Sentences with phrase «trial in a case brought»

NEW YORK (AP)-- For the second time in a month, one of New York State's biggest political figures is going on trial in a case brought by a federal prosecutor crusading against corrupt elected officials.

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But it hasn't been all good news — in September, a case brought on by a Palm Beach County condo association for faulty construction on a Kolter - developed project went to trial.

Coinbase has lost another appeal in a case brought by former customers of the defunct exchange Cryptsy, and the case will now proceed to a jury trial.

Jesse Eisinger, writing for the New Yorker, reported that the SEC attorney, James Kidney, who was in charge of bringing the ABACUS case to trial, wrote in an email to his boss at the SEC that it was an «unbelievable fraud.»

Coinbase has lost another appeal in a lawsuit brought by former customers of the defunct cryptocurrency exchange Cryptsy, and the case will now proceed to a jury trial.

Joseph Smith was never known to be a liar, and in fact, all court cases point out that those who brought him to trial were the prevaricators.

It is not the judges right or duty to express his personal opinions or beliefs while sitting on the bench, especially while giving a verdict.Judges are there to make sure due process and a fair and impartial hearing or trial takes place for all those involved.this particular judge's rant on the muslim world based on his views from serving in the military had absolutely no bearing on the case and should not have even been brought up much less used to chastise the victim with.

NEW YORK — Defense lawyers in the trial of Joseph Percoco and three business executives told a judge Wednesday they plan on bringing a full slate of witnesses in an effort to clear their clients — in a case that has brought scrutiny about the inner workings of the Cuomo administration.

«A jury rejected the government's facts and theory of bribery, and now the trial judge has rejected a critical legal theory on which the case was brought,» Lowell said in the statement.

The lawyers for the three men state that the alleged crimes did not occur in the Southern District of New York, where Bharara brought his case, and that the trial will feature numerous defense witnesses being called who reside in Buffalo.

The prosecutions in the case where two suspects are standing trial before a magistrate court for the murder of former Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North constituency, Joseph Bokaye Danquah - Adu have failed once again to bring the bill of indictment for the two in order for full trial to begin.

In my assessment, the judiciary has done all anyone can reasonably expect in supporting the current fight against corruption - anti-corruption cases have moved very fast to trial; and judges have imposed especially severe and onerous terms on accused persons brought before them for corrupt acts, with bail terms typically including deposit of their international passports, sureties and bail bonds with assets equivalent to the amount allegedly embezzled; and very high qualifications for standing as suretIn my assessment, the judiciary has done all anyone can reasonably expect in supporting the current fight against corruption - anti-corruption cases have moved very fast to trial; and judges have imposed especially severe and onerous terms on accused persons brought before them for corrupt acts, with bail terms typically including deposit of their international passports, sureties and bail bonds with assets equivalent to the amount allegedly embezzled; and very high qualifications for standing as suretin supporting the current fight against corruption - anti-corruption cases have moved very fast to trial; and judges have imposed especially severe and onerous terms on accused persons brought before them for corrupt acts, with bail terms typically including deposit of their international passports, sureties and bail bonds with assets equivalent to the amount allegedly embezzled; and very high qualifications for standing as surety.

I have no idea where the CJ would get the authority not just to reach down and expedite a pending appeal but to order that cases in varying states of disarray (and maybe some have not even been filed yet) resolved at the trial level and the first appellate level and brought up to the Court of Appeals, IF the top court even has jurisdiction over each distinct dispute, within a fixed time.

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 dismissed the «no - case» submission brought by the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, who is standing trial on a 7 - count charge bordering on illegal diversion of funds meant for the procurement of arms preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

What might have been the biggest case got away in 2010 when the Obama administration dropped plans to bring five Guantánamo Bay detainees, including Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, to Manhattan for a civilian trial on charges of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks.

Despite his comments about representing «little people,» Silver was hired as of counsel at the firm Weitz & Luxenberg to bring «prestige» — as one of the name partners put it in testimony during the trial — and he acted primarily as a so - called rainmaker, bringing in lucrative referrals for mesothelioma cases, which paid him a portion of the proceeds from any judgment or settlement.

Alleged N400million Fraud: Metuh Loses Bid to Quash Charges... Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 dismissed the «no - case» submission brought by the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, who is standing trial on a 7 - count charge bordering on illegal -LSB-...]

The suit would be tried in state court — unless I brought a counter-suit against card issuer for some violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, in which case the trial would probably go to federal court.

As I dug deeper I was struck by the sense of outrage and loss this painting aroused in so many people: The family of Lea Bondi, determined to reclaim the stolen portrait she had failed to recover in her lifetime; the Manhattan District Attorney who sent shock waves through the international art world and enraged many of New York's most prominent cultural organizations when he issued a subpoena and launched a criminal investigation following the surprise resurfacing of Portrait of Wally; the New York art dealer who tipped off a reporter about the painting during the opening of the Schiele exhibition at MoMA; the Senior Special Agent at the Department of Homeland Security who vowed not to retire until the fight was over; the art theft investigator who unearthed the post-war subterfuge and confusion that ultimately landed the painting in the hands of a young, obsessed Schiele collector; the museum official who testified before Congress that the seizure of Portrait of Wally could have a crippling effect on the ability of American museums to borrow works of art; the Assistant United States Attorney who took the case to the eve of trial; and the legendary Schiele collector who bartered for Portrait of Wally in the early 1950s and fought to the end of his life to bring it home to Vienna.

Were he brought before a British, (or I suspect Australian court) in these circumstances his defence team would begin by asking for the case to be set aside on the basis that he could not possibly receive a fair trial.

I'm not sure if the same thing applies in the US but certainly in the UK a case will only be brought to trial if it is deemed «in the public interest».

In STC 148/2016 and STC 223/2016, the SCC found that a court had breached the fundamental right to a fair trial of the claimant consumer by suspending an individual action brought by the consumer pending a final judgment concerning an ongoing collective action brought by a consumer association, in manifest breach of CJEU case laIn STC 148/2016 and STC 223/2016, the SCC found that a court had breached the fundamental right to a fair trial of the claimant consumer by suspending an individual action brought by the consumer pending a final judgment concerning an ongoing collective action brought by a consumer association, in manifest breach of CJEU case lain manifest breach of CJEU case law.

[19] Without endorsing all of the factors relied on by the trial judge as constituting «sufficient reason» in this case, I am satisfied that there may be circumstances which may constitute sufficient reason for bringing an action in the Supreme Court, thereby triggering its costs provisions, despite the fact that it is apparent from the outset that the award will fall within the monetary jurisdiction of the Provincial Court.

Both the trial judge and the Court of Appeal held that the case was adversarial, and was not being brought for the benefit of or in the interests of the plan as a whole, but for the particular class of plan members representative by the plaintiffs.

The department has acted in cases brought under The Terrorism Act 2000, The Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, The Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005, The Terrorism Act 2006 and The Counter-Terrorism Act 2008; its lawyers are well - versed in advising and finding redress for those who find their basic and legal rights, such as freedom of speech, the right to a fair trial and freedom of association, curtailed by state interference.

In first of its kind case in Massachusetts, successfully represented a manufacturing company at a 7 - day trial, obtaining dismissal of harassment and discrimination claims brought by transgendered employee (23 MDLR 23In first of its kind case in Massachusetts, successfully represented a manufacturing company at a 7 - day trial, obtaining dismissal of harassment and discrimination claims brought by transgendered employee (23 MDLR 23in Massachusetts, successfully represented a manufacturing company at a 7 - day trial, obtaining dismissal of harassment and discrimination claims brought by transgendered employee (23 MDLR 231)

We fully investigate every case, bring in the necessary medical and economic experts and prove our cases at trial to ensure our clients get the maximum compensation the law allows.

Notwithstanding a delay of over four years in bringing a drug case of modest complexity to trial, both the trial judge and the Court of Appeal were of the view that the appellant was tried within a reasonable time.

Partners Joseph Mueller and Nina Tallon achieved a significant trial victory for McAfee, Inc. — subsidiary of longtime client Intel Corporation — in a patent infringement case brought by non-practicing entity TVIIM, LLC.

The focal point of Cromwell's reasons is that determining whether an accused has been tried within a reasonable time is «inherently case - specific,» and should take into account a balancing of several factors, including society's interests in bringing a case to trial, especially when a very serious offence has been committed.

Already, dozens of cases in Ontario alone have been stayed under the Jordan framework, with the public becoming particularly familiar with the name when an Ottawa judge threw out a first - degree murder charge against ex-soldier Adam Picard, who was accused of killing 28 - year - old Fouad Nayel, after it took four years to bring his case to trial.

Julie Green and Howard Cooper obtained a complete affirmance from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit of a 2008 trial court victory in a case brought on behalf of Judge Leon A. Kendall of the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands against the judicial conduct commission of the Virgin Islands, called the Commission on Judicial Disabilities.

At Paragraphs 7 - 10, the trial judge (Madam Justice Humphries) explained why in this case the Plaintiff had «sufficient reason'to bring the suit is Supreme Court holding that:

It is brought into force on 6 March 2017 but will not affect any case in which notice of the trial date or the start of the trial window has been given before that date.

Indeed, a joint trial in the circumstances of this case did not serve any truth - seeking interest, and brought few if any benefits to the administration of justice.

It is fair to say that one of the difficulties in bringing cases to trial, namely that of lack of a co-ordinated approach and strategy, has been addressed in recent years.

[1] The case demonstrates how challenging it can be ``... to bring order to the chaos which litigants in person invariably — and wholly understandably — manage to create in putting forward their claims and defences...» and it also shows how very difficult it is ``... to shift intransigent parties off the trial track onto the parallel track of mediation.»

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(U.S. June 19, 2017) in which the court finds that «specific personal jurisdiction» (as opposed to «general jurisdiction») is lacking with regard to the claims of members of the class of plaintiffs who are not California residents in this case brought in a California state trial court (in an 8 - 1 decision with Justice Sotomayor dissenting).

The search for principle takes longer and longer, and in the meantime cases awaiting trial are delayed, to the disadvantage of the defendants awaiting trial, the witnesses to the events which bring the defendants to court, and the victims of those alleged crimes.»

It was also argued by Suremime in reliance on CPR 24.2 that the court should not preclude a new claim being brought by way of an amendment if there is a compelling reason why the case or issue should be disposed of at a trial.

We draw on Sheppard Mullin's extraordinary depth of trial experience in staffing our patent cases, bringing in specific trial skill sets as needed to complement our technical and patent - specific litigation expertise.

Andrew's appellate practice is based on both cases where he acted at trial, and also those where he has been brought in for the appeal in order to provide a new perspective.

The trial judge also held that under Pennsylvania's procedural law, the case brought as a wrongful death claim and survival action could be consolidated and in fact were required to be consolidated and remained together in court.

Last time we tried a leg amputation accident case, we brought in a prosthetic's expert from the client's prosthetic manufacturer from Hanger Orthopedic in Minnesota who I thought was a very effective witness at trial.

The cases we bring to trial and resolution, in the 40 or so minutes between commercials, would take up a month of Sundays in real life.

They arose in proceedings brought by the Ontario Securities Commission to have the trial judge, Justice Peter Hryn of the Ontario Court of Justice, removed from the matter because of unfavourable evidentiary rulings and what the OSC claimed was Hryn's failure to restrain Groia's aggressive conduct in the case.

These terms will inevitably include requirements that the accused reside in the company of his surety and have absolutely no contact with the complainant for the many months that it will take our overburdened system to bring the case to trial.

To bring a case to trial requires on both sides at least two lawyers with ten or more years of training as well as their staff to organize and exchange this messy evidence and sometimes ask the court for help in doing so.

Law firms should encourage associates to take on pro bono cases, allow them to serve externships in district attorneys» offices, sponsor or provide trial - skills training and bring them into the courtroom as second chairs.