Sentences with phrase «about public interest»

If the profession really cared about the public interest, they would have gotten rid of articling process and replaced it with something like the LPP long ago.

Nevertheless, our public discourse about the public interest obligation often draws heavily on arguments or statements rooted in the quid pro quo premise.

I feel protective about public interest issues and the integrity of the profession — and in that sense I am not wholly mercenary when it comes to my entrepreneurial leanings.

Open to second - semester 1Ls, 2Ls, and 3Ls at Equal Justice Works member law schools, the Student Representative Program will help law students gain public interest law leadership experience while spreading the word about public interest law and Equal Justice Works on their campus.

This guide is great for students looking for starter information about public interest law!

This guide is great for students looking for more information about public interest law!

I also appreciated Dan Rodriguez's point about public interest law versus law in the public interest.

«Join us to learn about the Public Interest Designation Program and Pro Bono Program at BC Law.

That got me thinking about public interest law in general.

This year's recipient is passionate about public interest law, and child advocacy is her forte.

If you (generically speaking) care about the public interest and wish to save the public from the anti-competitive fall - out of substantially reduced competition, you oppose ABS.

Recent cases have illustrated disagreements between courts about what constitutes the public interest, and the extent to which regulatory bodies can decide about the public interest.

Be sure to ask your financial aid office about any public interest programs the school or state may offer, and be sure to know how payments from other programs may affect your eligibility for PSLF.

Not exact matches

The core of any argument about stories of this kind is that they are protected by the First Amendment because there is a clear public interest in having the information released that outweighs the fact that it was classified, or may have been obtained by illegal means.

Many Chinese government offices have been public about their interest in taking advantage of the blockchain technology for tasks like tracking people and products moving through industrial supply chains.

No doubt, an interesting argument could be had about whether a future of self - driving, electrically propelled automobiles could be as clean and efficient as better public transit.

The Bank of Canada said nothing in public about the possible merits of deficit spending as it twice cut its benchmark interest rate last year to offset the collapse of oil prices.

«This is really about helping large media companies grow even bigger,» said Democratic FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, adding that Republicans were «more intent on granting the industrys holiday wish list early rather than looking out for the public interest.»

Zipcar has since gone from being an interesting idea to the leader in car sharing, with about 760,000 members, a public offering in 2011, and $ 300 million in annual revenues.

While venture capitalists, mutual funds and other private investors can only see upside in a zero - interest environment where growth is hard to find, public investors would be skeptical of a public Uber, Smith explains, just as they've asked tough questions about companies like Twitter and Yelp.

My buddy Jim Kane with Retailer Web Services recently made an interesting observation about public companies: He noted founders waste an embarrassing amount of shareholder cash trying to save or slowly wind down companies instead of shuttering operations when it's clear the odds have turned against them.

But bewilderment about that initial verdict says more about public understanding of conflict of interest than it does about the substance of this case.

«Our goal is not only to support our listed companies doing business in the region, but to enable companies that are interested in raising capital in Canada to learn best practices about the going public process.»

It is good for the investing public to know that the company is making decisions about things like dividends with the best interests of shareholders in mind, rather than the best interests of the CEO.

«His books for the public seemed to show great respect for his audience, assuming that, even if they didn't fully understand him, they still would be interested in what a cosmologist had to say about the universe in all its wonder and strangeness.»

«The other goes at the heart of what the media are supposed to be doing, which is informing the public about things that might be matters of interest to them but which corporate America might not be interested in sharing with them.»

«In my judgment that conduct foreseeably brought Lord Mandelson's public office and personal integrity into disrepute and exposed him to accusations of conflict of interest, and it gave rise to the reasonable grounds to suspect that Lord Mandelson had engaged in improper discussions with Mr Deripaska about aluminium...»

Public interest and transaction volume has grown more or less steadily for the past five years, and the «blocks» that make up the blockchain — bundles of about 2,000 transactions compiled every few minutes — are getting very crowded.

But it's what the correspondence reveals about the goals of the investigation that may be most in the public interest.

Public debt charges as a percentage of interest - bearing debt (the average effective interest rate) in 2009 - 10 is about half that in 1994 - 95.

In the process of deciding a title for this address, I recalled that three years ago I was talking in public addresses about the times being interesting, perhaps a little too interesting.

In addition, cities, states, and taxpayers have concerns about the costs of bonds and borrowing, how to get the best return on banked or invested public money, and an interest in finding innovative ways to fund public spending without surrendering public control, as is often the case with public - private partnerships.

This is a rare opportunity for civic journalism about complex issues that have attracted high public interest.

Further, while such business development partnerships are commonplace among digital news sites — the appearance of commingling private interests and the interests of a public company like Tribune raises questions about the stewardship of stakeholder value at the company.

The company in theory has to comply unless there is some public interest in the data (say, it's a public figure, of historical use, etc.), but there is some debate about how it will be enforced.

Asked Sunday at SXSW about what he will do post-Gawker, he said, «the space between private and public is very interesting, somewhere between messaging and public forums.»

It's interesting to consider what this type of calculation would show about other shareholder proposals, especially this year where two proposals pertained to areas where Alphabet is facing public pressure.

Earlier this fall a noted author, Michael Lewis, talked about an interesting investment strategy on CNN's Global Public Square.

Pensions can be interesting at a time when there are broad concerns about the viability of Social Security and savings rates among the public.

The need for extra care in this situation is obvious, the more so when it has to be accommodated with an equally compelling need for the Bank to say more about monetary policy issues in the interests of raising public understanding of them.

«Trump's election should have triggered alarm bells in Ottawa about the dangers of pursuing trade agreements that promote corporate interests at the expense of the public's.

Recent rumors about Peltz taking an interest in Legg Mason made serious waves in the market, for example, while Bloomberg has listed Peltz among several big shots who were raising public money to make mortgage investments earlier in June.

He was right about that: A story that violates privacy and serves no public interest should never be published.

Here's a letter to the board of Biglari Holdings re: executive compensation [Noise Free Investing] & then more thoughts on Biglari's compensation agreement [My Investing Notebook] Where things stand in the market [Bespoke Investment Group] A list of stocks Nasdaq is canceling trades in from yesterday's madness [Business Insider] The best interest rate chart in the world [Trader's Narrative] A great macro overview from Barry Ritholtz [The Big Picture] A look at John Paulson's possible ownership of Bear Stearns CDOs [Zero Hedge] John Mauldin on the future of public debt [Advisor Perspectives] Top buys & sells from Morningstar's ultimate stock pickers [Morningstar] The truth about «Sell in May & Go Away» [WSJ] An interview with hedge fund manager Hugh Hendry [Investment Week] Bill Ackman: Let's have a public registry for stock opinion [Barron's] Hedge fund Harbinger hires ex-Orange chief for wireless plan [Dealbook] & Deutsche Telekom has been in talks with Harbinger [FT] Hedge funds begin to restructure fee system [FT]

As the general public, entrepreneurs, regulators, small businesses, educators, students and industry groups become more aware of the facts about crowdfunding and the impact that it can have at the grassroots level for every small business on every street corner to the highest levels of government and regulation, a groundswell of interest has emerged sparking dialogue and events bringing crowdfunding education, awareness and issues into the spotlight.

As bankers, we are concerned about growth and returns - regulators about safety and soundness - central bankers with the competing interests of systemic risk and economic growth - and politicians have to deal with significant public discourse.

We recognized a public interest in establishing some core facts about Bitcoin and better informing those who might invest money in it.

All the good works done by religious organizations of all kinds (Christian and otherwise) might get a mention in a human interest story sometimes, but decades of this media treatment have skewed public perceptions of what faith is about.

Liberals indulge in periodic public rhetorical displays of «So - to - Speak» support for the Constitution, and they like well - told history or biography about the Founders as well as anyone, but they aren't as interested in treating them as a guide.

While these contentious issues have already generated a heightened interest in Pope Francis» words and the American bishops» public statements, they also call on young Catholics to reflect more deeply about the seriousness of their faith and Catholic identity.