Jury Duty and Required Court Appearances Sample Clauses

Jury Duty and Required Court Appearances a. District employees are subject to jury duty and answering subpoenas the same as other citizens. Any employee of the District who is required to serve on jury duty or who is subpoenaed regarding school related business shall receive his/her regular wage during the time he/she is officially attending to such legal matters. This provision excludes any court appearance where the employee is the litigant in a case brought against the District. In such cases, the employee may use personal leave, accrued vacation leave, or accrued compensatory time. b. Upon release from jury duty, employees must return to work if there are two (2) hours or more left in the work shift or if permission to not return has been granted in writing by the supervisor. Permission to not return may be obtained from the supervisor by telephone as long as it is followed up by written confirmation. Jury duty checks are not required to be turned over to the District.
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Jury Duty and Required Court Appearances. District bargaining unit members are subject to jury duty and answering lawfully issued and served subpoenas the same as other citizens. Any bargaining unit member of the District who is required to serve on jury duty or who is subpoenaed shall receive his/her regular salary during the time he or she is officially attending to such legal matters. When, in the judgment of the bargaining unit member, absence from the position may cause hardship to the students, a bargaining unit member's request for exemption may be made to the responsible court officials.
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Jury Duty and Required Court Appearances. An employee shall be granted a leave of absence, with pay, at no loss of earned leave, to serve jury duty.
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Jury Duty and Required Court Appearances. ‌ District bargaining unit members are subject to jury duty and answering lawfully issued and served subpoenas the same as other citizens. Any bargaining unit member of the District who is required to serve on jury duty or who is subpoenaed for a work related hearing shall receive his/her regular salary during the time he or she is officially attending to such legal matters. When, in the judgment of the bargaining unit member, absence from the position may cause hardship to the students, a bargaining unit member’s request for exemption may be made to the responsible court officials. Employees who are subpoenaed for hearings unrelated to their work, will be approved to take unpaid leave. Employees may use their Personal Leave in lieu of unpaid leave.
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Jury Duty and Required Court Appearances. When it is necessary for any bargaining unit member covered by this Agreement to serve on a jury, the bargaining unit member shall be paid the difference between the fee(s) paid as a juror and the employee’s regular salary for each day. Money received by an employee for mileage will not be considered for such computation. Absence for jury duty or when required to testify in a court of law will not be deductible from accrued leave. Required appearance for hearings or court appearances in which the employee is either the plaintiff or defendant require the use of a Leave Day(s) or leave without pay. In the event the bargaining unit member can reasonably return to work for one-half day he/she will do so.
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Related to Jury Duty and Required Court Appearances

  • Jury Duty and Court Appearances Leave of absence without loss of pay and benefits will be provided to an employee summoned to serve on a jury or when subpoenaed or summoned as a witness in a criminal or civil proceeding not occasioned by the employee's private affairs, or when the employee accompanies a dependent child when the child is subpoenaed or summoned to appear as a witness in a criminal or civil proceeding. An employee in receipt of pay or benefits under this Article has the responsibility to reimburse the employer all monies paid to him/her by the Court, except travelling and meal allowances not reimbursed by the employer.

  • Jury Duty and Crown Witness (a) Employees subpoenaed as a crown witness or for jury duty shall be paid the difference between their normal daily wages and the amount they receive for such public duty for any day on which they are scheduled to work; (b) Employees who must appear in court for reasons other than those mentioned in (a) shall be granted leave of absence without pay provided they supply the proof of service requiring such attendance.

  • Compliance with Court Orders In the event that any escrow property shall be attached, garnished or levied upon by any court order, or the delivery thereof shall be stayed or enjoined by an order of a court, or any order, judgment or decree shall be made or entered by any court order affecting the property deposited under this Agreement, the Escrow Agent is hereby expressly authorized, in its sole discretion, to obey and comply with all writs, orders or decrees so entered or issued, which it is advised by legal counsel of its own choosing is binding upon it, whether with or without jurisdiction, and in the event that the Escrow Agent obeys or complies with any such writ, order or decree it shall not be liable to any of the parties hereto or to any other person, entity, firm or corporation, by reason of such compliance notwithstanding such writ, order or decree be subsequently reversed, modified, annulled, set aside or vacated.

  • Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right, title and possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub, the officers and directors of the Company and Merger Sub are fully authorized in the name of their respective corporations or otherwise to take, and will take, all such lawful and necessary action, so long as such action is not inconsistent with this Agreement.

  • Legal Action There shall not have been instituted or threatened any legal proceeding relating to, or seeking to prohibit or otherwise challenge the consummation of, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or to obtain substantial damages with respect thereto.

  • Litigation; Regulatory Action (a) Except as set forth in Schedule 4.9 of the Buyer Disclosure Schedule, no material litigation, claim, suit, investigation or other proceeding before any court, governmental agency or arbitrator is pending against Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries, and, to the Knowledge of Buyer, (i) no litigation, claim, suit, investigation or other proceeding has been threatened and (ii) there are no facts which would reasonably be expected to give rise to such litigation, claim, suit, investigation or other proceeding. Except as publicly disclosed, neither Buyer nor any of its Subsidiaries has been subject to any order or directive by, or been ordered to pay any civil money penalty by, or has been since January 1, 2019, a recipient of any supervisory letter from, or since January 1, 2019, has adopted any board resolutions at the request of, any Governmental Authority that currently regulates in any material respect the conduct of its business or that in any manner relates to its capital adequacy, its ability to pay dividends, its credit or risk management policies, its management or its business, other than those of general application that apply to similarly-situated banks or financial holding companies or their subsidiaries. (b) Neither Buyer nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective properties is a party to or is subject to any assistance agreement, board resolution, order, decree, supervisory agreement, memorandum of understanding, condition or similar arrangement with, or a commitment letter or similar submission to, any Governmental Authority charged with the supervision or regulation of financial institutions or issuers of securities or engaged in the insurance of deposits or the supervision or regulation of Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries. (c) Neither Buyer nor any of its Subsidiaries, has been advised by a Governmental Authority that it will issue, or has Knowledge of any facts which would reasonably be expected to give rise to the issuance by any Governmental Authority or has Knowledge that such Governmental Authority is contemplating issuing or requesting (or is considering the appropriateness of issuing or requesting) any such order, decree, agreement, board resolution, memorandum of understanding, supervisory letter, commitment letter, condition or similar submission.

  • Compliance with Laws and Court Orders (a) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is and, since January 1, 2005, has been in compliance with, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, is not under investigation with respect to and has not been threatened to be charged with or given notice of any violation of, any applicable Law or Order, except for failures to comply or violations that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries hold all governmental licenses, authorizations, permits, consents, approvals, variances, exemptions and orders necessary for the operation of the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (the “Company Permits”), except where such failure has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with the terms of the Company Permits, except for failures to comply or violations that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. (b) The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with all statutory and regulatory requirements under the Arms Export Control Act, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, the Export Administration Regulations and associated executive orders, and the Laws implemented by the Office of Foreign Assets Controls, United States Department of the Treasury (collectively, and any successors or replacements thereof, the “Export Control Laws”). To the Knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any communication during the past 12 months that alleges that the Company or Subsidiary of the Company is not, or may not be, in compliance with, or has, or may have, any liability under, the Export Control Laws. (c) The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all legal requirements under (i) the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Convention Against Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions and legislation implementing such convention and (ii) international anti-bribery conventions (other than the convention described in clause (i)) and local anti corruption and bribery Laws, in each case, in jurisdictions in which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries are operating (collectively, the “Anti-Bribery Laws”). To the Knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any communication that alleges that the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or any of their directors, officers, agents or employees is, or may be, in violation of, or has, or may have, any liability under, the Anti-Bribery Laws.

  • Actions Prohibited by Applicable Law, Etc In no event shall the Custodian incur liability hereunder if the Custodian or any Subcustodian or Securities System, or any Subcustodian, Eligible Securities Depository utilized by any such Subcustodian, or any nominee of the Custodian or any Subcustodian (individually, a “Person”) is prevented, forbidden or delayed from performing, or omits to perform, any act or thing which this Agreement provides shall be performed or omitted to be performed, by reason of: (i) any provision of any present or future law or regulation or order of the United States of America, or any state thereof, or of any foreign country, or political subdivision thereof or of any court of competent jurisdiction (and neither the Custodian nor any other Person shall be obligated to take any action contrary thereto); or (ii) any “Force Majeure,” which for purposes of this Agreement, shall mean any circumstance or event which is beyond the reasonable control of the Custodian, a Subcustodian or any agent of the Custodian or a Subcustodian and which adversely affects the performance by the Custodian of its obligations hereunder, by the Subcustodian of its obligations under its subcustodian agreement or by any other agent of the Custodian or the Subcustodian, unless in each case, such delay or nonperformance is caused by the negligence or willful misconduct of the Custodian. Such Force Majeure events may include any event caused by, arising out of or involving (a) an act of God, (b) accident, fire, water damage or explosion, (c) any computer, system outage or downtime or other equipment failure or malfunction caused by any computer virus or any other reason or the malfunction or failure of any communications medium, (d) any interruption of the power supply or other utility service, (e) any strike or other work stoppage, whether partial or total, (f) any delay or disruption resulting from or reflecting the occurrence of any Sovereign Risk (as defined below), (g) any disruption of, or suspension of trading in, the securities, commodities or foreign exchange markets, whether or not resulting from or reflecting the occurrence of any Sovereign Risk, (h) any encumbrance on the transferability of cash, currency or a currency position on the actual settlement date of a foreign exchange transaction, whether or not resulting from or reflecting the occurrence of any Sovereign Risk, or (i) any other cause similarly beyond the reasonable control of the Custodian. Subject to the Custodian’s general standard of care set forth in Subsection 6(a) hereof and the requirements of Section 17(f) of the 1940 Act and Rules 17f-5 and 17f-7 thereunder, the Custodian shall not incur liability hereunder if any Person is prevented, forbidden or delayed from performing, or omits to perform, any act or thing which this Agreement provides shall be performed or omitted to be performed by reason of any (i) “Sovereign Risk,” which for the purpose of this Agreement shall mean, in respect of any jurisdiction, including but not limited to the United States of America, where investments are acquired or held under this Agreement, (a) any act of war, terrorism, riot, insurrection or civil commotion, (b) the imposition of any investment, repatriation or exchange control restrictions by any governmental authority, (c) the confiscation, expropriation or nationalization of any investments by any governmental authority, whether de facto or de jure, (d) any devaluation or revaluation of the currency, (e) the imposition of taxes, levies or other charges affecting investments, (f) any change in the applicable law, or (g) any other economic, systemic or political risk incurred or experienced that is not directly related to the economic or financial conditions of the Eligible Foreign Custodian, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or the Delegation Agreement, or (ii) “Country Risk,” which for the purpose of this Agreement shall mean, with respect to the acquisition, ownership, settlement or custody of investments in a jurisdiction, all risks relating to, or arising in consequence of, systemic and markets factors affecting the acquisition, payment for or ownership of investments, including (a) the prevalence of crime and corruption in such jurisdiction, (b) the inaccuracy or unreliability of business and financial information (unrelated to the Approved Foreign Custody Manager’s duties imposed by Rule 17f-5(c) under the 1940 Act or to the duties imposed on the Custodian by Rule 17f-7 under the 1940 Act), (c) the instability or volatility of banking and financial systems, or the absence or inadequacy of an infrastructure to support such systems, (d) custody and settlement infrastructure of the market in which such investments are transacted and held, (e) the acts, omissions and operation of any Eligible Securities Depository, it being understood that this provision shall not excuse the Custodian’s performance under the express terms of this Agreement, (f) the risk of the bankruptcy or insolvency of banking agents, counterparties to cash and securities transactions, registrars or transfer agents, (g) the existence of market conditions which prevent the orderly execution or settlement of transactions or which affect the value of assets, and (h) the laws relating to the safekeeping and recovery of a Fund’s Foreign Assets held in custody pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; provided, however, that, in compliance with Rule 17f-5, neither Sovereign Risk nor Country Risk shall include the custody risk of a particular Eligible Foreign Custodian of a Fund’s Foreign Assets.

  • Governing Law; Injunctive Relief; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Trial by Jury 9.9.1 THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY NON-CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THAT WOULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF GIVING EFFECT TO THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION). 9.9.2 Each party acknowledges that it would be impossible to determine the amount of damages that would result from any breach of any of the provisions of this Agreement and that the remedy at Law for any breach, or threatened breach, of any of such provisions would likely be inadequate and, accordingly, agrees that each other party, in addition to any other rights or remedies which it may have, shall be entitled to seek such equitable and injunctive relief as may be available from any court of competent jurisdiction to compel specific performance of, or restrain any party from violating, any of such provisions. In connection with any action or Proceeding for equitable and injunctive relief permitted hereunder, each party hereby waives the claim or defense that a remedy at Law alone is adequate and, to the maximum extent permitted by Law, agrees to have each provision of this Agreement specifically enforced against it, without the necessity of posting bond or other security against it, and consents to the entry of equitable and injunctive relief against it enjoining or restraining any breach or threatened breach of such provisions of this Agreement. 9.9.3 Each of the parties hereto (i) consents to submit itself to the personal jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York or the courts of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in connection with any dispute that arises out of this Agreement or the Sale, (ii) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court and (iii) agrees that it will not bring any action relating to this Agreement (or any other agreement contemplated hereby) in any court other than the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York or the courts of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan unless venue would not be proper under rules applicable in such courts. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, a party may commence any such action in a court other than the above-named courts solely for the purpose of enforcing an order or judgment issued by one of the above-named courts. 9.9.4 EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT (OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT CONTEMPLATED HEREBY).

  • Litigation; Governmental Proceedings There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry, arbitration, investigation, litigation or governmental proceeding pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against, or involving the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any executive officer or director which has not been disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or in connection with the Company’s listing application for the listing of the Public Securities on the Exchange.

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