Sentences with phrase «long legal case»

Much much better business to get on with doing three good projects in a year with congenial clients and a culture of success than struggle with one awful government one for three years and an inevitable years long legal case at the end.

The long legal case that followed saw him convicted and fined.

Not exact matches

The state government will introduce legislation into parliament tomorrow designed to finalise the long - running Bell Group legal case, in which the Insurance Commission of WA and other creditors are fighting over a $ 1.7 billion payout.

Signs of Flynn cooperating with Mueller's team surfaced in the past week, as his lawyers told the legal team they could no longer discuss information about the case with them.

It all suggests that the dramatic day and a half of legal proceedings are but a prelude to even more courtroom theatrics and combat in what has become a sordid, long - standing matter (for the full saga, read the Disturbing Decline of Sumner Redstone) that reflects poorly on countless participants, not least the boards of CBS and Viacom, which took no action to remove Redstone as their executive chairman until Herzer's case forced their hand.

The case is the latest twist in a long - running legal fight over whether Google's email scanning practices amount to illegal wiretaps and a violation of California privacy laws.

However, the case hinges on issues the ride - hail company — which is no stranger to legal battles — has long fought across the globe: Background checks and being treated like other for - hire companies.

Facebook's attempt to block a series of legal questions relating to a long - running EU privacy case from being referred to...

Late at night, after a long day in court, Miruna, my legal assistant, peeked into my doorway: «A big man in the waiting room says he wants to discuss a case.»

That tactic was designed by the legal system not for accused but for lawyers... the longer the case the greater the reward.

«In this case,» says Steinfels, «the news media tended to bestow credibility heavily on a rather narrow set of experts» lawyers, therapists, and leaders of victims» groups, who had long been locked in legal battles with the bishops.»

I am also pro-contraceptive and I only support legal abortions in the cases of inc est, ra pe, or if the woman's life or long - term health is in danger.

Based on this trailer, Long Shot will look at the case, the absurdity of what was needed to get him acquitted, and the process that the legal team used to eventually achieve their goal.

Landmark inquest verdicts On April 26, 2016, the longest - running inquest in UK legal history concluded in Warrington with determinations of unlawful killing in the case of each and every one of the 96 victims of Hillsborough - a landmark day in the long battle for justice.

April 26 — The 96 Liverpool fans who died in Britain's worst ever sporting disaster were unlawfully killed, the longest inquest case in British legal history dramatically concluded today.

As an astute lawyer of your calibre and with your long association with the British legal system, I am very sure you know of the latter enactment, by declaring the court of High Commission, which James 11, had endeavoured to reestablish under the name of the commissioners for Ecclesiastical Caucus, to be illegal, put an end for ever to the attempts of the crown to set up courts where men might be tried in an uncertain and arbitrary manner, and which had proved such a fertile source of tyranny in the case of the then star chamber.

The government's own estimates suggest that there are almost 2,500 cases each year involving children as claimants in their own right who no longer get legal aid for their immigration cases.

The British Humanist Association (BHA), which has been involved in a long - running legal case at the European Commission level on the matter, has welcomed the EHRC's findings.

Both Republicans have stressed they favor a pathway to citizenship for those undocumented individuals who have resided in the country for a long period and have committed no other crime, and framed their legal case around the issue of national security.

The government's case will focus on how prosecutors say Mr. Silver, who is no longer speaker but is still in the Assembly, carried out two secret schemes through which he collected nearly $ 4 million in illicit payments through two law firms, while maintaining the income came from legitimate legal work.

In an upcoming case about Wisconsin's voting districts, the Supreme Court will tackle legal questions that have long gone unanswered.

A long - simmering murder case in Potsdam connected to the strangulation of a 12 - year - old boy is shaping up as an important legal test of a cutting - edge method of teasing DNA evidence out of microscopic amounts of biological matter.

Speaking after the burial of the lead Counsel on the long - running hijab case in Lagos State, MSSN Amir (President), Dr. Saheed Ashafa, described the late legal luminary as a promoter of justice and morality.

«Prophet Jones Erue wishes to first and foremost thank God for the outcome of this long - drawn case which for years now had cast a blight on the legal standing of the State Executive Committee.

In skipping up and down through the court system, the legal case has stretched almost as long as DEMS and has turned multiple times on bureaucratic minutiae.

In the first case, users would need to install a special version of the operating system, but in the second case, as soon as you change the code, you are no longer on firm legal ground, and will also lose the application data as well as the automatic update function.»

It argued that after it had obtained a license to send the manuscript to Science in 2012, Erasmus MC no longer had a legal interest in pursuing the case.

The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

The Kansas City, Missouri, case, known through its long legal history as Jenkins v. State of Missouri, was perhaps the most notorious of the tortured efforts to overcome state - sanctioned segregation.

NCLB is in many respects the latest in a long line of efforts in the policy and legal arenas to promote equity and opportunity in the public schools, including desegregation cases, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the original ESEA, and school finance and adequacy cases in the states.

But was it the legal intervention that drove local behavior, or the pervasive spread of expectations and more - demanding norms, seeping out to states that lagged behind (in this case, urban states where demand for young workers had long suppressed school enrollment)?

This practice has long been considered legal under both case law and more than 25 years of guidance and rulings from the federal Office for Civil Rights.

Responding to a hypothetical question posed by Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Julius L. Chambers of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund conceded that if his argument won the day, orders in such cases could conceivably remain in force for 100 years or more if the effects of segregation persisted that long.

In some cases, you might be able to deduct legal bills as long as you paid for services that net you taxable income.

Therefore being a homeowner reduces the risk involved in the transaction for the lender because there is a property of significant value which can be sold to repay the debt in case of default even if they have to wait for a long legal process.

If they are otherwise spotless, I would have no concern as long as it was made perfectly clear that this situation was not to happen again... I suppose there is also the option to draw up an extension to the contract to cover the one month, which could cover this case perfectly and save future legal concerns.

In the best - case scenario, undercover investigations can lead to immediate changes through corporate or legal policy change and consumers reducing their consumption of animal products, as well as contribute to long - term outcomes by growing the animal advocacy movement and increasing public concern for farm animal issues.

To read about options for prosecutors seeking to gain legal custody of abused animals in states without pre-conviction forfeiture provisions, see «Solutions to Long - Term Cases in States Without Pre-conviction Forfeiture Provision».

It's been a long time coming, but one of the most high - profile court cases in the history of the videogame industry finally has a specific date with the legal system.

Seven - figure settlement finalised in Ross Bleckner painting case A resolution has been reached in the long - fought legal dispute between actor Alec Baldwin and New York art dealer Mary Boone over a $ 190,000 painting by Ross Bleckner, which Baldwin claimed he was tricked into buying.

As Cohen reminds us, the case of Altmann, who succeeded in winning restitution of the painting from the Austrian government after a long legal battle, is exceptional.

The administration is likely to be sued when rolling back regulation, but the default is for the new deregulatory language to take effect while the legal case to retain regulation works its way through a years - long process.

Some legal scholars consider the climate kids» case to be a long shot.

Corporate and factory vessels can exchange quotas and in some cases carry forward quotas as long as their legal staff and lobbyists are on top of their game.

In these cases, environmental activists sue the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), arguing that the agency is taking too long to issue a particular regulation or that the agency isn't meeting a specific legal requirement.

Marcus Gee of The Globe recently describes the magistrate system in England, where non-lawyers conduct case management of long dockets to help provide triage in the legal system.

Even so, you may find in many cases that cloud - based legal apps will save you money in the long run compared to traditional desktop and server - based legal software.

Although the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) long ago characterised the deliberate refusal of a Member State to implement EU law as a «failure in the duty of solidarity» that «strikes at the fundamental basis» of the EU legal order (Case 39/72, para. 25), it has not been clear whether the principle of solidarity among Member States can be enforced in European courts.

As the longest jury case in British history, the Hillsborough Inquest lasted over two years, and broke new ground in terms of co-operation between legal teams.

While the factual circumstances may no longer prevail and indeed because of other safety nets put in place since then it is unlikely to be repeated, there were other legal and regulatory issues in the case that await final resolution.