Sentences with phrase «rules committee»

Because of our widely recognized expertise in this area, our attorneys frequently speak before various audiences on class action litigation and serve on local and national rules committees involving complex litigation issues.

At an event held on Capitol Hill by the U.S Chamber of Commerce, Roe, chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, said that following the House Rules Committee meeting Wednesday afternoon, the rule for the resolution, HJ Res.

A hearing has to be held within two weeks of the petition unless the majority of Rules Committee members vote not to do so.

Protesters reacting to a speaker in the Senate Rules Committee meeting on gun safety at the Florida State Capitol on Monday.

David was appointed by the Lord Chancellor to the Civil Procedure Rules Committee in 1997.

Allan Keyes, Esq., Chair Civil Rules Committee Ryan Smith & Carbine, Ltd..

The Senate Rules committee met Monday met to consider raising the age for gun purchases to 21 and to impose a three - day waiting period for all gun sales.

HB 332 cleared the House Judiciary Committee on a 7 -4-1 vote on February 24 and the House Rules committee on February 28.

We propose to invite the Criminal Procedure Rules Committee in consultation with the Judicial College to review the terminology used in the material given to the jury and to consider whether to recommend that the practice to which we have referred in paragraph 59 should be universally followed.

Says rules committee member Charlie Brock, the coach of Division III Springfield (Mass.) College, «Our hope is that by moving the line out a foot, [it will] move both the offense and the defense one more step out and open things up.»

Planned Parenthood sharply criticized the House Rules Committee for rejecting an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2012 that would allow military women to access insurance coverage that includes abortion coverage in the cases of rape or incest.

The three risk - minimization additions were among 10 rules changes approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Football Rules Committee at its January 18 - 20, 2013 meeting in Indianapolis.

He is also a member of the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee chaired by the Lord Chief Justice.

After hearing from representatives of the Provincial Court Rules Committee at the Provincial Court level and meeting with the BC Supreme Court Family Law Committee, the group concluded it could best contribute by pursuing a project that covered families with legal issues under the exclusive jurisdiction of the BC Supreme Court (for example, property issues).

Last year the Senate Rules Committee approved Tester's proposal.

The addition to Rule 3-5-10 was one of eight rules changes approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Football Rules Committee at its January 20 - 22 meeting in Indianapolis.

Sessions, the House Rules Committee chairman from Texas» 32nd District, has for years blocked bipartisan legislation in the House to protect state - sanctioned medical marijuana vendors from federal crackdown, not letting it out of committee for a floor vote.

A House rules committee voted 8 - 7 earlier this month to kill a midwifery bill he sponsored that would have allowed its practice by health care workers with specialized training, a relaxation of current law - which requires midwives to have registered nursing degrees.

As reported earlier, the legislature removed the ballot access improvements after the chair of the House Rules Committee said advocates for greater ballot access improvement had been rude to him, so he was removing those parts.

The folksy liberal, who was first elected to Congress in 1986, served as chairwoman of the powerful House Rules Committee from 2007 to 2011.

One bipartisan - supported reprieve to the looming class size order, House Bill 13, gained unanimous approval in the state House in February, but despite advocates» calls for urgent action this spring, the legislation has lingered in the Senate Rules Committee with little indication it will be taken up soon.

This significant change was one of three rules revisions passed by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Soccer Rules Committee at its January 23 - 25, 2012 meeting in Indianapolis, and subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors.

He has also served as a director of the Washington County Bar Association and was a member of the Supplemental Local Rules Committee of the Washington County Circuit Court.

November 18, 2013: County legislature's Republican - controlled Rules Committee approves contract; Chief Deputy County Executive Rob Walker later executes the pact

In developing the new Rules, Ontario's Civil Rules Committee did not adopt the Osborne Report recommendation to make available a «mini-trial» as an alternative to dismissing the motion, or a rule for a summary trial.

«In Hickerton v Child Support Agency [2006] EWHC 61 (Fam) I drew attention to the fact that last year the Family Procedure Rules Committee considered the general question of routes of appeal in family proceedings... I continued at para [32]: «The key requirement, as the Committee put it, and I wholeheartedly agree, is that the appeal system must be clear, coherent and as simple as possible for the litigant to understand and operate.

A Bernie Sanders supporter screams during the Convention Rules Committee report at the start of the first session.

Norma Gonsalves [Rules Committee chairwoman, and the legislature's presiding officer]: «Any questions of Mr. Arnold regarding this contract?»

No assault weapons ban: The Senate Rules Committee heard the school safety bills yesterday at a chaotic committee meeting that saw dozens of speakers and regular interruptions of the meeting.

The county legislature's Republican - led Rules Committee voted 4 - 3, along party lines, to amend the contract with VIP Splash Waterways Recovery Group Inc..

In lieu of continuing the practice of including in the Note a 67 - county list identifying the hearing procedure selected by the local county court, the list can now be found on the Domestic Relations Procedural Rules Committee website.

Then there is Senate Rules Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein of California, who may have bent a few rules by steering over a billion dollars» worth of defense contracts to companies controlled by her husband.

The new chair of the House Rules Committee came under attack for proposing a constitutionally questionable procedural maneuver to pass the controversial Affordable Care Act in 2010, refused to hold town hall meetings during the height of the Tea Party movement, and compared Republicans to Nazis during a fight over abortion access in 2011.

It now goes to the Senate Rules Committee before going on to the full Senate.

Also noteworthy was Mayes's selection to serve on the important Assembly Rules Committee, which serves as the administrative body governing the Assembly, and to the Special Committee on Legislative Ethics.

The MoJ report did however recommend that the Crown Prosecution Service update its mandatory training for prosecutors and asked the criminal procedure rule committee to review the relevant courtroom rules.

(4) Each of the members of the Family Rules Committee appointed under clauses (2)(e), (f), (g), (i), (j), (k), (l) and (m) shall hold office for a period of three years and is eligible for reappointment.

After a campaign by advocates of bilingual education took aim at Mr. Hastings, members of the party on the Senate rules committee blocked his nomination for a second four - year term on the board.

Along with the newly implemented 30 - second shot clock, the men's basketball rules committee voted to reduce the number of time outs and extend the arc underneath the basket from 3 - feet to 4 - feet.

Jim Thornton currently is the Head Athletic Trainer at Clarion University and serves as the athletic training liaison to the NCAA Wrestling Rules Committee.

At this meeting, Executive Director of the Kings County Democratic Party Jeff Feldman committed to providing details and answering questions on the review of the reforms by the party's newly created Rules Committee following a panel discussion on Women in Public Service including Public Advocate Letitia James and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

As part of a series of reforms, Mangano recently began sending lists of pending contracts for posting on Rules Committee agendas.

In June, the county legislature's Republican - led Rules Committee extended Armor's contract for another two years.

Jeremy Corbyn is preparing to deliver a speech at Britain's biggest trade union on Tuesday, with Labour's ruling committee poised to decide whether he should be allowed to take part in the upcoming leadership race.

One of the more radical reforms was the creation of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee which transferred the power to amend civil procedure from Parliament to a committee of judicial and lay experts.

He is a member of the statutory rules committee under the New Brunswick Judicature Act, of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal Bar Liaison Committee, and of the National Advisory Committee of the Supreme Court Advocacy Institute and Chairperson of its Atlantic Regional Committee.