Sentences with phrase «seek federal relief»

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In my view, it is an abuse of process, as that phrase is used in this setting, for Burnaby to be seeking here the relief it failed to obtain at the NEB and in the Federal Court of Appeal.

Following months of deadly attacks, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) is seeking legal relief from both the Nigerian federal government and the United Nation's International Criminal Court (ICC).

10.1 Any dispute relating in any way to your visit to a Nestlé Waters North America Inc. website or to products or services you purchase through a Nestlé Waters North America Inc. website shall be submitted to confidential arbitration in Stamford, Connecticut, except that, to the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate Nestlé Waters North America Inc.'s intellectual property rights, Nestlé Waters North America Inc. may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the state of Connecticut, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts.

On access to justice, claim «cost prohibitive for an independent supermarket or liquor store owner to bring an action with the Federal Court seeking relief from anticompetitive behaviours...» - argues for «no cost orders» and a mandatory enforceable Supermarket and Liquor store Code of Conduct.

Sen. Ted Cruz said he won't engage in «political sniping» with Long Island Rep. Pete King as the Texas Republican defended his opposition to a post-Sandy federal relief bill, while seeking federal aid for Harvey recovery.

After hearing the submissions as well as the application, Justice Obiozor granted all the reliefs sought by the applicant and ordered the forfeiture of the properties to the Federal Government.

Although under some laws HBO may have a right to an award of attorneys» fees and expenses if it prevails in an arbitration, HBO agrees that it will seek such an award only in the event that the substance of your claim or the relief sought has been deemed by the arbitrator to be frivolous or brought for an improper purpose (as measured by the standards set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 (b)-RRB-.

The move came even as California's long - shot waiver request seeking relief from federal performance mandates sat unresolved before U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan - now nearly six months since the application was made.

The Brown administration won a hard - fought waiver last year to set aside the test scores for federal accountability and is seeking similar relief this year.

A group of California districts seeking relief from federal mandates under the No Child Left Behind Act have proposed implementing its new system for school improvement this fall, assuming its updated application is approved by July, officials said Tuesday.

In his statement, Torlakson said, «Based on a thorough examination of federal and state law, California made a good - faith effort to seek relief from requirements that even federal officials have acknowledged time and again are deeply flawed.»

-LSB-...] Our goal in filing a motion for further relief -LSB-...] was straightforward: The United States is seeking the court's assistance in ensuring that the information Louisiana collects in connection with its school voucher program is provided to the United States in a timely fashion and that Louisiana implements its program in full compliance with federal law, including the desegregation order in this case.

Obama's rollback comes in the form of a waiver package: States that seek relief from NCLB's provisions — including the 100 percent proficiency requirement in reading and math by 2014, increasingly harsh sanctions against schools deemed as «failing» or the strictly dictated use of federal education money — will have to adapt certain administration - mandated reforms.

To learn more about bankruptcy and other debt - relief options, seek advice from a local credit counselor or read the Federal Trade Commission's informational pages.

Federal laws governing the conditions and procedures under which persons claiming inability to repay their debts can seek relief.

«Dismissal is also warranted because the relief Plaintiffs seek is not available under federal common law.

Roberts also suggested that the Federal Circuit test was effectively an employment relief act for patent lawyers, because the test gives patent lawyers more opportunities to seek patents.

The court considered that «while an arbitrator may not award relief expressly forbidden by the [arbitration agreement], an arbitrator may award relief not sought by either party, so long as the relief lies within the broad discretion conferred by the [United States Federal Arbitration Act].»

The lawsuit seeks to obtain relief on behalf of «all individuals and entities who have paid fees for the use of PACER within the past six years, excluding class counsel and agencies of the federal government.»

Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may seek emergency equitable relief before a state or federal court in order to maintain the status quo pending arbitration.

Canada's Federal Court addressed this issue in H - D U.S.A., LLC v. Berrada 2014 FC 207 where the Court faced a claim by the Harley Davidson group («HD») seeking declaratory relief as to their right in their SCREAMIN» EAGLE trademark.

If, instead of bringing counterclaims in the original lawsuit, the defendant brings a separate lawsuit against the plaintiff, the plaintiff could seek to either (1) consolidate the cases if they are filed in the same court system (i.e. a federal case and a federal case, or a New York State case and a New York State case), or (2) move to dismiss the new lawsuit because the claims were required to be brought in the original lawsuit as mandatory counterclaims, or (3) move to stay proceedings in the second lawsuit pending resolution of the first lawsuit, or (4) move to dismiss the claims in the second lawsuit on the merits if it is apparent from the face of the countersuit that it does not state a claim upon which relief can be granted or was filed in the wrong court.

The Coalition seeks to bring together resources from all parts of the legal community (law school faculty, students, and practicing lawyers), as well as non-lawyers, to facilitate the fair distribution of federal, state, and private disaster relief to New Orleanians (wherever they may be) in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

For this reason, a party seeking judicial relief for the misappropriation of trade secrets needs to consider differences in statutes of limitation, attorney's fees and other available damage relief and make a decision as to whether to file suit in state or federal court.

He has worked on more than 1,000 unfair labor practice investigations and has successfully tried many unfair labor practices cases, including defending employers against government efforts seeking injunctive relief in federal court.

The Kenton County case brought by Gail Langendorf is seeking relief from Federal Court on the basis that the worker's basic constitutional right to political expression when off duty was violated.

There are a select list of claims for which there a statutes barring employment discrimination based upon seeking relief under them (mostly federal regulatory law whistleblower protections).

The Deters lawsuit seeks relief under the Federal Civil Rights act known as a Section 1983 action.

While each individual has the right to seek post-conviction relief of his conviction and sentence, there is no federal constitutional guarantee that a lawyer be appointed in state proceedings.

If the arbitrator finds that either the substance of your claim or the relief sought in the Demand is frivolous or brought for an improper purpose (as measured by the standards set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 (b)-RRB-, then the payment of all AAA filing, administration, and arbitrator fees will be governed by the AAA Rules.

The Administration is reducing fees for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) borrowers seeking to refinance and providing relief to servicemembers and veterans.