Sentences with phrase «which courts of law»

It is this ultimate right which courts of law reserve to review the decisions of private judicial systems that foreclose Boards of REALTORS ® from any form of interference with or any effort to inhibit the exercise of that right.

Again Jesus moves from the overt act which a court of law might pass judgment on, to the inner disposition.

They are done because you have evidence, the people who breached the law and thereby caused damage to the public interest... Strong evidence of wrong doing which a court of law can reliably use to convict,» he said.

Not exact matches

The action, which was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, alleges that the Company violated federal securities laws.

The action, which was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges that the Company violated federal securities laws.

Uber's loss follows an earlier one last year where the Luxembourg - based Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) classified the company as a transport service rather than a digital one, which stripped it of protections against undue national regulation that digital services enjoy under EU law.

And yet emails that were never intended to be public unavoidably will have consequences, most of which will never be tested in a court of law or arbitration and some of which may never be aired at all, such as the unreturned call or, ironically, the unanswered email.

In a similar email statement, DraftKings tells Fortune: «There is a process by which hasty and uninformed opinions can be challenged in a court of law, which would allow DraftKings to not have to cease operations in the state of New York.

«MoFo's policies and practices are emblematic of the «old boys» club» that permeates law firms, suppresses female advancement, and stereotypes women,» claims the lawsuit, which was filed in U.S District Court in San Francisco.

As the employer, you need to be informed of the law and your obligations, both of which may change as a result of new legislation and court decisions.

«In concluding that Aetna's acquisition of Humana would violate federal antitrust laws, the court has protected consumers and the competition on which they rely.

Most courts considering laws that state governmental agencies have claimed are necessary for fiscal responsibility, which Chelan County claims is the purpose of this rate increase, have concluded that the laws are rationally related to a legitimate government interest.

Obama's other measures include plans to work with Congress to pursue reforms of Section 215 of the anti-terrorism Patriot Act that governs the collection of so - called «metadata» such as phone records, and reform of the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which considers requests from law enforcement authorities on intelligence - gathering targets.

The court could have ruled that Citizens United was not the sort of group to which the McCain - Feingold law was meant to apply, or that the law did not mean to address 90 - minute documentaries, or that video - on - demand technologies were not regulated by the law.

Not one executive of any major Wall Street firm that caused the financial crash in 2008 through fraudulent activities was prosecuted by the U.S. Justice Department — which was headed at the time by law partners from Covington & Burling — the Big Tobacco law firm that was singled out in a Federal Court decision for hiding the deadly effects of cigarette smoke for decades.

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing Christie et al vs NCAA et al, the crux of which is whether the state of New Jersey can legalize sports betting in its state, despite a 1992 federal law that banned sports betting everywhere in the U.S. except Nevada.

Unless we are prohibited from doing so by any applicable law, regulation, court order or instruction or guidance of a competent regulatory authority or agency, in terminating your account we may do any of the following at our sole discretion: A. transfer the funds back to the source; or B. convert your account balance to Bitcoins at our then - prevailing rate, subject to applicable fees and as soon as practicable give you 48 hours» notice that we intend to deactivate your account, requesting that you provide us with an alternative bitcoin wallet address to which we can transfer your bitcoin within that period (the «Redemption Period»);

He successfully argued that foreign and domestic investors had asserted viable «holder claims» seeking to recover investment losses due to their retention of already - owned shares in reliance upon the fraud, which is believed to be the first ruling by a U.S. court sustaining such a theory under English common law.

And unlike Detroit, which was able to file under Chapter 9 of the U.S. bankruptcy code, there's no court process under which Puerto Rico can restructure its debts — unless Congress changes the law.

Mr. Lieberman is working with the Firm's international clients to craft a response to the Supreme Court's ruling in Morrison v. Nat» l Australia Bank, Ltd., which limited the ability of foreign investors to seek redress under the federal securities laws.

Abortion has been legal in Canada since 1988, when the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Canada's abortion law violated Section 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which guarantees «life, liberty and security of the person.»

Weinstein, a Jewish movie mogul who is currently being investigated by law enforcement authorities over allegations of sexual misconduct, is fighting with Dershowitz's help to obtain emails that Weinstein says would «exonerate» him, according to an article Friday in the Hollywood Reporter, which the magazine says are based on court documents.

and finally resolved by arbitration in the United States under Nevada State Law which will be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this clause, save for any waiver of any rights the parties would otherwise have to any form of appeal or recourse to a court of law or other judicial authority, which rights are expressly reservLaw which will be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this clause, save for any waiver of any rights the parties would otherwise have to any form of appeal or recourse to a court of law or other judicial authority, which rights are expressly reservlaw or other judicial authority, which rights are expressly reserved.

In any good court of law (which is based off of logic and evidence), the accuser bears the burden of proof.

Which raises a good bullet point: Could you defend the existence of God in a court of law?

British authorities had requested that he be extradited to the UK, however a Kosovan court blocked the move because under Kosovan law the child abuse allegations against him - some of which date back to the 1970s - had expired.

This may come as a shock to you — BUT - evolution could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt in court — if it is a «Law» of science and not a theory explain to me why Scientist in the same field have differing opinions theory has undergone massive changes since the 1850's when Darwin first came up with the THEORY — there are a lot of interesting similarities to true science which makes it sound so plausible, but it should sound good — After all the top scientist / humanists in the world promote it and they are all pretty smart

For example, a couple of years ago he wrote an opinion for the Court validating Colorado's so - called «bubble law,» which requires protestors to stay eight feet from any person approaching a health care facility.

That's how I read the Supreme Court's decision not to hear cases in which lower courts ruled that marriage laws in various states that recognize unions only of a man and a woman are unconstitutional.

Finally, Cook says that the FBI is proposing what Apple is calling «unprecedented use» of the All Writs Act of 1789, which authorizes federal courts to issue all orders necessary or appropriate «in aid of their respective jurisdictions and agreeable to the usages and principles of law.»

Given the ages of the remaining eight justices, it is very likely the next President will select between two and four members of the court, which may determine the future of American law for the next 40 years.

The suit alleges that the law gives the Ugandans standing to sue Lively for his activities, which had a crucial nexus in the U.S. and therefore come under federal courts» jurisdiction; it also charges that Lively not only advocated bad ideas in an abstract context but helped various Ugandans conceive and manage a campaign of persecution, thus involving himself in a joint criminal enterprise.

(Roe's theory of «substantive due process,» which was also the basis for Dred Scoff and Lochner, has always landed the court in trouble, because it strikes down properly enacted laws that interfere with whatever the justices conclude is an important «liberty»)

But Dr Williams said an approach to law which simply said «there's one law for everybody and that's all there is to be said, and anything else that commands your loyalty or allegiance is completely irrelevant in the processes of the courts — I think that's a bit of a danger.

The Law society, in other words, has given «guidance» to its members as to how to draft wills in a way which circumvents English legal principles as they have always been accepted: and it envisages that this might even mean taking on the English law in court to see if their wily little legal tricks have been successful: a perfect example of an attempt to make the letter of the law prevail over its spirit: Christians will remember that, according to St Paul (2 Corinthians 3:6), «the letter killeth but the spirit giveth life&raquLaw society, in other words, has given «guidance» to its members as to how to draft wills in a way which circumvents English legal principles as they have always been accepted: and it envisages that this might even mean taking on the English law in court to see if their wily little legal tricks have been successful: a perfect example of an attempt to make the letter of the law prevail over its spirit: Christians will remember that, according to St Paul (2 Corinthians 3:6), «the letter killeth but the spirit giveth life&raqulaw in court to see if their wily little legal tricks have been successful: a perfect example of an attempt to make the letter of the law prevail over its spirit: Christians will remember that, according to St Paul (2 Corinthians 3:6), «the letter killeth but the spirit giveth life&raqulaw prevail over its spirit: Christians will remember that, according to St Paul (2 Corinthians 3:6), «the letter killeth but the spirit giveth life».

In religious courts the judge usually passes judgment according to the canonical interpretation of the school of law which the suitors follow.

The amendment would require Oklahoma courts to «rely on federal and state law when deciding cases» and «forbids courts from considering or using» either international law or Islamic religious law, known as Sharia, which the amendment defined as being based on the Quran and the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed.

A practicing lawyer, advising a legislative committee or governor, would predict the following: the law would meet immediate legal challenge and be struck down by a federal district court, which would be affirmed by the court of appeals.

The English law is inseparably bound up with the history and structure of the Inns of Court, those ancient collegiate societies to which, until recently, every barrister had to belong, and which, in my days as a student, insisted that you could not be called to the Bar without first dining for a requisite number of nights in the Hall of your Inn.

E.g., in regards to scientific support for evolution and rejection of creationism and the young earth dogma, in 1986, 72 US Nobel Prize winners, 17 state academies of science and 7 other scientific societies, signed an amicus curiae brief asking the US Supreme Court in Edwards v. Aguillard to reject a Louisiana state law requiring the teaching of creationism, which the brief described as embodying religious dogma.

Sure, you can go through the law courts, and sit through a trial, and allow some judge to decide which one of you will absorb the blow.

In 1986, an amicus curiae brief, signed by 72 US Nobel Prize winners, 17 state academies of science and 7 other scientific societies, asked the US Supreme Court in Edwards v. Aguillard, to reject a Louisiana state law requiring the teaching of creationism (which the brief described as embodying religious dogma).

Bishop Robert Vasa of Baker, Oregon, wrote a moving reflection on the Court's decision, which included this: «For the victims of Oregon's assisted - suicide law the world has become a place that they feel is not worth living in.

What Mother Theresa and her organization are doing is criminal, which in a court of law, would have a laundry list of offenses listed against them.

G - d gave all of us seven basic laws to follow: To believe in One G - d, not to blaspheme Him, not to murder (which would include aspects of the topic of abortion), not to steal and kidnap, not to eat the limb of a living animal (animal cruelty) and to set up effective courts of justice.

Local media in the state, tonight, is reporting that ballot initiative SQ755, which bars state courts from using Islamic or international law, is on the path to approval — Yes votes outweighing Nos by more than two - to - one, with about 40 - percent of the precincts in.

The successful experience of the State of New York with such a law in which hundreds of cases have been adjusted satisfactorily even without recourse to the courts encourages us to believe that the difficulties are not nearly so great as some feared or wanted us to believe.42 It is true that one can easily put too much faith in sheer legislation which may be rendered futile if it is not supported in the community consciousness.

Or again, one might adopt an analogy from the law courts, and explain the death of Christ as a transaction between God and man through which God's claims on man were satisfied.

They had their own courts in which they handled cases concerning marriage, divorce, inheritance, and other problems of Islamic law, evidence of the influence and power of Islam in China at that time.

The British court cited a South African decision from 2000, which acknowledged the difficulty of determining religious exemptions from obedience to laws.