Sentences with phrase «new legal definition»

How does the new legal definition of spousal relationship effect these domestic arrangements?

And the case left in its wake a new legal definition of what constitutes public corruption, based on the Supreme Court's ruling tossing the former governor's convictions.

A woman has been allowed to marry in a Church of Scientology by the supreme court, in a move which saw the judges offer a new legal definition of religion.

Titled after the local slang for the city's fabled 42nd Street, The Deuce explores the rough - and - tumble world of the sex trade from the moment when both a liberalizing cultural revolution in American sexuality and new legal definitions of obscenity created a billion - dollar industry that is now an elemental component of the American cultural landscape.

It's difficult to force Bitcoin into the current legal framework because, as Winkelspecht noted, certain aspects of the peer - to - peer digital cash system may require completely new legal definitions.

Not exact matches

While there are a number of expenditures that raise questions, several experts consulted by City & State made the point that the legal definition of what constitutes a legitimate use of campaign funds in New York State is extremely broad, and that even expenses that seemed like personal use on their face could actually be allowable based on the letter of the law.

«The new definition is needlessly complex and engages vague concepts that have no clinical or legal foundation.

• The simplification of the legal definition of the word «firearm», including setting a new threshold of a firearm's kinetic energy at 1 joule.

Former federal prosecutors blame juror skepticism and the new, more permissive legal definition of bribery for the stunning mistrials Thursday when two federal juries were declared hung in high - profile public...

A federal appeals court on Thursday overturned the 2015 corruption conviction of Sheldon Silver, once the powerful speaker of the New York State Assembly, saying the judge's jury instructions were in error in light of a United States Supreme Court decision that has since narrowed the legal definition of corruption.

«As governor of New York, it is my opinion that in 2015, it is clear that the fair, legal interpretation and definition of a person's sex includes gender identity and gender expression,» he said.

Educate them if they're new, actually ask them what their practices are (I find a lot of people automatically label people as a BYB just for having the gall to breed any dog at all, it doesn't matter what the persons standards were — BYB is just a negative slang term intended to attack / offend any given breeder — it actually doesn't mean anything in a legal sense, there is no legal definition of it because there is no way of defining it in a legal manner without also applying it to all breeders).

««Natural» has no actual legal definition, so manufacturers can call anything «all natural,»» said Nancy Chinchar, owner of Downtown Doghouse, which has two locations in New York.

The Bill also amends the definition of law firm to include any «joint arrangement or legal entity that provides legal services» and adds a new section that authorizes the regulation of law firms as entities and permits the benchers to make rules that ``... permit and regulate different types of arrangements to provide legal services, including arrangements between lawyers and between lawyers and non-lawyers, and that establish conditions and requirements for the arrangements.»

The new framework exempts legal software publishers and web - based legal document preparation companies like LegalZoom, from the definition of the practice of law, provided certain requirements are satisfied.

We are seeing new models of law firm, new channels for offering legal services, new forums for resolving disputes, new definitions of what it means to be a professional.

As these examples illustrate, the boundary between what can count as an amendment and what constitutes a new contract for regulatory or tax purposes has to be evaluated based upon the context of that particular regulatory or tax system and doesn't have a uniform legal definition.

For the first time in Canadian legal history, a definition for «terrorist activity,» together with several new terrorism - related offences, was written into our Criminal Code.

The new definition explicitly excludes the creation or distribution of legal forms software if the product clearly states that it does not substitute for the advice of an attorney.

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The new framework provides an exemption for legal software publishers and web - based legal document preparation companies like LegalZoom, from the definition of the practice of law, provided certain requirements are satisfied.

The emergence of new technologies such as the Internet has expanded the number of ways in which legal advice and information can be disseminated, which has increased the complexity of the task,» as noted in comments made by the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice, in response to the American Bar Association's proposed Model Definition of the Practice of Law.

Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in section 522.4 of this Part, an attorney registered as in - house counsel under this Part may provide pro bono legal services in this State in accordance with New York Rules of Professional Conduct (22 NYCRR 1200.0) rule 6.1 (b) and other comparable definitions of pro bono legal services in New York.

When patients make claims of negligence the process of discovering whether negligence occurred requires investigating medical records, interviewing the involved parties (through sworn depositions), finding experts, sorting out conflicts between the opinions of experts, reinvestigating the records and testimony as new insights are uncovered and then reaching some kind of consensus, if possible, about what actually occurred and whether those facts meet the definition of legal negligence.

«Computer - accessed communications» such as blogs should be included in New York's definition of legal advertising, and therefore require state scrutiny, according to a proposal from by a committee created by the state's Administrative Board of Courts.

It imposed new obligations on member states and introduced standard definitions that would apply across the EC to cover legal concepts such as «indirect discrimination» and «harassment».

But there was nothing inevitable about the rise of reasonableness: the Court developed a new definition of reasonableness when decomplexifying its approach to administrative law in response to criticism from the legal community.

As explained below in more detail: we make significant changes to the content of the required contractual satisfactory assurances; we include exceptions for arrangements that would otherwise meet the definition of business associate; we make special provisions for government agencies that by law can not enter into contracts with one another or that operate under other legal requirements incompatible with some aspects of the required contractual satisfactory assurances; we provide a new mechanism for covered entities to hire a third party to aggregate data.

We have created a new term, «hybrid entity», to describe the situation where a health plan, health care provider, or health care clearinghouse is part of a larger legal entity; under the definition, a «hybrid entity» is «a single legal entity that is a covered entity and whose covered functions are not its primary functions.»

Two new bills introduced to the Arizona legislature would create legal definitions for cryptocurrencies and blockchain if passed.

It goes on to say it was struck by «the remarkable lengths» to which Uber has gone to try to compel agreement with its own definition of its company and the legal relationships between the various parties involved — describing it as «resorting in its documentations to fictions, twisted language and even brand new terminology» to try to advance its arguments.

The New Zealand Department of Interior Affairs, which oversees its gambling licensing, told me that it «is of the view that loot boxes do not meet the legal definition of gambling.»