Sentences with phrase «state statutes on»

State statutes on reporting document that only suspicion of psychological maltreatment is required to initiate a report to child protective services.

Kenneth Menzel, attorney for the Du Page Board of Elections, said Thursday that the case, which is set for a hearing on Aug. 22, will mark one of the first times that state statutes on the matter have been faced

Presents State statutes on postadoption contact agreements, which are arrangements that allow contact between a child's adoptive family and members of the child's birth family or other persons with whom the child has an established relationship.

Fundamentalist Mormons, Muslims, and others argue that federal and state statutes on religious freedom protect the practice.

Referring to the 1986 Oklahoma Dog and Cat Sterilization Act, Wilson also said, «The state statute on the need to spay or neuter shelter animals was passed for an important reason, but most of the small shelters get away with ignoring it, and they are adding to the problems.

Facebook has recently chosen to no longer fund opposition to the California Consumer Privacy Act, which could appear on the California State Ballot as an initiated state statute on November 6, 2018.

Not exact matches

All this said, with scant new regulatory activity on the horizon at the federal level, siloed statutes at the state level are a whole lot better than nothing.

The Arbitrator (i) shall apply internal laws of the State of New York consistent with the Federal Arbitration Act and applicable statutes of limitations, or, to the extent (if any) that federal law prevails, shall apply the law of the U.S., irrespective of any conflict of law principles; (ii) shall entertain any motion to dismiss, motion to strike, motion for judgment on the pleadings, motion for complete or partial summary judgment, motion for summary adjudication, or any other dispositive motion consistent with New York or federal rules of procedure, as applicable; (iii) shall honor claims of privilege recognized at law; and (iv) shall have authority to award any form of legal or equitable relief;

Activists and legislators are trying to call attention to and reverse these trends, and some progress has already been documented on the local level: «A number of states have enacted robust pay equality statutes,» Caminiti says, «and we expect more legislation on the horizon.»

Also cited on the DOJ's explanation of the statute is a decision from former Supreme Court Chief Justice William Howard Taft, who wrote, «To conspire to defraud the United States means primarily to cheat the Government out of property or money.»

Unions say right - to - work laws infringe on workers» collective bargaining rights, and proponents call for a federal law as opposed to the current patchwork of state statutes.

«Because Congress did not have a «strong basis of evidence» upon which to conclude that DoD was a passive participant in pervasive, nationwide racial discrimination — at least not on the evidence produced by DoD and relied on by the district court in this case — the statute fails strict scrutiny,» the decision stated.

Lawmakers and regulators have a range of options to choose from, including a major fine from the Federal Trade Commission, new federal legislation, state - level action, and even revising a federal statute that ensures platforms aren't responsible for the content posted on them.

The US Global Change Research Program is required by statute to produce the comprehensive National Climate Assessment report on climate change impacts on the United States every four years.

Based on the Illinois Supreme Court's May 8 overturning of the statute that governs the State of Illinois» (A3 negative) pensions, we believe that the city's options for curbing growth in its own unfunded pension liabilities have narrowed considerably.

Updated weekly by the attorneys in our Cannabis Law Practice, the National Survey on Marijuana Laws and Regulations is a quick reference to the relevant laws and statutes governing marijuana cultivation, distribution and use in the United States.

The report consists of an an analysis of a database of 135 localities that have enacted rules for drone use, a breakdown of drone - related statutes in states that have passed legislation governing the use of unmanned aircraft, and a brief discussion of the federal government's regulations for drone use and its position on the enactment of local legislation and rules.

The Dodd — Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is a federal statute in the United States that was signed into law by President Barack Obama on July 21, 2010.

«If we read it the way you're saying,» she said, «then we're going to read the statute as intruding on the federal - state relationship, because then the states are going to be coerced into establishing their own exchanges.»

The Jewish organization alleges religious discrimination and unfair business competition, on the basis of several California statutes, including the state's civil rights act, which prohibits the refusal to engage in a business transaction on the basis of race, creed, religion, color, national origin or sex.

In about 30 states, religious actors can challenge even generally applicable laws by using religious freedom statutes (modeled on the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act) or state constitutional rulings.

If it is not our collective business to settle theological arguments, why are we creating statutes and committing state resources in support of a practice that rests on the opposite assumption — the assumption that there is no God, or at all events no God who would object to suicide, assisted suicide, and euthanasia?

since God made homosexuals, and all these heterosexuals keep producing gay kids and we have evidence of homosexuality occurring in another animals as well as neuroscience and social sciences since 1963 stating that being gay isn't a disease but a natural orientation and since the writers of the bible would have no clue that it could be an orientation (just as they could have no idea that the world isn't flat, not up on pillars, nor is it surrounded by water, nor was the earth created from a leviathan carcass) thus it is permissible and subject to the same statutes heterosexuals are.

3) States» non-endorsement of any religion is not an attack on Christianity... are you inferring that statute is Obama's doing?

Constantly concerned about alienating the southern wing of the Democratic Party, the Kennedys sought to channel the movement away from attacks on state segregation statutes, which, they claimed, were local conflicts in which federal authorities were powerless to intervene, and into voter registration efforts in which the national state could be of assistance.

The Browns plan to challenge the state's anti-bigamy statute Wednesday, when attorney Jonathan Turley files a complaint on behalf of the family's fight for the rights of «plural families.»

What I did was refer to some state laws, undeniably on the statute books, that allow abortion in many or all cases.

In New York, the first of these options would be the preferred one in light of the little known fact that New York law on the necessity of marriage licenses is surprisingly incoherent: one statute states that «it shall be necessary for all persons intended to be married in New York state to obtain a marriage license» while another reads «nothing in this article contained shall be construed to render void by reason of a failure to procure a marriage license any marriage solemnized between [eligible] persons.»

We expect to see more consumer fraud claims based on the violation of state labeling statutes given that courts are increasingly finding a private right of action under state law concerning the FDA's labeling requirements.

Despite there being legislation on the statute books to bring in joint birth registration, we still don't even do anything to get dads» names on their children's birth certificates — a clear sign that as far as the state is concerned, it's mothers that really count.

Maine statute directed the committee to develop this model policy based on the current research and best practice guidelines from the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other states» concussion management documents.

Worse, fourteen percent of plans impose restrictions on the practice of nurse - midwifery beyond those already restricting practice in state statute!

Two years ago, when the current lease was nearing expiration, the Water Reclamation District suggested that the Harbor Association work with Park District officials on a joint agreement, so they could rely on a provision in state statute that allows a governmental entity to bypass a required public bidding process to negotiate a lease with another taxing body.

When the House version of the proposed legislation, with the support of the state's 350,000 member youth soccer association, passed unanimously last week, Zackery and his father, Victor, were on the statehouse floor to witness the vote and hear Rodne tell them, though Zakery might never play football again, that the statute would be his legacy forever.

School districts in some states, including all five surveyed, may have additional protection under «recreational use» statutes, which offer immunity from certain claims against landowners who open their property to the public for recreational use.10 In states with broad recreational use statutes, such as Indiana, opening school kitchen facilities could be considered a protected activity under the law, depending on the circumstances of the use and other factors.11 However, in Massachusetts, protection for recreational activities extends only to purposes that are «scientific, educational, environmental, ecological, research, religious, or charitable,» 12 so the state's statute might not apply when districts allow for - profit groups to use school kitchens.

-LSB-...] in «pink slime» defamation litigation, but suit against ABC and others continues [Bettina Siegel / Lunch Tray] Suit against ABC based in part on state food - disparagement statute occasionally criticized in this -LSB-...]

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.

Notably, unlike Virginia's law, the policy expressly empowers game officials to remove athletes from play if they are suspected of having suffered a concussion (a power that I have been advocating for many years game officials be given, and a power conferred on game officials by laws at the state level in only Arizona, Iowa, and Ohio), and requires that coaches who disregard the safety and well being of a youth sports participant as it related to concussions be subject to indefinite suspension (only Pennsylvania and Connecticut have laws which penalize coaches for violating their statutes)

Top Democrats in Albany still won't tell survivors where they can stand on the decade - old effort to reform the state's statute of limitations law on child sex abuse claims.

Former Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro is railing against state lawmakers for protecting pedophiles with their inaction on the statute of limitations law.

Not surprisingly, state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long is not at all pleased with the talk in Albany these days of going away with so - called fusion voting by repealing or amending the Wilson - Pakula statute that requires candidates who aren't enrolled in a particular party to get permission from that party's leaders to run on their ballot line.

... To deny this fundamental freedom on so unsupportable a basis as the racial classifications embodied in these statutes, classifications so directly subversive of the principle of equality at the heart of the Fourteenth Amendment, is surely to deprive all the State's citizens of liberty without due process of law.

However, the Coalition government elected in May 2010 accused Labour of having presided over «the most aggressive period of state interference in this country in a generation», typified by such things as ID Cards, the creation of a huge DNA database, and the amassing of thousands of new criminal offences on to the statute book.

The state entity that has the authority to investigate any alleged breaches of that statute is the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, or JCOPE.

For example, his proposed reauthorization of the state's design - build statute in 2014 would have mandated their use on any project worth more than $ 10 million.

When I was doing research into the statute of limitations in New York on sexual assault for Time's Up, I was shocked, and frankly embarrassed, to learn that New York is one of the least victim - friendly states in the nation.

«After many years of working on this issue, I am deeply gratified to see the State Legislature finally correct this vague statute that's been arbitrarily applied, unnecessarily sending thousands of New Yorkers through the criminal justice system,» said Assemblyman Dan Quart.

As we argued in our brief in this case, the court examined the proposed justifications for the statute with special care, both because the statute burdens gay and lesbian married couples, and because it intrudes on the traditional role of states in defining marriage.

But, 95 % + of the lawyers in the state use less than 10 % of the statutes by page length, on any regular basis, and I probably use only 10 % of the tax code and 5 % of the tax regulations despite having an extremely broad tax practice in terms of the variety of subjects I deal with compared to the average lawyer who does tax work.

After Republicans in the State Senate blocked a measure Monday to extend the statute of limitations for child sex abuse victims, Democratic candidates are latching on to the vote ahead of this year's election.