Sentences with phrase «piece of case law»

The printed book that opposing counsel is using is already obsolete, and doesn't have the key piece of case law that makes the crucial difference in your case.

''... If you want the average examiner's eyes to glaze over (or me to disregard your arguments), put 4 pages of arguments citing 10 different pieces of case law regarding the motivation to combine.

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The Philippines brought an arbitration case in 2013 over the South China Sea, eventually lodging 15 claims against China related to the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea — a critical piece of international law that both countries have ratifiLaw of the Sea — a critical piece of international law that both countries have ratifilaw that both countries have ratified.

They're pushing for several pieces of legislation regarding animal cruelty, from how domestic cases are handled by law enforcement to ending the ivory trade market.

«Marsh's behavior was a blatant abuse of law and market power: price - fixing, bid - rigging and kickbacks,» Spitzer wrote in the piece, which he said he penned to counter a Wall Street Journal editorial that sought to «disparage the cases my office brought against Marsh & McLennan.»

«There are lots of moving pieces at the moment and many pending cases and cases that have come out various ways,» John Palfrey, a Harvard Law School professor, told Marks.

This is a piece of law that wasn't looked at in the test case, and it's likely to be easier to argue (though still far from a guaranteed success).

In a Law.com commentary piece, «Let Lawyers Be Lawyers,» Karen Asner of White & Case argues that given the complex administrative tasks involved in running a large law firm today, firms are better off delegating administrative tasks to professional administrators, thus freeing lawyers up to be lawyers.

As this piece from the New York Law Journal reports, on the morning of March 11, 2005, Restaino was presiding over a slate of domestic violence cases when he heard the cell phone ring.

Furthermore, Proclaim will help to streamline processes for HD Law by collating all incoming documents, ensuring every piece of client matter is stored, ready for extraction, in the relevant case.

Only because lawyers and judges still think of records as pieces of paper in file drawers is it not given its necessary place in the case law.

Apart from the usual posts observing developments in the case law and new legislation, in these posts a contributor will briefly present one piece of reading (book, article, SSRN paper, blog post etc.) which he or she found of particular interest and then set out why he or she considers this reading could also be of interest for others, be they specialized in the particular domain or as a generally well - drafted, thought provoking contribution to EU law.

Richard A. Posner, the outspoken justice on the Seventh Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals and University of Chicago law professor, has written a short piece for The New Republic, entitled «In Defence of Looseness,» in which he takes the U.S. Supreme Court to task for its decision in District of Columbia v. Heller [PDF], the case involving the second amendment to the U.S. Constitution dealing with arms and militias.

Instead, it is most useful to understand copyright law and contract law, and perhaps patent law just in case some piece of software is patented (see this for an overview in the US, and this for the UK).

Thanks to a piece in Slate on what to do about e-coli in the food supply, I wound up finding the Seattle law firm of Marler Clark LLP, which specializes in food poisoning cases — indeed the title on their home page declares it and the first paragraph of text claims that

Marcia Oddi at Indiana Law Blog shares this interesting piece from the AMA Med News about the National Judges» Medical School, a program designed to equip judges with better knowledge of medical science to help them interpret complex health care cases.

It matches the writing needs of lawyers and law firms with experienced legal journalists to ghostwrite or polish articles, biographies, practice area descriptions, case studies or any business - development piece.

In that piece, I pointed to how US international law casebooks were the only ones that contained a higher — and, indeed, significantly higher — percentage of cases from their own domestic courts (64 %) than from international courts and tribunals (31 %).

As for the aforementioned New York Times piece about Peltz's lawsuit, it concludes with what may be a classic case of understatement: «The Arkansas case could do more than give law students practical experience before they take the bar; it could also renew debate about free speech on campus and academic freedom.»

These cases can involve literally thousands of pieces of evidence and complex state and federal laws.

Very often we find that students use CALR to plow their way through tens or even hundreds of cases to try to piece together what the law is, rather than to first consult the writings of an authority on the subject.

In trials with law firms and corporates, RAVN has typically undertaken a piece of work that has already been done manually as a test case.

A lot of skills necessary for a successful law career can be developed equally as much, if not more, with a non-law degree — for example, an English literature degree requires you to take complex pieces of writing and analyse them closely, much like you might be doing with legal documents and cases.

Reza has published multiple pieces on the impact of technology on tort law specifically as to driverless vehicles and injury cases.

Law firms often have to go through thousands of documents to find one or two pieces of information that can make or break a case.

Make sure you give the Kansas City injury law lawyer every piece of information related to the case in order to allow the attorney to put together a strong case without any holes in it 4.

In Nigeria's case, the existing federal statute (the Arbitration and Conciliation Act (Cap A19, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004)-RRB- is based on the Model Law, but there is a generally held view among arbitral practitioners that the present law (which is a re-enactment of a piece of legislation passed in 1988) does not meet modern best practice standarLaw, but there is a generally held view among arbitral practitioners that the present law (which is a re-enactment of a piece of legislation passed in 1988) does not meet modern best practice standarlaw (which is a re-enactment of a piece of legislation passed in 1988) does not meet modern best practice standards.

Although Canadian rape shield laws prevent the inclusion of an accuser's past sexual history in trials, judges have discretion to allow certain pieces of evidence in both civil and criminal cases.

I could tell from the look on the attorney's face that he was puzzled how I could refer to portions of the record, prior witness testimony, exhibits, case law, and a brief that I had previously submitted, all without a single piece of paper in front of me.

Resource specialists in a law firm can assist in finding precedent / case law, pieces of legislation and all of the things you'd typically ask a law librarian for.

Innovative approach to noting currency — Specificity regarding the cutoff date of any piece of legal writing is an invaluable aid to a legal researcher who wish to update the case and statute law found in a particular Title.

Tax law experts are applauding the clarity of a recent unanimous decision from the Supreme Court of Canada in a case involving the general anti-avoidance rule, but say it won't change how many view the confusing piece of tax legislation.

An exclusive piece by Vice published Tuesday unveils «at least eight cases» in which Bitcoin.de, under pressure from police but not the law, handed over personal details of customers.

A good piece of advice if you intend to file a lawsuit against your landlord is to speak with an experienced Florida real estate lawyer to learn about your rights, because the law provides for the payment of attorney fees in the event the landlord is determined to have violated your lease agreement (which means, in many instances, the tenant will not have to pay any money to the lawyer, unless the lawyer wins the case).