Sentences with phrase «legal experts said»

Legal experts said mothers had been held accountable for abuse by others, under various theories and often with more evidence, in hundreds of similar cases around the nation.

Culpable homicide — South Africa's equivalent to manslaughter — carries up to 15 years in prison but, given Pistorius's lack of previous convictions, he could avoid a custodial sentence altogether, legal experts said.

While it is common for federal agencies to farm out environmental impact studies, legal experts said they were surprised the State Department was not more circumspect about the potential for real and perceived conflicts of interest on such a large and controversial project.

The ruling last month was the first by a state high court to allow a school condom - distribution plan to proceed without requiring parental consent, legal experts said.

Legal experts said a merger could only occur with some form of public vote, however, and county legislative leaders have said they won't allow one, at least not this year.

A day after former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's conviction, legal experts said Tuesday appeals are likely to focus in part on the government's aggressive use of «honest services fraud» charges in public corruption cases — the same issue ex-Senate leader Joe Bruno used to erase his corruption conviction.

Other legal experts said federal charges based on the administration's interference were unlikely.

Other legal experts said it's unclear whether Bharara is searching for some sort of smoking gun — a direct kickback or an explicit threat or promise — or simply trying to make a case that what he calls the «show me the money» culture of Albany can prompt an indictment.

Legal experts said if the story is true, than Weiner could be exposed to a slew of state and federal charges — including one that carries a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison.

With the unsealing of a 12 - count indictment against Manafort and Gates and a guilty plea from Papadopolous, Mueller signaled his Russia probe has taken him far beyond the campaign, former prosecutors and legal experts said.

Legal experts said a Supreme Court ruling that helped reverse the conviction of Sheldon Silver, the former Assembly speaker, could offer a road map to public officials inclined toward corruption.

Almost everything about Michael Flynn's guilty plea to perjury and his cooperation agreement with the special counsel investigation into Russian election interference suggests that it is part of a much bigger picture, legal experts said on Friday.

But some legal experts said he could face culpability if it could be proved he gave direction to someone involved in the case on how to avoid some aspects of reporting campaign expenditures.

Legal experts said Howe's arrest and the testimony that led to it would sap his value as a credible narrator of the alleged bribe scheme and leave prosecutors with an uphill slog to make their case.

De Blasio's pledge to settle the wrongful conviction lawsuit brought by five men known as the «Central Park Five» against the city could cost tens of millions of dollars, according to recent cases with similar circumstances, even as legal experts said it is a case the city could possibly win.

Legal experts said the impact of the McDonnell decision would make it harder for the feds to convict Silver a second time, because revised jury instructions could exclude some of the most damning evidence from consideration.

Legal experts said the government can win a retrial, but its task will be more difficult.

A bill passed by Florida lawmakers empowering some personnel in public schools to carry firearms to guard against attacks like last month's massacre near Miami could expose these employees to potentially costly civil lawsuits, legal experts said.

I remember there was a big debate later on, and the legal experts said a release clause wasn't legally binding, although it still seems a bit of a grey area, but in any case we certainly didn't help ourselves.

The reporter says that while «legal experts said the First Amendment grants Supreme Court justices, just like any other U.S. citizen, the right to speak their mind,» other experts insist that «Scalia's comments were difficult to reconcile with his judicial obligation to regard citizens of all religious persuasions — whether believer or unbeliever, Christian or non-Christian — as equals under the law.»

Several legal experts said that it was particularly unusual for a plaintiff using a lawyer being paid on a contingency basis not only to turn down settlement offers (several sizable settlements were proffered by Gawker) but also to pursue a strategy that prevented an insurance company from being able to contribute to a settlement.

Because both the lawyer and the client insisted that Trump had no idea that Cohen had made the payment, they can not assert that those activities were protected by attorney - client privilege, legal experts said.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- When two former interns at the New Yorker and W Magazine sued parent company Conde Nast Publications on Thursday, legal experts said it could be the first in a wave of lawsuits challenging companies who pay little or nothing for student labor.

But other legal experts said that the mere fact of Mr. Thiel's involvement did not change the case.

The lawsuits likely won't be decided for more than a year, and broadband providers will likely be able to operate in a net - neutrality free world until then, legal experts said.

But such state - level actions aren't a great way to offer net - neutrality protections, legal experts said.

Legal experts said Berkshire Hathaway's mortgage companies were carrying out the very practices outlawed by the Fair Housing Act, a 50 - year - old law that banned racial discrimination in lending, by locating their branches in white neighborhoods, employing mortgage consultants who - from their websites - appear to be overwhelmingly white and lending mostly to white borrowers.

Traditionally, judges have been extremely cautious about stepping on the executive branch's authority in such matters, legal experts said.

With these efforts evolving, legal experts say it is unclear how much liability the tech platforms could have.

The following guide will outline what you must include by law, clauses that legal experts say every employee handbook should include, and then other optional provisions you may want to include in an employee handbook to make it work for you and your employees.

There are at least a dozen statutes, similar to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which govern how companies gather, share, or sell consumer information, legal experts say.

More specifically, legal experts say individuals may be entitled to damages ranging from $ 100 to $ 1,000 per violation.

Legal experts say rewriting the order is likely a much better option for the Trump administration than sticking with the «extreme vetting» order in its current form, which would likely result in more litigation.

They will, however, have to submit to an informal audit and produce documentation that describes investor and financial risks, legal experts say.

Legal experts say a defense attorney's task to convince a jury that a client is legally insane is even more difficult in cases like that of Routh, who confessed to killing the men, apologized to the family and fled from police.

Should the decision end in a draw, the ACA could mean different things in different states, depending on federal court of appeals rulings, legal experts say.

Legal experts say Trump could invoke a doctrine called executive privilege to try to stop Comey from testifying.

Legal experts say the Labor Department likely will have to undertake a formal rulemaking process in order to delay the rule's implementation — a process that can not happen overnight, and that may be further delayed by the lack of a permanent Labor Secretary.

Whether that's true or not, if Google fired him for saying so, legal experts say the company could be on the wrong side of California law.

Murray himself is likely to wind up in court, legal experts say, for violating state laws regarding electioneering in the work place.

Companies may also encourage registration for a particular party, distribute voter registration information advocating for or against specific candidates, prepare and distribute voter guides that advocate for a particular candidate, and finance voter mobilization, such as voter identification activities, some legal experts say.

Legal experts say Berkshire Hathaway's mortgage companies are carrying out the very practices outlawed by the Fair Housing Act.

Japanese legal experts say it would be difficult to prosecute Mt. Gox because its business falls outside the boundaries of existing regulations.

Placing the Trump Organization into a blind trust is functionally, and perhaps legally, impractical, legal experts say.

The investigation into Cohen is tied to that payment, with legal experts saying he may have violated campaign finance law.

Shkreli has yet to be sentenced and could serve up to 20 years in prison, although legal experts say he will likely face much less time.

He could have used the automark or even signed just a single sheet of paper, legal experts say.

But legal experts say that confidence is baseless.

Legal experts say the governor is unlikely to win this legal battle, which would put the state on the hook for both back pay and interest.

A growing number of legal experts say the president has opened himself up to a charge of obstruction of justice this week when he said «this Russia thing with Trump» was on his mind when he fired Comey.