Sentences with phrase «point against lawyer»

Not exact matches

A lawyer for Judy's says the store's pharmacists believed they were filling legitimate prescriptions, and points out that no DEA enforcement action was ever taken against the pharmacists.

«Qualcomm has confirmed publicly that this lawsuit against our clients is intended to make a point about Apple and punish our clients for working with Apple,» Theodore J. Boutrous, a lawyer for the four companies, said in a statement.

The plaintiffs» lawyers, Eric Rassbach and Diana Verm, pointed out that even the person the case is now against — the new Secretary of Health and Human Services, Thomas Price — is on their side.

And more to the point, why were government lawyers sent to Strasbourg to argue against all four claimants, including Nadia Eweida?

For a lawyer you seem to always use foul words to make your point, one day someone is going to make a complaint against you and use all your comments as proof that you are unfit to be a member of the bar.

Garodnick is a former securities lawyer who ran for speaker of the City Council against Melissa Mark - Viverito five years ago and at one point considered running for city comptroller in 2013.

Their still unofficial favorite to challenge Schumer is little - known conservative lawyer Wendy Long, who was crushed by a record 46 percentage points in 2012 when she was the GOP candidate against US Sen Kirsten Gillibrand.

If Obama want to score political points, the democratic party lawyers should be filing suit against Arizona, not the Justic Department.

While shark - like lawyers and a befuddled mad - scientist play fast and loose with the finer points of facts, Nick is tasked with not so much refining tobacco's image, as changing the premise of the argument against smoking.

In other words, even if they don't think they'll end up paying the claim, there's a good chance they'll still pay for a lawyer to defend you against it, at least up to the point where they are entirely certain there is no coverage.

Additionally, talking about lawsuits, as we pointed out before, a mortgage on a property could serve as a poison pill against greedy lawyers trying to sue you and a put option on the property value in case of idiosyncratic catastrophic losses.

The lawyer also pointed out the Sam's last credit card payment was made more than six years ago and is therefore «statute - barred», which gives Sam a complete defence to action against him.

The Superior Court of Justice decision, now largely upheld on appeal, was important because it deals with defamation against a lawyer, but also provided salient points for understanding the nuance of online defamation in the modern era.

As it further turns out, the point of her post is not necessarily to counsel against marriage to lawyers as much as to counsel lawyers on how to be better spouses.

The second and third points against big - box retail law (lousy work environment / I wouldn't obtain legal services this way) are each examples of lawyer myopia.

Yolanda Young points out the case of Kamisha Menns, a Jamaican - born lawyer who filed a complaint against Howrey for creating a hostile work environment,

He commenced his career as a criminal defence / regulatory lawyer but his practice has evolved to the point he now specialises in the resolution of catastrophic and complex injury claims brought against private and public bodies, individuals and their respective insurers.

Perhaps you are at the point in which you may even be considering the filing of an action against a former lawyer.

(The fact that dues and insurance payments are increasing to reflect new claims against lawyers underlines that point.)

My point then was that Fortune 500 GCs seeking a lawyer for a basic corporate deal did not require the same level of protection against a law firm's marketing as e.g. a terrified first - time criminal defendant or a teenager tragically injured in a car wreck.

As a final aside on this point, the courts seem to appreciate the difficulty for the lawyer who has a client who wishes to file a unmeritorious claim as demonstrated by their unwillingness to impose costs against lawyers who bring such claims (See Alice Woolley, Understanding Lawyers» Ethics in Canada (Toronto: LexisNexis, 2011) at 75lawyers who bring such claims (See Alice Woolley, Understanding Lawyers» Ethics in Canada (Toronto: LexisNexis, 2011) at 75Lawyers» Ethics in Canada (Toronto: LexisNexis, 2011) at 75 - 81).

This reveals perhaps the deeper point that more than any other area, the lawyer's obligation of confidentiality and privilege puts values in conflict, the legal systemic values protected by lawyer confidentiality as against the public values of preventing or punishing serious and willful criminal conduct.

The lawyer will point out that Joly is applicable to actions against non-human defendants, who are not corporations, because the definitions of «defendant» and «plaintiff» in the Ontario legislation (the Courts of Justice Act and the Rules of Civil Procedure) use the same wording.

I agree with these points and venture another one — A great lawyer is the one that goes even further and plans the steps you should take to mitigate the risk if the odds go against you and one of the unlikely risks actually happens.

«Our lawyers would have rightly pointed out or reminded Fintrac that no Canadian can discriminate against another or deny access to a service based on where they're from.»

The Real Estate Council of British Columbia responded to REM's request for an interview by pointing to a press release dated March 18, which says the council supports FINTRAC in taking appropriate action against brokerages that do not comply with federal law, and another dated Apr. 1, which announces the hiring of a staff lawyer who will assist in the council's investigations of potential licensee misconduct.