Sentences with phrase «state civil court»

An employment lawyer in Los Angeles in our network will know whether you need to file your claim first with the California Labor Commission or the Department of Fair Employment & Housing or whether you can go straight to the state civil court system.

o o Medical malpractice cases currently constitute only about four percent of all tort cases in state civil courts (in thirteen states reporting), 10 so removing them would provide only minuscule savings.

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Granting the CFTC's request for a preliminary injunction against the defendants who allegedly engaged in deception and fraud involving virtual currency spot markets, Judge Weinstein noted that» [u] ntil Congress clarifies the matter,» the CFTC has «concurrent authority» along with other state and federal administrative agencies and civil and criminal courts over transactions in virtual currency.

«Until Congress clarifies the matter, the CFTC has concurrent authority, along with other state and federal administrative agencies, and civil and criminal courts, over dealings in virtual currency,» Weinstein wrote.

Mr. Siegal's other client successes include securing a 2016 trial victory in federal court defending Marvel Entertainment against a claim that it stole a patent - holder's design for a Spiderman role play web - shooting toy, and numerous federal and state appellate arguments in criminal and civil matters.

In its Vance vs. Ball State decision Monday, the Supreme Court curtailed the ability of employees to sue for workplace discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

«This court should read Section 135 as enforcing a near - absolute civil ban on the use of names belonging to charitable organization or names that are confusingly similar,» Schiller writes in the brief supporting his state court petition.

This lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (Civil Action No. 3:15 - cv - 01285).

Without a valid Officer of the United States in place at CFPB at the time the suit was filed, WLF argues that CFPB had no standing to bring a civil enforcement action in federal court.

Zillow Group accepts civil subpoenas for user data issued by King County Superior Court and the federal courts in Washington state.

Also March 20, 2018: New York state Judge Jennifer Schecter rules against Trump's lawyers» motion to dismiss the defamation case by Summer Zervos, citing the Supreme Court's ruling in Clinton v. Jones that presidents are not immune from civil suits.

The Enrollment Program also authorizes a superior court to have jurisdiction over enrollees by allowing it to «appoint a receiver, monitor, conservator, or other designated fiduciary or officer of the court for a defendant or the defendant's assets,» as well as authorizes the Commissioner of Business Oversight to «include in civil actions claims for ancillary relief, including restitution and disgorgement, on behalf of a person injured, as well as attorney's fees and costs, and civil penalties of up to $ 25,000» for up to four years after the purported violation occurred and «refer evidence regarding violations of the bill's provisions to the Attorney General, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the United States Department of the Treasury, or the district attorney of the county in which the violation occurred, who would be authorized, with or without this type of a reference, to institute appropriate proceedings.»

On March 6, 2018, Judge Jack B. Weinstein of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled that virtual currencies are commodities under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and therefore subject to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) anti-fraud and anti-manipulation enforcement authority.1 Granting the CFTC's request for a preliminary injunction against the defendants who allegedly engaged in deception and fraud involving virtual currency spot markets, Judge Weinstein noted that «[u] ntil Congress clarifies the matter,» the CFTC has «concurrent authority» along with other state and federal administrative agencies and civil and criminal courts over transactions in virtual currency.2

In their response to the civil suit, attorneys for JPL stated in court documents that one of Coppedge's co-workers complained to his supervisor that Coppedge made her feel so uncomfortable in discussing «non work related topics» that it bordered on harassment.

This happened, for example, when the Supreme Court of the United States, in a ruling that helped to precipitate the Civil War, held in Dred Scott v. Sandford that blacks were noncitizens» and, for all practical purposes, nonpersons» possessed of no rights that white people must respect.

On the other hand, evangelicals who promote a warped view of American history in an effort to undo the court rulings on church - state affairs ignore a fundamental point made by Roger Williams more than 300 years ago: «No civil state or country can be truly called Christian, although the Christians be in it.»

«This is the first case in the United States in which a court has affirmed that how a church conducts its baptisms is only the business of the church and is not subject to interference by the civil courts,» attorney John Tucker said.

By holding that the statute did not have an impermissible purpose, that its primary effect was not the advancement of religion, and that it did not require «excessive entanglement» between church and state, the Court sent a signal to the political branches that more creative uses of the structures of civil society (including churches) may now be permissible in the American welfare state.

This morning, the US Supreme Court is hearing arguments on whether our Constitution requires states to recognize same - sex civil marriages.

Arkansas, Article 19, Section 1: No person who denies the being of a God shall hold any office in the civil departments of this State, nor be competent to testify as a witness in any Court.

What if Slavery was put on the Ballot for a Vote, state by state would it of passed???? You can vote on civil rights, and the Supreme Court will finally have to legalize it, just like they did when Blacks could not marry out of their race as recent as 1971 in some states.

This happened, for example, when the Supreme Court of the United States, in a ruling that helped to precipitate the Civil War, held in Dred Scott v. Sandford that blacks were noncitizens — and, for all practical purposes, nonpersons — possessed of no rights that white people must respect.

«A restaurant or similar retail food establishment shall not be liable in any civil action in Federal or State court (other than an action brought by the United States or a State) for any claims arising out of an alleged violation of this clause or any State law permitted under section 403A (a)(4).»

The Illinois Appellate Court this week found that the judge in the McHenry civil case erred by raising the bar too high for state prosecutors seeking to ban Yvonne Cryns from practicing midwifery without a license.

«With his work at the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, and to be just the third African American on the state's highest court, he exhibited a lifelong advocacy for civil rights.

«With the civil rights of New Yorkers hanging in the balance, Donovan needs to state publicly: Does he take his cues on intolerance from his mentor and political patron Guy Molinari, or does he stand with principled New Yorkers — and now, thankfully, a federal court — who view marriage equality as a fundamental right?»

Ekiti State government is hereby out on notice to pay all the arrears of civil servants within seven days otherwise I will not hesitate to mobilize the people for a mass action and protest and at the same time drag the government to court.»

The state's highest court will decide whether to make NYPD disciplinary records public in a case filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union with the support of multiple news organizations.

In a celebrated case brought by a group of civil libertarians to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1942, Chief Justice Robert Jackson, against the strong argument of civil libertarians on the issues of «interrogation without the due process of law» and prolonged detention of suspects, gave his famous ruling that the United States «Constitution is not a suicide pact».

A civil case pending in a state appeals court is testing the limits of the Shield Law, signed in 1970 by then - Gov.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Hours after the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) filed a lawsuit against the state of New York for what it called the unequal treatment, abuse and denial of rights of farmworkers, the governor said he won't fight it in court.

Art. 3116, however, limits the sum that may be charged candidates for certain posts, such as the offices of district judge, judge of the Court of Civil Appeals, and senator and representative in the state and federal legislatures, and for some counties fees are fixed by Arts. 3116a - 3116d, 1939 Supp., and 3116e, 3116f, 1942 Supp.

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Also at 1 p.m., the New York Civil Liberties Union presents oral arguments in the Albany County Supreme Court challenging the exclusion of farmworkers from the state labor law that protects employees who organize, Albany County Courthouse, 16 Eagle St., Albany.

Some victims of the Nigerian Civil War had in 2012, dragged the federal government before the regional court praying for an order for the removal of remnants of war instruments in 11 states of the South East, South South and parts of the North Central.

The civil lawsuit, filed in Albany County Supreme Court on July 2, pits Risa Sugarman, the chief enforcement counsel for the state Board of Elections, against the campaign of Shirley Patterson, a little - known candidate who ran unsuccessfully for a Brooklyn state Assembly seat in a May special election.

The government stated that there are 1,390 cases on civil litigations (legal disputes between two or more parties that seek money damages or specific performance rather than criminal sanctions) in Magistrate, High Courts, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Nigeria.

The lawsuit was originally filed in State Supreme Court in Saratoga County but moved to a federal venue as it involved civil rights and the federal Disabilities Act.

The Lagos State Government is presently, prosecuting no fewer than 2,926 court cases involving murder, rape as well as civil litigations across various courts in the sState Government is presently, prosecuting no fewer than 2,926 court cases involving murder, rape as well as civil litigations across various courts in the statestate.

STATEN ISLAND — The New York Civil Liberties Union filed an appeal Tuesday to the state's highest court to release testimony from the Eric Garner grand jury.

The probe is focusing on the state Supreme Court's civil division at 60 Centre St. in lower Manhattan, where many tentacles reach to disgraced Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, the court source Court's civil division at 60 Centre St. in lower Manhattan, where many tentacles reach to disgraced Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, the court source court source said.

The NYC Board of Elections acknowledges that the Bronx Democratic party organization filed petition volumes for its slate of Council candidates incumbents Rafael Salamanca, Vanessa Gibson, Fernando Cabrera, Andy Cohen and Andy King as well as Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj and State Sen. Rubén Diaz Sr., judicial delegates, and civil court candidate, Fidel Gomez.

Among the numerous other entrants, a civil society organisation submitted a list under the leadership of former president of the Slovenian Court of Audit, the country's highest court for supervising state public spenCourt of Audit, the country's highest court for supervising state public spencourt for supervising state public spending.

«You can't allow a civil branch in the most important Supreme Court in the state to sit there with a lame - duck administrator,» one previously told The Post.

The New Jersey Supreme Court's decision to recognize same - sex couples will compel the State Legislature to either allow gay marriage or create civil unions.

Lavine introduced a similar bill in February that also would cover civil matters and cases heard in county and state court.

There shall be district committees for each of the following political districts within the County of New York: Congress, State Senate, Assembly, City Council and Civil Court (where the District is smaller than the County).

Manhattan Democratic Party chairman Keith Wright, an assemblyman also running for Congress, is coming under fire for pushing fellow Dems to back Phaedra Perry, law clerk to his brother, state Supreme Court Judge Geoffrey Wright, for a civil clerk judgeship.

In a letter to Cuomo, the lawmakers wrote the need for an openly gay judge on the state's highest court is especially important given the concerns over the civil rights policies of the new Trump administration in Washington.

Rensselaer County DA Joel E. Abelove filed a civil complaint in state Supreme Court that seeks to overturn an executive order Cuomo signed two years ago giving the state attorney general the authority to usurp local district attorneys in cases in which unarmed civilians are killed during confrontations with police.