Sentences with phrase «of civil law suit»

This type of civil law suit became more prominent due to movies such as the Julia Robert's film Erin Brockovich.

While the goals of LA&W are similar to those of legal writing classes taught at many schools — to teach students to understand, analyze, and apply legal authority and to communicate the results of that analysis in writing — the course also contains some components that are influenced by its Legal Methods roots, as well as some that may or may not be taught in a first - semester civil procedure class: a focus on judicial methods, an introduction to legal institutions and processes, and instruction on the anatomy of a civil law suit, the timeline of a civil case, and the link between procedural and substantive law.30 The full set of course goals was outlined in the 2000 Report and has remained unchanged:

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This is why, in the face of the growing phenomenon of re-composed families, the mechanism was made more flexible in 2002 (Law no. 2002 - 305 of March 4, 2002, relative to parental authority) and now offers family law judges the possibility of organizing the sharing of parental authority as best suits the educational needs of the child and in accordance with parental wishes (article 377 - 1 Civil CodLaw no. 2002 - 305 of March 4, 2002, relative to parental authority) and now offers family law judges the possibility of organizing the sharing of parental authority as best suits the educational needs of the child and in accordance with parental wishes (article 377 - 1 Civil Codlaw judges the possibility of organizing the sharing of parental authority as best suits the educational needs of the child and in accordance with parental wishes (article 377 - 1 Civil Code).

According to Devine's civil suit, park district officials routinely violated laws that normally govern and shape public bodies, ranging from the open meeting acts to provisions of the election code.

Tollner said if the Child Victims Act becomes law, he will take advantage of the one - year window of opportunity to file a civil suit.

The Empire Center: New York laws encourage a proliferation of civil suits seeking damages for various kinds of alleged wrongful actions, known in legal terms as «torts.»

A civil action represents a law suit of one or more parties, including business entities, or against one or more other parties, including business entities.

The suit contends the company and its founders violated the civil rights and human rights of their employees and the state's business laws.

A San Francisco attorney has settled his civil law suit against MeetMe, regarding the safety of users under the age 18.

A bill that requires Tennessee's public schools to set aside one minute at the beginning of the school day for «meditation, or prayer, or personal beliefs» has been signed into law by Gov. Lamar Alexander, but the American Civil Liberties Union (aclu) of Tennessee intends to file suit shortly on the grounds that the law is in violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

U.S. District Judge Adrian Duplantier of New Orleans has postponed the American Civil Liberties Union's suit against Louisiana's «scientific - creationism» law until a separate suit on the issue before another federal district court has been decided.

The issue arises fairly often for school administrators and other government officials sued under the federal Civil Rights Act of 1871, a Reconstruction - era law that is frequently the basis for suits alleging that government officials have deprived someone of...

Copyright 1988 Washington — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether an appellate court misinterpreted key civil - rights laws in a suit involving the racially motivated dismissal of a Dallas high - school football coach.

A coalition of civil rights groups filed suit last week to challenge Colorado's new voucher law, saying that it violates the state's constitution.

The fact, however, is that New York's Civil Service laws do not apply to teachers and will not kick in as some sort of magical backstop should Brown's suit be successful.

Tort Law Assignment Help covers suits of civil nature.

-- led to a civil suit being filed against the city about the arbitrary nature of the enforcement of the law

Those costs are not covered by insurance, the costs of covering civil penalties in law suits, well in it's response to Middle States, Penn State anticipates 10 - 15 civil suits from Sandusky victims only one of which appears to have been filed to date (there are three additional suits pending).

Exxon and other fossil fuel companies could face «a huge universe of potential plaintiffs» in civil liability suits in coming years, said Carroll Muffett, a lawyer who is president and CEO of the Center for International Environmental Law, with offices in Washington and Geneva.

Of course, Kieffer did get some legal training in prison (indeed, perhaps more than some students receive in law school) by handling his appeal and a subsequent civil suit against the United States government.

The suit alleges violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Equal Pay Act, and California laws regarding equal pay, fair employment and family rights.

Private prosecutions are increasing and sometimes are regarded as a more effective means of accessing justice than a law suit brought in the civil courts.

According to Grace, the existing case law on the issue shows «courts have taken a dim view of impeding in any way the progress of a civil suit, and will do so only in the rarest of circumstances.»

The study was commissioned by civil - rights attorney Cyrus Mehri (a classmate of mine from Cornell Law» 88) whose firm, Mehri & Skalet, has been behind successful multi-million dollar class action employment discrimination suits against giants like Texaco, Coca Cola and Smith Barney.

In some cases, a defendant in a civil law suit will retaliate against the plaintiff by filing a counter law suit, often of a dubious or spurious nature.

I am deeply committed to the pursuit of Justice in the Northwest of British Columbia and travel from Prince George through to Queen Charlotte Island where I appear in the provincial and supreme courts on civil law suits, family law cases, and criminal defence cases.

The firm handles personal injury suits, civil suits, legal malpractice, employment law and wide range of other legal issues.

Terrance is also an advocate of civil rights and is presently litigating law suits involving alleged police abuse of individuals.

We need to concentrate our amelioration efforts on those relatively few, though extremely important, areas of the law (civil, family and criminal litigation), that have been made too often unaffordable, mostly by a poorly designed system — a system designed, short - sightedly, by the government to suits its desires, not the desires of the litigating public.

In civil cases such as personal injury or medical malpractice, depositions occur during the discovery phase, which is the period of time after the law suit is filed and the initial papers are exchanged between the two sides.

Section 164.512 (e) addresses when a covered entity is permitted to disclose protected health information in response to requests for protected health information that are made in the course of judicial and administrative proceedings — for example, when a non-party health care provider receives a subpoena (under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 45 or similar provision) for medical records from a party to a law suit.

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I've been tracking the fallout from the demise of Dewey & Leboeuf, a legendary (and bankrupt) global law firm that allegedly veered so far away from sound governance that several members of its executive team are now facing criminal charges and civil suits.

It is the job of a civil law attorney to file law suits in civil courts so that his client can get financial compensation.

Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota (PPMNS), represented by attorneys from Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and joined by attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), filed suit today in Federal District Court in Sioux Falls, SD, against a new law that severely restricts abortion access.

185 DOS 05 DOS v. Britt - disclosure of conditions affecting the value or desirability of listed premises; DOS fails its burden of proof; res judicata; judgment rendered in civil court between buyer and seller is not controlling in administrative proceeding against licensee where DOS and licensee were not parties in the civil suit and professional conduct of the licensee was not litigated; duty of disclosure to a buyer by a seller's agent is derivative; seller's agent must make the same disclosure to a buyer that the law requires a seller to make; disclosure by seller's agent to buyer's agent of the condition of the property as known by seller's agent was timely, proper and essentially a disclosure to buyer of that information; DOS has failed to prove by substantial evidence its allegation that basement flooding was a common occurrence or that broker was fully aware that homes in the neighborhood where the property is located encountered frequent flooding; complaint dismissed