Often varying by state, usury laws specify the maximum legal interest rate that may be charged for a loan arrangement.
Defense lawyer Abe Lowell urged jurors to focus on Young's role in the case, saying he was a biased and unreliable witness with a financial and legal interest in the outcome.
Defense lawyer Abbe Lowell urged jurors to focus on Young's role in the case, saying he was a biased and unreliable witness with a financial and legal interest in the outcome.
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And many consumer organisations resist a legal cap on interest rates too.
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In addition to damages, the plaintiffs sought injunctive relief under this and other statutes to shut down CAIR and to prevent the individual defendants from engaging in public interest legal work in the future.
Harrah is seeking the return of the advance paid to Mr Stewart for the show, plus interest and legal fees.
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Public interest and legal aid firms serving the underprivileged have long been under-funded and overwhelmed with cases even in a good economy.
Strategic growth is now subject to potentially devastating government enforcement, which can either trigger or be triggered by related shareholder or public interest group legal actions.
Foley Hoag is among many megafirms across the country using the economic slump as an ideal time to lend a hand to cash-strapped public interest and legal aid firms.
Apart from cash and interest payments from legal settlements, the firm has never turned a profit.
At Greater Boston Legal Services, the public interest firm where Dineen arrived in January, the effects of a sick economy are apparent.
And obviously, if the new job you are seeking is with a major competitor, then certainly ethical issues will arise and even legal issues around conflict of interest.
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It is the second legal challenge by law firm Public Interest Lawyers, which is representing the Iraqis.
The simultaneous contracts could be arranged to replicate any agreed interest rate while providing legal protection against default on one side and loan sharking on the other.
However, the haze of legal issues surrounding EatWith has not stifled interest by prospective hosts.
So I think it's in the best interest for Michael and his legal team and Arthur Blank and the Falcons.
Though the council's own audit division investigated and found nothing wrong, Strathclyde Police have asked Scottish legal authorities whether they should take an interest.
The justices unanimously ruled against his legal claims, saying there was great national interest that the tapes be produced.
But the travel law contains language reserving the right to withhold passports for reasons of national interest and for people with pending legal cases, and he's sure that's affecting his situation.
Others aim at perfectly legal breaks that can be portrayed as unwarranted special interest loopholes.
Of course what comes next in their State Capitol is a boatload of special interest lobbyists, legislative conflicts, and legal hurdles.
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On conflicts of interest, some maintain that for uncontroversial legal work, potential clashes could be avoided if clients granted them express permission to act for a rival, as routinely happens, for example, for consulting advice.
Former Solicitor General Walter Dellinger, who served under President Clinton, has filed a friend of the court brief arguing persuasively that these intervenors do not have standing to sue (meaning they have no legal stake in the issue, but only political interest).
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There is no legal basis for assessing employment tax, penalties, or interest with respect to such worker for a prior period.
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It has also raised questions over Lord Goldsmith's own double-hatted role as government minister and the country's independent chief legal officer with a duty to act in the public interest.
That it might not be in the best interest of a man with his own past legal troubles to give testimony undermining a high-profile state prosecution did not, apparently, deter him.
Coram is just one of hundreds of former Alabama plaintiffs who acted on what their attorneys thought was legal precedent and are facing huge back-tax and interest bills from the IRS as a result.
He added that he had not been motivated by a fear of legal action, but was simply acting in the best interest of the 176, 000 pupils and more than 10, 000 staff for whom he was responsible.
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"It's ironic that the U.S. is the country that invented fast food, Coca-Cola and Twinkies and is now telling the rest of the world how to combat obesity, " Bruce Silverglade , legal director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, told USA Today.
Many still face legal repercussions from mortgages, mortgage securities, foreclosure practices and interest-rate-fixing probes.
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