Sentences with phrase «practice case against»

Since joining JAMS, Judge Roberts has been appointed as a discovery master by federal and state courts to supervise discovery and review privileged documents in complex commercial, patent, and product liability cases, as an election monitor for unions under court supervision, as a consultant to monitor a four - year consent decree in an EEOC pattern and practice case against a major restaurant chain, and as a trustee for a 36 - story commercial retail and office building on Fifth Avenue

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The Federal Communications Commission, in a report to for seven Democratic senators, said it had reviewed the cases, which involved wireless carriers exempting streaming video from counting against customers» monthly data limits, a practice known as zero rating.

Roy D. Simon, a professor emeritus of legal ethics at Hofstra University School of Law, suggested that the practice has helped «level the playing field» by providing resources for people to mount cases against big institutions that would be impossible otherwise.

We believe that market - rigging tactics of which banking institutions have been repeatedly accused — and, in many cases, are legal defendants in actions brought against them — have been disguised but are still widely practiced.

It's amazing how so many comments are NOT making a strong case for anyone to be a Catholic and not practice ignorance, hate, and bias against people.

Still, the case against teleological ethics may here offer this response: Granting the difference between direct and indirect applications, this yields only the familiar distinction between «act - teleology» and «rule - teleology, «3 is problematic for the following reason: Social practices or patterns of social cooperation can not be validated teleologically without a comparative assessment of the good and evil consequences differing possible systems of rules or norms (for instance, differing sets of rights) are likely, if adopted, to produce.

In those cases the court deferred to the judgment of the Air Force that the free - exercise claim of a Jewish officer who wore his yarmulke on duty could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of correctional authorities that the free - exercise claim of a Black Muslim to attend Friday afternoon religious services could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service that building a logging road through a national forest was necessary despite the damage to religious practices of Native American tribes in that area; it deferred to the Internal Revenue Service's ruling that Bob Jones University was not entitled to tax exemption because of its religiously motivated rule against interracial dating and marriage on campus; it deferred to the judgment of the secretary of labor that a religious community must pay its members the minimum wage for work they performed in the group's business although the members said they had religious objections to being paid for their work.

But in many recent cases they have tended to agree more readily on another thesis: that the free - exercise clause does not interpose protections of religious obligations and practices that it once did (from 1940 to 1981), and that the establishment clause does not have the, force against government action that it once did (from 1948 to 1985)

Citing examples of Christian mothers who were instrumental in the abolition of slavery and the passage of laws against child labor, she makes a strong case that virtues such as compassion and creativity that are «refined in the practice of motherhood can and should be used in other arenas to bring God's love, peace, mercy and justice to the world.»

In all these cases, we practice this «hermeneutic of suspicion against persecution» that Heim talks about in his book.

but as against the prevalent practice, according to which a husband could, without appeal beyond his own wish, expel his wife from the home, Jesus pleaded for the rights of the woman and for the duty of the man, save in extreme cases, to keep his marriage indissoluble.

This case study has viewed SEA of India in terms both of what it does and how it does it, benchmarking it against a model of best practice published by the UK's Trade Association Forum and also drawing on a previous ITC study visit with East African sunflower associations

I have a knee - jerk reaction against this kind of boy / girl declared difference, but in DS's case, it did seem to be true: he wanted to practice walking for months, and not much else was interesting.

The only thing preventing such a practice is long - standing tradition that weighs against participating in cases that were argued before a different set of justices.

«This most recent incident — on top of ongoing allegations of discriminatory employment practices against women and a long, shameful record of aggressive hostility to worker's rights and basic decency — only strengthens the case against Wal - Mart's attempts to open locations in New York City.»

What's worse, the case against the tax harmonsation is incredibly weak and largely based on misconceptions about who pays and how Capital Gains works in practice.

In a judgment dismissing the claim, Justice Rilwan Aikawa held that following the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Attorney General of Ondo State vs Attorney General of the Federation and 36 Others (2002), that ICPC had a statutory duty to investigate allegations of corrupt practices made against any person or authority in Nigeria and that neither the claimants nor the court has the discretion to stop a statutory agency of government from performing its duties.

Last year, the state pursued a disciplinary case against him that appeared to be out of step with its general practices.

Skelos» private law practice has come under scrutiny in the federal corruption case against him.

Mr Justice Gilbart, sitting in London, said Mr Pickles» department had «coined and developed» a practice in 2013 - 2014 of calling in all, and then a majority, of Green Belt traveller cases - most involving Romany gypsies or Irish travellers - «which discriminated unlawfully against a racial group».

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This is the case where Thomas Wong and others, initiated a class action lawsuit against the dating site True.com about their auto billing and renewal practices of memberships.

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Spotlighting farmers who have pushed backed against industrial agriculture with more humane practices, Eating Animals offers attainable, commonsense solutions to a growing crisis while making the case that ethical farming is not only an animal rights issue but one that affects every aspect of our lives.

Some, like the studies of D.C. and Boston, illuminate the politics and practice of mayoral control, but the volume as a whole doesn't set out to make the case for or against mayoral control.

His books include The Case Against the Employee Free Choice Act (Hoover 2009); Supreme Neglect: How to Revive the Constitutional Protection of Property Rights (Oxford 2008); Antitrust Decrees in Theory and Practice: Why Less is More (AEI 2007); Overdose: How Excessive Government Regulation Stifles Pharmaceutical Innovation (Yale University Press.

No, I expect the anti-Blaine groups to continue looking for a case with facts supporting their point of view — that is, a case involving an application of a Blaine Amendment in a way that appears to discriminate against a particular religious tradition, denomination or practice.

Using one case study from sports (the Vancouver Giants hockey team) and one from education (Hackney Schools Borough in London, England), the authors illustrate how the six components of uplifting leadership combine the hard and soft skills that are often set against each other in traditional leadership practice: counterintuitive thinking combined with disciplined application; dreaming with determination; collaboration with competition; metrics with meaning; pushing and pulling people into change; and long - term sustainability with short - term success.

The principal had repeatedly flaunted teachers» Weingarten rights and Martin was instrumental in convincing a teacher that I originally represented to testify in an unfair labor practice, ULP, case against the principal.

In yesterday's article from Gigaom writer Erica Ogg, Apple is still standing by its practices and claims that the entire case against the technology icon and the publishers is flawed.

Prior to joining Francis & Mailman, Joseph worked with a New Jersey law firm helping to expand their consumer protection practice, and successfully litigated cases against numerous large financial institutions.

Representing clients in cases against debt collectors is a form of consumer law, the branch dedicated to protecting consumers against unfair trade and credit practices.

The FTC recently obtained a temporary restraining order in a case against debt collectors, Pinnacle Payment Services, Lisa Jeter, her partners and related companies about just these kinds of practices.

If the applicant has had disciplinary proceedings instituted against him which have resulted in suspension or revocation of a license on any grounds other than nonpayment of a licensee fee, or he has voluntarily surrendered a license to practice veterinary medicine, the board will review the prior action (s) on a case by case basis prior to licensure;

Doctor Mapes has years of experience in veterinary medicine and is available to serve as an expert witness or second opinion in legal cases against other veterinarian practices.

I understand why this was the case for multiplayer games, but not why it prevented me from playing games against the AI so I could practice.

The screening process, in this case then, is simply guarding against the use of proxies that one might have good reason a priori to believe should reflect local climate conditions, but in practice (e.g. owing to dating errors, within - sample reproducibility problems, etc) do not appear to show a strong signal.

By 2012 she had won a case against a supermarket - owned trawler fleet for claiming in advertising that its practices posed no threat to the marine ecosystem.

E) Adaptation and mitigation strategies, such as those which develop large infrastructure or the resettle communities against their will to reduce exposure to climate change, carry risks of disrupted livelihoods, displaced populations, deterioration of valued cultural expressions and practices, and in some cases violent conflict.

The test to determine discriminatory conduct, in this case direct age discrimination, is set out in reg 3 of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1031)(which is now repealed and set out in s 13 (1) and (2) of the Equality Act 2010): «For the purposes of these Regulations, a person («A») discriminates against another person («B») if, on the grounds of B's age, A treats B less favourably than he treats or would treat other persons,... and A can not show the treatment or, as the case may be, provision, criterion or practice to be a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.»

His insight into the practices of insurers has proven valuable in helping to establish and evaluate bad - faith cases against some of Illinois's most notorious auto insurance providers.

Moreover, to add insult to injury, in a related case, the Ohio Bar brought suit for unauthorized practice of law against a dad who succeeded in winning thousands of dollars in educational services for his son in an IDEA action against a school board.

And in a related case, the Ohio Bar brought a suit for unauthorized practice of law against a dad who succeeded in winning thousands of dollars in educational services for his son in an IDEA action against a school board.

Countless times in my practice I was searching for the only decision that said something very specific and which gave me a possible argument to go against a whole body of cases that, I found, subtly inapplicable to my situation.

payment processors can aggregate information and track cases against sellers to detect fraudulent practices.

In another case of note, an employee filed a case against his employer for unlawful employment practices.

If such negligence results in injury to the patient, a case could arise against a doctor if his or her actions deviated from generally accepted standards of practice; against a hospital for providing improper care protocols, including problems with medications, sanitation or nursing staff levels; or against local, state or federal agencies and entities that operate hospital facilities.

Often victims of crime would seek a trial lawyer (i.e. someone who does plaintiff's tort claims) or general practice lawyer, who is familiar with the Internet to bring a tort claim against the perpetrator, to seek a TRO, or to assist of making a persuasive case to criminal prosecutors to press the case (a difficult thing to do).

The publication this week of the Taylor review of modern working practices could lead to more cases being filed against businesses due to rising awareness of worker categorisation, lawyers have said.

Of course, there's another reason to avoid legal practice in Singapore: Apparently, it's impossible to win a case against the government.