Sentences with phrase «not legal defense funds»

«It's important that campaign contributions be used for campaigning, not legal defense funds,» said Blair Horner, NYPIRG's executive director.

Not exact matches

• Speaking of Time's Up... Attorney Tina Tchen, who Bloomberg describes as «arguably the most well - connected person working in women's rights today, thanks to her six years as an assistant to President Barack Obama and as first lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff,» talks about why it was so important that Time's Up include a legal defense fund: «The fastest way to make sure that someone isn't getting bullied by a lawyer for someone rich and powerful is to make sure that person has a lawyer, too.»

The company claims it was not, however, people protested Uber by deleting their accounts and its app, despite the creation of a legal defense fund for affected drivers that would also pay them even if they're unable to work.

Uber wouldn't provide comment beyond Kalanick's statement that announced the company's plan to compensate drivers affected by the immigration ban and create a $ 3 million legal defense fund for drivers.

The Independent Democratic Conference recognized the true urgency for funding immigrant legal defense services and delivered to ensure that families aren't torn apart.

He needs to answer a lot of questions, so don't spend that $ 20 so fst, Schumer may need it for a «Legal Defense fund», after he spends all his campaign money trying to get re-elected JUST LIKE ALAN HEVESI DID IN 2006

The governor announced he's putting together a public - private legal defense fund to help immigrants who can't afford their own defense if they are targeted by the federal government.

Under state law, politicians are not prohibited from using their campaign funds for legal defense.

Fahy has a couple more days to find out whether her version of the bill funding legal defense services is a winner or not.

«We will be putting together a public - private legal defense fund to provide immigrants who can't afford their own defense,» Cuomo said.

(In a sign of just how tough it is to prove bribery charges, in September, a federal judge threw out four bribery charges, saying Melgen's contributions to Menendez's legal defense fund didn't contain any explicit agreement of quid pro quo.)

A Cuomo campaign source later explained why the money was being put in a separate account and not returned to the donors: «It's not our intention to fund anyone's legal defense.»

When a reporter asked him whether he would support legal defense funding for a convicted murderer, he said it's «something that's up for negotiation or discussion» but that he «personally» doesn't think so.

Buried in the document were two payments from Glenwood totaling $ 200,000 that went not to a campaign fund, but to former Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno's legal defense fund ahead of his 2009 trial.

That anonymity was touted by Bruno's supporters in a 2009 letter soliciting contributions for the nonprofit Joseph L. Bruno Legal Defense Fund: «All contributions will be kept private and are not reported publicly,» it read in part.

Skelos has not yet used his campaign committee for legal defense, establishing a «family defense fund instead.

Those who are part of the Skelos Family Legal Defense Fund will not let that happen to Dean and Adam Skelos.

«I'm not part of the establishment,» said Gagarin, who now works in media relations for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

Murray said he did not know what would happen to the campaign funds, but said leftover money in the legal defense fund would, per its bylaws, be distributed to several charitable organizations.

It was not clear who requested the conflicts board to render an opinion on the legal defense fund, though a source told the Daily News the query came from an unnamed elected official.

The cash was funneled through a legal defense fund that is not registered with the State Board of Elections or the city Campaign Finance Board and was established by Kevin Finnegan, the current political director for 1199 SEIU, where Palma once worked as an organizer.

The use of legal defense funds on the city level isn't unprecedented.

Lambda Legal had been hopeful the court would not agree to hear the cases, while the Alliance Defense Fund expressed confidence that the cases would be overturned.

The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund found several instances of voters being denied a written ballot when their information did not appear to be in the system.

Azzopardi said the governor does not know how Percoco is paying his lawyers and that Cuomo has not personally contributed to any kind of Percoco legal defense fund - if one exists.

«Whether this sort of harassment should be countenanced is not about any particular political or special - interest groups; instead, it is a fundamental question about whether anyone can use (or, rather, misuse) public record laws to stifle science,» the legal defense fund said in the amicus brief.

... Unfortunately if their institution doesn't support them, it's potentially very expensive» in legal costs, says Lauren Kurtz, executive director of the Climate Science Legal Defense legal costs, says Lauren Kurtz, executive director of the Climate Science Legal Defense Legal Defense Fund.

The Mexican - American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, a Latino advocacy group, had sued on behalf of Lucresia Mayorga Santamaria, saying that two of the Dallas mother's children were discriminated against because they were assigned to English - as - a-second-language classes at Preston Hollow Elementary School based on their ethnicity, not their language...

State District Judge Sarah Singleton consolidated two lawsuits filed by the Mexican - American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty that allege that New Mexico does not provide sufficient funding or enrichment opportunities to all students.

Horne v. Flores AFC, along with the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, filed a «friend of the court» brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Horne v. Flores urging that the requirements in the Equal Education Opportunity Act (EEOA) continue to protect students who do not speak English and are not diminished by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).

2) While you're at it, don't forget to support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, which helps protect retailers who are brave enough to carry work that some in their communities might consider offensive.

«Animals can't vote but that doesn't mean they shouldn't have a voice in the political process,» says the Animal Legal Defense Fund.

As Stephen Wells, executive director of the Animal Legal Defense Fund, tells TulsaPets Magazine, «Animals don't vote, but those who advocate for them do.

That's why the Animal Legal Defense Fund is celebrating some of our nation's most important animal advocates during National Justice for Animals Week — the prosecutors and other law enforcement professionals who have let it be known that animal abuse will not be tolerated in their communities.

«After dragging its feet for over a decade and wasting taxpayer dollars on an incomplete shelter, Barbour County's mere claim that it will open an animal shelter is not enough,» says Animal Legal Defense Fund Executive Director Stephen Wells.

The Animal Legal Defense Fund does not have an investigative unit, so it is imperative that you urge law enforcement and all other relevant oversight and / or regulatory agencies to fully investigate the facility in question.

Illinois is now the most humane state in the U.S., according to the Animal Legal Defense Fund, an organization that fights to protect animals through the legal system, but she says the state wasn't so pet - friendly when she first kicked off her lobbying effLegal Defense Fund, an organization that fights to protect animals through the legal system, but she says the state wasn't so pet - friendly when she first kicked off her lobbying efflegal system, but she says the state wasn't so pet - friendly when she first kicked off her lobbying efforts.

If your state doesn't have an organization working locally, you can get involved with organizations like the Animal Legal Defense Fund that work on a national level.

«The Climate Science Legal Defense Fund was established to make sure that these legal claims are not viewed as an action against one scientist or institution but as actions against the scientific endeavor as a whole.&rLegal Defense Fund was established to make sure that these legal claims are not viewed as an action against one scientist or institution but as actions against the scientific endeavor as a whole.&rlegal claims are not viewed as an action against one scientist or institution but as actions against the scientific endeavor as a whole.»

The «faithful» have legal defense fund meetings at many of the conferences because scientific dirty tricks are not going to be tolerated.

That's the main reason I didn't set up a formal «legal defense fund» or «legal defence fund» (as we'll come to in a moment).

Why oh why, moan readers, don't I just set up a legal defense fund or some such?

February 6, 2017 — «The Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice is seeking $ 1.5 million in one - time funding to support legal defense for Utahns who can't afford it.

We don't talk a lot about what the Animal Legal Defense Fund does, but if you kind of know and if you're sympathetic to the mission and you're interested, if you want to attend the Animal Law Conference in October, you can tweet @animallawcon with the #lawyeristpodcast, and you'll get a chance to win one of two free tickets.

These figures do not include a 490,000 CHF ($ 502,976) legal defense fund Ethereum said it is keeping on hold for possible legal defense.