Although these stipulations are frequently supported and not thought of as being in
violation of a public policy which advocates the use of public highways and road by those who are only legally able to utilize them, these stipulations are contrary to the overall idea behind mandatory auto insurance.
In Dudewicz v Norris - Schmid, Inc, 443 Mich 68 (1993), the court held that a claim based on
a violation of public policy can not be raised when an applicable statute prohibits a retaliatory discharge for the plaintiff's conduct.
It is a ques - tion of which law will apply: will it be the law of the state in which the parties executed the agree - ment, and where the agree - ment says, or will California over - ride certain provisions related to the prenuptial as it could cause
violation of public policy.
She handles a wide range of matters, including those involving claims of discrimination and harassment based on race, national origin, age, sex, disability, and sexual orientation; wage and hour violations; independent contractor misclassification; wrongful termination in
violation of public policy; whistleblower and other retaliation claims; breach of contract; unfair competition; defamation; and misappropriation of trade secrets.
With Color, reading cases is easier than ever before, whether you're dealing with shareholder and derivative actions, attorney work product, the duty to defend, or the tort of wrongful discharge in
violation of public policy.
The California Court of Appeal recently concluded, in D'Sa v. Playhut, Inc., that it is
a violation of public policy for an employer to terminate an employee who refuses to sign an unlawful covenant not to compete.
The South Carolina Supreme Court decision in Eason v. Eason, 384 S.C. 473, 682 S.E. 2d 804 (2009) corrects an obvious injustice, holding that a written agreement between separated spouses to not use adultery as a bar to entitlement to alimony is enforceable and not
a violation of public policy.
The Uniform Premarital Agreement Act § 3, 9C U.L.A. 43 (2001), allows parties to contract with respect to «the modification or elimination of spousal support,» § 3 (a)(4), and «any other matter, including their personal rights and obligations, not in
violation of public policy or a statute imposing a criminal penalty.»
It is a question of which law will apply: will it be the law of the state in which the parties executed the agreement, and where the agreement says, or will California override certain provisions related to the prenuptial as it could cause
violation of public policy.
It is Wrongful Termination in
violation of public policy.
The «
violation of public policy» language is what drops off in everyday conversations.
The contracted for terms can not be in
violation of public policy nor of a statute imposing criminal penalty.
Not exact matches
If there is any
public policy proposition that a pluralistic system must agree upon — for the protection
of all its members — it is that human life must be immune from arbitrary
violation by other humans.
They dispute among themselves about whether this or that
public policy is the
violation of the value
of justice, or whether a certain action is the breaking
of a contract, or whether a certain decision constitutes infidelity to a promise.
Any
public or private statement
of interest, qualified or unqualified, in another club's player to that player's agent or representative, or to a member
of the news media, is a
violation of this Anti-Tampering
Policy.
The Application challenges the Bank's decision on both a «
violation of policy» and «
public interest» basis.
In a separate statement, Schwartz said the governor has made it clear he has a «zero tolerance»
policy «for any
violation of the
public trust from any actor or entity,» and he has been told to «follow the facts.»
It is utterly remarkable for Jim Malatras, who served as chief
policy adviser and state operations director for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to claim that he repeatedly told lobbyist Todd Howe (who pleaded guilty to felony charges concerning bid - rigging) to send his emails to Malatras» official business account and not, as he did a dozen times in
violation of state
policy, to his private email («
Public matters, private emails,» Dec. 31).
Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña on Aug. 4 announced a new task force to investigate allegations
of cheating and other
violations of academic
policy in the
public schools.
The Chicago
Public Schools is in
violation of its own remediation and probation
policy.
Former D.C.
Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson deserves more than a little scorn for the
violations of graduation
policies (and the underlying causes
of them) that took place under her watch.
D.C.
Public Schools» central office will also view transcripts before graduation to confirm they are not in
violation of city
policy.
C. Any waiver by a consumer
of any
of the provisions
of this chapter shall be deemed void and unenforceable by a credit services business as contrary to
public policy of this Commonwealth, and any attempt by a credit services business to have a consumer waive rights given by this chapter shall constitute a
violation of this chapter.
Animal Haven will not retaliate against an employee who in good faith, has made a protest or raised a complaint against some practice
of Animal Haven, or
of another individual or entity with whom Animal Haven has a business relationship, on the basis
of a reasonable belief that the practice is in
violation of law, or a clear mandate
of public policy.
Animal Haven will not retaliate against employees who disclose or threaten to disclose to a supervisor or a
public body, any activity,
policy, or practice
of Animal Haven that the employee reasonably believes is in
violation of a law, or a rule, or regulation mandated pursuant to law or is in
violation of a clear mandate
of public policy concerning.
Little Shelter will not retaliate against an employee who, in good faith, has made a protest or raised a complaint against some practice
of Little Shelter, or
of another individual or entity with whom Little Shelter had a business relationship, on the basisof a reasonable belief that the practice is in
violation of law or a clear mandate
of public policy.
to NOAA and Science — most seriously about possible
violations of best practices (and some rules)-- but have little relevance to the
public policy debate.
The Russian defendant objected and argued that the SCC lacked jurisdiction over the dispute, that the Russian party had not been duly notified
of the arbitration, and that enforcement
of the award would constitute a
violation of Russian
public policy.
«In my view, engaging in activity which is prohibited by Parliament through the enactment
of the Criminal Code
of Canada falls squarely within the rubric
of a
public policy violation,» he added before rejecting arguments that voiding the gift would open the floodgates to frivolous estate litigation.
The Illinois Supreme Court has determined the «named driver exclusion» contained in uninsured / underinsured motorist (UM / UIM) auto insurance
policies is invalid for
violation of the state's mandatory insurance requirements and
public policy where the exclusion bars coverage for the named insured.
There was no identifiable power in the court, supported by a
public policy, to supplement presently existing statutory provisions to achieve what the prosecution want to achieve in
violation of Mrs Gibson's rights under Art 1
of Protocol 1
of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Examples
of «willful neglect» from the comments in The Federal Register help define the term: (1) disposal
of a hard drive in an unsecured dumpster where the covered entity failed to implement
policies and procedures to safeguard PHI during the disposal process; (2) failure to respond to an individual's request for restriction
of the uses
of PHI where the covered entity did not have any
policies and procedures in place for consideration
of the request for restriction; (3) a covered entity's employee loses a laptop that contains unencrypted PHI and the covered entity feared for its reputation if the incident became
public and decided not to provide the appropriate notification.5 In each
of the examples, the covered entity had actual or constructive knowledge
of the
violations.
Instead, California law requires that a termination be in
violation of a fundamental
public policy.
The Canadian Internet
Policy and
Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), based at the University
of Ottawa, Faculty
of Law, has asked the Privacy Commissioner
of Canada to investigate alleged
violations of Canadian privacy law by the popular social networking site, Facebook.
Ms. Grant represents employers in a wide variety
of labor and employment matters, including wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, breach
of contract, fraud, wage and hour,
public policy violations, defamation, invasion
of privacy, and trade secret / unfair competition.
Represented scores
of individuals in lawsuits against their former employers regarding claims
of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation based on disability, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, race, and other protected classes and activities in
violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), California Family Rights Act (CFRA), Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), American Disabilities Act (ADA), and
public policy.
She represents employers in federal and state litigation matters, including class action and individual claims
of wage and hour
violations, sexual harassment, age, disability, race and sex discrimination, failure to accommodate, whistleblower and
public policy wrongful discharge.
Violation of financial disclosure law: This law requires elected state and county officials and
public employees in major
policy - making positions to make yearly disclosures
of their private financial interests.
The
public policies expressed in this section shall apply only to actual or foreseeable
violations of a fundamental constitutional right resulting from the application
of the foreign law.
Thus, in Oscanyan v. Winchester Repeating Arms Co., 103 U. S. 261, it was held that, where it was shown by the opening statement
of counsel that the contract on which the suit was brought was void as being either in
violation of law or against
public policy, the trial court might properly direct the jury to find a verdict for the defendant.
In the case that an author violates this
policy, Bitcoin Magazine will post a
public retraction
of the story and terminate the contract
of the author in
violation.
«A Board rule requiring that Board Members attend, on at least a biennial basis, a continuing education program comprised
of not more than six (6) cumulative hours
of instruction with respect to Board or Member practices that might result in a significant legal vulnerability and possible liability to the Board and its Members, such as
violations of anti-trust laws, agency laws, civil rights laws, the Code
of Ethics
of the National Association, or other similar
public policies is not an inequitable limitation upon membership.»