decided by a judge.

The Second Motion Judge concluded «In my view, it is essentially an alternative theory of liability for the same complaint... I agree with the Plaintiffs that the Amended Claim does not advance a «new cause of action» for the purposes of the Limitations Act and under normal circumstances an amendment would be permissible under Rule 26.01 [of the Rules of Civil Procedure, R.R.O. 1990, Reg.

A federal Judge for the Eastern District Court of Michigan recently awarded plaintiffs in a civil class action lawsuit $ 22,783,500.00.

i had twin sons; aged 13; in my care at the time; all children were mine biologically.i was a single mother; had no family in new jersey.my sons were on aid for dependent children.i could have notified.teacher was awarded temp.custody; on no legal grounds; august 25th, 1977; of 3 months; and i three months supervised visits; although d.y.f.s. never presented any evidence i was unfit.i still have all papers from 1976 to 2012; when i contacted assignment judge costello (2012); from courts; that i contacted from 1977 to 2000 «pro se; and all civil actions were dismissed without being heard.i was denied due process.the teacher hid my daughter after my visits; for 22 years before i relocated to n.y.c.; and took my sons west near relatives; because the teacher took the s.s.i i had been getting for my daughter (1979); and the aid for dependent children was closed the same year; leaving us homeless; moving from county to county; where welfare was terminated in each county; until we were forced out of new jersey.i found my daughter in 1999; with the help of raymond t. dutcher; agent of n.c.i.c.; n.y.c.; and senator donald t. francesco; and learning disability of new jersey; living apart from the teacher in morristown, n.j. in 1999.