Sentences with phrase «lawyer says petition»
SPCA lawyer says petition to recognize animals as «not things» in Quebec Civil Code could change legal status «in various ways», Chronicle Herald
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«I'm getting calls from companies asking if they can petition for exemptions [from the metal tariffs],» said Doreen Edelman, a Washington - based trade lawyer with law firm Baker Donelson, told the South China Morning Post in an interview.
Lawyers for the trio have also said they will petition President Mahama to invoke his prerogative power of mercy for the three, whose sentencing they consider harsh.
Wagner, a Hudson Valley lawyer, says he's also filed 3,225 petition signatures this week with the state Board of Elections in order to achieve ballot access.
He has at least 90 days from then to petition the Supreme Court and can seek extensions, lawyers said.
«As a matter of fact, my lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, served INEC a notice to produce the said petition in the course of hearing of this matter but INEC failed to produce the petition in court.
Mandelker also filed a petition in the Supreme Court in Albany County to validate Teachout's candidacy, but election lawyers said this is basically a defensive measure that gives the opportunity for a court review if the Board of Elections invalidates Teachout's petitions.
«I have never met Andrew Cuomo or his late father, Mario, may he rest in peace,» said the creator of the petition, lawyer Monroe Mann of Port Chester.
Fritz, 69, a Brentwood lawyer, said he delivered petitions with 1,404 signatures to the Suffolk Board of Elections in Yaphank, more than the 1,000 - signature minimum needed.
Meanwhile, human rights and constitutional lawyer, Dr Anthony Agbazuere who is also counsel to the complainants, said he had petitioned the Inspector General of Police over the gruesome murder of the deceased persons and the police boss directed the Abia state commissioner to investigate the case.
In August, Astorino's lawyers filed a «general challenge» to Cuomo's WEP petitions after concluding that «there was obvious fraud» involving many of the signatures, said spokeswoman Jessica Proud.
«In the interest of justice, the petition must be heard and determined before the inauguration can take place,» said Edward Gomez, a lawyer for Jammeh's APRC political party, reacting to the adjournment.
I received the petition of the lawyers from the three and they stated all the grounds for which they thought that I should invoke my powers under article 72, narrating every step of the way; the regret they had shown and appealing for mercy; and so I did exactly what the Constitution said I should do.»
Speaking to Class News, Edudzi Tameklo, one of the lawyers for the convicts said: «It is much ado about nothing and I make this point because... the president is opportune to exercise his prerogative of mercy [and will] not do that on the basis of how many petitions or signatures have been [collected].
If the petitions are upheld, officials in both camps said, it appears that state election law allows Mr. Mahony's campaign to pick someone to take his place in the primary — a rule so obscure that even election lawyers were unaware of it until this morning.
«One option could be to change state law to allow any municipality — not just towns (and) villages — to allow its citizens to circulate petitions for a referendum,» said lawyer Catherine Richardson, a Consensus co-chair.
A CEI lawyer, however, said the group's petition to the SEC was based on its own research.
The detainees» lawyers, in their rehearing petition, had said that the unfolding of the review process in the D.C. Circuit Court would soon provide them with an argument for rehearing, since the process would be shown to be inadequate.
Neither lawyer had had any disciplinary history, the case involved legal issues that were unsettled before the 2014 decision, and the question of whether the petition sought relief adverse to class members was «fairly debatable,» he said.
In 2009, 22 lawyers petitioned for readmission, says Kristin L. Ritsema, senior trial counsel at the State Bar of California in Los Angeles.
Citing the lawyer's oath to defend the Constitution, the petition says:
The lawyer who wrote the cert petition, J. Michael Jakes of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, is hopeful, saying his argument is based solidly on Supreme Court precedent.
The plaintiffs» lawyers, led by Alan Gura of Alexandria, Va.'s Gura & Possessky, said a review of the records will undercut the government's argument that the plaintiffs» petition for more than $ 3.1 million in fees is unreasonable.