Sentences with phrase «year rule barring»

Last year, at Weitz & Luxenberg's request, Heitler reversed a 20 - year rule barring punitive damages in asbestos cases, paving the way for much bigger jury awards.

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Nestle appealed the decision and in a recent ruling the OHIM Board of Appeals reinstated the trademark on the grounds that the shape of Nestle's Kit Kat bar had acquired distinctiveness over the years.

The state of Washington became the first state to pass its own net neutrality legislation after the Federal Communications Commission last year repealed its own rules barring discrimination against online sites and content.

News organizations are barred from making GIFs and Vine - like videos of the Olympics this year, according to the rules of the International Olympic Committee.

Russia was barred because, in 2015, in violation of Ukrainian border rules, Russia's representative, Julia Samoilova performed in Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Russia a year earlier.

A day before the one - year anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act, which had barred same - sex marriages from federal recognition, a divided three - judge panel of the 10th Circuit Court ruled...

Several first - round NBA prospects have been told that they can not play for the G - League this season due to a rule that bars players who have been part of a college basketball program during the same academic year, according to ESPN's Jonathan Givony.

With what Foster's done at Tech over the last two decades, the 57 - year - old would be College Football Hall of Fame - worthy, if the Hall didn't have a dumb rule barring coaches who were only assistants.

The AAP position paper says infants under one year of age should have no juice at all, and the revised federal daycare food rules also bar serving juice to infants.

When those rules go into effect in the 2014 - 15 school year, sales of FMNV will certainly be barred, as will almost all of the competitive food currently sold in high school «food courts.»

The legislative leaders quietly introduced a campaign finance bill last night that is designed to strengthen enforcement at the state Board of Elections and also address the US Supreme Court's January decision that overturned a 20 - year - old ruling barring corporations from spending freely to support or oppose candidates.

Amherst Town Clerk Marjory H. Jaeger is not barred by term limits from running for town supervisor this year, a state Supreme Court judge ruled.

Under Whitehall rules, he was barred from lobbying ministers and officials in the British government for two years after he left office.

Federal rules bar states from awarding bond work to parties who have donated to gubernatorial campaigns within the last two years (more than $ 86,000 of the campaign cash from the firms flowed to Cuomo in the last two years).

Trump and his real - estate school are headed toward a potentially unprecedented trial this year that could feature the Republican presidential front - runner taking the stand, barring a surprise ruling from a New York state judge or a last - minute settlement.

The general consensus is that today's ruling appears to be good news for Bruno, which faces two years behind bars for violating the now potentially defunct statute.

He's apologized for mischaracterizing portions of his 21 - year military career, and the Pentagon confirms that the candidate was counseled by the military twice in the last two years for violating rules that bar members of the armed services from partisan political activities.

Topics in the Q&A included the source of money for the City's planned pre-K advertising campaign, the City's target number of pre-K applicants, whether Speaker Silver thinks the proposed income tax surcharge should be pursued next year, how the pre-K selection process will work, how the City will cover the approximately $ 40 million annual gap between the estimated cost of pre-K and the amount provided in the state budget, when parents will learn whether their pre-K application has been accepted, how the City will collect data and measure success of the pre-K program, whether the existing pre-K application process will be changed, how the City will use money from the anticipated school bond issue, the mayor's reaction to a 2nd Circuit ruling that City may bar religious groups from renting after - hours space in public schools, the status on a proposed restaurant in Union Square, a tax break included in the state budget that provides millions of dollars to a Bronx condominium project, the «shop & frisk» meeting today between the Rev. Al Sharpton and Police Commissioner Bratton and a pending HPD case against a Brooklyn landlord.

Donald Trump and his real - estate school are headed toward a potentially unprecedented trial this year that could feature the Republican presidential front - runner taking the stand, barring a surprise ruling from a New York state judge or a last - minute settlement.

President Daniel arap Moi, who has ruled the country for 24 years, is constitutionally barred from seeking another term in office.

Manhattan Supreme Court ruled in favor of an ailing 73 - year - old man who accused the co-op board at 200 Central Park South of barring him...

Manhattan Supreme Court ruled in favor of an ailing 73 - year - old man who accused the co-op board at 200 Central Park South of barring him from installing a state - of - the - art air - conditioning system in his unit.

Adding to the rule's obstacles, experts at an Energy Bar Association conference this week noted, some state legislatures meet as infrequently as every other year and will be in a time crunch to sign off on proposals.

In response to rising environmental concerns related to drilling waste, North Dakota's legislature passed a handful of new regulations this year, including a rule that bars storing wastewater in open pits.

Fitness Parties & Events 12 - Month Bar; 24 - Month Bar on Repeat Participation; 24 - Month Bar vs. the Two - Year Rule (212e) 12 - Month Bar.

Ruling in Grove City College v. Bell last year, the Court held that the civil - rights statute — whose language is similar to laws barring discrimination on the basis of race, handicap, and age — applies only to programs and activities that receive federal aid, and not to the entire institution.

WASHINGTON — The Reagan Administration's top lawyer urged the U.S. Supreme Court last week to overturn a lower court's «novel and very dangerous» ruling last year that barred the federal government from giving grants to religious groups to counsel pregnant teen - agers.

As revealed by Schools Week last October, thousands of trainee teachers have been effectively barred from qualifying every year by the rule, which was brought in by Gibb himself in 2012.

The newly proposed brief from the government calls for Apple to be barred from setting discount pricing with those publishers for five years, rather than the two years that the ruling currently considers.

Pro tip: Chase now has a 5/24 rule in place that bars you from getting approved for certain Chase credit cards if you've opened five or more credit cards in the past two years (from any company).

(NOTE: While the restaurant is technically all ages and for those of age to drink they card at the bar (we will have a strict rule of those drinking at the bar must stay at the bar) WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU ARE OF 18 YEARS OF AGE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENT.

The Bar Council is launching a programme to help barristers comply with new data protection rules due to take effect next year.

(New York Daily News, Rapper Ja Rule, serving two years for gun possession, finds new posse behind bars)

After a reprieve last year, West Virginia reclaims its 2006 top spot on the list for what ATRA describes as «its near perfect storm of anti-business rulings, massive lawsuits and cozy relationships between the personal injury bar, the state attorney general and some in the judiciary.»

As you may recall, in a 5 - 4 decision back in 2007, the Supreme Court ruled that Ledbetter's claim against her employer for paying her less than her male counterparts because of her gender was time barred because her present lower pay arose out of salary decisions made years earlier, well outside of the 180 - day statute of limitations for discriminatory employment practices under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

It's been six years since the American Bar Association updated Model Rule 1.1 (competent representation) to state...

A distinguished Ontario litigator I know has made it a personal rule never to cite a case that was reported before the year he was called to the bar.

In response to a series of corporate scandals in recent years, the American Bar Association House of Delegates yesterday adopted new lawyer conduct rules based on three proposals submitted by the ABA Task Force on Corporate Responsibility.

Nearly two years ago, I posted that bar rules allowing firms to mark up the cost of U.S. - based contract lawyers without disclosure gave firms incentive to treat contract lawyers as profit centers, and discouraged them from offshoring document review, because in that situation firms would be required to disclose their markup to clients.

The district court had ruled that the plaintiff's claim was barred by the three - year statute of limitations for negligence lawsuits against government actors in North Dakota.

About once a year, at a law prom - type event or during a Federal Bar lunch with local judges, I hear someone hypothesize about a future without local rules.

The usual rule is that claims that are older than 6 years are statute - barred; in contract claims the period runs from the date of the breach of contract, but in tort or negligence claims it runs from the date of the «damage».

One of the more controversial advertising restrictions that the Bar adopted several years ago was the rule that lawyers could not refer to themselves as either experts or specialists in their practice areas unless they have been certified under the state bar's certification plan, or another plan accredited by either the Florida Bar or the ABar adopted several years ago was the rule that lawyers could not refer to themselves as either experts or specialists in their practice areas unless they have been certified under the state bar's certification plan, or another plan accredited by either the Florida Bar or the Abar's certification plan, or another plan accredited by either the Florida Bar or the ABar or the ABA.

He served as a member of the Board of Governors for the Florida Bar for six (6) years, and has served on the Florida Bar Code and Rules of Evidence Committee, Civil Rules of Procedure Committee and Law School Education and Admissions Committee.

The Hawaii State Bar Association submitted a revised version of the proposed rule on unauthorized practice of law in December after its original proposal came under attack last year.

Lat questions why firms pay out these huge bonuses; as he points out, Supreme Court litigation is a narrow niche, it's not all that profitable and ethics rules bar Supreme Court clerks from appearing before the court for two years, by which time they may have left the law firm for other employment (most commonly, academia).

Created by a 1955 rule of the Court, it is composed of three non-lawyer members who serve three - year terms and 12 members of the Bar who serve staggered, five - year terms.

In the year 2012, the American Bar Association's Committee on Ethics 20/20 announced with great fanfare a new rule of professional ethics — computers exist, email works, lawyers should know these things.

Five years since its inception, the UK Bribery Act has significantly raised the bar on corporate liability and shaken up existing rules on tackling corruption.

The American Bar Association in April of this year issued Ethics Opinion 466 stating that a lawyer may passively review a juror or potential juror's public presence on the Internet without violating Rule 3.5 (b) which prohibits ex parte communications with a juror.