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15 Mar 2013, 1:29 pm by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
He further argued that another significant impetus for abusive aggregate litigation is the proliferation of arrangements under which state attorneys general hire outside counsel on a contingency basis to represent the state in civil litigation, arguing that these arrangements create an opportunity for unseemly liaisons between public enforcement officials and private, profit-motivated lawyers — but even more troubling — violate important constitutional… [read post]
” Association of the Bar of the City of New York: This professional organization of more than 24,000 lawyers has a pedigree defending the rule of law dating back to 1870. [read post]
9 Nov 2021, 7:39 am by Patricia Hughes
I’ve long thought that community non-profits play a major role in increasing access to justice — and can play an even more significant role under the right circumstances. [read post]
10 Feb 2024, 2:22 pm by Gene Takagi
House Ways and Means Chair, Wilbur Mills (D-Arkansas) and other segregationists retaliated against the Ford Foundation and other funders of the Civil Rights movement by enacting the Tax Reform Act of 1969 to limit the power of foundations. [read post]
14 Aug 2009, 7:23 am
The Fourth Court's ruling touches both deposition and subpoena procedure under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as well as issues of freedom of speech under the First Amendment. [read post]
4 Jun 2008, 7:58 am
Comment to KRPC 6.1: [1] The ABA House of Delegates has formally acknowledged "the basic responsibility of each lawyer engaged in the practice of law to provide public interest legal services" without fee, or at a substantially reduced fee, in one or more of the following areas: poverty law, civil rights law, public rights law, charitable organization representation and the administration of justice. [read post]
28 Sep 2010, 2:30 am by Susan Cartier Liebel
” The focus of Rule 6.1 is therefore on providing pro bono services in civil cases where there is no right to counsel. [read post]
2 Jan 2018, 11:23 am by Juan C. Antúnez
In addition to an active litigation practice, I also have an active mediation practice and am certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a Circuit Civil Mediator (certification # 32893 R). [read post]
10 Dec 2017, 8:16 am
  By analogy, intellectual property rights created by Union law should also be subject to the same fate. [read post]
20 Dec 2011, 4:00 am
Every day our every Chicago medical malpractice lawyer at our firm is forced to read new stories that ridicule, distort, skew, and sometimes just plain lie about the civil justice system in our state and throughout the country. [read post]
9 Aug 2011, 12:47 am by Melina Padron
The United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) published a long overdue General Comment on Article 19 (Freedom of Expression) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. [read post]
15 Sep 2021, 4:00 am by Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada
Such provisos do not conform to Afghanistan’s obligations under international human rights treaties. [read post]
2 Jun 2020, 6:04 am by Elizabeth Kruska
 In this case, though, SCOV agreed that the Committee made the right finding. [read post]
26 Jun 2015, 3:29 pm by Georgialee Lang
In a 5/4 decision, the Court invented a new civil right under the banner of equal protection and due process of the law pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment, by ruling that individual States cannot ban same-sex marriage. [read post]
2 Apr 2014, 9:00 am by Mark Walsh
The flier had sued under, among other theories, a state-law claim of implied breach of covenant for good faith and fair dealing. [read post]
20 Apr 2009, 6:46 pm
The website will also provide access to a nation-wide legal directory listing of lawyers who practice in areas of police complaints and racial profiling, under criminal defense, human rights litigation, and civil actions. [read post]
20 Dec 2006, 8:49 am
You can also speak to myself or Diane Petillo who heads up the Civil Rights and Constitutional Law division of our Law Office. [read post]