Sentences with phrase «out of legal matters»

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«From our standpoint, instead of having a patchwork of local governments trying to figure out how to legally classify these things, the bill just creates this baseline framework so no matter where you're at in California, these scooters will be classified for legal reasons under the same category,» Gray said.

One Christian response is to say simply that the State can define marriage as it will, can confer whatever legal privileges on whatever couples it should single out for its protection, but that this has no bearing on the reality, which is a matter of metaphysics, not convention.

Jacobs was thrown off at first when Rabbi Schacter introduced the session by handing out a three - ring binder filled with photocopies of rabbinic legal sources regarding the proper execution of a get (a» get» is a traditional Jewish document of divorce)-- a matter with no apparent relevance to the session's supposed topic.

The majority of hispanic catholics thru out the us have voted Democrat and Im sorry to say the cardinal will have no influence on our votes, manly because the law of the land says obortion is legal and no matter how you slice it.

We would like to think that bishops had the good sense to junk the worthless questionnaire in favor of proclaiming the Church's message «in season and out of season» — no matter whether it ruffled the feathers of the IRS or gave an ulcer to USCC experts on the legal niceties of ecclesiastical pusillanimity.

Throughout the ongoing debate over the definition of marriage, Right Wing bigots have cited the damage caused by hom.ose.xuality and hom.os.exual relationships in an attempt to justify legal discrimination against gays.The scientific evidence on the matter is out there.

Russell Hittinger has brought out further complexities of Thomistic developments in the wake of Aeterni Paths: «Thomists developed rather freewheeling accounts of the political, economic, legal and social order -LSB-... putting] Thomism in an offensive mode as far as social doctrine went -LSB-... whereas] in matters related to sacred doctrine [philosophical] Thomism would be put into a defensive role» such that scholasticism could not be publicly challenged within the Church.

The committee also walked out on officials of the Finance Ministry led by the Legal Director, Gabriel Christopher, on Monday, saying they lacked the competence to speak on the matter.

This was a fall - out of the ruling of the judge when he dismissed a suit filed by seven persons against the Commission and the Attorney General of the Federation challenging their invitation by ICPC during the investigation of a matter involving them and one of Nigeria's notable legal practitioners.

A long - simmering murder case in Potsdam connected to the strangulation of a 12 - year - old boy is shaping up as an important legal test of a cutting - edge method of teasing DNA evidence out of microscopic amounts of biological matter.

Rick's business model does have some flat - out illegal elements, which become important to resolving matters near the end of the film, but it's ironic how those illegal activities do far less harm to ordinary people — even providing work for some of Dennis» friends — than the legal ones.

These persons feel that, with the legal obstacles to assimilation out of the way, matters will take care of themselves in the normal course of events.»

The software development community has been under siege from so - called «patent trolls» for several years, and it is only a matter of time before a bunch of lowlifes find out that indie publishing is big business and there's money to be stolen from the hard work of artists via the legal system.

Because legal bills can be out of this world by the time a matter like this settles.

In addition, it is a costly matter, resulting in thousands of dollars in direct and indirect damages, from legal fees to loss of assets, as well as inflated interest charges on loans and lines of credit taken out after bankruptcy.

We'll cover all of the major legal stuff and point out pitfalls to avoid so that your new business can be a long - lasting success, no matter how you define it.

The Court rejected the position taken by 19 out of 20 Member States who submitted observations to the Court, and once again supported the view that EU Member States are required to act jointly first in matters which may affect the EU legal order.

Because Matter Center was designed for Microsoft's internal legal team, it stripped out much of the original code before posting it, he explained.

But there's a major difference when dealing with legal matters — you would never throw an embarrassing question (bankruptcy, divorce, criminal defense) out to your network of family and friends.

The truth of the matter is, there is an oversupply of attorneys out there and consumers with a legal need aren't always able to readily distinguish between what they see as very similar providers.

To make matters worse, lawyers are known to bully out of existence threats to their monopoly on legal services.

In its report on the Blawg 100, Above the Law praised Foley Hoag's Trademark & Copyright Law blog for going beyond «the stuff of legal alerts» and standing out among large law firm blogs in terms of its aesthetics and subject matter.

For over 20 years Phillip Georgiou has provided legal advice to clients involved in contentious matters arising out of energy, infrastructure, industrial, technology and manufacturing industries throughout Asia Pacific.

Over two and a half hours, we engaged in a rich discussion about how changes in family law in BC are playing out in the lives of mothers with abusive or harassing exes, and what strategies can help women cope with challenging legal situations like litigation harassment, denial of parenting time, parenting assessment reports, and the overlap between child protection and family law matters.

According to Matt Ryan, Legal Files Software Senior Consultant, «many of our customers start out using our software strictly for legal matter manageLegal Files Software Senior Consultant, «many of our customers start out using our software strictly for legal matter managelegal matter management.

Clients seek out Corpus because of its depth of experience in handling complex matters of Zambian law, its practical approach to solving legal problems, and its commitment to upholding international standards of excellence in our work.

If you are currently involved in a serious legal matter that can not be resolved out of court, you can trust our experienced law firm to stand at your side.

He added: «We are a small group of lawyers but the work we do is essential for people needing to carry out official matters or business in another legal jurisdiction.»

Clients such as corporations not large enough to have in house counsel, who use a variety of legal services — employment, corporate, leasing — might be particularly well - served: rather than automatically refer all their matters to their existing lawyer out of habit, they would have the option of working with a broker who could assist them in navigating the seas of legal service providers for the most competitive ones.

At civil law, the website might sue you for making a defamatory statement, but as long as the statement is true, then you are still permitted to make the statement, and even if the statement turns out to be false (that the website turned out to be legal), then the defence of reportage (now known as the defence of Publication on a Matter of Public Interest, Defamation Act 2013 s. 4) would protect you, since you are arguably spreading information which is in the public interest.

Following this news a few weeks back, Lawyer Monthly reached out to US sources and experts and heard a few of Your Thoughts on the legal and social matters surrounding this discourse, both of which offer a variant opinion either side of the coin.

«(i) that in matters of personal conduct he would be subject to the hospital's general procedures and that in matters of professional conduct he would be subject to a procedure agreed by the Local Negotiating Committee in respect of medical practitioners; (ii) that he was accused by the Trust of personal and professional misconduct; (iii) that because of the nature of the allegations made against him he was contractually entitled to a formal disciplinary hearing by a panel which included a clinician of the same discipline as himself and a legally qualified chairman, before which he would have the benefit of legal representation, if he so wished; (iv) that the disciplinary hearing which resulted in the findings of misconduct was not conducted in accordance with the terms of his contract of employment because the panel did not include a clinician of the same discipline as himself, nor a legally qualified chairman and because his request to be allowed legal representation was refused; (iv) that following the panel's findings he was dismissed for personal and professional misconduct; (v) that if the proceedings had been carried out in accordance with his contract of employment the panel would not have found that he was guilty of personal and professional misconduct and he would not have been dismissed; (vii) that because he was dismissed on the grounds of personal and professional misconduct (including dishonesty) he has been unable to find comparable alternative employment» [at para 10]:

(3) under the influence of globalization, especially with the Internet and artificial intelligence, I hope to figure out a way to combine technology with the legal services in the capital market to free our professional lawyers from some repeating and miscellaneous matters and provide our clients with higher quality.

Now that the Fish Legal judgment is out, it is only a matter of time before requests are made by a range of people including those acting for house buyers to inspect for example, the drainage records of any given street, for a fraction of the cost of a standard water & drainage search.

It demands close attention to factual details that matter; a winnowing out of details that don't matter; a reliance on concrete facts coupled with a disavowal of breezy generalizations and characterizations; a building up of facts into step - by - step arguments from which conclusions naturally follow; the marshaling of reasons that will earn the respect even of an opposing audience; a dialectical approach in which countervailing facts and counterarguments are carefully disarmed; a defense not of the first positions you might take, but of the best ones; and, at least in your early development as a legal writer, a stripped - down style that contains not a whiff of ornate embellishment.

By all means, seek out teachers, mentors, sponsors, promoters, subject - matter experts and others who can help you along the way, but accept that only you can define what you want out of your legal career and only you can assess whether you are successful in your efforts.

Evolving out of the early legal matter and spend management tools that formed the bedrock of law department technology, ELM today must incorporate an expansive set of integrated software technology and services that provides full visibility into a company's legal and compliance functions.

With the increasing convergence of the worldwide financial market, we have filled a critical role in helping our U.S. and international clients understand the global legal landscape, including competing insolvency regimes and out - of - court restructuring practices, different market conventions, intercreditor concerns, issues relating to obtaining credit and collateral support, and other matters that make the difference in obtaining syndicated credit or high - yield financing for complex multinational enterprises.

These institutions call upon our attorneys to guide them through legal matters arising out of their daily operations.

When the Civil Legal Aid (Procedure)(Amendment)(No 2) Regulations 2017 come into force, acceptable evidence (for civil legal services to be provided to an adult (A) in relation to a matter arising out of a family relationship between A and another individual (B)-RRB- will incLegal Aid (Procedure)(Amendment)(No 2) Regulations 2017 come into force, acceptable evidence (for civil legal services to be provided to an adult (A) in relation to a matter arising out of a family relationship between A and another individual (B)-RRB- will inclegal services to be provided to an adult (A) in relation to a matter arising out of a family relationship between A and another individual (B)-RRB- will include:

At any point, a client is free to seek out another lawyer to get a second opinion on the first lawyer's legal strategy, to instruct the lawyer to offer firm quotes, or to stop work on a matter that is getting out of hand.

As you learn of new parties and individuals, as well as attorneys that become involved in your client's matter, you fill out a short Conflicts File Memorandum form indicating the name of the person and their relationship to the legal matter involving one of your clients.

Linked «in» or «out»: The challenges of balancing social networking and the absolute truth — that privacy matters and is protected by fundamental laws, provides for a legal «bumpy road» ahead.

Eugene Meehan, a lawyer at Supreme Advocacy LLP in Ottawa who specializes in Supreme Court of Canada matters and is a former executive legal officer to the court, agrees that retirement in a foreseeable number of years «may take some candidates out of the mix» despite all of them being highly qualified for the position.

May a corporate lawyer and his law firm be sued in Delaware as to claims arising out of their actions in providing advice and services to a Delaware public corporation, its directors, and its managers regarding matters of Delaware corporate law when the lawyer and law firm: i) prepared and delivered to Delaware for filing a certificate amendment under challenge in the lawsuit; ii) advertise themselves as being able to provide coast - to - coast legal services and as experts in matters of corporate governance; iii) provided legal advice on a range of Delaware law matters at issue in the lawsuit; iv) undertook to direct the defense of the lawsuit; and v) face well - pled allegations of having aided and abetted the top managers of the corporation in breaching their fiduciary duties by entrenching and enriching themselves at the expense of the corporation and its public stockholders?

As a purely legal matter, I found particularly striking his finding that the CAT presumes a general, territorially unlimited obligation of states not to commit torture which also applies in armed conflict — an obligation not spelled out in the Convention, but implied in it.

To design an effective legal operations system, you first want to talk to all of the attorneys and staff to find out what issues and matters your legal department handles.

In the matter of Axiom Legal Financing Fund: Advising the receivers of a Cayman Island investment fund in relation to a number of issues / claims arising out of the fund's collapse into Insolvency.

Lawyers generally think that «our work isn't widgets» and that every legal matter requires customized treatment, but as you point out, only the tip of the iceberg of legal work operates that way.

The development of commercial property — We counsel developers, builders, owners, contractors and investors of commercial projects, advising you regarding all potential legal matters, such as compliance with state and federal regulations, the preparation and administration of contracts, and litigation arising out of commercial developments.