Sentences with phrase «private legal defense fund»
(Reuters) • Pruitt is seeking extra help defending himself from an onslaught of ethical scandals through a private legal defense fund, but that may come with ethical issues of its own.
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«We will be putting together a public - private legal defense fund to provide immigrants who can't afford their own defense,» Cuomo said.
The governor announced he's putting together a public - private legal defense fund to help immigrants who can't afford their own defense if they are targeted by the federal government.
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That meant that when the Glenwood donations to his legal defense fund arrived in the wake of his indictment in early 2009, Bruno was a private citizen.
That anonymity was touted by Bruno's supporters in a 2009 letter soliciting contributions for the nonprofit Joseph L. Bruno Legal Defense Fund: «All contributions will be kept private and are not reported publicly,» it read in part.
The funding is designed to build on the Liberty Defense Project, a public / private partnership Cuomo recently announced that will offer pro-bono legal services and other resources to immigrants regardless of their status.
The Alliance for School Choice and the Institute for Justice have offered their services by creating a legal defense fund to assist the private schools.
In September 2011, Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) filed suit against Barkworks company on the grounds that they engaged in consumer fraud and false advertising by misrepresenting the source of their dogs (i.e., telling customers the puppies came from «responsible private breeders» rather than puppy mills).
Placements may be with local attorneys in private practice (handling veterinary malpractice cases, for example), local district attorneys» offices (working on cruelty prosecutions), or national animal advocacy organizations (such as the Humane Society of the United States, the Animal Legal Defense Fund, or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).