Sentences with phrase «public court filings»

Silver's outside legal work — which is not reflected in public court filings — has propelled him to the top of the list.

The decision to expose the secret deal in public court filings carries financial risks for Daniels.

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«Through their crimes, Dean and Adam Skelos have fed the public's worst fears and suspicions about their government: that our elected officials are not looking out for the public good, but instead looking out only for ways to turn the immense power entrusted in them into personal profit,» they said in court filings.

Public Record: Information obtained by a credit reporting agency from court records, such as liens, bankruptcy filings and judgments.

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«Once the system is implemented, all filings at the Court — petitions and responses to petitions, merits briefs, and all other types of motions and applications — will be available to the legal community and the public without cost on the Court's website,» he said.

It is an online membership website where self - represented lawyers can access (1) a comprehensive text detailing each stage of the discipline process and how it works, what to expect, pitfalls to avoid, and tips on how to navigate the system, (2) a document library containing dozens of sample documents for State Bar Court filings and State Bar investigations, since these materials are generally difficult to come by despite being technically public, and (3) a forum where members can share information, ideas, concerns, and experiences.

While merits briefs and some other filings currently are available on the websites of the ABA and SCOTUSblog, under the court's new system, the public will have access to a much larger body of filings, including pending cert petitions.

That system charges the public for access tomany filings and is daunting to use, says Lissner, whose group recently has taken all the free written orders and opinions available in PACER and made them accessible on the website Court Listener.

Back then, it was primarily a document - sharing site, a place where lawyers could post documents of any kind — court filings, decisions, forms, articles, alerts or newsletters — and make them available to the public.

Because court filings are public records, I think that syndicating SCC factums via public RSS feeds, and attaching to them a Canadian Creative Commons license («Attribution — no derivative — no commercial use» comes to mind), would be not only be fair; but would promote a better understanding of the Canadian Justice system.

* While court filings are public record, is there a significant difference between the impact on the privacy of individual litigants when a factum is filed in the Registrar's office, compared to posting the same document on the Internet?

Everything remains largely paper - based and the ability of the public and companies to access legal data such as pleadings, court schedules, filings, etc. is woefully inadequate.

Increasingly, Justia devoted itself to public - interest projects — notably the Stanford Copyright and Fair Use Center and Recall Warnings — and to building Justia into the kind of legal resource that FindLaw had earlier foreshadowed, adding such innovations as Justia Dockets & Filings, the Justia Supreme Court Center, BlawgSearch for searching law - related blogs, Blawgs.fm for searching law - related podcasts, and LegalBirds for finding legal professionals on Twitter.

Malamud claims one of the reasons he is pursuing greater public access to court records is because «there are also massive privacy violations lurking inside some court filings, since clerks, judges and lawyers aren't adhering to rules about what can and can't be in legal filings.»

The only public description that we found explains, «We have selected filings from trial courts in all 50 states.

Access to public records, including court filings, is central to American tradition.

Even if the client relationship is known as a result of public record filings, such as court documents that identify both the law firm and the client they represent, the law firm still needs to obtain informed consent from the client to recognize them formally as a client.

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It is also important to note that not all jurisdictions allow public access to court filings, although most do.

Last month, in «We Won't See You in Court: The Era of Tort Lawsuits Is Waning,» the Wall Street Journal took a look at the decline in tort lawsuit filings and the reasons fueling the decline, citing «state restrictions on litigation, the increasing cost of bringing suits, improved auto safety, and a long campaign by businesses to turn public opinion against plaintiffs and their lawyers.»

Because access to court filings is fundamental to understanding both the patent system and our judicial system, EFF moved to intervene in the case to ask the court to release public versions of significant court filings.

Managed all departmental administrative functions with a budget of $ 519,000 Interviewed / hired, trained and supervised administrative staff Retained hearing officers and court reporters for adjudicated hearings Managed Board's case docket to ensure timely process of appeals pursuant to Ohio Revised Code 3702 Facilitated and executed administrative tasks (i.e., arbitrated hearings, minutes, public notices, board orders, court filings and budget development) Analyzed court orders, news articles, revised policies for Board review and deliberation Distributed hearing officers findings, attorneys» briefings, and related documents to Board and parties of record Developed budget reports Served as liaison for the Board before attorneys, private and public sector; including the State of Ohio Controlling Board and stakeholders Acknowledgement: Proclamation, Ohio House of Representatives, Community Advocacy Services.

Department of Justice (Wheeling, WV & Washington, DC) 08/2004 — 05/2007 United States Attorney's Office — Insert Title • Provide a variety of services for the United States Attorney's office focused on trial file preparation and evidence • Screen attorney's filings to ensure the US District Court guidelines are followed in sensitive cases sealed from the public • Provide support on ad - hoc requests from US Attorneys • Assist in analyzing databases, spreadsheets, and records in health care fraud cases • Perform upkeep and maintain the civil and criminal law libraries • Recognized with the Performance Award, Civil Division, United States Attorney's Office, for work excellence

It aggregates public data to provide information, including a person's criminal history, court records, and public filings.

Bankruptcy courts have developed a test to analyze what sort of filings fall into this exception, which require a determination of whether the enforcement action is filed pursuant to the regulatory agency's public policy agenda or is instead an attempt by a creditor to use the regulatory agency filing to collect from the debtor's bankruptcy estate.

Check them at BBB, look them up in the county jail and court records and public records to see if they have court filings you're not comfortable with or judgements against them.