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2 Nov 2020, 7:40 pm
Over the years, the SPC has been issuing judicial interpretations and other documents relating to the areas of law that will form the Civil Code, particularly in the area of personality rights (Portraiture, Personal Information, Privacy, Genetic Information rights etc.), areas where legislation has been lacking. [read post]
26 Apr 2019, 11:05 am
Older workers are the fastest-growing group of Americans – and also some of the most vulnerable to adverse action on the basis of their age, which is a protected status under state and federal civil rights law. [read post]
1 Sep 2015, 4:00 am
The problem with this development is that, notwithstanding the similarity in names, human rights law and International Humanitarian Law actually have dramatically different perspectives on how to balance between security and civil rights and liberties during wartime. [read post]
3 Sep 2009, 2:28 am
By way of comparison, the Second Circuit notes that laws in which the prevailing party in a lawsuit can recover full attorneys' fees (particularly in civil rights cases) also require the judges to consider case-specific factors, such as whether the lawyer reasonably spent X number of hours on the case. [read post]
14 Jul 2014, 8:04 am
Throughout history, lawyers have fought to uphold the rule of law in our nation’s most defining moments: drafting the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, crafting the Emancipation Proclamation and ending the Civil War, creating the New Deal to pull America out of the Great Depression and supporting the Civil Rights movement. [read post]
17 Nov 2009, 8:04 am
The law was drafted mainly by Seattle law professor Joaquin Avila, with advice from lawyers including Robert Rubin, legal director for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area. [read post]
15 Feb 2021, 3:58 pm
She is president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc., a civil rights legal organization. [read post]
15 Jan 2007, 1:41 pm
Plaintiff Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under Law ("CLC") alleged in its complaint that Craigslist had violated the Fair Housing Act ("FHA") when various discriminatory housing ads appeared on Craigslist, having been submitted by users of the online service. [read post]
11 Jun 2014, 8:36 am
The Loan Modification Scam Prevention Network and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued a report finding that attorney involvement in foreclosure rescue and loan modification scams to be growing… According to the Report – Executive Summary, scam operations have taken several different forms over the past years, all designed to fraudulently extract money from distressed homeowners. [read post]
4 Dec 2011, 8:05 pm
She is Of Counsel to our Law Firm concentrating on International Law, Immigration and Civil Rights/Employment litigation. [read post]
17 Dec 2015, 2:59 pm
On Monday, December 14, Judge Reiter agreed with Defense Counsel Bill Marshall’s conclusion that the involuntary commitment of Alonzo May under the recently amended law was punitive and a denial of the man’s due process rights under both Texas and U.S. [read post]
31 Mar 2011, 5:19 pm
Before entering legal education in 1976, she worked as a civil rights lawyer in Mississippi, litigating voting rights and housing discrimination cases and providing technical assistance to black elected officials. [read post]
14 Jul 2022, 5:15 am
Any consult involving reproductive issues or therapeutic abortion was likely handled within the four walls of the ethics committee, and depending on the structure of the committee and state law, the associated documentation enjoyed immunity from civil discovery pursuant to state peer review confidentiality laws. [read post]
30 Jun 2009, 3:12 pm
Please note that Howe & Russell filed an amicus brief in this case on behalf of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, National Fair Housing Alliance, and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. in support of the petitioner. [read post]
14 Apr 2016, 4:29 am
The law committees of the foreign chambers of commerce in China (Amcham, Eurocham, Auscham, SingCham, etc.) and the lawyers for the PE/VC communities (not to mention the banks) should consider submitting comments, as well as those interested in Chinese corporate governance. [read post]
18 Jun 2015, 3:35 pm
Thus, make every effort to find out the names of the committee lawyers or staffers in charge of the investigation (both majority and minority). [read post]
14 Nov 2012, 6:33 pm
I then went to training led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. [read post]
3 Aug 2011, 6:42 am
The study was requested by the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules. [read post]
21 Oct 2010, 5:43 am
It heard testimony from representatives of the National Consumer Law Center, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the National Council of Negro Women, the U.S. [read post]
23 Jan 2019, 4:00 am
Ryerson University in Toronto, and the University of Ottawa-Civil Law Section, can be that civil service. [read post]
