Sentences with phrase «with civil court»

The petitioner files the original documents and the photocopies with the Civil Court's county clerks office.

Compare this with a civil court death claim.

Mr. Firsichbaum has extensive experience in the defense and prosecution of worker's compensation claims along with civil court litigation.

The process is long and complex and often involves other parties who are familiar with the civil court system.

Not exact matches

Granting the CFTC's request for a preliminary injunction against the defendants who allegedly engaged in deception and fraud involving virtual currency spot markets, Judge Weinstein noted that» [u] ntil Congress clarifies the matter,» the CFTC has «concurrent authority» along with other state and federal administrative agencies and civil and criminal courts over transactions in virtual currency.

«Until Congress clarifies the matter, the CFTC has concurrent authority, along with other state and federal administrative agencies, and civil and criminal courts, over dealings in virtual currency,» Weinstein wrote.

According to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA), a firm has to procure a court order before repossessing a vehicle belonging to a member of the military, a law that was established to protect soldiers and other military personnel from having to deal with legal issues while they're actively serving.

The commission can force companies to comply with securities rules, it can fine them when they don't, it can even charge them in civil court with violating the law.

Will the SEC take this opportunity to clarify that same - sex couples in civil unions, domestic partnerships, and similar legal relationships intended to give them at least some of the economic benefits of marriage, are «spouses» to one another, and thus eligible for the alternative accredited investor qualification standard made available to persons who are married (with the Supreme Court's recent decision striking down Section 3 of DOMA, it is already clear that persons in same - sex marriages are «spouses» to one another)?

(1) Any customer who enters into a contract with an invention promoter and who is found by a court to have been injured by any material false or fraudulent statement or representation, or any omission of material fact, by that invention promoter (any agent, employee, director, officer, partner, or independent contractor of such invention promoter), or by the failure of that invention promoter to disclose such information as required under subsection (a), may recover in a civil action against the invention promoter (or the officers, directors, or partners of such invention promoter), in addition to reasonable costs and attorneys» fees --

Democracy depends on a wide range of institutions: political parties; courts, police, and media; non-partisan civil servants and arms - length regulators; and universities with experts who pursue truth wherever evidence may lead.

The Enrollment Program also authorizes a superior court to have jurisdiction over enrollees by allowing it to «appoint a receiver, monitor, conservator, or other designated fiduciary or officer of the court for a defendant or the defendant's assets,» as well as authorizes the Commissioner of Business Oversight to «include in civil actions claims for ancillary relief, including restitution and disgorgement, on behalf of a person injured, as well as attorney's fees and costs, and civil penalties of up to $ 25,000» for up to four years after the purported violation occurred and «refer evidence regarding violations of the bill's provisions to the Attorney General, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the United States Department of the Treasury, or the district attorney of the county in which the violation occurred, who would be authorized, with or without this type of a reference, to institute appropriate proceedings.»

On March 6, 2018, Judge Jack B. Weinstein of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled that virtual currencies are commodities under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and therefore subject to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) anti-fraud and anti-manipulation enforcement authority.1 Granting the CFTC's request for a preliminary injunction against the defendants who allegedly engaged in deception and fraud involving virtual currency spot markets, Judge Weinstein noted that «[u] ntil Congress clarifies the matter,» the CFTC has «concurrent authority» along with other state and federal administrative agencies and civil and criminal courts over transactions in virtual currency.2

To participate effectively in a constitutive dialogue carried on in the venue of the courts, one must be a member of the priestly class of our civil religion: a lawyer or someone with a large measure of legal knowledge.

Before the 1970s, evangelicals voted as often for Democrats as for Republicans, but in the wake of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s, a Supreme Court decision ending prayer in public schools, and the legalisation of abortion in 1973, the Republican Party recognised an opportunity to build a new coalition of Christian conservatives upset with the cultural changes sweeping the country.

When we seek instead to «pay something back to the victims and bring them closure,» we are doing a justice either lower (as in civil - court cases) or higher (as in repaying blood with blood)» but, in any case, something that should not be a model for how we deal with criminals.

July 8: A federal appeals court will not give Wheaton College a preliminary injunction in connection with its civil suit to be free from one key Obamacare requirement.

He has co-written articles and a Supreme Court brief (with Douglas Laycock) on how government can protect religious liberty as well as same - sex civil marriage.

My enemies are people who would deny me my religious freedom, not Christians as a whole, and the best remedies tend to involve civil conversation, the courts, and the occasional school board meeting... When doing inter-faith work the goal is not to convert anyone or get them to agree with you, but to help them see you (and our community) as a positive.

With the passage in 1968 of federal legislation mandating decidedly lowered rent ceilings, court rulings limiting discretion in tenant selection, and pressure from the civil rights movement to put an end to racial bias in tenant selection and assignments, this percentage increased.

Who cares if you don't want to deal with it, our courts however view LGBT civil rights in the SAME EXACT manner as civil rights based on skin color.

On March 26, a group of New York — based lawyers headed by Edward D. Fagan, who spearheaded successful suits on behalf of Holocaust survivors against European firms that collaborated with the Nazis in using concentration camp inmates as laborers, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn against FleetBoston Financial, the insurance giant Aetna, and railroad conglomerate CSX Corporation, on the grounds that these corporations are the successors of companies that profited from slavery before the Civil War.

A long drawn out trial in civil court would have cost millions and would have eroded his name even more with accusers sitting in open court saying aloud things that aren't true.

«The attack on the character of Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas by militant white feminists, in books and newspaper articles, should not be ignored by anyone concerned with the misuse of the Black American Civil Rights Movement.

With this court judgment, we can forget whatever normalcy we had in our lives,» Ejaz Mall, a 34 - year - old Christian civil servant in Pakistan, told Religion News Service.

And in an Indian situation where baptism is the legal mark of change of one religious community to another, each with its own civil codes recognized by the Courts, communalisation of church life is imposed by Law and perverts the meaning of baptism as sacrament of faith.

Usually it takes civil legal action in the courts, but its lawyers also work with the administrative and criminal authorities in overseas markets.

In the face of such criticism, U.S. Circuit Court Judge Irving R. Kaufman, the commission chairman, emphasized that testing should be done «very selectively» and with assurances of privacy and protection of an individual's civil rights.

UEFA have since rejected numerous attempts by the club to regain their place via the Swiss civil court in the Canton of Vaud, insisting the CAS is the only authority with jurisdiction over the matter.

ADM gets away with heavy - handed behavior, according to another civil antitrust suit filed against ADM and three other companies two weeks ago in a St. Paul, Minn., U.S. District Court, because it is the largest U.S. producer of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), controlling about one - third of the $ 2.6 billion U.S. market.

During her time with the court, Stefanie also served as a court appointed mediator for small claims civil matters.

The ACFC works closely with pro-family and civil liberties groups throughout the country in an effort to promote equal rights for both parents in family courts throughout the U.S..

Ultimately, if a parent continues to be dissatisfied with the plan as implemented by the school district, s / he can seek redress with the Office of Civil Rights (U.S. Department of Education), and beyond that, with the federal courts.

Although title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as so amended, applies with respect to «pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions», a few courts have failed to reach the conclusion that breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in the workplace are covered by such title.

«With his work at the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, and to be just the third African American on the state's highest court, he exhibited a lifelong advocacy for civil rights.

«With the civil rights of New Yorkers hanging in the balance, Donovan needs to state publicly: Does he take his cues on intolerance from his mentor and political patron Guy Molinari, or does he stand with principled New Yorkers — and now, thankfully, a federal court — who view marriage equality as a fundamental right?&raWith the civil rights of New Yorkers hanging in the balance, Donovan needs to state publicly: Does he take his cues on intolerance from his mentor and political patron Guy Molinari, or does he stand with principled New Yorkers — and now, thankfully, a federal court — who view marriage equality as a fundamental right?&rawith principled New Yorkers — and now, thankfully, a federal court — who view marriage equality as a fundamental right?»

The resulting code is the basis of the modern so - called «inquisitorial system» of criminal courts, used in France and many civil law countries, though significantly changed since Bonaparte's day (especially with regard to the expansion of the rights of the defendant).

And it doesn't get more damning for civil society architecture — herding justices of the courts (including the Supreme Court) into detention, with alleged smoking guns, after a sting operation, by the secret police.

The state's highest court will decide whether to make NYPD disciplinary records public in a case filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union with the support of multiple news organizations.

Mr Gorsuch also peppered the talk with contemporary culture, quoting David Foster Wallace and joking that the so - called «modern» rules of civil courts date back to 1938: «Maybe the only thing that really sounds new or modern after 70 years,» he said, «is Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones.

The Organization candidates with opponents are Civil Court Judges Robin Sheares & Fred Arriaga & attorneys Connie Melendez, Patria Frias - Colon & David Pepper.

If a new report truly is a false statement of fact that causes harm to someone's reputation, and if the news reporter has no actual factual basis for the factual claim, the First Amendment does permit the courts to impose both civil and criminal liability for the false statements, with civil suits brought by someone who is harmed and criminal liability enforced by the government.

«During the 60s and 70s and 80s there was a rash of child sex abuse throughout America that institutions turned a blind eye to and now you have adults who are now coming to terms with this abuse but they have no recourse in the court system, either through criminal or civil penalties because their time to file a lawsuit has expired,» he said.

A seventh alleged victim, whose case is being handled by a different law firm from the other six defendants, planned to sue in U.S. District court, claiming civil rights violations, according to people familiar with that case.

[27] Although Davis is a staunch Eurosceptic and has criticised the record of the European Court of Human Rights, he has also argued against withdrawal from the court's jurisdiction, on the basis it might encourage countries with far worse civil liberties to do likeCourt of Human Rights, he has also argued against withdrawal from the court's jurisdiction, on the basis it might encourage countries with far worse civil liberties to do likecourt's jurisdiction, on the basis it might encourage countries with far worse civil liberties to do likewise.

Their first meeting, and interactions with Edie Windsor, the plaintiff in the landmark 2013 civil rights case in which the Supreme Court held that restricting U.S. federal interpretation of «marriage» and «spouse» can apply only to opposite - sex unions was unconstitutional.

Penalties for Frivolous Lawsuits — Vote Passed (230 - 188, 11 Not Voting) The bill would modify federal rules governing civil lawsuits to require federal courts to impose sanctions on parties that violate the existing prohibition on the filing of frivolous lawsuits, with such sanctions to include monetary penalties to cover the other party's attorneys» fees and other costs.

The Federal Government on Thursday arraigned a federal civil servant, Mr. Ibrahim Tumsah and his brother, Mr. Tijani Tumsah, before the Federal High Court in Abuja with failure to declare their assets to the Chief Okoi Obono - Obla - led Special Presidential Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Property.

«You can't allow a civil branch in the most important Supreme Court in the state to sit there with a lame - duck administrator,» one previously told The Post.

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