Sentences with phrase «precedent setting cases»

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We are proud to note that our litigators have been involved in many precedent setting cases regarding creditors» rights, civil RICO and its applicability to bank customers, statutory immunity, arbitration, defamation and other significant issues.

The Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACT - O) is a new specialty Legal Aid Ontario legal clinic only working on precedent setting cases and research on tenant issues.

She has been the successful counsel on several ground breaking cases in British Columbia, including winning precedent setting cases on child abduction, property division, spousal support, child custody, child alienation and child support in BC.

Our lawyers have practice experience that includes counsel work in landmark and precedent setting cases in each of our practice areas.

We have represented our clients in many precedent setting cases in both the Federal and State Courts.

Our lawyers have many years of experience in personal injury law and have settled thousands of cases and won several precedent setting cases.

He also was lead counsel in a precedent setting case before the Third District Court of Appeals on the issue of whether bad faith claims could be pursued simultaneously with an insured's breach of contract claim, resulting in lower costs and exposure to insurers throughout the State.

Acted for the City of Ottawa on a precedent setting case that established the privacy of employee personal emails unrelated to the business of the City.

One reported decision of Katie's to note is the recent precedent setting case of Kulaveerasingam v. State Farm in which she successfully argued that the interest rate applicable to overdue benefits payments for «transitional policies» under the SABS was 1 % compounded monthly rather than 2 %.

This firm has the distinction of being the attorneys for the Plaintiff, in the precedent setting case, Juarez v. Wavecrest Management Team Ltd, which was the landmark case in which the highest court of New York State established the rules relating to legal liability of landlords in New York City for exposing tenants to the hazards of lead - based paint

This firm has the distinction of being the attorneys for the Plaintiff, in the precedent setting case, Juarez v. Wavecrest Management Team Ltd, which was the landmark case in which the highest court of New York State established the rules relating...

In April 2017, Ron was lead counsel in a precedent setting case in the BC Court of Appeal (Smithies Holdings Inc. v. RCV Holdings Ltd. 2017 BCCA 177).

In that case and in MacLean Law's other precedent setting case of O'Connell v. McIndoe (1998), 56 B.C.L.R. (3d) 292 (C.A.) the wishes of children played a factor in the outcome.

Adjemian v. Brook Crompton North America, 2008 CanLII 27469 (ON S.C.), a precedent setting case at the Ontario Court of Appeal confirming that wrongful dismissal cases can and should be heard in an expedited fashion.

When exposure to liability may be increased due to a precedent setting case such as one in the article, a prudent and responsible Realtor would have to make changes to their work format to eliminate any liabilities to their Clients and their Broker and themselves.

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The U.S. judge has excluded foreign investors, based on a precedent set in a 2010 Supreme Court ruling in the case of Morrison v. National Australian Bank.

But if this case sets a precedent for how Trump's economic policies are going to work, it heralds a dangerous shift from an economic system based on rules toward an economic system based on deals.

Since the policy was written in 2009, legal advocates argue, several court cases have set new precedents that could make some CBP electronic searches illegal.

The «fib» to which Journal was clearly referring was the government's claim, made repeatedly in those same court filings, that it was only interested in cracking the San Bernardino case, not in setting a precedent.

When Paula Jones sued Bill Clinton for sexual harassment 20 years ago, the Supreme Court set the precedent that a sitting president can't push off a federal case until after he leaves office.

In a particularly revealing and two - faced article, the EFF has argued that pushing a Section 230 demand through NAFTA, which if accepted would result in a change to both Canadian and Mexican law, would «roll back the precedent set in the Google v Equustek case».

If Apple is forced to break its own security to get into one phone in this specific case, a precedent is set, and then the question is where and when can that precedent be used again and again, which begs the question as to whether we will ever have privacy again in our ever increasing digital world?

As was expected in that case, there was a simple coding error on the part of Parity and as they were requesting a hard fork many were thinking back to the precedent that was set from the DAO rescue.

Given how much money is at stake, this case is likely to set a precedent for startups looking to exit in the future.

In a potentially precedent - setting decision, he ruled that Nailah may attempt to prove that Jahi is alive in a medical malpractice case.

Catholic organizations have for decades fought to change federal and state laws that fail to protect «unborn persons,» and Catholic Health's lawyers in this case had the chance to set precedent bolstering anti-abortion legal arguments.

Sexton said: «Certainly when cases are decided like this, they may set a precedent for future cases.

Guess this case sets a precedent.

Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane will submit to colleagues on Thursday a case for paying the money to Coca - Cola, but the majority of the cabinet is believed to be opposed to any form of industry assistance on the basis of the precedent it would set.

Tragically, women who have been raped — especially by someone in the public eye and with a fanbase — must now be petrified by the precedent set in this case.

In a property tax case that could set a precedent for towns trying to lure developers, Arlington Heights is fighting the owners of an apartment building in a special taxing district who want to lower their property value assessment.

The holding in each case was substantively similar as McDonald primarily served to incorporate the 2nd Amendment via the 14th Amendment (since Heller applied to the District of Columbia only which is governed by the federal government directly) to the states and did not really set new gun ownership precedent.

The Supreme Court's ruling in McDonnell's case set a precedent that could help others accused of public corruption, including Sen. Robert Menendez (D - N.J.), who is awaiting an appeals court ruling in a corruption case; and former New York State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver (D), who is aiming to overturn his corruption conviction.

It's just that it doesn't set precedent for other cases or resolve circuit splits.

However, at the 19 June hearing, the Court found a loophole in the law to enable Laura and Eunan to have the humanist ceremony they want, without reaching a final judgment in their case, or setting a precedent for other couples also seeking humanist marriages.

The way Director David Kidera resolves questions involving the cases could set precedents for what public bodies ultimately come under the agency's jurisdiction and how much the groups that are clearly under regulation can pay public officials or quasi-governmental employees using public funds.

The case viewed by state and local stakeholders as precedent - setting was based on Essex County Democratic Committee Chairwoman Bethany Kosmider's unsuccessful attempt to obtain electronic voting records from the 2015 local elections from county officials.

New court precedent has impacted the cases of New York lawmakers before: precedent set by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit eventually resulted in a new trial being ordered for Skelos» predecessor in the Senate, Joseph Bruno.

The supreme court has also ruled that is has jurisdiction over any order issued and has struck some down, notably this case which set the precedent that attempting to create law with an order is unconstitutional.

They wrote: «The verdict and events in this case set a dangerous precedent that how a victim of rape, usually a woman, has behaved in the past can be taken as evidence of the way she behaved at the time of the alleged rape.

The government had also argued that dismissing the indictment was inappropriate based on precedent set by other cases where there was intense media coverage.

A court case could have set a dangerous precedent.

But the case may be setting a precedent.

Courts could set precedents as cases arise from the virtual world.

This case — Diamond versus Diehl — set a precedent, and the patent office began granting patents for software whether or not it had anything to do with industrial processes.

The concern is that the case sets a precedent for scientists to rush into court to address criticisms of their work, rather than going through established processes to publish follow - up commentary and research.

«This case could set precedent for the extent third - parties on the internet are required to enforce government - mandated censorship,» says Daniel Himmelstein, a data scientist at the University of Pennsylvania who recently analyzed how many journal papers Sci - Hub holds.

Our field offices work closely with U.S. Attorney's Office to adhere to the legal requirements of their particular districts as set forth in case law or court decisions / precedent.

Because Harvard and BWH are not yet off the hook for their handling of the investigation, some still worry that the case will set a negative precedent for universities.