Sentences with phrase «ruled against my client»

I was sitting there thinking like, «What happens if they hold that against me, and rule against my client, or do something damaging when they have discretion to just because they didn't like my commercials?»

Fulbright & Jaworski finds itself as the «mockee» in such a video (below) following a judge's ruling against its client (the publication Variety) in a motion to transfer the case from Delaware to California.

The trial court ruled against my client, and refused to lower the father's child support.

Yet how often, when we move on after having been told we made our point, does the judge later rule against our client while failing to make the factual finding regarding the point the judge has promised that we made?

While I'm less worried about being found in contempt for arguing with a judge than I used to be (the 2003 addition of «civility» to the oath attorneys and judges are required to take has changed judges» behavior more than it has attorneys» because some judges were perpetually officious prior to this civility requirement), I still don't want to risk a judge ruling against my client's position or failing to award my client fees because that judge feels I treated him or her rudely.

Mr. Liu did add a half - dozen paragraphs to each brief to take account of the distinct facts in the two cases, but he made no effort to explain where the lower court judges had gone astray in ruling against his clients.

Not exact matches

Early on, he reportedly designed a lucrative $ 100 million trade — then the largest of its kind Goldman had ever handled — for an Islamic client to get around the religion's rules against receiving interest payments.

Client Earth previously won a case against Government in the Supreme Court last year, which ruled that it must come up with plans to combat air pollution «as soon as possible».

A frustrated client who spoke to Citi News said: «I have a judgement against SGSSB and they brought it to the Supreme Court and today being the ruling day, I have come here to have the case finally ruled for me and I am facing this frustration because the Judicial Services Staff are not around... I have been here for almost two and half hours ago.»

3.3 The Client acknowledges that a decision to use a research and writing service is their own and agrees that the Company and its writers and other employees are not liable for the decision to use services that go against the university or institution rules or are prohibited by law in the Client's state, city or county.

People are against such rules due to the fact that such places of interest will lose their clients and lose money.

CC i'm surprised tdw did this for you since generally the big green will apply the no - shorting - against - the - box rules, which mean a client can't go long and then short the same stock... although the reverse is OK (ie short first online in a margin account, then instantly buy long online, then phone when convenient for the journal.)

I would advise clients to always obtain their own inspection report as I believe there was an Ontario court ruling some years ago that a buyer can not rely on an inspection report prepared for a seller and therefore there is no recourse against the inspector and no fiduciary duty required from the sellers inspector.

I hereby file a complaint against all licensed Veterinarians engaged in companion animal practice in the State of Texas for violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct, rule 573.26 which states; Licensed veterinarians shall conduct their practice with honesty, integrity, and fair dealing to clients in time and services rendered, and in the amount charged for services, facilities, appliances and drugs.

The clients of scientific advice, such as the European Commission, are embracing the mechanization of the evaluation of proposed Harvest Control Rules against the precautionary principle and management objectives.

Comment 16 to the rule requires a lawyer to «act competently to safeguard information relating to the representation of a client against inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure by the lawyer or other persons who are participating in the representation of the client or who are subject to the lawyer's supervision.»

«The client's right to be protected against the disclosure of their confidential communications with their lawyers is a cornerstone of the rule of law, and has existed for centuries.

Scott monitors state rulings, legislation and court decisions that impact taxpayers and guides his clients in a broad range of substantive issues, from business restructuring and transactional tax planning to constitutional questions such as nexus, discrimination against interstate commerce and unitary combination.

Ransomware is a choice weapon against legal firms, as attackers understand that firms are highly motivated to protect the confidentiality of their data as well as obligated by ABA Model Rules to make reasonable efforts to prevent disclosure or unauthorized access to client data.

A process that has, in the past, been delivered one to one with experts talking to clients can now be bundled up in an application to deliver in a one - to - many model that runs a user's scenario against a multi-jurisdictional inventory of the rules and regulations and provides situational guidance and highlights risk points where the company or individual may be in or out of compliance with rules, regulations and laws.

On the same day, the High Court ruled that Christian prayers held before a council meeting were unlawful, and the Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the High Court that two Christian hotel owners had discriminated against gay clients by not offering them a double room.

[37] Finally, the bright line rule does not apply in circumstances where it is unreasonable for a client to expect that its law firm will not act against it in unrelated matters.

Candour — A lawyer should advise an existing client before accepting a retainer that will require him to act against the client, even if he considers the situation to fall outside the scope of the bright line rule.

«Law societies have been at the forefront of the fight against money laundering for more than 15 years, putting in place a regime that prohibits members of the legal profession from accepting cash from clients and requires them to comply with strict know - your - client rules.

If the answer is yes, simultaneously acting for and against a client in legal matters will generally result in a breach of the bright line rule, and the law firm can not accept the new retainer unless the clients involved grant their informed consent.

Those dates were later cancelled, however, when Landry, who is notorious in Quebec legal circles for several run - ins with the Quebec Bar and a defamation suit against Court of Quebec Judge James Rondeau, announced his intention to file a Charter challenge to Judge Roy's ruling on behalf of his client.

It's no fantastic legal source, and rules may vary in different countries, but from the Wikipedia article on Attorney client privilege: Lawyers may also breach the duty where they are defending themselves against disciplinary or legal proceedings.

Hannah Riordan, associate at law firm Clarion, says: «Sitting at the County Court at Liverpool, HHJ Wood ruled that DJ Jenkinson was wrong to construe the «Jenkins exception'to the rule against CFA assignment, so narrowly as to only apply where a client loyally follows an individual fee earner from one firm to another.

The competitive nature of the plaintiff - side bar, and need to protect client information under the Rules of Professional Conduct, prevents the type of collaboration that would allow them to push back against larger entities on the other side.

Iowa's headline - making may well lead other courts to take a close look at similar cases and consider the application of their existing law as well; it may also embolden clients to seek emotional distress damages when they otherwise would have expected the general rule against them to be followed.

It also limited the rule so it only applies where the new representation is directly adverse to the immediate legal interests of the client and where it would not be «unreasonable for a client to expect that its law firm will not act against it in unrelated matters.»

«The custody rule's surprise examination requirement is designed to provide clients protection against assets being misappropriated or misused,» said Sanjay Wadhwa, Senior Associate Director of the SEC's New York office.

In order to ensure that the funds are properly managed CrowdJustice will only hand them to the litigant's lawyer who is subject to professional rules for the handling of client money and protection against money laundering.

In a case brought by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), the partners of Clyde and Co solicitors admitted they allowed a client account to be used as a banking facility, acting against SRA accounting rules and in breach of existing obligations under the then - current money laundering regulations (2007).

To illustrate this point, Mayerson relates how his understanding of the «renewal rule» helped protect a corporate client against a sudden - and - accidental pollution exclusion added to a policy a year after it was purchased — but 20 years before the claim at issue.

«Very real obstacles» faced by a family law client in bringing a negligence action against a Cheshire law firm did not mean that the claim should be struck out in its entirety, the High Court has ruled.

I now have Justice Lax in McKenna v. Gammon Gold Inc. to back me up when she ruled that Siskinds should not be disqualified for a conflict of interest from prosecuting a class action against an underwriting subsidiary of a client bank that it acts for in separate matters.

5) Rule 57.07 is not intended to allow the frustration of the opposing party's counsel to be taken out against a counsel personally because he or she went down a series of blind alleys with his or her clients» instructions or approval.

The Utah Supreme Court struck the briefs and affirmed the appellate court's rulings against Dyer's client.

A tightening up of rules against inducements making clear that only refreshments or cigarettes for immediate consumption may be given to clients.

None of these reasons will protect a firm against a client who claims that using outdated technology led to incompetent representation, violating Rule 1.1.

In a ruling on remedy reported as R v Rudolph, 2017 NSSC 334 Justice Denise Boudreau summarized her preceding decision on violations of solicitor - client privilege, and the right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure, at para. 5:

The language used in this Consulting Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the Consultant and Client to express their mutual intent, and no rule of law or contract interpretation that provides that in the case of ambiguity or uncertainty a provision should be construed against the draftsperson will be applied against either the Consultant or Client.

On a motion under Rule 12 (b)(6), the Court dismissed the lawsuit at the outset based its ruling that the former client failed to state a claim against the firm or its individual attorneys.

Granting Rule 12 (b)(6) motion to dismiss securities claims filed against Robie & Matthai client, an in - house counsel.

The Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed the ruling of the trial court and awarded a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, vacating a large verdict against Kim's client, a mutual insurance company, on the basis that the insurer's conduct in handling a fire damage claim did not constitute bad faith as a matter of law.

Representation of client against claim in Connecticut state Superior Court by consumer group appealing the ruling by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection allowing dentists to use mercury fillings.

In the first appellate decision interpreting and applying Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 1006 (a. 1), Pennsylvania's tort reform measure involving venue, the Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the ruling of the trial court and held that the plaintiff's medical malpractice action against John's client, a physician, must be transferred out of Philadelphia County.

White & Case is the only law firm to have defended successfully at trial pharmaceutical clients against both FTC and private plaintiff reverse payment suits, and we were counsel in the landmark SCOTUS ruling on reverse payments in FTC v. Actavis.»

To guard against attempts by unscrupulous clients to dupe legal professionals into laundering money or unwittingly financing terrorist activities, the Federation introduced a model No Cash Rule to limit the amount of cash lawyers and notaries may accept from their clients.