Sentences with phrase «advisory opinion stating»

Its executive director, Dick Dadey, said in a statement that accompanied the attorney general's notice, «We are thrilled that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has issued an advisory opinion stating what Citizens Union has long held — that current state law permits the use of an electronic handwritten signature for the purposes of registering to vote.»

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In his email to the state board, Wilder highlighted some of the issues the FEC addressed in its advisory opinion on Bitcoin:

But a 2009 advisory opinion by the state's attorney general said that without an arrest or criminal charge, the police could not hold onto their weapons.

Yesterday, five judges of the International Tribunal against Monsanto stated in their advisory opinion that the corporation «has engaged in practices which have negatively impacted the right to a healthy environment, the right to food, and the right to health» citing its widespread dissemination of dangerous agrochemicals in industrial agriculture, the introduction and release of GM crops, and introduction of persistent organic pollutants such as PCB in the environment.

Capital appealed this denial on October 6, and sought an advisory opinion from Committee on Open Government Executive Director Bob Freeman, an independent state body charged with promoting transparency and offering advisory opinions that carry weight in court.

Others have asked for the matter to be addressed — either through an investigation or an advisory opinion — by the office of state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

The ethics panel in its advisory opinion returned with a previously used definition of who can use the state aircraft when on official business.

In May 2017, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court issued an advisory opinion finding that the law's provisions applying to general elections for state legislators and the governor violated the state constitution.

In May 2017, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court issued an advisory opinion finding that the law's provisions applying to state lawmakers and the governor violated the state constitution.

On ethics, Cuomo proposed requiring state lawmakers to seek an advisory opinion on any outside income and closing an election - law loophole that allows companies to skirt contribution maximums by forming an unlimited number of subsidiaries to channel donations.

We then asked Freeman, of the state Committee on Open Government, for an advisory opinion as to whether Fort Schuyler was subject to the FOI Law.

«I am writing... to request an advisory opinion... to confirm whether the proposed mailing is considered a «federal election activity»... [and] that the proposed mailings may be paid for» with funds from the state party's «federal» account, instead of the party's regular state campaign account, Reiff wrote to the FEC Oct. 1.

She asked the CPI for an advisory opinion to determine whether she was violating the state's lifetime ban on lobbying.

The State Elections Enforcement Commission (SEEC) issued an advisory opinion last week to help each party understand the campaign finance law as it applies to negative communications sent by candidates who blast someone who is not their direct opponent.

Still, Thomas said he believes a 1976 New York State Board of Elections advisory opinion backs up Laufer's argument.

But he said he's going to seek an advisory opinion from the state Bar Association concerning the board's rebuke of his vehicle and traffic ticket representation.

Douglas Kellner, a Democrat, agrees with the advisory opinion by Bob Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, that the records should be released.

In August 2016, in response to a request by the Times Union, the executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, Robert Freeman, said in an advisory opinion that Cuomo's office and the state department of Housing and Community Renewal should not hold back from release otherwise public documents based merely on the contention that they might relate to the federal probe of upstate development deals.

Robert Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, had previously issued an advisory opinion determining the records should be made available.

She could have faced a conflict of interest had she remained in her position as deputy borough president and conducted fund?raising for her campaign, according to an advisory opinion issued by the board in 2001 that states individuals making a bid for office must resign from their positions if they are policy?makers before they solicit donations.

State lawmakers are moving forward with their own effort to seek an advisory opinion on receiving private - sector income, but insisted they aren't trying to do an end - run around Gov. Andrew Cuomo's own proposal.

The director of the state Committee on Open Government said in an advisory opinion that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office and the state department of Housing and Community Renewal should not hold back from release otherwise public documents based merely on the contention that they might relate to an ongoing federal probe of upstate development deals.

In an advisory opinion issued today, the head of the state agency charged with overseeing open government laws rejected NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's argument that some of his outside advisors were «agents of the city» and therefore exempt from the state's Freedom of Information Law.

New York State Board of Elections commissioners have also broken ranks, with one of the four statewide officials agreeing with the advisory opinion by Bob Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, that the records should be releState Board of Elections commissioners have also broken ranks, with one of the four statewide officials agreeing with the advisory opinion by Bob Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, that the records should be relestate Committee on Open Government, that the records should be released.

In an advisory opinion sought by the Talk of the Sound and published on June 10, 2010, the New York State Committee on Open Government has informed the City Council of New Rochelle that the given reason for going into executive session is not valid.

In an advisory opinion, the executive director of the state Committee on Open Government called this type of denial «unreasonable.»

Additionally, the advisory opinions interpreted the state constitution in light of federal First Amendment jurisprudence.

Interestingly enough, regarding climate change, there are efforts to have a resolution passed in the UN General Assembly that would ask the ICJ for an advisory opinion that would define states» obligations and responsibilities with respect to greenhouse emissions under international law (see policy brief issued by The Hague Institute for Global Justice).

The Justices of the Delaware Supreme Court opined in an advisory opinion that a bill for transporting private school students at public expense would violate the Delaware Constitution because even incidental aid violates the language of the state's Blaine Amendment.

Once the advisory board votes and gives its own opinion, the issue will then go before the State Board of Education for a final decision.

The Bureau of Special Education Appeals («BSEA») conducts mediations, advisory opinions and due process hearings to resolve disputes among parents, school districts, private schools and state agencies.

This new Protocol, which has been referred to as the «Protocol of the dialogue» by Dean Spielmann, the President of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), creates the possibility for supreme courts of the Contracting States to the Convention to request an advisory opinion from the ECtHR on «questions of principle relating to the interpretation or application of the rights and freedoms defined in the Convention or the protocols thereto» [1].

And New York State Bar Association Ethics Opinion 1132 (2017) finds Avvo Answers and similar sites to constitute unethical fee splitting, as did a 2016 advisory opinion from the South CaroliOpinion 1132 (2017) finds Avvo Answers and similar sites to constitute unethical fee splitting, as did a 2016 advisory opinion from the South Caroliopinion from the South Carolina Bar.

All agree that Booker removed the mandatory teeth of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (Guidelines) by rendering them advisory, and that Justice Breyer's remedy opinion put some bite back into the Guidelines by requiring courts when sentencing defendants to «consider» them.

In an advisory opinion to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Advocate General Wathelet has rejected the argument that investor - State dispute...

The ombudsman shall:... D. Furnish, upon request, advisory opinions regarding the interpretation of and compliance with the State's freedom of access laws to any person or public agency or official in an expeditious manner.

Article 34 provides that «any court or tribunal in an EFTA State» «may, if it considers it necessary to enable it to give judgment, request the EFTA Court to give» an advisory opinion on the interpretation of the EEA Agreement.

In addition to the recent ABA Ethics Opinion taking a generally pro-social-media tone, two new judicial ethics advisory opinions have been issued for federal and state judges.

Counsel for a State in the proceedings before the International Court of Justice on the request for an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of the separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965.

www.illinoisbar.org For ISBA Members Only - Searchable database of ethics advisory opinions issued by the Illinois State Bar Association (1984 — present)

In the United States, federal courts are not allowed to issue advisory opinions under the «case or controversy» requirement specified in the Constitution.

Recently, the Council of State (i.e., the Italian supreme administrative court and consultative body) adopted an important advisory opinion, which allows for improved access to investigational medicines by patients in Italy.

A slightly different approach was taken by several commenters, who recommended that proposed § 160.204 (b) be amended to clarify that the Secretary will also issue advisory opinions as to whether a state law constitutes an exception under proposed § § 160.203 (c) and 160.203 (d).

Comment: Several commenters supported the decision to limit the parties who may request advisory opinions to the state.

It was suggested that proposed § 160.204 (b)(2)(iv) be revised to read as follows: «A state may submit a written request to the Secretary for an advisory opinion under this paragraph.

The Department should clarify whether a state law could be non-preempted even without such an advisory opinion.

These commenters did not believe that insurers should be allowed to request an advisory opinion and open every state law up to challenge and review.

«The United States Attorneys for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky (United States) have moved this Court to review the merits of Kentucky Bar Association (KBA) Ethics Opinion E-435, an ethics advisory opinion, which finds the use of ineffective - assistance - of - counsel (IAC) waivers in plea agreements violates our Rules of Professional COpinion E-435, an ethics advisory opinion, which finds the use of ineffective - assistance - of - counsel (IAC) waivers in plea agreements violates our Rules of Professional Copinion, which finds the use of ineffective - assistance - of - counsel (IAC) waivers in plea agreements violates our Rules of Professional Conduct.

Comment: Several comments recommended that exception determinations or advisory opinions encompass a state act or code in its entirety (in lieu of a provision - specific evaluation) if it is considered more stringent as a whole than the regulation.

Comment: Numerous comments stated support for the proposal at proposed Subpart B to issue advisory opinions with respect to the preemption of state laws relating to the privacy of individually identifiable health information.