Sentences with phrase «rights cases filed»

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On the decision to eliminate the LLC filing requirement, FDIC deputy general counsel Roberta McInerney said at the meeting, «We won't be able to do it in every case, but when we something like that where we can try to make a different right away, we'll try to do that.»

As previously threatened, Horgan, who heads a minority government clinging to power with the support of three Green MLAs, directed his government to file a reference case at the B.C. Court of Appeal to affirm its right to protect the coast.

But Levandowski, asserting his Fifth Amendment right to avoid self - incrimination, has not publicly denied taking the files or otherwise commented on the case.

«Based on the advice of counsel, I will assert my 5th Amendment rights in connection with all proceedings in this case due to the ongoing criminal investigation by the FBI and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York,» Cohen wrote in the filing in Los Angeles federal court.

Commission chair Patricia L. Gattling said in her official statement that «Today, the NYC Commission on Human Rights settled the cases it had filed in August 2012 against seven businesses on Lee Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn based on gender and religious discrimination — the posting of signs in the store windows that discriminated against women.»

As it turns out, these poor fellows may not have been vagrants but merely exercising their constitutional rights: The Obama Administration recently filed a legal brief in a case out of Boise arguing that, in certain circumstances, outlawing sleeping in public violates the Eighth Amendment proscription against «cruel and unusual punishment.»

the person s - worn at will have every right to take you to the police station and file a complaint for a case of insult and depending on the size and weight of the ins - ult the verdict would be made.

In most cases, though, universities and colleges affirmed (sometimes only after lawsuits had been filed) the right of religious groups to select their own leaders.

In either case, though, unmarried fathers can still file for custody and visitation rights, even if they're not listed on the birth certificate.

Case in point: a petition on the NAACP site urging the U.S. Justice Department to file federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman attracted so much attention that their servers...

Case in point: a petition on the NAACP site urging the U.S. Justice Department to file federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman attracted so much attention that their servers couldn't handle it:

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, in a federal district court in Washington, D.C., the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a brief requesting that a federal judge not dismiss a case of litigation against senior CIA and military officials for the 2011 targeted killing of Anwar al - Awlaki (a suspected al - Qaeda leader) and his 16 - year - old son, both U.S. citizens.

In case a suggestion is not considered, an observer has the right to file a complaint, which must be considered at a Committee meeting either immediately or as soon as possible on the day of voting.

«The government has to explain why a private jet was used in this case and why it so spectacular failed to file the right paperwork beforehand, further adding to the cost.

This case has attracted the attention of virtually every major gun control and gun rights organization in the nation, many of which have filed briefs either in support of or against the original suit filed by the New York State Rife & Pistol Association.

Subsequently the African Human Rights Court after studying the case of Mr.Woyome has also established a prima facie case against the state and has ordered the state to appoint its lawyers by Tuesday 8th August, 2017 and then thirty clear days thereafter to file its defence.

The U.S. Justice Department has filed court papers in a New York case arguing that a major federal civil rights law does not protect employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation, taking a stand against a decision reached under President Barack Obama.

Businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome has filed a fresh case at the African Court on Human and People's Rights after expressing dissatisfaction about the ruling of the International Chamber of Commerce on the GHc 51 million judgment debt paid wrongfully to him by the government of Ghana.

It's a sharp turn away from the Bush administration, which despite a spotty civil rights record filed more ballot access cases on behalf of non-English speakers than any administration had before.»

The case challenging the move, Doe v. Trump, was filed by GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders and the National Center for Lesbian Rights.

In response, Oni submitted that Patience had a right of discontinue the case, but pressed for a charge of N500, 000 as the cost of filing processes in response to the suit.

The case was filed by New Yorkers facing terminal illnesses — and their physicians — who say the state should recognize an individual's right to end their life.

The High Court in Accra, Human Rights Division, presided over by His Lordship Justice Anthony K. Yeboah, will today [Monday] deliver judgment on the case filed by five citizens over the delayed implementation of the Representation of the People Amendment Act also known as the ROPAA law, 2006 [Act 699].

The Supreme Court has ordered the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to file a response within 14 days in a case in which the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has been sued over the $ 2.25 billion bond issue.

The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice dismissed a preliminary objection filed by the Federal Government of Nigeria challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear a case of breach of fundamental human rights filed by Nnamdi Kanu.

«If such a removal application is filed against Mr. Paladino, the Commissioner will determine whether to order a hearing, at which Mr. Paladino will have the right to be represented by counsel, and the Commissioner will review all facts in the case before making a determination on his removal,» stated NYSED.

«This is a big step forward to getting what we are ultimately seeking: the right to bodily liberty for chimpanzees and other cognitively complex animals,» says Natalie Prosin, the executive director of the animal rights organization, the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP), that filed therights organization, the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP), that filed theRights Project (NhRP), that filed the case.

The lawsuit filed Monday is the latest in a wave of legal cases filed by children against states and the federal government that accuse government of depriving them of the fundamental right to a stable climate.

The case originated in 2005 when a New Jersey resident filed a formal complaint with the State alleging that eHarmony violated his rights under the LAD by not offering a same - sex matching service.

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Most ofthe time, thesesystems coexist in the sameareaandthey are often contradictory.As a result, the Somali peoplehave the right to choose whichlawthey applyinany given case, a decision made on the basis ofself - interest, while bearinginmind that when it comes to the securityandpeace the decision will provide forthe inter-clan relations.Most of the survivors of sexual exploitation don't file complaints with respective «authorities because they fear stigma, reprisals from family members, the police, and the Islamist insurgent group» while others «do not belief authorities would be able or willing to take any effective action» (HRW, 2014, September, p. 35) a predicament that confines the survivors to silence and anguish.

06, Ed.D.» 11, is serving as counsel of record for the Civil Rights Project at UCLA in an amicus curiae, or friend of the court, brief filed for a case set to be argued before the United States Supreme Court.

That's why a group of parents and students in Connecticut, with support from the nonprofit students» rights organization Students Matter, filed a case last month in federal court challenging their state's laws «that knowingly and actively prevent students from accessing even minimally acceptable public school options.»

But the case groaned back to life in 2006 when a group organized as the Greenville Parents Association filed a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights objecting to the district's use of race in student assignments.

Charging that the Justice Department, which filed the suit in January 1981, will not adequately represent the black plaintiffs in the case, the civil - rights group filed its request late last month.

To be sure, it remains essential for students and their families to have the right to file complaints with the Office for Civil Rights if the feel they have been subject to discrimination, and for investigators to examine the facts of their cases and come to appropriate judgments.

The Wright v. New York case was first filed in 2014, when nine families from across the state brought suit against the State of New York and others, claiming that teacher tenure, dismissal, and quality - blind layoff laws deprive New York children of their right to a sound basic education as guaranteed under the New York State Constitution.

The case was filed against the district by the American Civil Liberties Union and others, and alleged students were being deprived of their constitutional right to an equitable education.

Ben Austin, policy and advocacy director for Students Matter (the outfit that filed the Vergara case), thought the bill was on the right track but could be even stronger.

According to another article published by Kate Taylor in the New York Times, «the complaint,» which was filed with the federal Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, «described how students with disabilities were repeatedly suspended or made to repeat grades and how administrators in several cases urged parents to remove their students from the school» (Taylor 2016).

Best - case scenario for the authors would be a competing publisher buying the rights and reverting them to the authors, which I believe Siren did after Triskelion filed for bankruptcy.

In the case where the complexity of the manuscript file requires work outside the scope of our service, we reserve the right to decline to do the conversion with a minimum charge of $ 100 an hour.

In my case, my own site (like just about every site out there) has a line of such icons across the bottom of every article; I right - clicked on each icon (that's control - click on a Mac) and selected Save Image as..., downloading each of the icons to my computer as an image file — in each case either a JPEG file or a PNG file, either of which will work in an ebook.

Files are sold in non-concurrent rights and for period of 3 years, and some case perpetual.

However, please note that in many cases the license will additionally require that the eBook be encrypted with Digital Rights Management (DRM) of some kind to make the extraction and illegal use of the font file more difficult.

In the case of files you already have laying around on your computer, simply right - click and click «Send to Kindle».

IN THE ABSENCE OF THIS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT, YOU AND WE MAY OTHERWISE HAVE HAD A RIGHT OR OPPORTUNITY TO BRING CLAIMS IN A COURT, BEFORE A JUDGE OR JURY, AND / OR TO PARTICIPATE OR BE REPRESENTED IN A CASE FILED IN COURT BY OTHERS (INCLUDING CLASS ACTIONS).

In those two cases, there is a three - day waiting period, known as the «right of rescission» period, that must pass prior to legally filing the debt.

In some cases, filing bankruptcy is the right choice.