Sentences with phrase «legal petition filed»

Legal petition filed by Center of Biological, Environmental Defense Center, Friends of the Earth, and Pacific Environment to limit speed limits of vessels transiting National Marine Sanctuaries in California.

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The IRS contracts are especially intriguing given the agency's ongoing legal battle with Coinbase, wherein the Department of Justice filed a court petition, later granted, «seeking authorization to serve an IRS «John Doe» summons to obtain a wide range of records related to the accounts of millions of Coinbase's customers.»

Kali Digital Ecosystems, the company behind upcoming cryptocurrency exchange CoinRecoil had filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court, calling this move by the government as «unconstitutional», as it violates various articles and acts in the Indian legal system.

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and leading Supreme Court advocate Paul Clement — the same legal team that won Hobby Lobby — filed the petition on behalf of the Little Sisters as well as the Christian Brothers Employee Benefit Trust, Christian Brothers Services, Reaching Souls International, Truett - McConnell College, and GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.

The police source narrated that they (police) acted on a petition filed by the three activists, including Dzifa Gunu, Stephen Atuk and Fred Adomako Williams and copied to the Inspector General of Police, Attorney General's Department, the General Legal Council and seven other organizations to investigate the matter.

The plaintiff is seeking: A declaration that upon a true and proper interpretation of the provisions of the 1992 Constitution, particularly Articles 88 (5), 218 (a) and (e), 284 and 287 thereof, the 1st defendant can not act as the legal representative for Honourable Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta, the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Ghana, in a pending investigation bordering on conflict of interest and abuse of office before the 2nd Defendant; A further declaration that the purported response filed by the 1st Defendant on behalf of the said Honorable Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta in respect of the petition concerning conflict of interest and abuse of office before the 2nd Defendant is unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect whatsoever;

It goes on to say that should he not do so, the board will retain outside legal counsel to file a 306 petition with New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia to pursue his removal.

Subsequently, Ragussa, the rightful chair, filed an order to show cause which is legal speak for a petition to invalidate Ognibene's certification.

The deadline to file an appeal and continue our legal fight is March 20th so time is of the essence: sign our petition and share it with your neighbors!

The program so far has provided provides children and their custodians or extended family members with with more than 100 «know your rights» orientations where they are prepared for legal proceedings in both Spanish and English, and as of June of this year, the program has filed 159 petitions in court, and had 40 family court petitions granted.

A number of tech companies, including Kickstarter, have also entered the legal fray, joining the Coalition for Internet Openness to file a petition against the FCC's decision.

James — along with The Post, the Legal Aid Society and the New York Civil Liberties Union — also filed a petition in Dec. 2014 seeking to have the Staten Island District Attorney unseal the grand jury minutes in the Eric Garner verdict.

The Taylor Street residents have hired legal counsel, and are attempting to block the project by filing a protest petition with the town board.

In 2014, the Center for Biological Diversity in Tucson, Arizona, filed a legal petition asking the US Fish and Wildlife Service to expand its grizzly recovery efforts into new territory in several western states, including California.

Last week, the Foundation on Economic Trends, which is headed by the long - time critic of genetic engineering Jeremy Rifkin, filed a legal petition with the US Department of Commerce, which oversees the patent office, to block further animal patents.

A legal petition was filed on Aug. 26 with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that seeks Endangered Species Act protection for monarch butterflies.

The Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Food Safety, the Xerces Society and monarch scientist Dr. Lincoln Brower of Sweet Briar College filed a legal petition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeking Endangered Species Act protection for monarch butterflies in late August.

The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, reflecting rising concerns that stricter college - admission requirements will limit minority students» access to higher education, this month filed a petition on behalf of 14 Hispanic groups denouncing the use of minimum cutoff scores and the «overemphasis» placed on test scores in the admissions process.

You can hire an attorney who can help you prepare and file your petition, represent you in court and give you legal advice on your case.

However, once you have completed your forms you still have to bring the legal petition physically to the bankruptcy court in your local area because you can't do this step online no matter how many websites advertise filing bankruptcy online.

An individual who files a voluntary chapter 7 bankruptcy petition must, first of all, either have a «domicile» (that is, a place of official or legal residence) in the U.S., have a place of business in the U.S. or own property in the U.S.

Once the Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition is filed, most legal actions are «stayed», and most creditors can not start or continue lawsuits, garnish wages, or even make telephone calls demanding payment.

Joint bankruptcies are less expensive than filing separate petitions, and, in some cases, may have legal advantages.

Your lawyer will teach and guide you through finishing each round of the bankruptcy process — filing your petition, completing required courses, creditors meeting and final court date — and be your legal voice when creditors and court officials come knocking.

By providing us with basic information about your assets and debts, our legal team will help you decide if Chapter 13 is the right debt solution for you and get started right away on filing your petition to help you become debt - free fast!

Once the Chapter 13 plan petition is filed, most legal actions are «stayed», and most creditors can not start or continue lawsuits, garnishee wages, or even make telephone calls demanding payment.

Once your petition has been filed all credit and debt collection activity must stop and you may begin to notify your creditors and any parties taking legal action against you regarding your finances or debts that you have filed for bankruptcy protection.

Alley Cat Allies, a Washington group, and several state residents filed a legal petition to challenge the policy, saying the commission used sloppy research, failed to allow sufficient time for public comment and did not consider more - humane alternatives.

Days before these groups filed their petition, the Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) filed a nearly identical request with EPA.

In February, three weeks after Exxon filed its legal action in Texas, the Competitive Enterprise Institute filed a petition with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission urging the SEC to investigate the cities and counties suing Exxon for bond fraud.

Meanwhile, Samantara filed a petition with the Supreme Court's panel governing mining activities, becoming the first citizen to use the legal system in an attempt to halt the Vedanta mine.

Samantara filed a petition with India's Supreme Court, becoming the first citizen to use the legal system in an attempt to halt the Vedanta mine.

It has filed a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to rule on EPA's legal authority.

The group has filed a legal petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, demanding that the US limits its emission of greenhouse gases.

In January, ExxonMobil filed a legal petition seeking to depose more than a dozen city and county...

WASHINGTON — As the Obama administration prepares to sign the Paris climate agreement, 350 environmental, social - justice, health and faith organizations filed a legal petition today urging President Barack Obama to declare a national climate emergency and end all U.S. crude oil exports.

Filing a bankruptcy petition automatically suspends all existing legal actions and is often used to forestall foreclosure or imposition of judgment.

However, a court may reduce (modify) to include any of the requirements relating to probation and community control, a legal sentence imposed by it within 60 days of its imposition; after the receipt by the court of a mandate issued by the appellate court upon affirmance of the judgment and / or sentence upon an original appeal; after receipt by the court of a certified copy of an order of the appellate court dismissing an original appeal from the judgment and / or sentence; or if further appellate review is sought in a higher court or in successively higher courts, after the highest state or federal court to which a timely appeal has been taken under authority of law, or when a petition for certiorari has been timely filed under authority of law, has written an order of affirmance or an order dismissing the appeal and / or denying certiorari.

I wish to hire your legal service to help me file a petition against my ex-husband for failure to make court ordered payment for Child Support, Alimony and Medical Support.

Tony Mauro of Legal Times reports that the Supreme Court justices have invited the view of the solicitor general on a petition for cert filed in Cable News Network Inc. v. CSC Holdings, which concerns the issue of whether, under the Copyright Act of 1976, Cablevision's on - demand service infringes the petitioners» exclusive copyrights by copying, storing and transmitting its programs without an additional license.

When the company is filing thousands of petitions for the same exact position, it is fairly easy to copy and paste from the first, well - drafted petition to the others without actually having to understand the underlying legal requirements.

In order for a parent to get a legal name change for a child in the state of California, the parents need to file a Petition for Name Change with the Superior Court of the county in which the child lives.

The law in Arizona requires a married person to either file a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage, a Petition for Legal Separation, or a Petition to Establish Child Custody orders.

Legal representation provided by our attorneys includes matters ranging from preparing pre-marital and marital agreements, filing petitions for court appointment as conservators and guardians for incapacitated adults, and developing strategies to facilitate eligibility for Medicaid benefits for payment of long - term health care costs.

With legal assistance on your side, you can rest as the initial petitions are filed and any needed responses are made.

I have recently filed a petition for judicial review of the conduct of one of Canada's law societies and I plan on presenting an argument about a pervasive and inherent bias that afflicts the entire legal profession.

Some legal options are, however, particularly bad, such as putting the children into indefinite juvenile detention for contempt of court, leading a lawyer to file a habeas petition on their behalf:

In 2013, attorney Michael Wiseman and lawyers from the Pennsylvania Innocence Project filed a post-conviction petition for a new trial, claiming Donte had inadequate legal defense in his first trial.

Therefore, the homologation process in Ecuador implies that the party that seeks the enforcement of a foreign award shall file a petition with the Provincial Court8, which will assess whether the award complies with the following requirements: (i) The international award complies with the formalities required for it to be considered authentic in the state where it was issued; (ii) The award is final and binding in the jurisdiction where it was delivered and the attachments are duly legalized; (iii) With regard to the requirement prescribed in the Convention, if the award is in a language other than the official language of the country, in this case Spanish, it shall incorporate a translation; (iv) It is shown from the legal papers of the arbitration proceedings that the party against whom the awards is being enforced was duly notified of the claim and that there was no due process violation; (v) The petition must specify the domicile of the party against whom the award is being enforced.

We also filed Petition 15 - 06, which the Wisconsin Supreme Court granted, amending the rule governing state class actions and directing 50 % of unclaimed class action settlement funds to the Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation to support civil legal aid.