Sentences with phrase «legal observers»

Legal observers say they have never heard of a court holding a tutorial on climate change, and they are eager to see how the oil companies explain global warming.

Why not hold some holiday workshops about creating a legal defence or training legal observers?

Once a ruling is made, legal observers believe its impact would be significant as to how contract attorneys are paid and how legal work is defined.

The Occupy Toronto movement, in contrast, had far less contentious exchanges with the police, largely due to a strong contingent of legal observers of the eviction process.

While his resume doesn't include the kinds of prosecutorial or government experience many of the other names on the list carry, Wilson is regularly praised by legal observers as a smart and informed attorney with deep experience in relevant New York State case law.

With Attorney General Alberto Gonzales having announced that he will step down Sept. 17, many legal observers breathed an enormous sigh of relief.

CT reported on SGM's First Amendment defense in January, noting how legal observers question whether clergy - penitent privilege applies when a denomination is accused of covering up crimes.

Law students volunteer as legal observers for Occupy Toronto protesters who are camped out in St. James Park in Toronto.

While Mr. Cuomo has claimed he had a right to interfere with the commission because he created it, there are questions among legal observers about whether he broke the law by trying to pull back subpoenas issued from commissioners Attorney General Eric Schneideman deputized.

Legal observers describe it as an «aggressive» use of the federal honest - services law by Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara because it was not a classic cash - in - a-bag bribery scheme, and no government witness explicitly linked Silver's fees with any promised favors in return.

Washington — The health of Associate Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. could be the deciding factor in the resolution of several crucial church - state cases now pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, legal observers here say.

Coinciding lectures delivered at King's College, London, by the former lord chief justice, Lord Judge, and chairman of press regulator IPSO, Sir Alan Moses, gave legal observers a tricky choice this week.

When legal observers think of ineffective assistance of counsel, he says, they most often think of Strickland v. Washington, the 1984 case that established standards for when attorneys have been so ineffective that their client's Sixth Amendment right to counsel has been violated.

Various news organizations are providing streaming video and various legal observers will be providing live coverage via their blogs and Twitter.

GBC Legal often provide legal observers, produce their own «bust cards» for demos and provide legal support for those arrested.

Friday's decision, which legal observers are already calling «historic,» allows the appeal to proceed.

... [T] here are no obvious bilingual stars among women on the region's appeal courts (the most frequent source of Supreme Court judges) and in its law firms, more than a dozen legal observers in Atlantic Canada said in interviews.

But Mr. Camara's appointment could run afoul of the New York State Constitution, legal observers say.

Cuomo faces a difficult decision on whether to reappoint Graffeo, who is well regarded by legal observers and colleagues, but was first elevated to the state's highest court by Republican governor George Pataki.

In a surprise to many legal observers, the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review the constitutionality of the Milwaukee school voucher program.

A number of legal observers have questioned whether the legislation complies with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, given that it would require giving a bodily sample despite no sign of danger.

Legal observers question whether clergy - penitent privilege applies to denomination accused of covering up crimes.

When news of the IRS probe first emerged, some legal observers predicted the agency's demands for all of Coinbase's customer records was just a negotiating tactic, and that it would ultimately ask for only a portion of them.

The high court found police officers acted unlawfully when they filmed, photographed and took the details of a legal observer during a «kettle» at a trade union demonstration in 2011.

Some legal observers have said it may be as much as double, meaning that just in hearing time alone he could bill approx.

But Mr. Bharara, who once warned other state lawmakers to «stay tuned» to more investigations, has been criticized by some legal observers and even judges for his frequent public commentaries.

The U.S. Supreme Court's split decisions on June 27 in a pair of cases concerning displays of the Ten Commandments on government property did not fundamentally alter the legal landscape for public schools, but neither did they leave it untouched, legal observers say.

According to legal observers, the case, Brewer v. Austin Independent School District, clarifies the due - process rights of students charged with major infractions of school policy.

The decision marks the first time a school district has been found negligent in a case involving a student's suicide, and legal observers say the decision could precipitate an avalanche of liability claims against school systems.

According to legal observers, the outcome of the case, Lawrence County v. Lead - Deadwood School District No. 40 - 1 (Case No. 83 - 240), could affect school finances in many Western states, where millions of acres of land are owned by the federal government and thus are not subject to property taxes, a major source of school revenue.

A recent request by the Lummi Nation to halt a federal permit review of the Gateway Pacific Terminal in Bellingham, Washington, sets an important legal marker in the debate over coal exports, according to legal observers and analysts.

But, counters one legal observer, «The SFO needs to be tasked with fairly fearlessly investigating issues, and not be susceptible to political pressure.»

So Jordan was, in principle, a necessary jolt to the system, legal observers say.

It does that, in part, through cameo appearances by legal «luminaries» and legal observers, among them actor and comedian Eddie Griffin, attorney Robert Shapiro, CNN's Nancy Grace, Court TV's Catherine Crier, novelist Scott Turow, Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, Clinton adviser Vernon Jordan, Texas trial lawyers Joe Jamail and Mark Lanier, Comedy Central's Michael Ian Black and ABC's John Stossel.

When Nazir Karigar is sentenced the first week of April for conspiring to bribe a foreign public official, contrary to the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act, it is likely the court will be looking to send a strong message, say legal observers.

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Legal observers say it could be one of the most important Supreme Court rulings for defence lawyers in recent memory.

But legal observers say the most important part of the case happened at the Supreme Court.

And so, legal observers are left to watch as the trial continues.

Despite the growing popularity of mental health courts and similar courts, such as drug courts, some legal observers say the jury is still out when it comes to their effectiveness.

Legal observers say that that Mr Justice Eady believes he is simply applying the Act and weighing the rights to privacy against freedom of expression.

Update: The transcript of Monday's court is now available; legal observers have suggested that the Justices» line questioning mean they are inclined to invalidate Alice's patent, but not eliminate software patents altogether.

after arresting dozens of people — media, legal observers, and protesters alike.

There are legal observers and a drum line, but no hint of reconciliation in the air.

Legal observers say that this year's Green Party decision offers mall owners guidance on how New Jersey courts will judge questions related to this issue in the future.