Sentences with phrase «related civil proceedings»

Charlie has extensive experience representing government contractors and their employees in criminal investigations and related civil proceedings involving allegations of procurement fraud.

Not exact matches

Mr. Broderick's practice also includes representing clients in civil business litigation, many of which are parallel or related proceedings filed in connection with criminal and regulatory matters.

Some of my professional work involves acting as an Expert Witness in civil proceedings (relating to construction engineering — not quite sure how I ended up here from academic geochemistry, but so be it...).

Most notably, all victims of domestic violence or sexual assault will find themselves in civil legal proceedings related to housing, child custody or divorce.

Criminal and regulatory investigations can trigger parallel civil proceedings; our team litigates related actions, including investor, customer, competitor and class action litigation.

Real estate brokers and agents: disputes relating to brokers, agents and their ethical, fiduciary and other common law disclosure and other obligations, as well as alleged breaches in civil actions and in ethics proceedings before state regulatory agencies

Tom's practice covers domestic and international dispute resolution, focusing on commercial disputes, including banking & finance, civil fraud and arbitrations and related proceedings.

Chris provides business and corporate advice, including advice related to sales and acquisitions, commercial leasing, contracts, real estate conveyance and financing; broad commercial litigation representation including contracts and other business disputes, commercial and residential construction defect claims, religious entity law, advice regarding employment disputes and compliance, including ADA, ADEA, Title VII, Colorado Wage Act, FLSA compliance, and administrative proceedings before EEOC and DORA - Colorado Civil Rights Division; representation in administrative proceedings, C.R.C.P. 106 (a)(4) appeals and interlocutory appeals regarding governmental immunity, defense and pursuit of 42 USC § 1983 actions in federal and state court; representation of public pension funds in litigation and administrative matters; and appellate practice before the Colorado Court of Appeals, Colorado Supreme Court, and the 10th Circuit.

Peter has experience advising on consumer credit and related legislation and representing clients in civil actions and in some criminal proceedings under the 1974 Act.

The three dominant themes in 2008 cases where PIL was invoked were as follows: UK / EU law implementation of UNSC resolutions concerning freezing of alleged terrorist assets (sanctions cases); the acts / omissions of UK authorities in Iraq / Afghanistan viewed in the context of PIL and provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and Human Rights Act 1998 (Iraq / Afghanistan related cases); and state / diplomatic immunity in the context of civil proceedings and / or attempts to enforce arbitration awards against assets of State entities in the UK (Civil immunity cacivil proceedings and / or attempts to enforce arbitration awards against assets of State entities in the UK (Civil immunity caCivil immunity cases).

Under the applicable procedural rules in Switzerland, investigators or the court may neither ask for documents that relate to the professional legal representation of a party or of a third person in civil proceedings nor for correspondence between an accused person and the defence lawyer in criminal proceedings.

By way of update to our Litigation Funding in Singapore report on 3 August 2016, on 10 January 2017 the Singapore Parliament passed amendments to the Civil Law Act legalising third - party funding in arbitration and related proceedings in Singapore.

Fortune 500 companies, corporate executives and high - ranking public officials retain us for representation in internal corporate investigations; government investigations, including grand jury, congressional and inspector general investigations; criminal litigation, including trials and appeals; and related civil and administrative proceedings, including qui tam actions.

In support of this: Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) Regulations 2012 governs the conduct of civil legal services including reg 38 (3)(emphasis added): «(3)... the Director must issue a separate certificate for each --(a) form of civil legal services for which the individual qualifies; and (b) set of proceedings to which a determination relates, unless the Director decides that the proceedings are so closely connected that they should be covered by a single certificate.&rCivil Legal Aid (Procedure) Regulations 2012 governs the conduct of civil legal services including reg 38 (3)(emphasis added): «(3)... the Director must issue a separate certificate for each --(a) form of civil legal services for which the individual qualifies; and (b) set of proceedings to which a determination relates, unless the Director decides that the proceedings are so closely connected that they should be covered by a single certificate.&rcivil legal services including reg 38 (3)(emphasis added): «(3)... the Director must issue a separate certificate for each --(a) form of civil legal services for which the individual qualifies; and (b) set of proceedings to which a determination relates, unless the Director decides that the proceedings are so closely connected that they should be covered by a single certificate.&rcivil legal services for which the individual qualifies; and (b) set of proceedings to which a determination relates, unless the Director decides that the proceedings are so closely connected that they should be covered by a single certificate.»

Mark Whittaker, insurance partner at DWF, that represented Brighton and Hove, says: «It is an extremely rare case because it is one of the few occasions where contempt of court proceedings have been pursued in a civil court and also as the case only related to the witnesses involved and not to the claimant herself.»

Business Development: Brokering various business dealings that further the diversification of Indian economies Developing and accessing commercial financial programs and services for tribal governments, including tax - exempt offerings and federally - guaranteed housing loans Serving as issuer or underwriter's counsel in tribal bond issuances Ensuring tribal compliance with Bank Secrecy Act and other federal financial regulatory requirements Handling federal and state income, excise, B&O, property and other tax matters for tribes and tribal businesses Chartering tribal business enterprises under tribal, state and federal law Registering and protecting tribal trademarks and copyrights Negotiating franchise agreements for restaurants and retail stores on Indian reservations Custom - tailoring construction contracts for tribes and general contractors Helping secure federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs Government Relations: Handling state and federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal rights.

On April 13, 2018 the Supreme Court of Lithuania (SCoL) decided to stay proceedings and refer a question for preliminary ruling to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in a case that raises new questions related to the in - house exemption (civil case No.

The firm recently acted in matters relating to confiscation proceedings, cash seizure, forfeiture, restraint orders, property freezing orders and civil recovery orders under the Proceeds of Crime Act and tipping off offences in accordance with National Criminal Intelligence Service «NCIS».

Of particular concern is that any statements that an individual makes in a civil proceeding may be used against the individual in any related criminal proceedings or private civil actions in the future.

Fortune 500 companies, corporate executives and high - ranking public officials retain the firm's investigations attorneys for representation in federal and state criminal investigations; congressional and inspector - general investigations; criminal litigation, including trials and appeals; and related civil and administrative proceedings.

Bowden is relevant not only to civil claims arising from abuse many years ago but also to other personal injury cases where the defendant's alleged tort relates to circumstances long before proceedings were issued, such as occupational illness claims.

Notwithstanding that it had instructed Wilmer Hale, London - based solicitors who had represented it at all stages of the London - seated Arbitration and the related High Court proceedings, the KRG refused to give Wilmer Hale permission to accept service of the Claimants» application for a peremptory order, thus obliging the Claimants to serve that application in accordance with the slow and cumbersome provisions set out in section 12 (1) of the English State Immunity Act 1978 and Rule 6.44 of the English Civil Procedure Rules (the «English CPR»).......

Practice Highlights His practice includes representing physicians and medical clinics in negotiating employment contracts, partnership contracts, joint venture contracts and establishment of medical corporations; representation of physicians and medical clinics in the purchase and sale of medical practices; representation of physicians, dentists, pharmacists, medical clinics, surgical centers, hospitals, clinical laboratories and nursing homes before the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, Illinois Department of Public Aid, Illinois Department of Public Health and Federal Department of Health and Human Services in administrative license and recoupment hearings; representation of brokers and salesman before the Office of Banks and Real Estate; representation of physicians and other health care providers at internal hospital hearings involving termination or discipline of hospital privileges; representation of physicians in hearings before managed care providers to terminate the physician as a provider; representation of health care providers in criminal proceedings in federal or state court on charges related to Medicare and Medicaid vendor fraud and false claims; general and civil litigation related to medical care providers; and domestic relations.

Alishia's experience spans all aspects of family law including separation, divorce, dissolution of civil partnership, financial proceedings, matters relating to children, domestic violence and cohabitation disputes.

When a company under investigation is also involved in ongoing civil proceedings (before a court or an arbitral tribunal) that relate to the conduct under investigation, a party or the government may seek to stay those proceedings pending the outcome of the investigation.

Professional regulatory statutes often contain confidentiality provisions that make records or other documents used by regulators during investigation and disciplinary processes, e.g., documents relating to complainants or other patients, non-compellable during civil proceedings.

In circumstances where there are related criminal proceedings, the following principles (among others) will apply to the exercise of the court's discretion to stay civil proceedings: [4]

Where a company subject to investigation is also involved in ongoing civil proceedings (before the courts or an arbitral tribunal) that relate to the conduct under investigation, the parties may seek to stay those proceedings pending the outcome of the investigation.

The Jackson reforms introducing the Simmons v Castle uplift related specifically to «civil proceedings» and tribunal proceedings are not «civil proceedings» (see also the EAT's decision in Chawla v Hewlett Packard Ltd).

As Coulson J stated, «s 33 only applies to personal injury and fatal accident claims, not other forms of civil proceedings» and that such claims «have always been the subject of special rules relating to limitation», that secondly, as evident from countless authorities, «no decision under s 33 can be regarded as setting down definitive guidelines that are automatically applicable in another factual decision; any decision under s 33 has to be regarded as a decision on the particular facts of that case, and nothing more.»

The Court of Appeal (Civil Division) does not have jurisdiction following an unsuccessful application to the Divisional Court in matters relating to the Extradition Act 2003, since extradition matters are criminal proceedings.

Of particular interest to Slaw readers, the changes related to discovery represent a positive step towards control over the time and expense associated with civil proceedings in this new era of e-discovery.

Acting for a Russian businessman in the defence of civil proceedings brought by a Russian Bank relating to alleged misconduct, including defending against a worldwide freezing injunction obtained by the Bank.

In addition to her live cases, through the work of her committees, Angela has been personally involved in the promotion of procedural reform in relation to pension disputes; she has contributed to the drafting of the Chancery Guide on trust and pension - related proceedings and to the formulation of certain provisions of the Civil Procedure Rules.

In fact, (i) securities - related criminal proceedings can be brought only by public prosecutors, and (ii) civil claims for damages can be brought only by the persons that directly suffered the damages (however, with respect to market abuse violations, Consob is entitled to bring civil claims aimed at obtaining compensation for damage caused to the market's integrity).

For example, disclosures of protected health information pursuant to administrative, civil, and criminal proceedings relating to «health oversight» are permitted, even if no court or administrative orders have been issued.

If and to the extent the in - house counsel is professionally independent and not bound by instructions he can generally represent its employer as an attorney in civil, administrative and criminal proceedings but with certain exceptions: First, representation is not permitted in criminal proceedings relating to the employer or in administrative misdemeanor proceedings involving fines concerning company - related charges.

BACKGROUND: Pursuant to Article VIII Section 3 of the West Virginia Constitution, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia «shall have power to promulgate rules for all cases and proceedings, civil and criminal, for all the courts of the State relating to writs, warrants, process, practice and procedure, which shall have the force and effect of law.»

Mr. Azar's pro bono work has also included successfully persuading the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to allow a disabled prisoner's federal civil rights case to proceed, resulting in a published decision on a matter of first impression; assisting tenants in disputes with their landlords; and assisting a translator in defending against contempt proceedings relating to her alleged whistleblowing about safety defects in automobiles.

The trial judge concluded that Guatemala's legal system was capable of providing justice and that the plaintiffs could obtain compensation either through a stand - alone civil suit or through criminal proceedings related to the same incident, which were already underway in Guatemala.

This statement of Sullivan J was made by him in the judgment five paragraphs before he stated explicitly that one should not confuse and read across the provisions of POCA 2002 relating to civil recovery proceedings with those provisions that relate to summary proceedings for cash forfeiture and detention.

The provision would extend the powers and rights of audience of DCWs by enabling them to conduct: - summary trials in magistrates» courts; - certain proceedings in magistrates» courts, including proceedings relating to offences triable only on indictment by a judge and jury at the crown court; - applications and other proceedings relating to «preventative civil orders» such as anti-social behaviour orders; and - certain proceedings (other than criminal proceedings) assigned to the director of public prosecutions by the attorney general under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, s 3 (2)(g).

The expectation was that a number of human rights cases, particularly those closely related to a civil cause of action would be diverted to the courts, thereby preventing multiplicity of proceedings.

Regularly represent clients in grand jury investigations and defend businesses and individuals in white collar criminal investigations and prosecutions around the globe, in parallel civil enforcement proceedings and in related third - party proceedings.

A civil Court which consists of three divisions: - i) Queen's Bench (can be known as King's Bench Division if a King is assuming the throne)- civil disputes for recovery of money, including breach of contract, personal injuries, libel / slander; ii) Family - concerned with matrimonial maters and proceedings relating to children, e.g. wardship; iii) Chancery - property matters including fraud and bankruptcy