30 EGYPTIAN FEMALE JUDGES TAKE THE CONSTITUTIONAL OATH

Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  April 12, 2007 ;     87 words ...Thirty women of law on Tuesday 10/4/2007 were sworn in as judges of first instance courts before the Supreme Judiciary Council, under Counsellor Moqbil Shakir. In a speech at the swearing-in ceremony, Counsellor Shakir...

Statutes of limitations may offer a lot less protection

Medical Economics;  July 23, 2001 ;     661 words ......discarded, witnesses have moved away, and memories have faded. But there have long been exceptions to that basic rule. For instance, courts usually allow plaintiffs two to three years after they learned that the injury was caused by negligence, even if the incident...

China pays 170 million yuan of state compensation to citizens over 5...

Xinhua News Agency;  December 26, 2007 ;     257 words ......Lawon State Compensation, according to Xiao Yang, China's Chief Justice. He said this effort had taken several forms. For instance,courts had adopted the practice of having both parties present in disputes over the amount and form of state compensation. Many...

Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers

Xinhua News Agency;  April 11, 2007 ;     193 words ......eruption of this deadly virus last year. Al Gomhuria: -- Thirty women were sworn in on Tuesday as judges of Egypt's first instance courts before the Supreme Judiciary Council under counsellor Moqbil Shakir. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had issued a decree...

Traffic Accidents Rise in Ethiopia

Xinhua English Newswire;  July 17, 1998 ;     238 words ......establishment of the urban traffic courts has played a major role in easing the load of work of the federal courts and federal first instance courts. Referring to the new traffic regulation, he said, traffic fines are imposed by the regional transport and communications...

EUROPEAN PATENTS : NEW APPROACH TO LITIGATION MAPPED OUT IN DRAFT PATENT...

Europe Environment;  March 30, 2007 ;     700+ words ......in Council. These include that the system should be comprised of a central court of appeal and a limited number of first instance courts spread across the EU, and that cases should be heard by both legally and technically qualified judges with full judicial...

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY : NEW APPROACH TO LITIGATION MAPPED OUT IN DRAFT...

Tech Europe;  April 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ......in Council. These include that the system should be comprised of a central court of appeal and a limited number of first instance courts spread across the EU, and that cases should be heard by both legally and technically qualified judges with full judicial...

Mediation management -- an alternative solution to legal disputes.

Jordan Times (Amman, Jordan);  September 26, 2007 ;     543 words ......pointing out that an agreement must be achieved within three months from when the case was referred from magistrates and first instance courts. If both parties fail to settle their case in this period, it will be sent to the court which referred it to the mediation...

Free enhancements: How do you get one? Part II

American Bankruptcy Institute Journal;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......adhered to the Hensley-Blum-Delaware I and II limitations in evaluating the propriety of fee enhancements in bankruptcy.' For instance, courts from multiple jurisdictions have reiterated the position that many of the Johnson factors are subsumed within the lodestar...

EMPLOYMENT: MEMBER STATES COULD BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES IF THEY BREAK EU...

European Report;  October 4, 2003 ;     283 words ......Member States are required to compensate individuals for infringements of Community law resulting from their national last-instance courts. This is generally only when the national court openly goes against the EU Court's case-law in the matter. -- The Court...

Judicial Review: Time for a Closer Look

The China Business Review;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......most cases, FIPC and HPC are the firstinstance and second-instance courts. In theory, these cases can be further appealed to the Supreme...Supreme People's Court could be the first-instance and second-instance courts, respectively. The evidence before us To better understand...

Locating copyright within the First Amendment skein.

Stanford Law Review;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......limitations on copyright, and most have summarily rejected copyright infringement free speech defenses. (7) In almost every instance, courts have assumed that First Amendment values are fully and adequately protected by limitations on copyright owner rights within...

German Court outlaws Monster's leadership claims; StepStone wins second...

M2 Presswire;  November 9, 2005 ;     447 words ......judgement was confirmed in a first instance judgement on 3rd November 2005 which is subject to a possible appeal to second instance courts. About StepStone StepStone was founded in Norway in 1996 and pioneered the development of online recruitment in Europe.Today...

Pittsburgh Litigator Specializes in Executive Exits, Non-Compete...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  June 9, 1997 ;     700+ words ......reasonable in time and scope. If a non-compete agreement tries to restrict an employee's movement for longer than two years, for instance, courts typically will reduce it, he says. As for the Heinz-Campbell case, it was settled out of court in February, shortly after...

EU/BALKANS: THE EU DOUBLES THE NUMBER OF YUGOSLAV NATIONALS ON ITS...

European Report;  December 8, 1999 ;     700+ words ......adoption of the Serbian law on local self-government, in particular the fact that:-no possibility for appealing to higher instance courts was available on problems relating to local electoral process;- local powers have been reduced to an absolute minimum...