And in doing so, it violates one of the most important international
legal standards dealing with the protection of the rights of Indigenous peoples.
Not exact matches
Even by the
standards of the commodity business (and the commodity trading business in particular) Glencore is known for its appetite for political and
legal risk, and its willingness to
deal with sketchy counterparties.
Moreover, several
legal and pay experts wonder at what seems to be a different
standard in how Apple is
dealing with its most valuable employee when other CEOs are being pushed out for similar or less obvious involvement in backdating.
There is absolutely nothing progressive about a trade
deal that gives special powers and privileges to foreign private investors, that undermines democratic and
legal institutions, and that does nothing to meaningfully protect our health, our jobs, our labour
standards, or our environment.
The
standard explanations in the
legal community emphasize the fierce competition for business among law firms that began when clients started to shop around for the best
deal, rather than maintaining their traditional ties with a single firm.
To
deal with a problem as minor as teenagers inhaling laughing gas, the government is overturning centuries of British
legal standards.
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Federal courts have played a key role in the development of special education policy by interpreting what Congress wrote in IDEA three decades ago, and the Supreme Court is reviewing what the law means by a «free appropriate public education» as it considers Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, which
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I recently was asked several questions by someone who contacted me after reading my blog articles about
dealing with student loan debt and who is considering filing a personal bankruptcy followed by an Adversary Proceeding (or as we also call it, a complaint) to prove the
legal standard of Undue Hardship under Bankruptcy Code 11 USC § 523 (a)(8).
One day after the Canadian Judicial Council issued its recommendation to not remove Justice Michel Girouard from the bench — despite a suspicious video of an alleged drug
deal — a
legal academic is pointing to a glaring lack of independence for judicial misconduct and a possible double
standard.
Many planning authorities are looking to introduce
standard form templates for
legal agreements, but often it is lack of resource which is the issue, with agreements being
dealt with on a «first come first served» basis.
The firm's managing partner, Lotfi El Ajeri, who
deals with litigation, arbitration and mediation, said that his firm «is convinced that the intensification of the trend towards increased globalisation will create a need for high - quality
legal services and it is essential to provide these locally, across the African continent and globally, applying the same international
standards».
It is easier in practice and for
legal purposes to prove who one is
dealing with (i.e. to authenticate) than it is to prove that one has complied with the technological
standards required to qualify as an advanced electronic signature.
From that point, the committee dug in for a great
deal of research: looking at accreditation
standards in other fields of professional education, studying the work of regional and national accreditation commissions outside
legal education, and reviewing submissions by groups such as the Society for the Advancement of Law Teaching.
[s] ome of the topics for discussion include an analysis of the UGC [user - generated content] exception under Canadian copyright law, the interaction of the UGC exception with fair
dealing, specific
legal aspects of fan fiction and appropriation art, and whether the UGC exception is in conformity with international treaty
standards.
I can't decide whether I am more excited that the Supreme Court issued a decision
dealing with two
legal issues of great interest to me — administrative law
standard of review and statutory incursions into solicitor - client privilege — or irritated that the Court's handling of both issues is so annoying.
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While the
legal community is all a» buzz over the possibilities offered by Cloud Computing, there are really little in the way of
standards, much less comprehensive
legal ethics opinions, that
deal with the parameters of lawyers» and law offices» use of the cloud within the scope of
legal practice.
When day - to - day
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In New Jersey, the
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dealing with the insured.
He advised putting agreements in writing, but added that «
legal documents have to be drafted, because there are no
standard forms that
deal with this stuff.»