Sentences with phrase «petition against the law»

(I even found a petition against the law).

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«The letters are titled «Notice of Legal Information Warning», signed using the ironic name «Concerned Citizens for Good Government» and warn that «there is reason to believe that your (petition) signature has been obtained against the law,»» wrote Horacio Gutierrez, Rivera's campaign strategist.

Nevergold underwent lengthy cross-examination on executive sessions, the Opening Meetings law and the timeline of filing the petition against Paladino.

The Convenor of the Media Coalition Against Galamsey, Kenneth Ashigbey, has hinted of plans to petition the Chief Justice and Attorney Genera, l to consider empowering the law courts to hand out harsh sentences to persons who engage in illegal mining in the country.

Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned Professor Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights asking him to «use your good offices and position to urgently request the National Assembly of Nigeria, specifically the Senate, to withdraw amendments to the Code of Conduct Bureau and Code of Conduct Tribunal Act which if passed into law would seriously weaken the act, undermine the fight against corruption in the country, exacerbate extreme poverty and violations of internationally recognized human rights.»

We were shocked to the marrow when we learnt that Akufo - Addo's cousin, Nana Fredua petitioned against Chairman Paul Afoko for been obedient to the law, with respect to this provision, Can you imagine?

The petition copied to Mr Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption reads in part: «SERAP considers these amendments to be in bad faith, patently an abuse of legislative powers, politically biased, and demonstrably unjustified in a democratic and representative society governed by the rule of law, and incompatible with the country's international human rights obligations and commitments particularly the UN Convention against Corruption, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the African Charter on Human and Peoples» Rights, which Nigeria has ratified.»

The former first lady consequently sent a petition to the House against the EFCC, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), among others, alleging harassment from them.

The arguments against paid sick leave, as stated in the Capital Region Chamber's petition opposing Local Law «C» on behalf of its more than 2400 area businesses and organizations, include: the proposal will hurt our economy, reduce jobs, lower the county's sales tax revenue, and act as «an impediment to attracting, retaining and growing jobs.»

Zephyr Teachout, the former Howard Dean aide and law professor, who submitted petitions to run against Cuomo in a Democratic primary, is still unknown to 86 percent of the voters.

The law requires that at least three - quarters of the city legislative body must vote in favor a project if 20 percent of those owning land within 500 feet of a proposed zoning change sign petitions against it.

A group calling itself the concerned law students, has submitted a petition to Parliament against a new Legal Instrument (LI) by the General Legal Council (GLC), which is proposing new regulations for admissions and professional law courses in Ghana.

A former «chairwoman» was Sparaco's mother - in - law, Debra Ortutay, who went to jail for lying to a grand jury that was investigating improprieties involving the signing of petitions for the party's ballot line during Sparaco's race against Zebrowski in 2010.

~ 100K Grindr users signed a petition against Russia's «gay propaganda» law and users helped to raise $ 107K to stop anti-gay legislation in Singapore.

The petition is being run by the League Against Cruel Sports and if it attracts enough signatures it is hoped the issue will be debated in Parliament and bring about a much - needed change in the law.

They have formed Central Florida Action for Animals, a group that has launched a petition drive against the county pet law.

Recently, in response to a We the People website petition, the White House officially came out against BSL, and the states of Nevada and Colorado have outlawed all BSL — although Colorado's law does not apply to the city of Denver, which still bans pit bulls.

The petition calls on WTTG General Manger Patrick Paolini to fire Miller for spending «most of her career openly lobbying against the District's gun laws,» instead of avoiding political activities that undermine her independence and impartiality as a journalist.

These include shareholder and partnership disputes; the investigation and pursuit of civil fraud claims against directors, employees and third parties; international asset tracing; professional negligence claims (including against office holders); Company law claims such as minority shareholder petitions (Section 994 Petitions) and specialist applications in relation to the conduct and control of companies; contract disputes; challenges to share sale consideration; and directors» disqualification propetitions (Section 994 Petitions) and specialist applications in relation to the conduct and control of companies; contract disputes; challenges to share sale consideration; and directors» disqualification proPetitions) and specialist applications in relation to the conduct and control of companies; contract disputes; challenges to share sale consideration; and directors» disqualification proceedings.

Regular readers of Slaw will recall that when the fee was announced in February, law students rallied against it — a petition calling for a more just and equitable model of funding the experimental program garnered more...

A campaign to get at least 2,000 lawyers and law students to sign onto a petition calling for Congress to investigate the Bush administration for «numerous offenses against the Constitution» is nearing its goal.

Whether you wish to petition the courts for a modification of child support or want to take a stand against a possible change, contact our law firm online or call us at 850-316-8243 or toll free at 866-331-5998 for a free consultation with our lawyer.

The trustee brought an adversary proceeding against Ihejirika and his companies, alleging that the Web - based program had acted as a «bankruptcy petition preparer» in violation of the law and had engaged in the unauthorized practice of law.

Immigration Law Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Self - Petitions U-Visa T - Visa I - 751 Removal of Conditions / Waiver of Joint Filing Requirement Naturalization & Citizenship Family Petitions Green Card Renewal DACA (Initial Requests and Renewals) Consular Processing Employment Authorization Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requests Change of Status Domestic Violence Restraining Orders Enforcement of Support Orders or other Judgments

Curran Law Office obtained a dismissal of petition for a restraining order against our client in Sauk County.

But, here, two of the Second Circuit's active judges ruled against Marblegate, the dissent was by a senior judge who can not vote on an en banc petition, and the Second Circuit has historically granted fewer en banc rehearings than any other circuit court.5 Other avenues could include Marblegate filing a petition for a writ of certiorari with the US Supreme Court and / or pursuing other federal or state law remedies, including state law theories of successor liability or fraudulent conveyance against the new EDMC subsidiary, theories that the Second Circuit noted as potential causes of action but did not analyze.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A University of Memphis law professor has banned laptop computers from her classroom and her students are passing a petition against it.

Regular readers of Slaw will recall that when the fee was announced in February, law students rallied against it — a petition calling for a more just and equitable model of funding the experimental program garnered more than 800 signatures.

The details of this decision have been filed as a part of the petition of Cyrus Mistry against the trust in National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).