Sentences with phrase «legal victory for»

In this vein, the recent Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) decision in Gitxaala Nation v Canada was heralded as a major legal victory for Indigenous peoples opposing the opposing the Enbridge pipelines and tankers... [more]

Yet another milestone in the Mann saga was reached recently, with another legal victory for the climate scientist.

A legal victory for Nvidia could provide a big financial boost for the company, since its litigation involves hundreds of millions of Samsung devices, and could help Nvidia assert its place in the mobile world.

«The signing of this bill into law is not only a huge moral and legal victory for Hoosick Falls and Petersburgh residents, but an important step in holding polluters accountable,» said Liz Moran of the Environmental Advocates of New York.

There was a major legal victory for the Manchester homeless camp today in its long running battle with the city council.

«This is a definite legal victory for the church,» stated China Aid.

Friday's ruling was the latest legal victory for the former trader, Jérôme Kerviel, who won a wrongful dismissal suit in June.

Still, experts said a big legal victory for the Philippines could serve as a bargaining chip against Beijing in any future disputes.

Lawler & Associates has a strong history of obtaining legal victories for major carriers and their insureds throughout South Texas.

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The verdict was the first legal victory of the #MeToo movement, considered by many to be a watershed moment for survivors of sexual assault, and the woman responsible was 35 - year - old prosecutor Kristen Gibbons Feden.

After the sweeping Republican election victory on Nov. 9, 2016, transgender people «are concerned for their safety, survival and legal rights in the coming years,» said Chase Strangio, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union who often works on transgender issues.

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The legalization of marijuana across much of the U.S. — spurred by election - night victories on Tuesday — is creating a huge new market for legal weed.

Although the judge's decision did not deal with whether or not the sexual abuse actually happened, this latest turn of events is something of a victory for SGM, whose legal strategy has been to first argue that the First Amendment gives pastors the right to discourage victims of abuse from reporting the crimes against them to police and second to argue that the case should be thrown out on technicalities, such as the statute of limitations.

Bowman was recently charged with tax evasion, but he fought the case, and earlier this month, he won a major legal victory, and the charges were dropped — for now.

It was hard to get the legal victory, and once that was secured, it's been difficult to get the consent decree enforced to the point of Carlson filing her recent complaint with the Office for Civil Rights.

As a Home Office minister calls for medicinal cannabis use to be made legal, we give the inside story on a campaign that may be on the verge of victory

These are major victories for Senate Democratic Leader Charles SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerSchumer: GOP efforts to identify FBI informant «close to crossing a legal line» Patients deserve the «right to try» How the embassy move widens the partisan divide over Israel MORE (N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), who threatened to block the bill over what they considered «poison pill» riders.

Raising the age of criminal responsibility and $ 10 million for immigrant legal services were those victories.

NEW YORK — State Sen. Eric Schneiderman declared victory against Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan Tuesday night in a hard - fought race for the state's top legal office.

The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the third version of President Donald Trump's travel ban to go into effect while legal challenges against it continue — a victory for the administration after its mixed success before the court over the summer, when justices considered and eventually dismissed disputes over the second version.

Clive Stafford Smith, director of legal charity Reprieve, said: «Far from being a victory for Mr Mohamed in his long - running struggle for justice, this is more of the same farce that is Guantanamo.

A Staten Island Supreme Court judge ruled New York City officials can legally destroy underlying documents associated with applications for municipal ID cards, handing Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration a legal victory in a closely - watched case that could affect more than a million people who currently carry IDNYC cards.

While it doesn't look like comprehensive mandate relief is in the cards this year, local municipalities notched a big victory with the passage of a bill that will entirely shift payment for indigent legal services from the counties to the state by 2022.

Whatever you think about the value of CMRR, the FACTS remain the same: It violated its legal agreements for 25 years and Len Bernardo supported it because he thought there was enough support to translate into a compelling victory for his wife running for County Executive.

The ruling came three days after Mr. de Blasio, in his State of the City speech, predicted a court victory on the issue, and criticized what he called the «landlord lobby» for being behind the legal action and a separate court challenge to a rent freeze approved by the Rent Guidelines Board.

The complex jurisdictional legal battle ended yesterday when lawyers for the Justice Secretary Chris Grayling successfully appealed an earlier victory in the UK courts by the Barclays.

Robert McCrum: Constance Briscoe's legal victory over her mother last week was a small triumph for sanity

«Chairman Cox generously contributed $ 2,400 to the Altschuler Recount 2010 account and this money is going towards hiring the legal team of professionals needed to preserve this victory for Randy Altschuler,» said Rob Ryan, Altschuler's spokesman.

«As we celebrate our tremendous victory in securing equal rights to marriage for all, we are mindful that much more remains to be done to secure the rights of LGBT people interacting with police,» said Demoya Gordon of Lambda Legal, a legal organization that promotes gay riLegal, a legal organization that promotes gay rilegal organization that promotes gay rights.

ALBANY — A Capital Region food truck as notable for its controversial name as for its fusion barbecue fare scored a significant victory at the end of a years - long legal battle with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration, which had banned the Wandering Dago from serving its offerings on the Empire State Plaza.

«This is a victory for thousands of Minnesotans whose rejected absentee ballots will now be properly reviewed in this election,» Ben Ginsberg, a legal spokesman for the Coleman campaign said in a statement released Tuesday.

For individual researchers, the legal victory can have a clear downside.

But rather than highlight her legal victories and battle against injustice, it would be an injustice to you my darlings if I didn't prepare a defense for a tailored wool coat this winter (love this one from All Saints).

In a big victory for gay rights, the U.S. Supreme Court last week struck down a Colorado constitutional amendment that invalidated state and local legal protections for homosexuals.

The California decision is only the latest in a string of legal and political victories for home schoolers, who have parlayed Internet connections into a political potency that charter and voucher proponents have never matched.

Two weeks ago, TCSA Legal shared the exciting news of a major victory for Texas charter schools.

[/ quote] Despite historic and far - reaching legal victories that proclaimed «language minority students may not be denied access to educational opportunities based on language or national origin,» language of instruction continues to be a significant educational roadblock for ELL and immigrant students (Loes & Saavedra 2010, 4 - 5).

The California Teachers Association apparently thinks it scored a major legal victory last week when a federal judge in Santa Ana dismissed a lawsuit challenging the public teachers union's collection of fees from nonmember teachers for both collective bargaining purposes and political activity.

A legal victory has ignited a backlash against Gilbert Public Schools... John Wright, president of the state's largest teachers» union, said the lawsuit and now the ruling «have disastrous implications» for teachers in Career Ladder districts, including Gilbert's neighbors, Mesa Public Schools and Chandler Unified School District.

Also, an alert for fraudulent copyright notices, an explanation of carrier setting updates and a legal victory against Microsoft for their Windows Update shenanigans.

If the analysis of the supporters of SB 865 were correct, there would have been no legal basis for any of the breed - specific law victories in appellate courts; not one would have survived constitutional scrutiny.

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Indigenous rights in Brazil got a boost after a court victory in a dispute with farmers in Roraima and a legal opinion finding that the Surui tribe owns the carbon rights to the land they inhabit, perhaps leading the way for future indigenous - run forest carbon projects.

Another notable victory by the United States was to include language making clear that no system of assisting the poorest states with the unavoidable impacts from global warming — storm, flood, drought and pestilence — would constitute a legal liability claim for compensation from the rich countries.

The clarity provided by this corrupt deal allows us to focus on what matters: using the March as a strategic retreat to develop our political, legal and organizing strategy to achieve victory — not just for Diablo Canyon, but all nuclear plants threatened by anti-nuclear organizations, corrupt unions, craven policymakers and short - term corporate executives.

Lekalakala and McDaid won a landmark legal victory protecting South Africa from the drastic development of nuclear infrastructure that would have had devastating environmental, health, and financial impacts for many generations to come.

While the broad trend in Brazil was bad news for its forests, there were moments of elation for environmentalists, including the creation of the 12,000 - square - kilometer (4,630 - square - mile) Turubaxi - Téa Indigenous Territory in Amazonas state; some of Temer's most environmentally damaging proposals failed to advance; infrastructure expansion in Brazil and neighboring countries got bogged down by corruption scandals and basic economics; indigenous communities won a series of legal victories and settlements against the state, and the headline deforestation rate in the Brazilian Amazon fell 16 percent versus last year.

After Republican nominee Donald Trump's shock victory, law firm leaders are grappling to work out what it will mean for business and for the legal profession.

Some people have claimed that this was a «victory» for technology — the legal system was not needed to restore order.