Sentences with phrase «settling legal disputes»

Employers are also no longer allowed to use a mandatory arbitration provision — settling legal disputes with the business instead of in court — in an employment contract related to sexual harassment.

WeWork and Chinese co-working counterpart URWork have settled their legal disputes in the US and London, after URWork said it would be branded with only its Chinese name, You Ke Gong Chang, in markets outside of China.

Along the same lines, when a man wanted Jesus to settle a legal dispute with his older brother over how much of the family inheritance he should receive, Jesus said, «Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbitrator between you» (Lk 12:13 - 14).

As offshore energy development expands, researchers argue that federal policymakers must devise ways to settle legal disputes

We are part of the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber, one of 7 chambers of the First - tier Tribunal which settles legal disputes and is structured around particular areas of law.

Typo, the ill - fated iPhone keyboard startup backed by US media personality Ryan Seacrest, has agreed to discontinue much of its product line after settling a legal dispute with BlackBerry.

Simchowitz and Ellis King settle legal dispute with Ibrahim Mahama Dealers Stefan Simchowitz and Jonathan Ellis King have settled out of court with artist Ibrahim Mahama, bringing their year long legal dispute to a close.

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Koons Ties Up Tycoons — Justice Barbara Kapnick, charged with settling the legal dispute between gallerist Larry Gagosian and billionaire Ronald Perelman regarding a multimillion dollar Jeff Koons «Popeye» sculpture, has deemed the whole argument to be superfluous and urged the parties involved to settle their affairs over drinks in the Hamptons.

Quitclaim deeds are used for many purposes, including gifts of property, conveyances to correct prior deeds, and conveyances to settle a legal dispute.

A County Court Claim case is a legal action filed in county court to settle legal disputes among parties where the dollar amount involved is $ 5,000 to $ 15,000, excluding costs, interest, and attorneys» fees.

The Rules of Arbitration are Not Arbitrary Some people choose to settle legal disputes using arbitration since it is much less expensive and more private than going to court.

By Mitchell Rose So, why should I settle my legal dispute?

However, both the companies later settled their legal disputes to closely work together for uplifting their businesses across the global markets.

The company removed Bose headphones from Apple Stores after Beats, which is owned by Apple, settled a legal dispute with Bose over its noise - cancelation technology.

Mediation of family and divorce issues: Mediation is an attempt to settle a legal dispute through a process of give and take between parties.

The deal, which provides coverage throughout 2002, settles a legal dispute that began last year between Simon and GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corp. over the cost of a terrorism insurance policy, which Simon had said was inflated.

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Following a legal battle that stretched across two continents, the electronics company agreed to pay $ 60 million to Proview Technology to settle a dispute over the rights to the iPad name in China.

Just weeks after settling a dispute with New York City's mayor over limiting new drivers, Uber is once again making headlines but this time in Asia, where the controversial ride - sharing app is facing fresh legal accusations.

None of the various possible legal outcomes will settle the dispute or even ease the tensions between these two groups, because the abortion controversy is in its nature a cultural controversy.

Thus testimony makes reference to a trial, that is, to a legal action including charges and defense and calling for a judicial decision which settles a dispute between two or several parties.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

Despite the company's claims, the district's chief legal officer urged the school board in a memo to settle the dispute as a «good faith gesture.»

The WFP ultimately opted to shut down DFS altogether and pony up $ 100,000 in legal fees to settle its long - running dispute with Mastro.

A State judge has settled a portion of the legal dispute between the Buffalo's Public School District and construction firm LPCiminelli.

The sequencing of a 10,600 - year - old genome has settled a lengthy legal dispute over who should own the oldest mummy in North America — and given scientists a rare insight into early inhabitants of the Americas.

As part of the Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA), Scott will help to clarify the legal position on admissions policies in schools and, among other duties, settle disputes regarding school organisation proposals.

Until it does, lawsuits will continue to be filed against Amazon, and the corporation will continue to do the bare minimum to settle the dispute and satisfy the legal requirements.

12.2 The courts of England shall have the non-exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute that may arise out of, under, or in connection with these Terms or the legal relationship established by them.

«International Court of Justice ruling would settle the scientific dispute and pave the way for future legal cases on climate change, says high - profile lawyer»

The lawyer should advise and encourage the client to compromise or settle a dispute whenever possible on a reasonable basis and should discourage the client from commencing or continuing useless legal proceedings.

In so far as privacy rights are implicated, I would say if you don't want your legal disputes out there for the world to read about, don't sue people, or sue people and make sure you settle it before it goes to trial.

A lawyer must advise and encourage a client to compromise or settle a dispute whenever it is possible to do so on a reasonable basis and must discourage the client from commencing or continuing useless legal proceedings.

Employers may be motivated to settle a case for wrongful dismissal for a number of reasons including avoiding a drawn out and costly legal dispute, the potential negative publicity and impact on company moral as well as the risk that a court may confirm that the company did wrongfully dismiss their employee.

With the advancement of technology, the legal sphere has been slower to catch up, but there has been some precedent set to settle disputes that arise.

I am always stripping out the contentious issue from the complicated legal relationship, and choose the best way to settle disputes for the customers, via litigation or arbitration and finally resolve their dispute.

Generally speaking, I believe the laws are transparent for the public, because more and more interpretations are helpful to clearly understand and settle the legal stipulation in dispute.

While it is theoretically possible for native title disputes to be settled quickly and cooperatively, the combination of procedural and evidential complexity, high stakes, multiple parties, uncertainty of outcome, and a winner - take - all approach means that most cases are heavily litigated, go on for years, cost a fortune in legal and other costs — and often result in crushing disappointment, since claimants bear the onus of proof in difficult circumstances.»

If you are faced with marital problems in the Richmond, Virginia area, including Chesterfield County, Hanover County, Henrico County, or the City of Richmond, and have questions concerning your legal rights Richmond divorce lawyer James H. Wilson, Jr., will help you decide on the best course, including pursuing marital or family counselling, settling your disputes through Alternative Dispute Resolution, preparing a separation agreement, or representing your interest in the event of a separation or a divorce or annulment proceeding.

If the parties, one or more of who is domiciled in a Member State, have agreed that a court or the courts of a Member State are to have jurisdiction to settle any disputes which have arisen or which may arise in connection with a particular legal relationship, that court or those courts shall have jurisdiction.

We are taught that we owe an undivided fealty to our clients, for whom we must advocate with a resolve tempered only by the duty to «advise and encourage a client to compromise or settle a dispute whenever it is possible to do so on a reasonable basis and... discourage the client from commencing... useless legal proceedings,» as the Model Code drafted by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada puts it.

As noted by former BC Attorney General Geoff Plant at a BC Council of Administrative Tribunals conference many years ago, it was no surprise that long and expensive legal proceedings (both in the courts and at administrative tribunals) and the cost of legal advice had resulted in the emergence of private on - line legal services that offered alternative means of settling disputes.

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Mediation is a method of alternative dispute resolution that allows parties to settle legal issues without proceeding to trial.

LegalZoom has settled its protracted legal dispute with the North Carolina State Bar with a consent agreement that permits the company to continue operating there, Forbes reports.

The protection afforded by s. 111A goes hand in hand with the common law without prejudice rule, which applies to make genuine attempts to settle a dispute inadmissible in any subsequent legal proceedings.

Under this statutory instrument, the only circumstances where legal aid was available were as follows: parole board hearings where there is the potential for immediate release, external adjudications where additional days of imprisonment can be added to the individual's sentence; and sentence calculations where internal procedures for settling disputes have been exhausted.

The reputation of English law does much to underpin commercial confidence in the United Kingdom, providing legal certainty and helping to make London the world's largest centre for settling international disputes.

Certainly, one could argue that public law adjudication requires a certain adjudicatory structure, such as the presence of an appeals mechanism and permanent courts with tenured judges; yet, this disregards that arbitration is not an infrequent mode of settling disputes between public law bodies and private actors also at the purely domestic level, and is obviously accepted under the constitutional provisions of the legal systems involved.

You might need a civil litigation attorney to settle landlord / tenant disputes, investigate breaches of a business contract, or resolve some other type of legal disagreement.