De Minimis Doctrine

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De Minimis Doctrine

A stance of ancient common law, ‘de minimis non curat lex’—which in Latin means ‘the law does not concern itself with trifles’; the ‘de minimis’ doctrine seeks to avoid overburdening the legal system with lawsuits of little merit, and allows sanctions against parties who try to bring frivolous actions into court

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No references found			16) However, because the time spent donning and doffing the nonunique gear was negligible, the court applied the well-established de minimis doctrine (17) and held that the employer was not required to compensate the employees for that time. IBP v. Alvarez by Dastoor, Neville F.; Munoz, Shane T. / Florida Bar Journal 906, 913 (2000) (stating that in applying the de minimis doctrine, the FLRA looks to the nature and extent of the effect or the reasonably foreseeable effect, of the change on bargaining unit employees' conditions of employment). De minimis conditions of employment: must management always bargain? by Ohlweiler, John N. / Army Lawyer 62) The de minimis doctrine is a relevant consideration along with a fair use defense. Music sampling lawsuits: does looping music samples defeat the de ... by Wilson, Stephen R. / The Journal of High Technology Law			DC DCA DCAD DCC gene DCIS DCR DCT DD DD Palmer DDAVP ddC DDD pacing DDDR ddI DDP DDS DDST DDT DDT poisoning DDVP DDx DE De Bakey de Bruin spatula de Lange's syndrome De Minimis Doctrine De Morgan's spots de Morsier's syndrome de Pezzer's catheter De Qi de Quervain's disease de Quervain's fracture de Quervain's thyroiditis de qui de Vita pin De Vries de- de-epicardialization De-Identification de-lead DEA deactivation deacylase dead dead animal disposal Dead Arm Syndrome DEAD Box Protein Dead Fetus Syndrome Dead Foetus Syndrome dead man's fingers dead nettle			De Mabuse, Jan De Maizière, Lothar de Man de Man, Paul de Man, Rogosa and Sharpe Agar De Mario Electra Optics System De Marre formula De Matos Storey Ryan DE MAX De Medici De Medici De medietate linguae De melioribus damnis De Menil, Dominique De mercatoribus De Metz Forbes Knight De Meulder Management Consultancy De Mézières y Clugny, Athanase de Mille de Mille de Mille, Agnes De Mille, Cecil B De Mille, Cecil B. De Mille, Cecil B. DE MIN de minimax De minimis De minimis De Minimis Doctrine De minimis non curat lex De minimis non curat lex de minimis PUD de minimis settlement De minimus De minimus DE MM De Moivre theorem De Moivre's theorem de Moivre, Abraham De Moivres Theorem de Molina De Monchy Fiduciary Management De Mond Gymnastics Academy de Montebello, Philippe Lannes De Montfort De Montfort De Montfort Hall De Montfort University De Mores State Historic Site De Morgan De Morgan dual De Morgan duality De Morgan law De Morgan laws De Morgan theorem De Morgan's law

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