Sentences with phrase «taken against lawyers»

But I like to hear that the courts are coming down harder, because maybe that will make any lawyer who's about to do something on purpose, or what I'm about to ask you in the next segment is maybe bringing more attention to the types of violations or complaints that they don't even realize or are possibly doing and maybe it's just going to make us think about it a little bit more if we're talking about it a little bit more and hearing about harder sorts of actions being taken against these lawyers.

And, action has been taken against lawyers who fail to dial down their language in emails.

Not exact matches

A lawyer for Judy's says the store's pharmacists believed they were filling legitimate prescriptions, and points out that no DEA enforcement action was ever taken against the pharmacists.

«RBI claims to be a Canadian - based company to avoid U.S. taxes but yet when franchisees attempt to pursue legal claims against its various brands, including Tim Hortons, RBI takes a conflicting position and claims to be a Miami, Florida based company,» the association's lawyer Robert Einhorn said in a statement Thursday.

Incidentally, these are the same lawyers and social commentators who, before the Anas exposé, insulted; made formal disciplinary complaints against; and without a hearing, illegally banned myself and others from practicing in the courts of law - all for daring to say that «no one can convince me that there is no corruption in the judiciary or that some judges do not take bribes».

A hearing scheduled for Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Albany will be the first courtroom encounter between Paterson — represented by lawyers from the attorney general's office — and four state workers unions that brought suit against the governor's plan to force employees to take a one - day - a-week furlough until the state's budget plan is finalized.

«You have to be concerned anytime somebody's lawyers up and try to pull an Al Franken, if you will,» Miller said, referring to the Minnesota Democratic senator who took his seat after emerging from a lengthy recount against incumbent GOP Sen. Norm Coleman with a 312 - vote win.

In the last two years, however, lawyers on his staff took action against an adoption agency that refused to work with same - sex couples and a major retail chain that showed a pattern of discrimination against transgender job applicants.

The trustees also authorized the district's lawyers to take legal action against any parties involved in any election fraud and agreed to ask the education commissioner to order a new vote for the two board seats.

Geoff Berman, in an email, accused DeFrancisco of «taking money from trial lawyers to stop tort reform and getting money from health care companies and opioid manufacturers to oppose the proposed surcharge against them.»

Since taking over from the rather more liberal, Kenneth Clarke Grayling has attacked human rights as «political correctness», proposed dramatic restrictions to the right of individuals to challenge the state through judicial review, imposed significant restrictions on access to lawyers with no - win no - fee cases, moved the government back on to the course of building more (and bigger) prisons — despite the evidence against them — and is set on dramatically privatising up to 70 % of the probation service ceding state responsibility for offenders to commercial enterprises.

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. is taking it on the chin these days for accepting campaign contributions from defense lawyers who represented high profile clients — including two of President Donald Trump's adult children and disgraced ex-Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein — against whom he declined to bring criminal charges.

The Rev's spitting mad, ready to back lawyer Luis Sepulveda against Peter, and take on Peter's district leader, Ken Padilla.

Veteran Democratic activist Joseph Fritz, a Brentwood lawyer, has entered the primary fray against law student John DeVito for the right to take on Republican State Sen. Thomas Croci this fall.

In a 90 - minute closing argument, Christopher P. Conniff, a defense lawyer, told jurors that the case against State Senator Dean G. Skelos and his son, Adam, amounted to little more than distractions, snippets of conversations taken out of context, and self - serving lies from two central witnesses.

But it would be up to the authors of the papers, not the journal, to take any legal action against Eisen, copyright lawyers say.

I want to start by saying I think that you could still be very successful and be supported even more right now if you all take the path that maybe your lawyers would have advised against.

Eli Stone is another lawyer hour disguised as feel - good rehabilitation fluff, with Eli now compelled to use his sharklike courtroom mojo to take up the causes of wronged underdogs against the kinds of heartless corporate clients his blue - chip firm typically represents.

The studio behind «The Expendables» and «Saw» wanted «Beyond Deceit», tyro director Shintaro Shimosawa's movie about a young lawyer (Josh Duhamel of «Safe Haven») who who takes on a big case against a ruthless executive of a pharmaceutical company (Hopkins), only to find himself drawn into a murder case in which he is the prime suspect.

A case could be made for Gregory Peck in «To Kill a Mockingbird» or Marlon Brando in «The Godfather,» but they had other pressing obligations — one as a small - town lawyer taking a stand against racism and the other a mob kingpin whose idea of family goes beyond mere blood relatives.

Brett Myers, a Dallas lawyer representing Machete Productions, told Watchdog.org that the production company is considering whether to take their case to the U.S. Supreme Court after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled against them in December.

Caroline takes a job looking after a stroke - afflicted old man (John Hurt) at the behest of smooth estate lawyer Luke (Peter Sarsgaard) and against the wishes of the old man's Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte wife, Violet (Gena Rowlands).

«They are now living underneath an insane president and in a world where people have really taken [up] against the law system and private lawyers in particular,» Jumbo says.

Synopsis: When an ambitious young lawyer takes on a big case against a powerful and ruthless executive of a large pharmaceutical company, he soon finds himself involved in a case of blackmail and corruption.

Lawyers don't take action against their clients.»

MYSTIFYING MASSACRE In the midst of a major midlife crisis, Bill ten Boom, a very successful lawyer from Kindle County, takes a job at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, trading white - collar offenses for the horrors of crimes against humanity.

Given the US history of ignoring WTO rulings that go against it, and only enforcing those rulings that are in its favor (as a lawyer specializing in international trade I've had some experience in this area), the actions taken by Antigua, being perfectly legal, may send reverberations around the world.

• Educate researchers about their legal rights and responsibilities on issues surrounding their work; • Serve as a clearinghouse for information related to legal actions taken against scientists; and • Recruit and assist lawyers representing these scientists.

That is why Milieudefensie has called upon Roger Cox, the lawyer who won the 2015 climate case against the Dutch government, to demand that Shell takes action.

But some Florida plaintiffs lawyers are calling for the FJA to take even harsher action against the executives.

Lawyers in formal court dress mingled with pot - banging demonstrators of all ages in a central Montreal square yesterday after some 500 jurists took to the streets to protest against Quebec's Bill 78.

Trade lawyers are facing calls from clients to help them understand the actions the Trump administration has taken against China

We hold, therefore, that where, as here, the investigation is no longer a general inquiry into an unsolved crime, but has begun to focus on a particular suspect, the suspect has been taken into police custody, the police carry out a process of interrogations that lends itself to eliciting incriminating statements, the suspect has requested and been denied an opportunity to consult with his lawyer, and the police have not effectively warned him of his absolute constitutional right to remain silent, the accused has been denied «the Assistance of Counsel» in violation of the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution as «made obligatory upon the States by the Fourteenth Amendment,» Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. at 342, and that no statement elicited by the police during the interrogation may be used against him at a criminal trial.

No matter what kind of pun you apply to this lawsuit — either suing the pants off a mom - and - pop operation or taking them to the cleaners — lawyer and administrative law Judge Roy Pearson's $ 65 million lawsuit against a neighborhood dry cleaner for misplacing his pants is simply not funny.

If you are a business owner or consumer who has had a judgment entered against them, you should take steps to protect your credit and your business by consulting with experienced Chicago business lawyers who are familiar with the rules.

You have the right to work with a lawyer and take action against the doctor for what he or she has done.

A lawyer at our firm can take immediate action to assist you in filing an insurance claim or civil suit against the driver who caused your injuries or loss.

To bring or defend against accusations of internet defamation, an online defamation lawyer will need information about the nature of the alleged cyber defamation and any actions a party has taken to further their internet defamation claims.

Study Links Depo - Provera to Greater Breast Cancer Risk in Young Women, Drug Injury Lawyers Blog, July 16, 2012 Israeli Court Awards Highest - Ever Compensation in Class - Action Suit against Drug Company, Drug Injury Lawyers Blog, July 10, 2012 There have reportedly been more than 200 reports of people sustaining serious health complications from taking Pradaxa.

Your lawyer can take you through the process and be an ally in your fight against your debt.

Understanding that we'll often take on against some of the very best lawyers in the land, nothing but appropriate and unrelenting preparation is had to match them wit for wit, smarts for smarts.

Our lawyers also prepare all necessary legal documentation and papers needed to take action against mortgage companies that fail to pay homeowners insurance in hurricane claims cases.

Within days, she hired a lawyer and vowed to take legal action against the firm.

Maybe filing a lawsuit against a large firm will end a lawyer's big firm career, but what law firms must now realize is that when a wrongfully terminated lawyer files suit, he can take the firm down with him.

Could including more solo and small firm lawyers on discipline panels be what it takes to ensure that complaints against prominent attorneys are treated as seriously as those against solo and small firm lawyers?

Duty counsel in British Columbia will take collective job action against the B.C. government starting in January and completely withdraw services after April from a system described by B.C. Trial Lawyers Association's legal aid committee co-chairman Phil Rankin as suffering from «atrophication that has been happening slowly like dementia» from continuous funding cuts.

«Disciplinary action has been taken in Canada against lawyers who for example, called opposing counsel «clueless,»» Maureen Boyd, the LSBC's manager of discipline, says in the Bulletin.

The lawyer could have avoided being a fraud victim by taking 60 seconds to cross-check the name of his client against the names of confirmed fraudsters on AvoidAClaim.

However, with the internet, irate clients can take to the internet and there are now entire websites like the U.K's Solicitors From Hell devoted to client complaints against lawyers.

When the brilliant lawyer Hartley Dewart, QC, took her case, his grudge against the powerful Masseys would fuel a dramatic trial that pitted the old order against the new, wealth and privilege against virtue and honest hard work.