Sentences with phrase «more legal standing»

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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.

If the union between man and woman has strayed further and further from legal forms, and if homosexual unions are perceived more and more as enjoying the same standing as marriage, then we are truly facing a dissolution of the image of humankind bearing consequences that can only be extremely grave.

The more of YOU that you put into your writing — the more keenly the reader can feel YOU in your recipes — the harder is for blaggers (LOVE that term) to have a legal leg to stand on.

Mr. Silver stands accused of two schemes in which Mr. Bharara alleges he used his position as Assembly speaker to rake in more than $ 6 million, which he presented as legitimately earned income for representing or referring clients in real estate or asbestos legal dealings.

Would you say the current debate is centered more on the fact that many see it as an American «principle» regardless of legal standing?

Ironically, Williams and Fainaru - Wada personally felt legal heat for refusing to reveal their sources to federal authorities: «We stood to serve more time behind bars [both faced 18 - month sentences] than any of the steroid dealers convicted in the BALCO conspiracy and any of the athletes we reported on, including [longtime San Francisco Giants slugger] Barry Bonds.»

Thus, the maximum remote handled capacity, based on the long - standing configuration of one canister in each hole in the room walls and up to 730 canisters per panel, is 3,545 cubic meters, which is half of the legal limit and more than 2,000 canisters less than the amount of remote handled waste in the current WIPP inventory.

«I feel like just a number and another file in the drawer,» she says of the legal system, «but taking a stand is more important to me.»

Susan Wloszczyna: Few films are more of the moment than From Nowhere, as it encapsulates the rising fears of undocumented U.S. residents in the form of three very different Bronx high schoolers as uncertain legal circumstances stand in the way of their achieving their hopes for a better future.

But one person has been working to block the approval of those terms on the grounds that the publishers will not try to stand up for themselves (the publishers maintain there was no effort to bilk the public out of hundreds of millions of dollars, they quickly settled out of court to avoid what would end up costing them more in legal fees), meaning presumably someone must step in.

According to a Fox Business article published just more than a year ago, «While holding others accountable for inaccurate and costly credit hits is a relatively recent legal phenomenon, courts are beginning to recognize that a good credit standing is a valuable asset, and someone who devalues that asset should be made to pay.»

If your account is in good standing, defined as: A) Your Checking Account has been open for at least 30 days; B) Making regular deposits sufficient to cover transactions; C) Bringing the account to a positive balance at least once every thirty days or less; D) There are no legal orders outstanding on your account; and E) You do not have any loans with us that are more than 30 days past due, we may, at our sole discretion, pay overdrafts up to the limits mentioned above, including our normal Non-Sufficient Funds or Courtesy Pay charge (s).

For example, funds must avoid certain concentrated positions (e.g. not holding more than 5 % of a company's securities) that would jeopardize their legal standing as diversified management companies and their corporate tax exemptions at the fund management company level.

The Guatemalan Claim, at this writing, stands in the way of our legal independence and complicates our politics, but we Belizeans have never been more prosperous, better educated or more conscious of our National identity, our rights and our duties.

We talked about the show she put together last summer called «Cosmic Joke» at Safe Gallery, channeling Julian Schnabel, contexts for stand - up comedy, why legal weed is strangling Denver's artist community, balancing real life and studio residencies, early Saturday Night Live, why performance art could stand to be a little more entertaining, going off - script, quitting vices, and tons of other stuff.

Successful legal project managers will stand out in their practice as the people who get things done, who have satisfied clients, who build high - functioning teams, who drive profitability or accomplish more than expected with a shrinking budget.

Unfortunately, this sort of incident has been happening more and more, in retaliation of immigrant workers trying to stand up for their legal rights.

FindLaw's local experts stand ready to help the legal professionals in the Tucson area attract more and higher quality customers through attorney web marketing.

For many years, the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Professionalism has sought to improve the legal profession by promoting greater competence, civility, and a higher level of ethical conduct — a mission that aligns with work of the Illinois... Read More

When researching legal firms as a student, Stephenson Harwood stood out to me because it offered a lot more than the average mid-size firm in the city.

As more law firms incorporate digital into their marketing efforts, and as the legal industry increases its spending on TV and digital marketing, you'll need better content on both fronts to stand out.

Whether designing your website, helping you achieve 1st page ranking on Google or generating more calls from your legal vanity number and television commercial, our objective is to work with you to create a marketing message that helps your law firm stand out among the competition in a creative and professional manner so you get the cases you deserve.

The deal represents the first time non-lawyers will stand to profit from a law firm as shareholders and is more than double the size of that proposed by Perth firm Integrated Legal Holdings last year, which is still pending regulatory approval.

That's an exaggeration, of course, but whether you feel you can stand to hear one more thing about EDD, it seems likely it will continue to dominate, simply because of the critical issues facing law firms and in - house legal departments.

Which level of intervention from Member States is required so that one can speak of «implementing measures» as a result of which it is no longer possible for natural or legal persons to use the more relaxed standing requirements for regulatory acts on the basis of the third limb of Article 263 (4) TFEU?

You'd be hard pressed, though, to prove that with a few twists here and there a list wasn't arrived at independently — and, more to the point, perhaps, these are such broad terms and so basic to legal work and promulgation no one should be able to stand in the way of their free use.

This would not be a return to common law marriages, but for marriage to have no legal standing at all, and for «husband» and «wife» to have no more legal relevance than «boyfriend» or «girlfriend».

From a legal stand point freedom of speech — or more accurately freedom of expression — absolutely does «include offensive and hate speech».

It is, however, no more than another footnote in what is a philosophical, moral and legal debate of many years standing, in this jurisdiction and others.

Casey Flaherty's most recent 3 Geeks and a Law Blog posts (On Law Firm Marketing Bullshit and More Legal Marketing Bullshit and this week's Law Firm BS — Tier 3), were an apt instigator for me to continue the dialog about this topic of the evolution of LPM, its current standing and law firm and in - house counsel expectations.

Dennemeyer Group stands out as the leading global full service provider in intellectual property legal services since more than 55 years.

With legal action no longer restricted to workers in trades where asbestos was widespread, such as shipbuilding and engineering; teachers, office workers, lab technicians, carpenters, electricians as well as many more may be able to make a stand.

At 959 pages and the most recent treatise on the topic, it stands to be an important addition to the Canadian legal literature... [more]

The Daily Leader comes down on the side of the supporters, asking: «What can it hurt to have a more open selection process and a little sun shining on those who stand to gain from the legal activities?»

When we point out that the burden really lies upon those who would toss aside centuries of history on short - term, flimsy evidence, who ignore the actual evidence of heavy consolidations with more to follow, who would saddle us with a change that would be irreversible regardless of how much harm it later engendered, who would risk so much of what the legal profession has stood for, who refuse to work anywhere near as hard on real solutions to real problems as they do on this pig - in - a-poke, then we are met with silence or insults.

Some members of the profession are standing their ground; some are streamlining their activities, finding internal efficiencies to meet what expert Richard Susskind calls the more - for-less challenge; and still others are seeking ways to turn the profession on its head, looking for disruptive answers that will please both clients and legal professionals.

As a legal organization with standing in the institutional and expert hearings in the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, West Coast LEAF wrote to the Inquiry's Chief Commissioner Marion Buller to express concern about Read More

If the decision stands — I expect the plaintiffs will try to get leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada given the amount involved: more than $ 1.7 million plus interest plus legal fees — it's proof that the courts aren't the answer to all problems.

Read more about West Coast LEAF's long - standing work on access to justice and the right to legal aid here.

As long as the legal profession (whatever ownership structures are permitted) is regulated, as long as the consumer is protected, as long as the same professional standards apply — as they do in Australia and the UK — then what are the real objections that should be allowed to stand in the way of making the legal system more accessible?

Whether you need a free initial consultation to find out where you stand or are ready to commit to securing legal counsel, our Austin criminal defense attorneys can help you more when we know your situation.

For example, procedural questions may turn on unfamiliar sources of enacted law — such as court local rules or judges» administrative or standing orders — that may be more conveniently found on a given court's official website than on Lexis or Westlaw, if they are available on subscription databases at all.60 And for practicing attorneys, jurisdiction - specific forms and the previous work of other attorneys who have done similar things can be valuable resources.61 So legal blogs, firm white papers, and actual filings available through PACER or Bloomberg Law can be valuable tools — at least as a jumping - off point.

An organizing principle therefore is not a free - standing rule, but rather a standard that underpins and is manifested in more specific legal doctrines and may be given different weight in different situations.

An additional seven responses that did not expressly mention alternative structures but did address issues related directly to them: Richard Zorza, ABA Commission on Homelessness and Poverty, ABA Law Student Division, ABA Standing Committee on Technology and Information Systems, Avvo, George Chandler, Nina Cornett (issues such as access to justice, limited licensure systems, more effective collaboration between lawyers and the technology industry, pro se representation, self - regulation of the legal profession).

Firms are expending more energy than ever on legal marketing and advertising, and it's all just to stand out from the crowd.

«In the increasingly crowded field of legal directories, Best Lawyers stands alone: our more than 70 international country lists are purely peer - reviewed.

Standing in the Judge's Shoes: Exploring Techniques to Help Legal Writers More Fully Address the Needs of Their Audience, 50 University of San Francisco Law Review Forum 479 (2016).

had there been a defence lawyer rules say they cant hide case law they know about -LCB- they would discover more if defending -RCB- in hope that we don't discover it = unethical.type in» stare decisis and techniques of legal reasoning» Which also says it is unethical and intellectually dishonest for a judge to ignore case law that stands in the way of his decision = the defence wont give case law and the judge wont do defence lawyer research - so case law / evidence will not be heard and will not be there for a SRL to use / defend our case.

However with so many savvy legal practices continuing to communicate through the clearly recession - proof airwaves, how does your firm stand out, get ahead and ultimately acquire more cases in such a cluttered space?

In today's legal market, more than ever, it is crucial for lawyers to understand the keys to stand out among competitors.