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«We know that people who choose beer when they become of legal drinking age are two times more likely to continue drinking beer throughout their lifetime, and as an organization, we have an opportunity to regain ground with this group,» said David Kroll, MillerCoors» chief marketing officer, in a statement.

While Citizens United seems to allow more unrestrained political speech — and some legal experts warn such activities may wind up in court because a precedent has yet to be set — that doesn't mean your organization should go ahead and do it.

Through her family's trust, she has contributed more than $ 1.3 million to the organization's efforts to defeat California's recreational marijuana proposal, given at least $ 30,000 to the campaign against Nevada's proposed legal weed law, and donated another $ 25,000 to defeat the pro-pot effort in Massachusetts, according to an analysis of state campaign finance filings by VICE News.

Only the church organizations and legal aid groups were interested more generally in achieving a free marketplace of ideas.

CMR is an organization that offers legal and tax advice to more than seventy - five thousand Protestant congregations and one thousand denominational agencies nationwide.

More over, any religious organization who's pastors collect millions of dollars buying personal jets and running mega churches for profit without paying one dime in taxes do not have the right to dictate any political, legal, or even moral opinion in this country.

A 25 - page report issued Friday by the Justice Department follows up on President Donald Trump's repeated pledge to offer more legal protections for people — and organizations — of faith.

As April is Child Abuse Prevention month, California non-profit organization Advokids, which provides the only free telephone hotline to offer legal information for foster children in the state, is running a campaign to prevent child abuse reports from being ignored... Read More

You would see clearly that the committee comprises people who have rich knowledge and experience in party organization and more importantly, on legal matters since these considerations are very critical to their work.

More than two dozen contracts will be awarded to community - based organizations and legal providers to serve as ActionNYC's implementing partners.

«We've had clients in Russia who've been beaten by police, but more often it's vigilante groups and thugs engaging in social cleansing and unfortunately the police don't do anything to offer protection,» said Aaron Morris, senior staff attorney for Immigration Equality, a national organization that advocates for LGBT equality under US immigration law and offers legal counsel to those seeking asylum.

The partnership is supported by more than $ 10 million in funding to offer legal assistance and representation to immigrants in New York, regardless of their status, through a statewide network of attorneys and advocacy organizations.

This year — which follows a two - decade stretch that has seen dozens of elected officials leave office due to ethical or legal scandal — there appears to be a marked shift and legislative leaders are finding themselves at odds with government reform organizations who view the convention more favorably, even those who sat out the vote in 1997.

At 11 a.m., supporters of a «Campaign 4 NY / NY Housing» coalition of more than 130 community, disabilities, family, homeless, housing, legal, mental health, minority, social services and youth organizations call for city and state officials to expand supportive housing for residents with disabilities and other special needs; steps, City Hall, Manhattan.

And the governor donated the more than $ 110,000 he received in campaign contributions from disgraced Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein to Women's Justice NOW, NOW - NYC's charitable partner organization that supports public education and outreach efforts and offers legal advocacy and referrals for women.

«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.

The city of Syracuse is among more than 30 cities, municipalities and organizations across the United States that are on a legal brief known as amicus brief in a lawsuit filed by Chicago against Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

More than 3,500 environmental organizations now have legal status in China.

Within days the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), a national organization with more than 14,000 member families in California, had collected over 250,000 signatures calling on the California Supreme Court to «depublish» the appellate court's ruling, which would strip it of precedential value.

This multifunctional tool can help keep your entire organization in sync, make processes and people more productive, deliver more engaging and effective customer experiences, assist in achieving legal and regulatory compliance and balance IT and business needs.

«If fewer federal dollars were streaming into law schools» coffers and more were directed to fund legal services organizations, the legal profession — and the American legal system as a whole — would be better for it,» the board wrote: http://nyti.ms/1S4wuCU.

Since then, more districts have joined in two other suits - the latest coming earlier this month led by one of the nation's most forceful civil rights organizations, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund.

At a meeting for education organizations that was webcast last week, David Sapp, deputy policy director and assistant legal counsel for the State Board of Education, acknowledged that federal reviewers» questions and doubts had led staff to provide «more context» to the state's «minimalist» approach to writing the plan.

(A) The term «person» means one or more individuals partnerships, associations, labor organizations, corporations, business trusts, legal representatives, or any organized groups of persons.

Check out these organizations for online resources, career and legal aid, conferences, writing groups, and more.

It covers more legal concerns of a rescue organization.

Answers and solutions are found as the film shines a spotlight on extraordinary efforts made by compassionate individuals and organizations throughout the country who are working hard to advocate for the increased legal protection of animals, to spread awareness of the critical need for spay and neuter, to make sterilization programs more available and affordable, to place all homeless animals with loving families, and more.

The framework of assessment they have described to us includes important concerns such as opportunity costs, supporting the animal advocacy movement, and alignment with Open Cages» overall strategy.132 Their assessment process also involves asking important questions related to measuring success and failure, such as how they plan to evaluate the program, how long they plan to pilot it, and whether they already have data indicating that they should rethink their strategy.133 Metrics that they use to help evaluate specific programs include the number of restaurants that agree to provide vegan meals in response to their restaurant outreach, as well as the amount and overall sentiment of right - wing press discussion of their legal initiatives.134, 135 These metrics provide useful information, but we think an organization prioritizing among many different interventions could benefit from the use of metrics that are more directly related to their ultimate goals, rough estimates though they may be.

To empower organization's, movements and individuals with more legal information and resources.

It has included more than 55 members of all ages, backgrounds, and identifications, been through legal turmoil and internal strife, and gained two sister organizations peopled by former members: Guerrilla Girls BroadBand and Guerrilla Girls on Tour!

These legal actions include subpoenas for documents, communications and research that would capture the work of more than 100 academic institutions, scientists and nonprofit organizations.

And, one more thing: let's not forget that Matt Pawa, at his former law office's online page collection, had a particular article about Western Fuels suing a number of environmental organizations including Ozone Action, where it quoted David Hunter's desire to one day make a legal argument about the fossil fuel industry running a misinformation campaign.

As you've undoubtedly seen, many in our legal information and research fields are also seeking support, and those of us who are able may wish to consider support to one or more of these organizations also.

«person» = any natural person, corporation, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business or trust, one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, societies, trusts, organizations, or corporations, any individual, corporation, business or land trust, estate, trust, partnership, association; two or more persons having a joint or common interest, state agency, or any legal entity; a natural person, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision or agency, or any other legal or commercial entity.

Law societies across Canada are considering a shift from a regulatory system that focuses on individual lawyers to one that looks at the collective lawyers work in, whether that's a law firm, an in - house legal department, or a legal aid organization Unlike the current regulatory model, which takes reactionary steps whenever lawyers engage in wrongdoing, regulators are considering a more proactive model that should help prevent transgressions in the first place.

The study found that more than half of in - house counsel reported their companies were increasing spending on cybersecurity, based on input from more than 1,000 in - house counsel at 887 organizations in 30 countries, including 77 per cent who hold the positions of GC or chief legal officer.

Those organizations are both dedicated to using open source tools to make legal and government data more accessible and more easily manipulated.

Corporate legal departments also generally offer greater benefits and perks than law firm respondents, although that may be a reflection more of the size of an organization than of anything else as smaller law firms don't tend to offer many perks or extensive benefits.

It offers international organizations, development agencies, technical legal assistance providers and local reformers a reliable means to target judicial reform programs and monitor progress toward establishing more accountable, effective and independent judiciaries.

Innovatio Awards celebrate in - house counsel, both individuals and teams, who have found ways to show leadership by becoming more efficient, innovative and creative in meeting the needs of their organizations within the Canadian legal markets

Third, and bringing together normative and pragmatic angles, not only has the Canadian legal profession in general, and many of the provincial self - regulatory organizations more particularly, opened up a policy - making space for considering how to reformulate the future of legal services to improve access to justice, but also, the provincial self - regulators all have an implicit and, sometimes, as in the case of Ontario, an explicit duty to facilitate access to justice in their regulatory activities.

As a relatively small legal publisher, we continually struggle to compete for exposure against more established organizations on the web.

We worked with Catherine to optimize content organization and give more prominence to the site's centerpiece, the Step - by - Step Legal Research Process flowchart.

More than ever, corporate legal departments are being asked to act as strategic business partners in their organizations.

«The Legal Reform Awards honor individuals and organizations whose outstanding work has contributed to making the U.S. civil justice system simpler, fairer, and more efficient for all,» said ILR President Lisa A. Rickard.

The legal landscape has changed and it's more critical now to understand the new dynamics of social media, entrepreneurship, organization and legal innovation.

General Counsels (GCs) at European firms are adapting their roles and becoming more strategic post financial crisis, with the largest organizations readily embracing legal technology solutions to achieve their strategic goals.

As legal departments face mounting pressures to reduce their legal spend, manage costs and demonstrate value to the organization, enterprise legal management (ELM) systems are more and more in the fore as a key player to address those challenges.

Wolters Kluwer's ELM Solutions, the global market leader in transformational, technology - based solutions for legal management, today launches LegalVIEW ® BillAnalyzer to help corporate legal departments and insurance claims organizations of all sizes more efficiently manage their incoming legal invoices and improve cost management.

The «how - to» materials will assist legal writers in improving their organization and legal analysis skills.14 The more theoretical works can be helpful in judicial process courses and seminars for law students and judges.15 Writings that explain the workings of chambers provide the context in which opinions are written and are useful for current externs, future and new clerks, and new judges.16