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"There are also housing-court proceedings that can be brought to compel a cleanup of the apartment," she said.

Today firms with more than 15 workers cannot get rid of employees even in a downturn without risking legal proceedings that can last years.

Both will be called to explain themselves before parliament's public accounts committee, at the invitation of Margaret Hodge, the indefatigable ringmistress of Westminster proceedings that can often rival an episode of The Apprentice for drama.

Some of the children are immediately flown home to Central America, but immigration authorities send most of them to temporary shelters in cities around the United States until they are placed with family members while they await deportation proceedings that can last for years.

Initially designed as a means to protect investments from nationalization, ISDS enables foreign companies (or foreign hedge funds like the one Daley now works for) to sue host country governments over laws that might infringe upon their "right" to profit through ad hoc arbitration proceedings that can circumvent the rule of law established though the democratic process.

The "big reveal" comes so early on in the proceedings that it can hardly be described as a twist, although cinematographer Caleb Deschanel does a fine job of blurring the line between what is real and imagined.

Under current legislation, Turkish lawmakers are immune from all prosecution while in office, but prosecutors can file police proceedings, or "dossiers", against deputies that can lead to court cases once they leave parliament.

One side is pushing for criminal proceedings so that they can seize Cohen's assets part of the fact that he was sued in California, where he is still thought to own property.

He seeks not just to run out the clock but, extraordinarily, to have this court turn back the clock in pending Florida contest proceedings so that he can declare the game over.

"The value of openness lies in the fact that people not actually attending trials [and other proceedings] can have confidence that standards of fairness are being observed; the sure knowledge that anyone is free to attend gives assurance that established procedures are being followed and that deviations will become known.

So the government wants judges and security-cleared lawyers to hear the evidence in what are called "closed material proceedings" so that more cases can be heard and taxpayers' money can be saved.