For Watchtower, there is the Worldwide Legal Department that falls under the Coordinator's Committee. The Worldwide Legal Department is overseen by Watchtower General Counsel Philip Brumley. Branches and country committees may or may not have legal counsel on staff. It depends on the size of the branch and how much legal issues may arise at some point. If you are a country with only a few thousand Witnesses it may not be worth the expense of housing attorney's at the branch. For branches and country committees that don't have dedicated attorney's they will hire lawyers as needed. In the US the is something like 15 in-house attorney's that work both for the US Branch and Worldwide Legal Department, it mostly depends on what type of work is being done and for who. There are a number of also remote volunteers and consultants who are witnesses and are attorneys that they will call upon to handle certain matters depending on their expertise and jurisdiction that they are allowed to represent clients in. Watchtower will also hire outside attorney's if a case needs specialized knowlege or if a case is on appeal and they find a lawyer with a lot of experience before a certain appeals court.
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Judge sanctions WTS - $4k per day penalty for not producing sex abuse documents
by Simon injudge sanctions jehovah's witnesses.
imposes $4000-a-day penalty for not producing documents in sex-abuse case.
by dorian hargrove, june 24, 2016. a san diego superior court judge has ordered the church of jehovah's witnesses, also known as the watchtower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, to pay $4000 a day for every day that it fails to produce documents requested in a civil lawsuit brought by former parishioner, osbaldo padron, who claims a church elder sexually abused him when he was seven years old.. in a june 23 ruling, expected to be made final today, judge richard strauss admonished the church for willfully ignoring a court order to produce all documents associated with a 1997 body of elders letter that church leaders sent to parishes around the world in a quest to learn about sexual abuse of children by church leaders.. over the course of the past year, the watchtower society and its lawyers have fought hard to keep the letter confidential, claiming that turning over the documents would infringe on the privacy of those mentioned in the letter that were not associated with the case.. in march 2015, the church turned over a heavily redacted version of the letter.
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Judge sanctions WTS - $4k per day penalty for not producing sex abuse documents
by Simon injudge sanctions jehovah's witnesses.
imposes $4000-a-day penalty for not producing documents in sex-abuse case.
by dorian hargrove, june 24, 2016. a san diego superior court judge has ordered the church of jehovah's witnesses, also known as the watchtower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, to pay $4000 a day for every day that it fails to produce documents requested in a civil lawsuit brought by former parishioner, osbaldo padron, who claims a church elder sexually abused him when he was seven years old.. in a june 23 ruling, expected to be made final today, judge richard strauss admonished the church for willfully ignoring a court order to produce all documents associated with a 1997 body of elders letter that church leaders sent to parishes around the world in a quest to learn about sexual abuse of children by church leaders.. over the course of the past year, the watchtower society and its lawyers have fought hard to keep the letter confidential, claiming that turning over the documents would infringe on the privacy of those mentioned in the letter that were not associated with the case.. in march 2015, the church turned over a heavily redacted version of the letter.
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Richard Oliver
And yes Fisherman. Watchtower did not file their initial brief on 2/24 as stated by the stipulation agreed by both parties. The court sent Watchtower a failure to timely file opening brief. The court of appeals rules that the appellant has 15 days from that notice to submit the opening brief or the case would be dismissed. If the respondent fails to submit their brief 30 days after the appellant's opening brief submission, the court can rule, just on the opening brief of the appellant.
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Judge sanctions WTS - $4k per day penalty for not producing sex abuse documents
by Simon injudge sanctions jehovah's witnesses.
imposes $4000-a-day penalty for not producing documents in sex-abuse case.
by dorian hargrove, june 24, 2016. a san diego superior court judge has ordered the church of jehovah's witnesses, also known as the watchtower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, to pay $4000 a day for every day that it fails to produce documents requested in a civil lawsuit brought by former parishioner, osbaldo padron, who claims a church elder sexually abused him when he was seven years old.. in a june 23 ruling, expected to be made final today, judge richard strauss admonished the church for willfully ignoring a court order to produce all documents associated with a 1997 body of elders letter that church leaders sent to parishes around the world in a quest to learn about sexual abuse of children by church leaders.. over the course of the past year, the watchtower society and its lawyers have fought hard to keep the letter confidential, claiming that turning over the documents would infringe on the privacy of those mentioned in the letter that were not associated with the case.. in march 2015, the church turned over a heavily redacted version of the letter.
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Richard Oliver
Hiring law firms for specific actions is not uncommon especially when you already have in-house counsel. Sometimes you just need an expert in a field for a specific task and that is all that is needed for that.
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Judge sanctions WTS - $4k per day penalty for not producing sex abuse documents
by Simon injudge sanctions jehovah's witnesses.
imposes $4000-a-day penalty for not producing documents in sex-abuse case.
by dorian hargrove, june 24, 2016. a san diego superior court judge has ordered the church of jehovah's witnesses, also known as the watchtower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, to pay $4000 a day for every day that it fails to produce documents requested in a civil lawsuit brought by former parishioner, osbaldo padron, who claims a church elder sexually abused him when he was seven years old.. in a june 23 ruling, expected to be made final today, judge richard strauss admonished the church for willfully ignoring a court order to produce all documents associated with a 1997 body of elders letter that church leaders sent to parishes around the world in a quest to learn about sexual abuse of children by church leaders.. over the course of the past year, the watchtower society and its lawyers have fought hard to keep the letter confidential, claiming that turning over the documents would infringe on the privacy of those mentioned in the letter that were not associated with the case.. in march 2015, the church turned over a heavily redacted version of the letter.
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Richard Oliver
Due to the appeals court case management system online, it does appear that Watchtower is using outside counsel for the appeal. Which is common, generally it is a good idea to get an attorney on appeal that knows the local court rules and procedures when making an appeal. It is also a bit common for there to be some confusion when both general counsel of an organization hires outside counsel to handle a matter, sometimes there are lines that get crossed. -
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Judge sanctions WTS - $4k per day penalty for not producing sex abuse documents
by Simon injudge sanctions jehovah's witnesses.
imposes $4000-a-day penalty for not producing documents in sex-abuse case.
by dorian hargrove, june 24, 2016. a san diego superior court judge has ordered the church of jehovah's witnesses, also known as the watchtower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, to pay $4000 a day for every day that it fails to produce documents requested in a civil lawsuit brought by former parishioner, osbaldo padron, who claims a church elder sexually abused him when he was seven years old.. in a june 23 ruling, expected to be made final today, judge richard strauss admonished the church for willfully ignoring a court order to produce all documents associated with a 1997 body of elders letter that church leaders sent to parishes around the world in a quest to learn about sexual abuse of children by church leaders.. over the course of the past year, the watchtower society and its lawyers have fought hard to keep the letter confidential, claiming that turning over the documents would infringe on the privacy of those mentioned in the letter that were not associated with the case.. in march 2015, the church turned over a heavily redacted version of the letter.
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Richard Oliver
Apparently, Watchtower did not file their brief by the deadline on 2/24. It does appear that they have 15 more days from 2/27 to file the brief or the case at the appeals court would be dismissed.
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Help denied visiting my gradchildren in jw brothers custody
by Phoenixrain ini regret trusting my jw brother ...long story short my daughter trusted him and gave custody to him of 2 children, he married and cut us out .. moved ect .
sents then he moved in with dad in arizona he has faded... sis in law became caregiver... cared to stress him on a daily bases... i got to see the kids once... in over 10 years.
sis in law is a cold mean devious person got my brother to shunning dad now... because he complaint about her abusive actions .... .
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Richard Oliver
You may want to look at
http://www.courts.ca.gov/17976.htm
This link will take you to the official court system in California. They do have a page of general information on Grandparents Visitation rights. Of course that is just general information and only an attorney can give you legal advice on your specific case.
Some questions you may want to ask your attorney: Does it matter which state you file your petition in? (it could be California since you live there, Arizona since the children live there or if the children lived in a different state prior to the adoption it maybe that state). How are you supposed to show to the court that you had a pre-existing relationship with the children?
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Poll - Will you accept blood?
by OrphanCrow ini have made a poll to try to determine the impact of the wt's no blood policy on ex members.. if you are an exjw, please participate.. vote here:.
*oops...hang on here...i have to make a new poll...this one lets you vote more than once.
i will post the new one .
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Richard Oliver
Yes, I did say that I believe it should be a personal decision. And I used the Catholic Hospitals and Abortions so show that sometimes we still don't get choices even if we are not part of a religion. Would I take a blood transfusion? No. I am only and Ex-Witness because I am gay and that is it if I could be gay and a witness then I would be. I do believe in the vast majority of what JWs believe in. But a blood transfusion should be a personal decision.
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Press in SPAIN report JW members go to JW headquarters to file a complaint for not receiving documents on cases of abuse they requested
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.lainformacion.com/politica/derechos-humanos/exmiembros-testigos-jehova-denunciaran-entregarles_0_990801892.html.
http://www.telecinco.es/informativos/sociedad/exmiembros-testigos-jehova-denunciaran-entregarles_0_2308950586.html.
https://okdiario.com/sociedad/2017/01/16/ex-miembros-testigos-jehova-acusan-organizacion-ocultar-ley-miles-casos-abusos-sexuales-menores-671613jehovah's witness members will report to the organization for failing to provide them with documents regarding child abuse.
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Richard Oliver
Hecce:
I am reading the English translation. Article 29 title says:
Provision of information services on creditworthiness and Credit.
2. Processing is also allowed of personal data relating to the fulfillment or non-fulfilment of financial obligations provided by the creditor or by someone acting on his behalf. In such cases the data subjects shall be informed, within a period of thirty days from the recording, of those who have recorded personal data in files, with a reference to the data included, and they shall be informed of their right to request information on all of them under the conditions laid down by this Law.
I know that the English translation is not the official law, but it should be somewhat accurate. I never said that the 7 day and 30 days is not accurate but that it is not in the 15/1999. It could be any number of things. Just like in the US if Congress passes a law, the agency that enforces that law can make rules so that it is enforceable, and those rules may give the 30 and 7 day time frame. It could also be that the agency allows the person requesting the information to give a reasonable time frame in order to get the information and that as long as it is reasonable, the agency will enforce it. But it appears that Article 29 only applies to data that is collected for creditworthiness.
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Press in SPAIN report JW members go to JW headquarters to file a complaint for not receiving documents on cases of abuse they requested
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.lainformacion.com/politica/derechos-humanos/exmiembros-testigos-jehova-denunciaran-entregarles_0_990801892.html.
http://www.telecinco.es/informativos/sociedad/exmiembros-testigos-jehova-denunciaran-entregarles_0_2308950586.html.
https://okdiario.com/sociedad/2017/01/16/ex-miembros-testigos-jehova-acusan-organizacion-ocultar-ley-miles-casos-abusos-sexuales-menores-671613jehovah's witness members will report to the organization for failing to provide them with documents regarding child abuse.
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Richard Oliver
Article 29 appears to only be when it comes to matters that affect credit or creditworthiness.
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Poll - Will you accept blood?
by OrphanCrow ini have made a poll to try to determine the impact of the wt's no blood policy on ex members.. if you are an exjw, please participate.. vote here:.
*oops...hang on here...i have to make a new poll...this one lets you vote more than once.
i will post the new one .
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Richard Oliver
I can see how people think that and that is an honest way to look at it. But there are organizations and hospitals striving to reduce blood transfusions for a number of reasons. In the US there is an organization that is the leader in this.
It should be a personal decision, some people who aren't JWs don't want blood transfusions which is their right as well. But all hospitals are striving to reduce blood transfusions not just for patient outcomes but also for economic reasons. I agree with many people here, that it should not be forced upon anyone to refuse a blood transfusion, but it should be a personal decision.
Just like there are some Catholics who believe in abortions while the official policy is that abortions is a mortal sin. It should not be forced upon people to choose one way or the other.
But if you are saying that JWs are the only people that risk people's lives with their interpretation of medical procedures you have to look at other religions too. I am not talking about Christian Scientists. But look at Catholics and Catholic Hospitals, where it is the policy of the hospital not to perform abortions under any circumstances. There have been plenty of instances where a mother has needed an emergency abortion in order to save her life, but the hospital that she is at won't perform the procedure because of their religious beliefs.