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FBI records show that 85 % of COINTELPRO resources targeted groups and individuals that the FBI deemed " subversive ," including communist and socialist organizations ; organizations and individuals associated with the civil rights movement, including Martin Luther King, Jr. and others associated with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the Congress of Racial Equality and other civil rights organizations ; black nationalist groups ; the American Indian Movement ; a broad range of organizations labeled " New Left ", including Students for a Democratic Society and the Weathermen ; almost all groups protesting the Vietnam War, as well as individual student demonstrators with no group affiliation ; the National Lawyers Guild ; organizations and individuals associated with the women's rights movement ; nationalist groups such as those seeking independence for Puerto Rico, United Ireland, and Cuban exile movements including Orlando Bosch's Cuban Power and the Cuban Nationalist Movement ; and additional notable Americans — even Albert Einstein, who was a member of several civil rights groups, came under FBI surveillance during the years just prior to COINTELPRO's official inauguration .< ref >

Lawyers for some groups who have lost members due to deprogramming, as well as some civil libertarians, sociologists and psychologists, argue that it is not the religious groups but rather the deprogrammers who are the ones who deceive and manipulate people.

She is currently working as a consultant for Girardi & Keese, the New York law firm Weitz & Luxenberg, which has a focus on personal injury claims for asbestos exposure, and Shine Lawyers in Australia.

: Entertainment Lawyers negotiate contracts, clear licensing rights for any intellectual property used in the film, obtain tax credits from local governments, and take care of immigration paperwork when cast and / or crew cross international borders to shoot on location.

" Cicero as Role Model for Early American Lawyers: A Case Study in Classical ' Influence '".

Lawyers in the movement have seen some court victories, but in other cases they and their families have been ostracized and tortured for their activities.

* The African Activist Archive Project website has material on the struggle for independence and support in the U. S. for that struggle produced by many U. S. organizations including National Namibia Concerns, the Lawyers ' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ( and predecessor organizations ).

* Ross Clifford, Leading Lawyers Case for the Resurrection ( Alberta: Canadian Institute for Law, Theology and Public Policy, 1996 ).

* Lawyers for Guantanamo Inmates Accuse US of Eavesdropping NYTimes May 7, 2008

" Lawyers for the poet's family had new evidence, a 1939 letter from a fascist military official, Juan Bellod, testifying to his innocence.

Lawyers use rather large notebooks known as legal pads that contain lined paper ( often yellow ) and are appropriate for use on tables and desks.

After Trial Lawyers for Public Justice filed a challenge to the proposed settlement and the Federal Trade Commission filed an amicus brief urging the rejection or modification of the settlement, Netflix offered to alter the settlement terms requiring customers to actively approve any continuation after the free month.

However, on January 21, 2006, the President of Syria Bashar al-Assad stated in a speech before the convention of the Arab Lawyers Union in Damascus and translated into English by SANA, the official state news agency of Syria that there are two legal requirements for demarcating the border: first, the complaint must be registered with the UN ; and second, engineers must precisely define the border.

Gross was the National Executive Director of Lawyers for the Bush-Cheney campaign ( 2000 ) and served as Washington Counsel for AirTouch Communications ( acquired by Vodafone in 1999 ), then the world ’ s largest wireless telecommunications company ( 1994 – 2000 ).

He also fronts the adverts for Injury Lawyers 4 U, a compensation claims company in the UK.

The protesters, with the help of nonprofit organizations including the Center for Constitutional Rights, the Public Interest Lawyers Group, and EarthRights International, brought claims for wrongful death, torture, assault, battery, and negligence against Chevron, alleging that the company had paid the soldiers that landed on the platform and were therefore liable for the actions that they took.

Lawyers for the company also claim that student work is covered under the theory of implied license to evaluate, since it would be pointless to write the essays if they were not meant to be graded.

Lawyers for Mortimer Sackville-West argued that the reasoning that peers could not be deprived of peerages was flawed.

Refugee advocates ( such as the Woomera Lawyers Group and RASSA ), argued that this showed the desperation of detainees.

Lawyers for the plaintiffs have argued that both Ford and Firestone knew of the dangers but did nothing, and that specifically Ford knew that the Explorer was highly prone to rollovers.

Lawyers for Stone once again argued that his trial was not fair, this time because of the way the trial judge had summed up the case.

" Larry Pozner, former president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, argued that because people who commit violent crimes generally do not take precautions, television forensics programs are unlikely to have any effect on their behavior.

Lawyers for the defense argued that the cases should be dismissed on the grounds of false arrest, improper arrest procedures, falsified evidence and police intimidation.

Lawyers differ on whether the process should be seen as strictly adversarial, in order to ensure they retain the trust of clients and the overall process retains the trust of society, or whether the ethics of the larger society should play a role in their behavior.

The Chief Justice of Queensland, Paul de Jersey AC, said the laws have " brought about marked erosion of a fundamental right to adequate compensation " for injury and that the critical issue now is " the need for active reconsideration of whether the so-called reforms have proven justified, or should be wound back " ( February 2006 address to the Australian Lawyers Alliance ).

Lawyers acting for Stephens, one of the Bali Nine, claimed that the fairness of his trial was in jeopardy following comments made in the media by Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda that Australians should be prepared for members of the Bali Nine to receive a death sentence, if found guilty.

Lawyers acting for Stephens claimed that the fairness of his trial was in jeopardy following comments made in the media by Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda that Australians should be prepared for members of the Bali Nine to receive a death sentence, if found guilty.

The importance of Greenman cannot be overstated: in 1996, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America ( now known as the American Association of Justice ) celebrated its 50th anniversary by polling lawyers and law professors on the top ten developments in tort law during the past half-century, and Greenman topped the list.

The Innu community, the Sierra Club, and the National Lawyers Guild are fighting to prevent this proposed contract, which would have to be approved by New York's Governor Paterson under his regulatory authority.

Lawyers must be held to rather specific ethical codes, e. g. rules of civil procedure, to ensure that their tactics do not cause an undue burden on larger society, e. g. freeing defendants who have admitted that they are not only guilty but intend to offend again.

Lawyers rather than artists may well be the greatest beneficiaries in non-private copying / levied countries.

The judge also had concerns about the Thomson and West products ordered to be divested through a sale to Lexis, primarily statutory and case law publications of Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, such as United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers Edition and United States Code Service, but those sales were ultimately approved.

By opening access to information outside of the Brokers / Lawyers control, buyers and sellers now gain economic benefits that would be otherwise be received by market intermediaries or inappropriately distributed among the smart and connected deal makers of the financial world.

Delegates can chose to be Legislators, Justices, Lawyers, Lobbyists, Commissioners, Board Members and Reporters just to name a few.

Lawyers who fail to comply with local rules of ethics may be subjected to discipline ranging from private ( non-public ) reprimand to disbarment.

The Dutch Order of Lawyers ( NOVA ) require these courses for every potential candidate lawyer who wants to be conditionally written in the district court for three years.

Lawyers in small cities and towns may still have old-fashioned general practices, but most urban lawyers tend to be highly specialized due to the overwhelming complexity of the law today.

The renovated portion of the Lawyers Club will be renamed the Charles T. Munger Residences in the Lawyers Club in his honor.

The series was acquired in order to be broadcast along with the documentary Monty Python: Almost the Truth ( The Lawyers Cut ), though IFC elected to continue broadcasting episodes after the documentary finished running.

May 26, 1968, as a speaker for the national Lawyers Guild, stated a motion was to be filed in federal court asking for an injunction to halt any disciplinary action that was being taken against student activists and any of the criminal charges.

Lawyers have stated trial results can be unfairly fixed, with judges commonly refusing to hear exculpatory evidence, while calling frequent recesses to confer privately with the prosecutor.

While Ayoob has been in the courtroom as a testifying police officer, expert witness, and police prosecutor, he is not an attorney ; he is, however, a former Vice Chairman of the Forensic Evidence Committee of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers ( NACDL ), and is believed to be the only non-attorney ever to hold this position.

Lawyers claim that the cells are too small to be regarded as humane, that the toilets are inadequate, the lights are too bright and the air in the cells is foul.

He was selected to be a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and is a member of the International Society of Barristers.