Sentences with phrase «than in the court system»

In their defense against the cities suing over sea level rise damages, the oil industry lawyers essentially argued that the blame lies not on the producers, but rather the consumers of fossil fuels, and that any economic issues should be addressed through policy rather than in the court system.

Not exact matches

According to a report in Friday's New York Times, some of Apple's top encryption engineers have threatened to resist — or even to quit — rather than comply with a court order to disable the iPhone security system they created.

you can have a court system that is supposed to deal non-violently with solutions to these dillimmas but mostely it is entertainment and laughable in it's core justice to begin with humans are human so how does the newer muslim prophet propose to become more than human in response to violence and as a tool for enactment for change — if necessary?

The platform planks for «32 embodied a number of Century concerns: U.S. adherence to the World Court protocol; U.S. entry into the League of Nations, provided that its covenant be amended to eliminate military sanctions; U.S. recognition of the Soviet Union (which was granted a year later); the safeguarding of the rights of conscientious objectors (including those denied citizenship, such as Canadian - born theologian D. C. Macintosh of Yale Divinity School); the abolition of compulsory military training in state - supported educational institutions other than military and naval academies; emergency measures for relief and public - works employment; the securing of constitutional rights for minorities; the reduction of gross inequality of income by steeply progressive rates of taxation on large incomes; «progressive socialization of the ownership and control of natural resources, public utilities and basic industries»; «the nationalization of our entire banking system»; and so on (June 8, 1932).

The original suit in this matter was the first modern - day Native American land claim litigated in the federal court system rather than before the Indian Claims Commission.

Lowell, who represented Williams's former company in the McDonnell case, said prosecutors would now have to decide in the cases of Menendez and others «whether the allegations go to what the Supreme Court said was the public official's authority to act, and to be doing more than what is the typical, expected constituent service that our system depends on.»

Claims by the Secretary of State for Wales that the current devolution settlement does not need major changes are misguided and could help to entrench an unsatisfactory system in place where the courts become the final arbiter of laws rather than the electorate, the Welsh Liberal Democrats Assembly Member, Peter Black has said.

- Administering the New York State and Local Retirement System for public employees, with more than one million members, retirees and beneficiaries and more than 3,000 employers; - Acting as sole trustee of the $ 129 billion Common Retirement Fund, one of the largest institutional investors in the world; - Maintaining the State's accounting system and administering the State's $ 12.6 billion payroll; - Issuing reports on State finances; - Managing the State's assets and issuing debt; - Reviewing State contracts and payments before they are issued; - Conducting audits of State agencies and public benefit corporations; - Overseeing the fiscal affairs of local governments, including New York City; - Overseeing the Justice Court Fund and the Oil Spill Fund Acting as custodian of more than $ 9 billion in abandoned property and restoring unclaimed funds to their rightful oSystem for public employees, with more than one million members, retirees and beneficiaries and more than 3,000 employers; - Acting as sole trustee of the $ 129 billion Common Retirement Fund, one of the largest institutional investors in the world; - Maintaining the State's accounting system and administering the State's $ 12.6 billion payroll; - Issuing reports on State finances; - Managing the State's assets and issuing debt; - Reviewing State contracts and payments before they are issued; - Conducting audits of State agencies and public benefit corporations; - Overseeing the fiscal affairs of local governments, including New York City; - Overseeing the Justice Court Fund and the Oil Spill Fund Acting as custodian of more than $ 9 billion in abandoned property and restoring unclaimed funds to their rightful osystem and administering the State's $ 12.6 billion payroll; - Issuing reports on State finances; - Managing the State's assets and issuing debt; - Reviewing State contracts and payments before they are issued; - Conducting audits of State agencies and public benefit corporations; - Overseeing the fiscal affairs of local governments, including New York City; - Overseeing the Justice Court Fund and the Oil Spill Fund Acting as custodian of more than $ 9 billion in abandoned property and restoring unclaimed funds to their rightful owners;

«Today's layoff and displacement notices to more than 600 employees of the New York State Unified Court System are a direct consequence of bad choices in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's state budget.

This power of exposure is a far more effective deterrent in many countries, including our own, than the court systems that deliver judgment and not necessarily justice.

«What was witnessed in the vile video... is a humiliating and insulting attack on the more than 50 years of progress that this nation has made since the Civil Rights movement,» Espaillat and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. wrote to the New York court system's attorney grievance committee.

ALBANY, NY (05/18/2011)(readMedia)-- «Today's layoff and displacement notices to more than 600 employees of the New York State Unified Court System are a direct consequence of bad choices in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's state budget.

«The task force is more than justified, more than earns its keep and plays a vital role in keeping the system on its toes,» said former Family Court Judge Gregory J. Blass, who chaired the task force until it ended in 2011.

He conceded that the process would be arduous and could take more than a decade if conditions in the court system did not improve, or if crime on the streets did not continue its decades - long downward trajectory.

As attorney general, Pruitt in 2013 filed a friend of the court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in which he argued the EPA ignored the risks that gasoline with more than 10 percent ethanol can pose to cars» fuel systems as well as the RFS requirement's possible effect on food prcourt brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in which he argued the EPA ignored the risks that gasoline with more than 10 percent ethanol can pose to cars» fuel systems as well as the RFS requirement's possible effect on food prCourt in which he argued the EPA ignored the risks that gasoline with more than 10 percent ethanol can pose to cars» fuel systems as well as the RFS requirement's possible effect on food prices.

A U.S. appellate court ruled that the FTC has the authority to sue Wyndham Hotels for allowing hackers to steal more than 600K customers» data from its computer systems in 2008 and 2009, leading to more than $ 10 million in fraudulent charges.

Katja's rage (she dresses in black, but more like a punk ninja than a widow) is such that she's not likely to get everything she wants from the legal system — she describes much of what goes on in court as «chitchat» (the movie mixes English with subtitled German).

In Bush v. Holmes (2006), the state supreme court struck down Florida's Opportunity Scholarship Program, a small voucher program serving fewer than 800 students, on the grounds that it fell afoul of the state constitution's «uniformity» clause, which allegedly prevents the state from funding any program outside of or «parallel» to the public school system.

But the 82 - year - old retired school administrator — whose 1977 move to charge the families of undocumented children here $ 1,000 per student to attend public schools sparked a federal lawsuit — has more than made his peace with the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling against him and the school system in Plyler v. Doe.

Any future challenge to the new funding system — which was hammered out by legislators in a special session last summer — will now have to be made in district court, a more time - consuming process than going directly to the supreme court, Mr. Goetz...

After more than a year of inaction, Boston educational and political leaders, led by Mayor Raymond L. Flynn, are moving toward developing a new student - assignment plan to replace the controversial system imposed by a federal - court order in the 1970's.

Now, rather than being able hide from their about - face on the critical issue of school funding, Governor Malloy and Attorney General Jepsen will be facing a court trial on Malloy's failure to deal with Connecticut's unconstitutional school funding system right in the middle of the election.

Alabama also enacted tuition grant state laws permitting students to use vouchers at private schools in the mid-1950s, while also enacting nullification statutes against court desegregation mandates and altering its teacher tenure laws to allow the firing of teachers who supported desegregation.50 Alabama's tuition grant laws would also come before the court, with the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama declaring in Lee v. Macon County Board of Education vouchers to be «nothing more than a sham established for the purpose of financing with state funds a white school system.&rcourt desegregation mandates and altering its teacher tenure laws to allow the firing of teachers who supported desegregation.50 Alabama's tuition grant laws would also come before the court, with the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama declaring in Lee v. Macon County Board of Education vouchers to be «nothing more than a sham established for the purpose of financing with state funds a white school system.&rcourt, with the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama declaring in Lee v. Macon County Board of Education vouchers to be «nothing more than a sham established for the purpose of financing with state funds a white school system.&rCourt for the Middle District of Alabama declaring in Lee v. Macon County Board of Education vouchers to be «nothing more than a sham established for the purpose of financing with state funds a white school system.»

For Justin Perry, all of this — the landmark court case that dismantled Charlotte - Mecklenburg Schools» (CMS) diversity - friendly school assignments at the turn of the century, the bitter wringing of hands that followed and, today, a school system seemingly more stratified than any other in North Carolina — began for him 17 years ago, in front of Charlotte's austere district courthouse on a spring day.

In declaring Connecticut's school funding system unconstitutional, Hartford Superior Court Judge Thomas Moukawsher pronounced universally glowing teacher evaluations «uselessly perfect» and called the state's poor school rating system «little more than cotton candy in a rainstorm.&raquIn declaring Connecticut's school funding system unconstitutional, Hartford Superior Court Judge Thomas Moukawsher pronounced universally glowing teacher evaluations «uselessly perfect» and called the state's poor school rating system «little more than cotton candy in a rainstorm.&raquin a rainstorm.»

More than 50 years after the U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the nation's public school system has yet to fulfill its promise of equal educational opportunity for all.

In Lee County Schools system in rural Alabama, for example, which had years earlier convinced a federal court that it had eliminated the effects of segregation, one of the four public high schools served more than 90 percent black students — even though the district student population was only 23 percent blacIn Lee County Schools system in rural Alabama, for example, which had years earlier convinced a federal court that it had eliminated the effects of segregation, one of the four public high schools served more than 90 percent black students — even though the district student population was only 23 percent blacin rural Alabama, for example, which had years earlier convinced a federal court that it had eliminated the effects of segregation, one of the four public high schools served more than 90 percent black students — even though the district student population was only 23 percent black.

Recall from prior posts (here, here, and here) that seven teachers in the Houston Independent School District (HISD), with the support of the Houston Federation of Teachers (HFT), are taking HISD to federal court over how their value - added scores, derived via the Education Value - Added Assessment System (EVAAS), are being used, and allegedly abused, while this district that has tied more high - stakes consequences to value - added output than any other district / state in the nation.

While the State of Connecticut spends hundreds of millions of dollars every year to reduce racial isolation in our urban school districts, as required by Connecticut's Constitution and Courts, Governor Dannel Malloy is pumping more than $ 100 million a year into Connecticut Charter Schools despite the fact that they have become a primary vehicle for the segregation of our public school system.

In its ruling in the suit brought by more than two - thirds of the state's public school districts, the court urged the Legislature to reform the school finance systeIn its ruling in the suit brought by more than two - thirds of the state's public school districts, the court urged the Legislature to reform the school finance systein the suit brought by more than two - thirds of the state's public school districts, the court urged the Legislature to reform the school finance system.

Moreover, the Connecticut Attorney General has acknowledged in these same court papers that to fund a system of magnet and charters would be more expensive than providing adequate support to the existing traditional public school system.

The inquisitorial system (derived from the Latin word inquisitio «to inquire»), is one in which the court actively investigates a case rather than simply being an impartial referee — in short, the court acts as detective, prosecutor and judge.

The suit, filed in Massachusetts state court, accuses Google of using its Android mobile operating system to strong - arm handset manufacturers into using Google's location technology rather than Skyhook's.

Mandatory arbitration is an increasingly popular provision in loan agreements that requires parties to resolve disputes through an arbitrator, rather than the court system.

The longer things go after the credit card company has started litigation in the court system the more likely it becomes that a creditor will refuse to participate in your debt settlement plan and you must settle a credit card account for more than you might want to or you will face a court hearing and its consequences such as garnishment.

The temporary court system's purpose is to resolve all minor crimes within two weeks in the hope that international visitors will not have to remain in Canada longer than they had planned or return to Canada for trials.

As in that series, Guybrush will have to do a little outside the court investigating to find the evidence he needs, although his methods have more to do with slyly subverting the system of pirate law than getting at the truth of a case, since Guybrush is more or less guilty of most of the crimes he is accused of.

I urge you to buy the book, not so much because I need the money for my end of the case (which I do) but because when a sclerotic and dysfunctional judicial system co-operates with a cynical and fraudulent plaintiff in turning the DC courts into a 21st century version of trial by ordeal, it is more important than ever to push back by disseminating as widely as possible the opinions of him that Mann is trying to suppress.

Although not explicitly saying so, one could infer from this paper that CEN / CENELEC, although preferring to stick to the system currently in place, would be more inclined to accept some kind of obligation to report regularly to the European Parliament than the continuous threat of technical standards being interpreted by a court of law.

Delays in the family courts system, rows over the contracts of the staff and finally the departure of the first chief executive Diane Shepherd less than a year after she was appointed meant the department got off to a rocky start.

The article notes that the turning point for the acceptance of Lexis came in the early 1970s, when Wilson arranged for Supreme Court clerks to use the system, which found more cases than the clerks found using manual research.

The Court's contention that EU law provides for a complete system of remedies, or at least remedies «sufficient to ensure effective judicial protection for individual parties in the fields covered by EU law» (Case C - 64 / 16, para. 34) has to be understood as a formalistic conception in the sense that BITs clearly provide more complete and effective remedies to investors than EU law or domestic law — and this understanding has been at the heart of the reasoning of arbitral tribunals in cases where they have rejected the argument that intra-EU BITs are incompatible with EU law.

Those litigants and witnesses who are confident that their personal information will not be indiscriminately exposed, surely have greater incentive to participate in the justice system than those dreading humiliation, intimidation, or retribution that not even the court itself can manage.

Dr. Sarkis suggests that rather than maintaining the conflict through the court system, parents engage in alternative dispute resolution methods such as collaborative divorce.

That contract had an arbitration clause contained in it, which stated that the parties agreed to submit any claims between the two to binding arbitration, rather than handling them through the court system.

In broad terms, a tort is a civil wrong, other than a breach of contract, for which the judicial system or court is used to provide a remedy in the form of a required action for damageIn broad terms, a tort is a civil wrong, other than a breach of contract, for which the judicial system or court is used to provide a remedy in the form of a required action for damagein the form of a required action for damages.

The initially promised affordability of the «unitary patent» and Unified Patent Court (UPC) especially for small and medium - sized enterprises (SMEs), which was repeated almost mantra - like throughout the EU legislative proceedings as one reason why the reform was of utmost importance, ultimately turned out to be pretty much the opposite, with the level of representation costs to be reimbursed by the losing to the winning party amounting to up to more than five times the sum which can currently be claimed in patent litigation proceedings before the German courts (for more details on the cost situation created by the reform, cf. the article «Unitary patent and court system — A poisoned gift for SMEs» hCourt (UPC) especially for small and medium - sized enterprises (SMEs), which was repeated almost mantra - like throughout the EU legislative proceedings as one reason why the reform was of utmost importance, ultimately turned out to be pretty much the opposite, with the level of representation costs to be reimbursed by the losing to the winning party amounting to up to more than five times the sum which can currently be claimed in patent litigation proceedings before the German courts (for more details on the cost situation created by the reform, cf. the article «Unitary patent and court system — A poisoned gift for SMEs» hcourt system — A poisoned gift for SMEs» here).

Mr. Howland was formerly a partner in the intellectual property practice at Jones Day, where he spent more than 15 years representing clients in patent and trade secret litigation in federal courts around the country and before the International Trade Commission on matters involving: ◾ Semiconductor manufacturing ◾ Analog and digital circuits ◾ Microprocessor, memory, and network architectures ◾ Wireless communications ◾ Software ◾ Payment systems, encryption, and network security

In our view, a better system of incentives, a wiser use of psychological insights (e.g. peer - pressure), and most fundamentally, a more open court, promise more than the proposed mechanical addition of more judges.

What we witness without a whimper from the media, the courts, or the bar is a prosecutor charged with the highest professional duty to see that every accused, no matter how guilty, obtains a fair trial, and who, instead, in this historical instant, has voluntarily taken steps to see that such a right becomes little more than a sad, distant echo of a justice system that once set the standard for the world.