Sentences with phrase «several federal district»

He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and before the United States Supreme Court, the Third, Fifth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal, and several federal district courts.

A dozen judges (nine federal judges) have used it, including in opinions for the Fifth Circuit, the Supreme Court of Kentucky, several federal district courts and state appellate courts.

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Softwood lumber was the top issue as Oklahoma builders held several in - district meetings with their federal lawmakers this week.

Rather, several district food services officials, as well as relevant industry representatives, indicated the need for a permanent federal decision on these restrictions, which USDA has also acknowledged.

Several park districts in southern Cook and Will counties have been awarded more than $ 1.1 million in grants by the state and federal government, according to the Illinois Department of Conservation.

And starting next year, he'll go through several politically thorny issues such as a possible veto of newly drawn state and federal district boundaries as well as the debate over hydrofracking.

Mirel Fisch, an attorney representing Moroughan in an ongoing federal lawsuit against several entities including the Suffolk district attorney's office, said that her client welcomed the federal investigation.

Following his own statement and statements from several supporters, Espaillat answered questions from the press, including whether he believes that Charles Rangel has willfully neglected small business owners, how does he reconcile his criticisms with the reality that many local residents decried the lack of shopping and services before this «big - box» mall existed, whether his «40/40/20» housing formula, in place of the common «80/20», is a state or federal issue and his view of Congressman Rangel's argument that Rangel's experience allows him to more productively represent the district.

Federal authorities have interviewed several individuals involved in the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office's 2007 wiretap investigation of politically connected defense attorney Robert Macedonio and are examining whether an alleged bribe to prosecutor John Scott Prudenti went uninvestigated.

Federal prosecutors have asked a district court judge for an anonymous and partially sequestered jury in the trial of man who allegedly has extensive contacts among ranking al Qaeda members and participated in a 2003 ambush that killed two American soldiers and wounded several others.

An increase in federal funding for certain school districts will help several districts in New York, including one in Orange County near West Point.

[2] After college he worked as an aide to several federal and state lawmakers including former State Assembly members Donald Davidsen and Jim Bacalles, who both represented parts of the district that Palmesano now represents.

Federal authorities have interviewed several individuals involved in the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office's 2007 wiretap investigation of politically connected defense attorney Robert Macedonio and are examining whether an alleged bribe to prosecutor John Scott Prudenti went uninvestigated, according to a source with direct knowledge of the ongoing federalFederal authorities have interviewed several individuals involved in the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office's 2007 wiretap investigation of politically connected defense attorney Robert Macedonio and are examining whether an alleged bribe to prosecutor John Scott Prudenti went uninvestigated, according to a source with direct knowledge of the ongoing federalfederal probe.

In court papers filed last week, federal prosecutors say Suffolk District Attorney Tom Spota repeatedly protected Walsh from several investigations by County Sheriff Vincent DeMarco, a former protégé of Walsh's.

Several big - city districts agreed to experiment with this controversial and promising reform, thanks to the availability of «free» money from the federal government.

The chairman of the House education committee released a proposal late last week that would allow states and school districts to transfer money between several big - ticket programs contained in the main federal K - 12 law.

A federal district judge has approved a $ 200 million property - damage settlement between most of the nation's school districts and several major asbestos manufacturers.

This approach has several advantages over vouchers funded out of the federal budget: no existing federal money expected by school districts would be affected; no state money would be involved, thus avoiding legal conflicts with constitutional provisions that bar the use of state and local money for religious schools in 37 states; and, as a pure federal initiative, state laws and tax codes would remain unaffected.

Several Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court asked last week whether federal - court supervision of the Kansas City, Mo., school district has gone too far as the Court heard oral arguments in a major school - desegregation case.

Several members of an American Indian tribe in rural South Dakota are suing the local school district in federal court, claiming its method for electing board members discriminates against Native Americans by weakening their voting power.

Even if states and districts hope to lead the future debate about tests, the federal government has to act in several areas.

What to know: The Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) is leveraging federal and state funding, including Title II, Part A funds, to implement several strategies to address critical shortage areas and the lack of teacher diversity in its urban districts.

Gingrich, Sharpton and Duncan also visited Delaplaine McDaniel Elementary School in Philadelphia, a high - poverty school run by the district that met federal education standards for several consecutive years.

Several states have resisted the wave of changes prompted partly by the Obama administration, which offered states and districts millions of dollars in federal aid in exchange for overhauling their education policies through its Race to the Top program.

Over the past several years, in part due to federal grant programs like Race to the Top and other federal and state policies, states and districts have made extensive efforts to improve or refine their teacher and leader evaluation systems.

The federal investigation was first revealed Wednesday in a CPS statement that said authorities have requested interviews with several district employees.

The letter provides initial guidance to States on the transition to the new federal education law, including several immediate impacts on state accountability systems and the associated reporting of annual district, school, and student performance data.

For this reason, the district has chosen the lesser of two evils: a federal waiver under the No Child Left Behind Act that allows the setting of different proficiency targets in exchange for promising to several overhaul measures.

High - performing charter schools in the Recovery School District — such as Sophie B. Wright, Lafayette Academy and several KIPP campuses in Uptown — are concerned that the Orleans Parish School Board will take an administrative fee out of their federal grants if they return to the district, amid broader issues of trust and autonomy, reports Jessica Williams of TDistrict — such as Sophie B. Wright, Lafayette Academy and several KIPP campuses in Uptown — are concerned that the Orleans Parish School Board will take an administrative fee out of their federal grants if they return to the district, amid broader issues of trust and autonomy, reports Jessica Williams of Tdistrict, amid broader issues of trust and autonomy, reports Jessica Williams of The Lens.

Los Angeles — February 4, 2010 — Today, the Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA issued «Choice Without Equity: Charter School Segregation and the Need for Civil Rights Standards,» a nationwide report based on an analysis of Federal government data and an examination of charter schools in 40 states and the District of Columbia, along with several dozen metropolitan areas with large enrollments of charters.

The Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA issued «Choice Without Equity: Charter School Segregation and the Need for Civil Rights Standards,» a nationwide report based on an analysis of Federal government data and an examination of charter schools in 40 states and the District of Columbia, along with several dozen metropolitan areas with large enrollments of charters.

DC public schools receive funding from several sources: the District's local operating budget, special supplementary operating funds from the DC City Council, capital funding for building improvements and construction, and the federal government.

State and federal mandates require districts to conduct drills, inspections and other tasks several times throughout the year.

We anticipate a final version of the community school implementation standards within the next several months, followed by a similar discussion and consensus - building process around systems infrastructures (e.g. district, county, state, federal level) to support development, implementation and sustainability of at - scale community school strategies.

Failure to win support of teachers for adoption of a new evaluation system based on test scores, once again doomed several of the state's largest school districts in the federal Race to the Top competition earlier this month.

This includes the new teacher evaluation pilot program that is part of the revised version of Gov. Dan Malloy's school reform package contained in what is now Public Law 116, which will only involve eight - to - 10 districts; the fact that NEA and AFT affiliates are still opposed to this plan and are also battling reformers over another evaluation framework that uses student test score data that the unions had supported just several months earlier also raises questions as to whether Connecticut can actually earn the flexibility from federal accountability that has been gained through the waiver.

The federal education law known as ESSA spells out several opportunities for ParaEducators to receive quality professional development, writes Lynn Goss, a ParaEducator in the St. Croix Central School District and a member of the National Education Association Board of Directors.

More than 200 classrooms have signed up to participate in the program, which will feature several attorneys and judges, including Justice Christine Durham of the Utah Supreme Court and Judge Dee Benson of the Federal District Court for the District of Utah.

With DPI listening sessions about to begin, we continue a several - part analysis of what decisions the state and local districts will need to make to implement the new federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

Today we continue a several - part analysis of what decisions the state and local districts will need to make to implement the new federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

Several class action suits against Del Monte over Chinese - made jerky treats will proceed in a federal district court.

In the wake of a hearing last month on this and several related lawsuits, a Federal District Court judge in Washington, D.C., this week ordered the Interior Department to explain its decision not to seek the greatest protection.

In a decision that strikes a blow against the federal government's controversial practice of excluding industry from consent decrees with environmental citizen groups, a practice known as «sue - and - settle,» the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned the district court's approval of a consent decree between a coalition of environmental groups and several federal agencies in Conservation Northwest v. Sherman, No. 11 - 35729 (9th Cir.

He is a member of the Northern District of Illinois trial bar and is licensed to practice before the United States Supreme Court, nine federal circuit courts and several districDistrict of Illinois trial bar and is licensed to practice before the United States Supreme Court, nine federal circuit courts and several districtdistrict courts

Joe Regalia Joe Regalia clerked for several years in federal district courts and at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Obtained dismissal in federal district court of several causes of action, which led to an innovative nationwide settlement of a RICO class action against a building products manufacturer.

Mr. Whitney's representative work includes a series of successful outcomes pursuing false advertising claims against product review websites, a landmark victory clarifying copyright fair use and parody on behalf of several well - known musicians; a defense win dismissing copyright infringement claims brought by a putative class of attorneys against the leading legal research websites; a favorable outcome for a high - end beauty products company in a trademark and trade dress action against a manufacturer of knock - off products; a district and appellate court decision dismissing all claims by a proposed class against an international bank for alleged violations of, among other things, the Federal False Marking Act, RICO and the CAN - SPAM Act; and counseling prominent art museums and galleries on domestic and international copyright issues.

He has also served as National Coordinating Liability Counsel for a major international insurance company with reference to the defense of products liability claims involving thousands of individual claimants and several class actions consolidated in Federal Multi District Litigation.

Since there are several thousand counties and many federal judicial districts, a Hague case can be brought before any one of thousands of courts in the

When multiple civil actions involving one or more common questions of fact are pending in several different federal district courts, those actions can sometimes be transferred to one district court for coordinated and consolidated management and pretrial proceedings under a single judge.