Sentences with phrase «legal infrastructure includes»

Legal infrastructure includes not only the legal rules you can find in law books but also the quality — and cost — of the legal advice, planning, and solutions you can access.

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Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

This review was conducted to support the priorities established by the Financial Stability Forum, including enhancing the infrastructure for over-the-counter derivatives markets and encouraging market participants to act promptly to ensure that the settlement, legal and operational infrastructure underlying these markets is sound.

Multiple issues have to be engaged, including tariff regulation, financial infrastructure, consumer behavior, legal structure, and general political and economic issues.

With a few exceptions, our business community is behind the curve in terms of taking advantage of Belt and Road opportunities — opportunities that extend well beyond physical infrastructure to the development of key social infrastructure projects, including education and the provision of medical, legal, financial, and other social and professional services.

«That legal agreement is documented and we have a copy of it,» he told World Watch Monitor, adding that the agreement included church - related infrastructure such as a boundary wall.

But advocates of Alternative 1, including state Assemblyman Dan Stec (R - Queensbury), say existing infrastructure goes against the legal definition of Wilderness.

This includes the establishment of a legal entity for the coordination of the pan-European activities of the research infrastructure, and the financial support of the national facilities contributing to the research infrastructures.

Topics include: Legal Status, Role of Authorizers, Special Education Infrastructures, and Providing the Full Continuum of Services

(2) related solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of an agency; [this exemption has been construed to permit withholding of information the disclosure of which would risk circumvention of a legal requirement, including materials that relate to critical infrastructure.

Northeast cities have employed a variety of mechanisms to respond to climate change, including land - use planning, provisions to protect infrastructure, regulations related to the design and construction of buildings, and emergency preparation, response, and recovery.106 While significant progress has been made, local governments still face limitations of legal authority, geographic jurisdiction, and resource constraints that could be addressed through effective engagement and support from higher levels of government.

While the broad trend in Brazil was bad news for its forests, there were moments of elation for environmentalists, including the creation of the 12,000 - square - kilometer (4,630 - square - mile) Turubaxi - Téa Indigenous Territory in Amazonas state; some of Temer's most environmentally damaging proposals failed to advance; infrastructure expansion in Brazil and neighboring countries got bogged down by corruption scandals and basic economics; indigenous communities won a series of legal victories and settlements against the state, and the headline deforestation rate in the Brazilian Amazon fell 16 percent versus last year.

Gowlings» legal services are delivered via industry sector groups, including: climate change, energy, financial services, infrastructure, life sciences, manufacturing and distribution, mining and technology.

The majority of my work is for the Infrastructure Finance Team but I also step in wherever the legal team need extra support in advising lending services across the bank, including the network offices which the London legal team support.

Other cases include Uganda, Tanzania's border neighbour made its own attempt to harmonise its legal infrastructure with the establishment of a specialist commercial court to address the needs of businesses.

We know the sectors in which our clients operate — our lawyers are highly skilled legal practitioners with extensive knowledge across a host of key industries including ffinancial institutions; energy; infrastructure, mining and commodities; transport; technology and innovation; and life sciences and healthcare.

Chorus, New Zealand's largest telecommunications infrastructure company, on its legal requirements including advising on:

With chapters written by leading international experts, topics covered include: the government's role in energy ownership and development; industry standards for establishing liability; legal concepts excusing performance during periods of commodity price or supply volatility; right of access to infrastructure; barriers to entry for foreign companies; criminal, health and safety, and environmental liability; sovereign boundary disputes; and relevant energy treaties.

Eversheds Sutherland provides the full range of legal services, including corporate and M&A; dispute resolution and litigation; energy and infrastructure; finance; human capital and labor law; intellectual property; real estate and construction; insurance; and tax.

As for the father's lack of apparent remorse, he just seems to me to be able to see past the emotion to the legal infrastructure of the situation, which includes the best interests of his three surviving children who do NOT have meningitis.

Aird & Berlis provides strategic legal and business advice in all principal areas of business law, including corporate finance, banking, insolvency and restructuring, energy, environmental, infrastructure / P3, technology and intellectual property, litigation, workplace law, municipal and land use planning, real estate and tax.

NTT Com's solutions for the legal sector include: cloud services, infrastructure and managed data centre services, enterprise networking and security solutions — «services that allow firms to focus on what they are good at», according to Heals.

The firm is already engaged in Germany and has financed various significant cases, including sophisticated legal proceedings for the remuneration of infrastructure construction work against a foreign sovereign state pleading state immunity and a securities litigation against a major German bank.

Gerard Sanders, General Counsel of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, speaks about the AIIB's objectives, operations and current legal needs, and reveals the AIIB's thinking about various dispute resolution approaches, including whether AIIB views Hong Kong as a likely venue for resolving contractual disputes with the institution.

With a deep understanding of the regulatory environment and business point of view, we regularly assist clients with complex legal matters across a wide range of disciplines, including major infrastructure projects, assisting with financing and strategic alliances, completing mergers and acquisitions.

At the Federal Highway Administration, Tom led a national team of more than 50 lawyers providing legal and policy counsel to the agency's leadership on a wide range of regulatory and policy issues affecting transportation infrastructure, including environmental review and permitting for transportation projects; compliance with Buy America requirements; investigation of civil rights complaints filed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act; implementation of federal grant, loan, and loan guarantee programs for transportation projects; and development of major rulemakings and guidance documents implementing recent federal transportation legislation.

Duties include, but are not limited to: • Designs and implements LAN, WAN, WLAN, voice, Internet, security and video solutions that follow architecture standards and best practices • Works with the infrastructure team to establish support capability, capacity and redundancy • Maintains complete inventory, configuration, and documentation of new and existing deployed infrastructure • Provides support for existing infrastructure services and project - based work leading to the development and deployment of new infrastructure services • Serves as one of the primary points of contact for telecommunication carriers and services providers, coordinating circuit design, provisioning, installation, and troubleshooting • Works cross-functionally with technology, administrative, and legal groups to understand and align technical requirements and technology choices

Thompson Hine understands that clients are seeking significant changes in the way legal services are provided and managed, and has changed its service delivery model, adding personnel, software, infrastructure and training in areas including legal project management, value - based pricing, flexible staffing and process efficiency through its SmartPaTH initiative.

A targeted cluster of grants is awarded through the Foundation's Special Initiative to strengthen core elements of the national legal aid infrastructure, including innovations for better and more effective service delivery.

Ioan constantly provides legal assistance and representation in disputes encompassing several practice areas such as corporate law, commercial contracts, real estate and construction (including FIDIC contracts and infrastructure), financing, labour disputes, energy, and transportation.

His key areas of advisory expertise include: off - shoring and legal process outsourcing, legal process reengineering and optimization, resourcing strategy and spend management, operations and infrastructure, use of technology, communications, succession planning and legal professional development frameworks.

Representatives from both Eversheds Sutherland's Washington DC and Cardiff offices were in attendance, including Washington Office Partner in Charge Amish M. Shah, US Executive Partner Cynthia M. Krus, Energy and Infrastructure Partner Mark D. Herlach, Cardiff Senior Partner Kathryn Roberts and Cardiff Legal Director Jason French - Williams.

James also spent eighteen months» part - time secondment in - house with the Natural England Legal team, which included advising on large - scale renewable energy projects, large - scale infrastructure projects, a judicial review and environmental site designations.

The group brings together members of the bar who represent clients in the rapidly changing legal environment in infrastructure and regulated industries including the aviation, communications, electricity, gas, oil pipeline, railroad, transportation infrastructure, and water industries.

Cyprus» legal framework is all - encompassing and, at the same time, attractive enough to establish investment funds, which can meet diverse investor requirements and can accommodate a number of investment objectives including: Private Equity, Infrastructure, Real Estate, Venture Capital, Funds of Funds, Debt and / or Equity Securities.

The IFLP program currently includes four law schools — Northwestern, Colorado, Indiana, and Osgoode Hall (Toronto)-- though the plan is to build an infrastructure that will support and serve a significantly larger number of law students, law schools, and legal employers.

Vinson & Elkins» New York office provides high - quality legal services to an array of blue - chip clients, including leading private equity firms, investment banks, and other financial institutions, as well as public and privately held companies in such areas as energy, infrastructure, media and entertainment, and pharmaceuticals.

The barrister I spoke to made an interesting point when saying that the LLB route benefits from a huge legal academic infrastructure, including the opportunity for mooting, law fairs and vacation schemes.

She was the designated manager for a former United States Treasury Secretary's legal projects in Europe, China and the Middle East including a $ 9 billion infrastructure project in Saudi Arabia with a former European Prime Minister's team, as well as projects in London, Spain, Hong Kong and Shanghai for one of the largest privately owned conglomerates in China.

Represented large high - technology manufacturer and after - market service provider in the negotiation and related legal support required to design and permit several connected «sustainable campus» projects at its headquarters, including multimillion - dollar wastewater treatment and reuse upgrades eliminating NPDES - permitted discharges, installation of a combined heat and power cogeneration facility, and related infrastructure changes.

Eversheds Sutherland provides the full range of legal services, including corporate and M&A; dispute resolution and litigation; energy and infrastructure; finance; human capital and labor law; intellectual property; real estate and construction; and tax.

However, now the increasing availability of tools like the CanLII API, linked data publication of information standards — such as the Canada developed KF Modified Classification scheme (in development), and the Clio API means that it will not be necessary for software developers to include the full information infrastructure within their systems any longer (I wrote about this at more length here; this article is focussed on resources of relevance in Canada, for more information about similar projects internationally see Robert Richard's Legal Informatics Blog).

These expenses include allocated overhead and costs incurred in the development, implementation, amortization and maintenance of internal use software, including our website, online legal platform and related infrastructure.

These expenses also include allocated overhead and costs incurred in the development, implementation, amortization and maintenance of internal use software, including our website, online legal platform and related infrastructure.

Our sectors and areas of legal expertise in Singapore include aviation, construction, corporate and commercial, dispute resolution (including mediation and international arbitration), employment, energy and resources, financial services, governance, insurance and reinsurance, projects and infrastructure, regulatory and compliance, shipping, and trade and commodities.

We have invested, and intend to continue to invest, in expanding our subscription services for small businesses and consumers, including continuing to develop technology and infrastructure to support our legal plans and attorney network and expanding our sales and marketing efforts, particularly to promote legal plans and our brand.

Recognised as the leading legal adviser to funds across the Channel Islands, and with fast - growing Caribbean and Asia practices, our clients in the private equity sector include the world's leading private equity houses, international banks and financial institutions, as well as specialist private equity real estate and infrastructure funds.

Riccardo Valle is a lawyer with our corporate team, focusing (in regards to transactional / litigation matters before Civil and Administrative Courts) in providing legal assistance to clients active in highly regulated markets, with specific focus on energy (including generation, infrastructures, incentives, PPA / EFET, and IPEX), environment (including waste, and EIA / IPPC), and pharmaceuticals (including AIFA regulations and wholesale distribution).

Investigations and Law Enforcement — Selected Duties & Responsibilities Build and implement investigations programs and security solutions to enable effective organizational administration, threat detection / elimination, conflict / issue resolution, and other critical discovery functions Utilize various technical applications, including cameras, A / V equipment, transmitters, recorders, and bugs, to generate valuable information and isolate parties responsible for criminal and civil malfeasance Create issue and security reports to enable development of new policies and procedures aimed at preventing further wrongdoing and protect valuable resources team Integrate investigative principles into corporate strategic mission, ensuring management and program accountability, proactive prevention of discrimination, case efficiency, and legal analysis Perform security and crime analyses of firm infrastructure against related compliance requirements as well as on - going vulnerability assessments to continuously mitigate risk Develop investigatory standard documents to serve as guide and rules resources to promote fair and legal probes Supervise related departmental staff, including performance plan development and assessment, technical oversight, personnel recruitment and training, staff discipline, and other pertinent functions Work as a member of the corporate incident response team in the execution of all related tasks, including incident response plan development, damage minimization, resource restoration, and firm integrity protection Communicate all issues and user feedback to members of management, law enforcement professionals, and other interested parties, generating situational reports and follow - up recommendations based on investigatory results Maintain a strong working knowledge of all software, hardware, applications, techniques, trends and other critical tools which aid in effective investigation React quickly based upon limited and confidential information, drawing upon extensive police and military experience in tense, complicated situations Collaborate in the preparation of necessary legal documents, including search and arrest warrants Assist management with various other duties as assigned

The consultations highlighted critical issues for agreement making directed to economic and social development outcomes, including the need for: effective community decision making structures and community engagement with the process; adequate time and resources for capacity development; creative ideas for sustainable economic development; support for outcomes beyond the legal framework; positive relationships; and underlying infrastructure such as health, roads and education to be guaranteed by governments.