Sentences with phrase «legal efforts against»

By successfully filing for bankruptcy protection, Gawker Media is protected from handing over any money to Hogan, whose legal efforts against Gawker (among myriad others) are reportedly being financed by Peter Thiel, who wants to sue the company out of existence.

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Legal experts speculated over the weekend, after news of the sealed indictments broke Friday, that Mueller would arrest Manafort in an effort to get him to «flip» against Trump.

• The legal saga could come to an end: Benchmark agreed to immediately suspend (and later drop) its lawsuit against ex-CEO Travis Kalanick, which it filed in August in an effort to limit his power and force him off the board.

The IFRC will refocus on anti-corruption efforts in the wake of the investigation and pursue legal action against lose involved, AP reports.

Through her family's trust, she has contributed more than $ 1.3 million to the organization's efforts to defeat California's recreational marijuana proposal, given at least $ 30,000 to the campaign against Nevada's proposed legal weed law, and donated another $ 25,000 to defeat the pro-pot effort in Massachusetts, according to an analysis of state campaign finance filings by VICE News.

The effort to distract the country from this indefensible record with claptrap about a Republican war on women, a papist plot against access to contraception, legal semantics about same - sex relationships, and other red herrings, has failed.

These include a Catholic mind that takes seriously Adam Smith's economic and philosophical insights; the affirmation that markets must be grounded upon particular moral, political, and legal habits and institutions; the attention to how awareness of the reality of sin should incubate us against economic utopianism; and, perhaps above all, the sustained effort to locate democratic capitalism within a vision of God and man, thereby giving it genuine theological meaning.

Over recent years, in addition to supporting volunteer duck rescue efforts by the Coalition Against Duck Shooting, Animals Australia's extraordinary legal team has secured crucial wins for native waterbirds, setting powerful legal precedents for animals.

If true, the dual - use nature of this technology may eventually raise issues for international law; it can also add further impediments to current efforts to develop legal regimes against weaponization in space.

Schneiderman had led a national effort of Democratic attorneys general to file legal challenges against Trump administration environmental and immigration policies.

The Working Families Party is celebrating the end of a protracted legal battle over its efforts in the 2009 NYC elections that lead to the demise of its for - profit arm, Data & Field Services, but ultimately resulted in no charges against the labor - backed party.

He said the government is only making frantic efforts to cause public disaffection towards the previous NDC administration by smearing former state officials with allegations of corruption and initiating legal action against them for same.

This is just as she also threatened to take legal action against the governor of Edo state Adams Oshiomhole for his recent efforts to link her name to the alleged $ 2.1 billion arms issue.

The state has lost another round in its legal fight against the Indian Point nuclear facility, with a federal regulator rejecting its effort to force the plant to undergo leak rate tests more often.

A spokesman for the Assembly Democrats, who are in power in that house, also says the legal fees went to redistricting related court action, as well as for the Assembly's legal challenges against Cuomo's Moreland Commission's efforts to look at outside income from legislators.

Unidentified supporters set up a «Skelos Family Legal Defense Fund» in an effort to fight off federal corruption charges against the lawmaker and his son, Adam.

They added, «We believe there are strong legal arguments against directing the developers to submit «minor modifications,» and enthusiastically support the efforts of our constituents for a full review of these proposed changes to the LSRD...»

In the latest effort to defend «sanctuary cities,» Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner announced Friday the city will be standing with Chicago in a legal battle against the Department of Justice.

The $ 50 or less cap for each contribution to his legal defense fund means de Blasio will struggle to pay off those $ 500 - an - hour lawyers hired to defend him against two criminal probes that had been looking into his sketchy fund - raising efforts.

The amicus brief cited examples from an array of groups increasingly using public records laws to gain access to emails beyond those of climate scientists, including animal rights groups that have long waged legal battles against researchers who use animals in their studies and opponents of genetically modified organisms seeking to expose the emails of scientists in efforts to demonstrate links to industry.

His correspondence from the period suggests that this marathon was in part an effort to escape the spurned woman's legal suit against him.

Her efforts to free herself from a preordained future set off a legal firestorm in this powerful drama inspired by a true story that pits the law against an entrenched cultural mindset.

If the offending creditor will not voluntarily stop their collection efforts against you, legal action against them must be considered.

The Society is constantly struggling against all existing low standards of care for dogs in breeding commerce by undertaking legal efforts and educating both sellers and customers of this market.

In September 2011, the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) filed a class action lawsuit against Barkworks, a southern California pet store chain, «claiming the stores repeatedly engage in fraud and false advertising in an effort to conceal from customers that they source their puppies from abusive «puppy mills» — large - scale commercial dog breeding facilities.

As their campaign against ExxonMobil stalls both in legal courts and the court of public opinion, green activists are attempting to restart the effort by promoting a study by two prominent professors.

On March 29, 2016, when 17 attorneys general — 15 Democratic state attorneys general, one Democrat from the District of Columbia, and one Independent from the Virgin Islands — announced a coordinated effort to initiate legal action against ExxonMobil and other groups opposing President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan, the AGs tried to hide evidence they were collaborating with radical groups opposed to fossil fuel use.

Certainly AGW promoters have wasted no effort in calling for legal actions against skeptics.

Legal action has been filed and is now underway in Canada that will greatly assist with the global effort to expose and halt the ongoing climate engineering assault against the planet and the entire web of life.

A team of 7 attorneys (5 from the US and 2 from Canada) are working together with geoengineeringwatch.org in the effort to put forward a legal filing against the ongoing covert climate engineering crimes.

«Discredited global warming scientist, Michael Mann, sees his last - ditch efforts to hide data fall apart as legal experts reveal a mountain of legal precedents against him.»

The movement to make ecocide a crime against peace under international law, led by UK - based lawyer Polly Higgins, as well as efforts to grant legal rights to Mother Earth, such as Bolivia has done, is exactly where we need to be going in terms of the highest level of environmental thinking: Recognizing that destroying whole swaths of the planet, with little to no concern for the effect on all the creatures that live upon it, is not just unethical, unacceptable behavior, but is also a crime, a crime against humanity, a crime against life itself.

What legal changes are needed to ensure that the United States» withdrawal does not undermine the global efforts to fight against climate change?

The lobbying efforts of groups such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) was a major factor in the changes in legal and societal treatment of drunk driving.

Ransomware is a choice weapon against legal firms, as attackers understand that firms are highly motivated to protect the confidentiality of their data as well as obligated by ABA Model Rules to make reasonable efforts to prevent disclosure or unauthorized access to client data.

Without proper legal counsel, you will have no line of defense against zealous efforts by the prosecution and law enforcement to put you behind bars - even for a first shoplifting offense.

The Federal Court of Appeal struck down U.S. Steel's efforts to overturn Canadian investment law — the second such court decision to go against the company — after almost two years of procedural and legal challenges by the Pittsburgh - based company.

It really came together to figure out how to support efforts that are already ongoing, including legal aid organizations who are helping immigrants, and also how to sort of push back in a constructive way against policies that we think are bad.

If these efforts do not produce a favorable resolution, we will then file and prosecute a legal malpractice lawsuit against the lawyer or lawyers whose negligence has caused you harm.

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We take winning seriously which is the reason why we are constantly making every effort to win even if we are faced against the very best legal representatives around.

Legal efforts to stop Ringling Bros. from alleged mistreatment of animals began in 2000 when a group of animal welfare organizations, along with a former circus employee, brought suit against the circus and its parent company, Feld Entertainment Inc..

As legal marketers, we rail against awards constantly and their feverish pull at attorneys» egos in an effort to sell plaques and print space.

The Avon Global Center for Women and Justice at Cornell Law School works with judges, legal professionals, governmental and non-governmental organizations to improve access to justice in an effort to eliminate violence against women and girls.

This reality, when combined with the fact that the Tribunal lacks the power to award payment of legal costs, has meant that applicants» victories may appear to be hollow when the time, effort, cost and risk of pursuing a human rights application is weighed against the resulting award of damages.

Building a culture of wellness and self - care throughout the legal profession is key to enhancing the public profile of the profession, to drawing and retaining new talent into the profession, thereby supporting access to justice efforts and to reducing risk of malpractice, competence and quality of service claims against lawyers.

We should put our collective effort into turning the tide which has been running against those who, without legal assistance, are unable to make a case for themselves.»

Moreover, doctrinal entrenchment is particularly problematic in the FISA courts, where secrecy and institutional context indicate that outside efforts at doctrinal reform are less likely to be effective than they are with courts that publish their opinions.35 Unlike published opinions, secret opinions can not provoke the public into lobbying for a legislative override36 or judicial overruling37 — two important paths of legal reform.38 Perhaps to hedge against the risks of limited external oversight, FISA limits FISC and Court of Review judges to non-renewable, seven - year terms, 39 a provision suggesting that Congress envisioned a FISA court whose membership would be responsive to shifting factual circumstances and policy priorities.40 Stare decisis, which requires judges to adhere to interpretations of law that they might otherwise reject as unjust or unpersuasive, constrains these judges» ability to adapt to such factual and policy shifts.

In an email to employees sent on Monday afternoon, Bezos said that Amazon would be putting its legal and lobbying efforts behind the fight against the ban.

While the KCS did not disclose whether it is taking any legal actions currently against these businesses, it said it will continue the effort in investigating on similar activities as well as illicit use of cryptocurrency in money laundering and smuggling illegal goods such as drugs.