Sentences with phrase «agency model case»

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In federal crash tests, the agencies found that advanced lightweight materials — in this case a mix of high - strength steel and aluminum, and a small amount of magnesium and composite material — performed just as well as baseline vehicle models.

While writing for pulp magazines, Hammett is asked by Jimmy Ryan (Peter Boyle), his old boss at the Pinkerton agency (and the model for the writer's «Continental Op» character), to help crack a particularly tough case.

Although it's unknown which agencies took delivery of these cars, we'll no doubt see (or not see, in the case of the stealthy Detective model) more Caprices on patrol soon, as the current police favorite, the Ford Crown Victoria, is being discontinued this year.

The DOJ's suit builds a compelling case that, through a combination of phone calls, e-mails, and secret meetings in the wine cellars of upscale Manhattan restaurants, five of the six big publishers (Macmillan, HarperCollins, Hachette, Penguin, and Simon & Schuster) arranged agreements with Apple to enter into agency - model publishing, wherein retailers act as retail agents (and take 30 % of every sale).

However, from what I understand the DoJ case against the 5 publishers and Apple will only affect the agency model for those 5 publishers.

In some cases, the agency model dictates that the price of an e-book is higher than its corresponding trade paperback edition, despite the significant savings in printing and distributing costs offered by e-books.

Wait I'm confused didn't get the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division sue Apple and the publishers for colliding to fix e-book pricing with the agency model and win the case in court?

All of the publishers have settled their cases by abandoning the agency model for two years and allocating funds for refunds and discounts.

Among the accusations the DoJ will now bring up in court is that Penguin was actually very instrumental in arranging the «agency model» with Apple in an attempt to force the price of ebooks higher than they were currently being sold for, namely, that Amazon was purchasing the ebooks at the original wholesale price and selling them for a marginal profit — or in some cases, an actual loss, which it is allowed to do as long as it can afford to — in order to sell Kindle e-reader devices.

Apple, Penguin and Macmillan are resisting settling their cases because they stringently believe the agency model better protects the customers.

There's more information related to the case at the Law Firm's website — Evil Agency Model and the Lawsuit.

Apple clearly intends to fight, and seemingly hopes that its ability to point to another, very successful agency model — the App Store — will help its case.

The case hinges on whether Apple's suggested move to an agency model - in which the publishers set the ebook prices, and Apple and other retailers take a cut - facilitated a conspiracy to fix prices unfairly high.

In his summation, Snyder made the case that the publishers, and even other retailers such as Barnes & Noble and Google, were already considering the use of the agency model before meeting with Cue.

In fact, just this morning, #DBW14's first workshop is agent Jason Ashlock's «Driving Agency Growth: Fresh Case Studies, Models & Tools for Agents & Managers.»

In the previous case of Amazon removing Macmillan's buy buttons, this was in response to Macmillan colluding with Apple and four other major publishers to illegally force the Agency model upon Amazon.

Now that big - six publishers are using the agency model, generally pricing e-books between $ 12.99 and $ 14.99, those e-books look relatively expensive in comparison to the physical books that Amazon still buys using the wholesale model and prices low (taking no profit or a very small one in many cases).

The pricing model that is constantly referred to in this complaint is labeled the new «Agency model» which is really at the heart of this case.

They operate an Agency Model whereby the publisher sets the price and pays the seller, in this case Apple, a set commission.

Now that the Apple e-books case has shown the «agency» model is anticompetitive, an opportunity is open for libraries to show the negative impacts of library e-book pricing practices on public access.

In this case, your credit information is pulled from the three major agencies and then processed through their respective scoring models.

In Canada, in cases of catastrophic injury and medical malpractice, the care models that courts have used in provinces outside of Ontario have been models that have attempted to lower the losses — for example, in - home immigrant care workers as opposed to hiring those services outside the home through agencies where the expense is far greater.

In the civil justice context, the medical model is similar to the model used by legal clinics and poverty law agencies who are forced to allocate their resources to selected cases.

Michael Geist in a series of recent blog posts claims that the decisions of the Supreme Court in the SOCAN v. Bell Canada, 2012 SCC 36 (SOCAN v Bell) and Alberta (Education) v. Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright), 2012 SCC 37 (Access Copyright) cases eviscerated Access Copyright's business model.

And a Wall Street Journal piece looking at the industry noted that when it comes to newer titles, e-book prices are still in many cases actually higher than the printed version, which isn't subject to the agency model (although that could be because retailers like Amazon are willing to take a loss on print).

Previously, the SM - A530 model number was spotted in the listings of various regulatory agencies including the Wi - Fi Alliance, and furthermore, a couple of protective case manufacturers have apparently already created accessories for the upcoming device, with Olixar's silicone cases already launching on pre-order terms in the UK ahead of the device's official market introduction.

Another model of group psychotherapy supervision discussed was the use of agency - wide group case conferences.

State Strategies for Care Coordination, Case Management, and Linkages for Young Children: A Scan of State Medicaid, Title V, and Part C Agencies (PDF - 394 KB) National Academy for State Health Policy (2009) Describes State models to inform policymakers of resources and tools available to promote healthy development for young children and provide States with strategies to coordinate resources more effectively and achieve better outcomes for children.

A Foster Care Practice Model: Lifelong Families Case Practice Tools The Annie E. Casey Foundation (2012) Includes resources and materials related to Lifelong Families, a practice model that is intended to serve as a method of improving foster care practice within private child welfare agencies and advancing permanency outcomes for children in care, especially older youth in treatment foster Model: Lifelong Families Case Practice Tools The Annie E. Casey Foundation (2012) Includes resources and materials related to Lifelong Families, a practice model that is intended to serve as a method of improving foster care practice within private child welfare agencies and advancing permanency outcomes for children in care, especially older youth in treatment foster model that is intended to serve as a method of improving foster care practice within private child welfare agencies and advancing permanency outcomes for children in care, especially older youth in treatment foster care.

(a) Document a minimum of twenty - four hours of academic preparation or board approved continuing education coursework in counselor supervision training including training six hours in each area as follows: (i) Assessment, evaluation and remediation which includes initial, formative and summative assessment of supervisee knowledge, skills and self - awareness; components of evaluation e.g. evaluation criteria and expectations, supervisory procedures, methods for monitoring (both direct and indirect observation) supervisee performance, formal and informal feedback mechanisms, and evaluation processes (both summative and formative), and processes and procedures for remediation of supervisee skills, knowledge, and personal effectiveness and self - awareness; (ii) Counselor development which includes models of supervision, learning models, stages of development and transitions in supervisee / supervisor development, knowledge and skills related to supervision intervention options, awareness of individual differences and learning styles of supervisor and supervisee, awareness and acknowledgement of cultural differences and multicultural competencies needed by supervisors, recognition of relational dynamics in the supervisory relationship, and awareness of the developmental process of the supervisory relationship itself; (iii) Management and administration which includes organizational processes and procedures for recordkeeping, reporting, monitoring of supervisee's cases, collaboration, research and evaluation; agency or institutional policies and procedures for handling emergencies, case assignment and case management, roles and responsibilities of supervisors and supervisees, and expectations of supervisory process within the institution or agency; institutional processes for managing multiple roles of supervisors, and summative and formative evaluation processes; and (iv) Professional responsibilities which includes ethical and legal issues in supervision includes dual relationships, competence, due process in evaluation, informed consent, types of supervisor liability, privileged communication, consultation, etc.; regulatory issues include Ohio laws governing the practice of counseling and counseling supervision, professional standards and credentialing processes in counseling, reimbursement eligibility and procedures, and related institutional or agency procedures.

In some cases, it will become necessary for your real estate professional to deviate from the single agency model.

If the civil case determines that S&P was not acting independently from business concerns, experts say legislation could be enacted to force ratings agencies to alter their business models, ensuring that they no longer profit from the companies whose bonds are rated but by the investors who use the ratings.