Not exact matches
Utility Dive spoke with
legal experts and market analysts to sort out the possible outcomes, implications, and why the
significance of the
case may extend far beyond demand response.
It is truer today than ever before: we live in a global economy, so whether or not a young lawyer intends to practice international law, there is a strong likelihood that, throughout the course
of her career, she will face matters
of international
significance or, at minimum,
cases that require some knowledge
of the international
legal landscape.
The
significance of the offer by Maritime Law Book
of free access to its collection
of over 215,000
cases under the name «Raw Judgments» has not yet been given the attention it deserves in the world
of Canadian
legal information as a portent
of things to come.
Harvard's vice dean for library and information resources, Jonathan Zittrain, summed up the
significance better than I could when he said: «Libraries were founded as an engine for the democratization
of knowledge, and the digitization
of Harvard Law School's collection
of U.S.
case law is a tremendous step forward in making
legal information open and easily accessible to the public.»
In his view, the
case law
of CJEU does not merely include in these concepts the material acts, but also their
legal significance (§ 54), thus incorporating in the definition
of «same acts», for example, also the intention (§ 56 - 57).
Consequently, the
cases cracking the top ten lists might be considered as representing a mix
of public interest and
legal significance.
In
cases of temporary conditions, such as a liquid spill, the extent
of time that the condition existed before the incident actually occurred has
legal significance.
Jurisdiction over Family Affairs
Cases The Family Court has a very broad jurisdiction encompassing all disputes and conflicts within the family as well as all related domestic affairs which are
of legal significance.
According to the business publication, «Power Lawyers» are the best - in - class
legal professionals who are leading the charge on current or recent
cases of significance, shaping regional issues or growing their firm «s
legal business...
Though it ultimately held that it was not actually making new law, it clearly understood the
significance of this
case and the ripples that would run through the
legal community.
This
case provides a good example
of how a conversation in a park can lead to consequences
of considerable
legal and financial
significance.
Throughout his
legal and judicial career, Rothstein has authored more than 100 judgments and arbitral decisions on domestic and cross-border
cases of commercial
significance and complexity.
Even though the Court has yet to fill out its docket, she says, just the
cases it has so far agreed to hear offer «plenty
of potential drama and
legal significance.»
In the first
of the two, we discussed the
case and its broader
significance for
legal blogging with three guests: Kevin O'Keefe, CEO and publisher
of LexBlog; Eric E. Johnson, professor at the University
of North Dakota School
of Law and author
of Blog Law Blog; and Peter Vieth,
legal editor for Virginia Lawyers Weekly.
Instead, based on the pleadings, it objectively gave the background
of a court
case, quoted a novel
legal argument raised in one
of the parties» pleadings, and explained the
legal significance to all Ohio lawyers if the court accepts that argument.
While the outcome
of the
case is not too surprising (despite the fact that the obligations on readmission
of migrants was considered to fall within the field
of development cooperation), its
significance lies with how the Court determines the choice
of the correct
legal basis.
This is the
case in particular because the Commission's publication
of the reference to an HTS in the Official Journal, according to the Court, carries
legal significance.
Although all the above
legal issues are intriguing, I find the following
legal issues in this
case to be
of greatest
significance:
We have seen the Court
of Appeal's rejection
of the appeal in the
case of British Airways and the employee wanting to wear a cross necklace in defiance
of the company's dress code (Eweida v BA plc [2010] EWCA Civ 80, [2010] All ER (D) 144 (Feb)-RRB- and also that court's decision in the Buckland
case which was widely reported in the press in terms
of «Professor wins
case about dumbing down university degrees» but which was
of much greater
legal significance for ridding the law on constructive dismissal
of the heresy that the range
of reasonable responses test applies to such dismissals, under which the ex-employee could only succeed in showing constructive dismissal if he could prove that the employer's behaviour was so bad that no reasonable employer could possibly have behaved in that way, ie that the employer had not just behaved as too much
of an Alan (B'Stard) but as a grade one Olympic standard Alan (Buckland v Bournemouth University [2010] EWCA Civ 121, [2010] All ER (D) 299 (Feb)-RRB-.
If you see law reports as something more, a collection
of cases carefully selected by someone who can appreciate their
significance to
legal practice, with all
of the accompanying value added content, then the answer is no.
The Yearbook contains articles
of lasting
significance in the field
of international
legal studies, a notes and comments section, a digest
of international economic law, a section on current Canadian practice in international law, a digest
of important Canadian
cases in the fields
of public international law, private international law, and conflict
of laws, a list
of recent treaties, and book reviews.
While some lawyers don't understand the
significance of this
legal principle, it is important to the investigation
of many
cases.
A mediation is often a better option for some couples than taking the
case to court, as a mediation will allow the consideration
of factors that do not have
legal significance.
Johnson: NAR's
Legal Action Program assists members involved in litigation that presents legal issues of significance to the association, the real estate industry, or property rights generally by providing financial assistance and, sometimes, amicus curiae briefs in those c
Legal Action Program assists members involved in litigation that presents
legal issues of significance to the association, the real estate industry, or property rights generally by providing financial assistance and, sometimes, amicus curiae briefs in those c
legal issues
of significance to the association, the real estate industry, or property rights generally by providing financial assistance and, sometimes, amicus curiae briefs in those
cases.