Sentences with phrase «state statutes often»

Because each state develops its own licensing laws, state statutes often use different terms to describe essentially the same function.

State statutes often have exceptions to requiring authorization before disclosure.

Not exact matches

While it is tempting to hone in on the few states that have passed surrogacy statutes, that is often not the best strategy for identifying a favorable state for you.

Because of a July Supreme Court ruling on the «honest services» statute (often used to prosecute allegedly corrupt politicians), former State Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno's two felony convictions will likely be overturned, federal officials conceded yesterday.

Actually, no: Constituency statutes were often implemented to ward off potential hostile takeovers of in - state companies, in which certain investors attempt to seize control of firms to maximize short - term shareholder value.

Duncan has used waivers and Race to the Top, often at the enthusiastic behest of its state and local allies, to have Washington take the lead on everything from teacher evaluation to state standards — sometimes in direct contravention of statute.

Charter schools are created under state statutes, but they often retain a private character.

With the statute authorizing state standardized tests due to expire in June 2014, the incoming Legislature is facing some hard decisions on the future of the state testing system: What subjects should be tested, for whom, how often (not every year in every subject, perhaps), at what cost, and, perhaps the biggest question, for what purpose?

Because of the shift in claims from these federal statutes to claims being made under the Missouri Human Rights Act, today, our attorneys are often asked to defend claims of discrimination and harassment under state discrimination statutes and do so on a regular basis.

Those time frames often are far shorter than statutes of limitations — in some states, only a few days.

These cases often involve claims brought under TILA, HOEPA, RESPA, FCRA, FDCPA, ECOA, the Fair Housing Act, state unfair and deceptive practices statutes (UDAP), privacy laws, and the common law.

Relying on N.J.S.A. 30:13 - 3 (h) of the New Jersey statute, plaintiffs often allege that the nursing home defendants failed to ensure compliance with all applicable state and federal statutes.

Civil Rights and Employment Litigation Municipal governments are often confronted with litigants claiming violations of their civil rights or alleging discriminatory conduct under federal and state statutes.

These days, since there is now a right to appeal a criminal conviction under state law or federal statute (but not the U.S. Constitution), a writ of habeas corpus is only brought when direct appeals of a conviction have been exhausted, often several years after the original conviction (which makes a writ of habeas corpus only useful for convictions involving long sentences of incarceration).

The preamble stated the statute's raison d'être: unauthorized printing was causing «very great detriment» to authors and book proprietors, «too often to the ruin of them and their families»; so the act was there «for preventing... such practices for the future, and for the encouragement of learned men to compose and write useful books».

Actual results will, of course, vary based on the type of negligence statutes in your state, the facts of the loss, and policy language, but this is often the best way to handle things.

Family law often involves various state statutes, case law, local court rules, and even may implicate federal law in certain situations.

Among the reasons for this are the fact that arbitration awards are not appealable on the merits but generally only on the limited procedural bases established in the governing state arbitration statute; that the issues considered by Hearing Panels are often myriad and complex, and the reasoning for an award may be equally complex and difficult to reduce to writing; and that the inclusion of written findings of fact or rationale (or both) would conceivably result in attempts to use such detail as «precedent» in subsequent hearings which might or might not involve similar facts.