Sentences with phrase «important amendments to the law»

Important amendments to the law in this regard were, however, made by the Reverter of Sites Act 1987 (RSA 1987), enacted pursuant to a 1981 Law Commission report (Cmnd 8410) that reviewed the operation of statutory reverter clauses.

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«When it comes to challenges to religious liberty, the Johnson Amendment is just about the least important issue I can think of,» said John Inazu, a professor at Washington University School of Law.

SECOND REEADING SPEECH Introduction The Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 will give effect to two important reforms to strengthen and clarify our competition and consumer laws.

The Romanian Parliament, also dominated by USL, is currently debating the modification of the 2003 Mining Law and considering amendments which would facilitate important erosion of citizens» rights, particularly by allowing foreign companies to expropriate the lands and houses of Romanian citizens on behalf of the Romanian government.

«New York needs to follow suit as well, recognizing the important First Amendment rights at stake and reforming its laws accordingly.»

Queens Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras - Copeland, who will introduce the amendment to the paid sick leave law, said the clarification was important because employers could possibly deny the leave the way the current law is written.

Paul Jenkins, CEO of the charity Rethink Mental Illness said: «This is an incredibly important step forward, as this amendment makes it explicitly clear in law that the Secretary of State has a duty to put mental and physical illness on an equal footing.

First of all, it's important to remember that the amendment still needs to be approved by the House of Commons to become law.

Specter on Monday introduced a bill that affirmatively states that it is legal for the government to fund human embryonic stem cell research — a bill highly similar to the one introduced in the House in March by Diana DeGette (Democrat, Colorado), with one important extra: Specter's bill states that the government should fund the research «notwithstanding any other provision of law, including [the Dickey - Wicker amendment].»

This is an important ruling for California's animals and the law enforcement professionals who protect them because it confirms that a law used routinely to rescue animals from unsafe, inhumane, or unhealthy situations provides animal owners with sufficient due process protection under the Fourteenth Amendment.

Last June, Canada passed into law Bill S - 4 — The Digital Privacy Act, which makes a number of important amendments to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.

Because technology will continue to develop, and standards will emerge, it is important to ensure the Law Society keeps pace with these changes, and staff will play an important role in keeping the Benchers apprised of the potential need for amendments to the policies and rules recommended in this report.

Even a very incomplete list gives an impression of the large number of significant opinions he has written: seminal administrative law cases such as Chevron v. NRDC and Massachusetts v. EPA, the intellectual property case Sony Corp v. Universal City Studios (which made clear that making individual videotapes of television programs did not constitute copyright infringement), important war on terror precedents such as Rasul v. Bush and Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, important criminal law cases such as Padilla v. Kentucky (holding that defense counsel must inform the defendant if a guilty plea carries a risk of deportation) and Atkins v. Virginia (which reversed precedent to hold it was unconstitutional to impose capital punishment on the mentally retarded), and of course Apprendi v. New Jersey (which revolutionized criminal sentencing by holding that the Sixth Amendment right to jury trial prohibited judges from enhancing criminal sentences beyond statutory maximums based on facts other than those decided by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt).

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And, recent amendments to Alaska's divorce laws have added another important custody consideration: pets.

Important Reminder to Members of the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC)- In April 2012, the LSUC announced amendments to the CPD rules to provide that viewing archived or recorded CPD programs without a colleague and participating in online courses that prompt responses throughout the learning process are now eligible activities for up to six CPD hours per year.

Another important law is the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), an amendment to ERISA that gives employees the right to buy health insurance at their employer's rate for a period of time after being laid off or otherwise not working.

The province of Alberta Law Reform Institute undertook important and influential studies on the subject of limitations that ultimately influenced amendments to the limitations statutes of most Canadian jurisdictions.

Any attempt by courts to draw such a distinction would imperil a fundamental purpose of the First Amendment, which is to identify the best, most important, and most valuable ideas not by any sociological or economic formula, rule of law, or process of government, but through the rough and tumble competition of the memetic marketplace.

The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws» Uniform Health Care Information Act states, «Because accurate health - care information is not only important to the delivery of health care, but for patient applications for life, disability and health insurance, employment, and a great many other issues that might be involved in civil litigation, this Act allows a patient to request an amendment in his record.»

Creating laws about what is and is not «real news» is tricky, since a clumsily worded law could threaten to stifle parody and other important forms of political speech protected under the First Amendment.

The amendments to the NTA will make it more difficult to protect important cultural and sacred sites from mining and other developments, to undertake ceremonies, to instruct children in culture and law and to carry out traditional activities such as camping, hunting and fishing.

Aitken said the bureau is «currently working to complete updated enforcement guidelines on abuse of dominance and more detailed guidance for trade associations that clarify the impact of the recent amendments» and that it would «not hesitate to enforce the law by bringing responsible cases in areas where we believe it is important to establish and clarify applicable ground rules....