Sentences with phrase «against the public policy»

I have myself taken part in a demonstration against a public policy that was later described by «the other side» as being violent and hateful, with the intent to intimidate the school board into breaking the law.

With the exception of the first model (which is not a legal option because it's against public policy to plan the demise of a marriage), all of these options are being practiced in one way or another with people throughout the Western world (even in the U.S!).

Chief lobbyist Pascal Kerneis told a meeting on EU investment policy in 2011: «Industry will oppose any deal in which investment protection is traded off against public policy objectives, including human and labour rights.»

foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in such Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.

In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a trustee, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustee, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in such Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a trustee, officer or controlling person of Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustee, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

But judges often refuse to enforce dead owners» requests that their pets be euthanized, on the grounds that those requests are «against public policy or unethical,» says Gerry W. Beyer, a professor at Texas Tech University School of Law who recently posted a short analysis of these kinds of cases on his blog.

The ability to waive an implied reasonableness term usually goes hand in hand with the contract doctrine that holds «penalties» in contracts to be void as against public policy, but upholds «liquidated damages» clauses.

However, the case was appealed and while the appeal court ultimately decided that the separation agreement was void as against public policy, it also noted that courts needed to use caution in finding contracts to be void as contrary to public policy so that the doctrine does not «unduly impinge on the basic right to enforce engagements freely and voluntarily made.»

English courts still hold that prenuptial agreements are against public policy and, while this policy is supposed to be changing, it most certainly hasn't changed yet.

The bill also states that any agreement provision that «waives any substantive or procedural right or remedy relating to a claim of discrimination, retaliation, or harassment shall be deemed against public policy and unenforceable.»

«That's why these arbitration are against public policy, because (in some places) you really don't have a choice,» he says.

It's conduct may be discriminatory, but its neither illegal nor against public policy (quite the contrary).

It seems likely though that any condominium board that wants to initiate litigation but is not able to obtain the necessary consent will argue that the consent requirements in its bylaws are void as against public policy.

It is against public policy for a defendant to be acquitted of a charged offense or convicted of a lesser included offense based upon an appeal to the societal bias that may be possessed by members of a jury.

The decision does not provide additional guidance to determine in future cases whether bylaws requiring unit owner consent to pursue litigation are also against public policy.

As a fair and transparent tendering process is essential to both the construction industry and for public procurement generally, it would seem that an exclusion clause that allows an owner to subvert the system with impunity would be against public policy.

They did not go on to consider whether a more carefully drafted clause would have been unconscionable or against public policy.

Generally speaking such covenants are considered by the courts as a restraint on trade and, as such, as against public policy.

The justices added that to interpret this statute any differently would be against public policy because it would allow insurers to deny motorists coverage in a way that would defeat the purpose of a claimant's buying insurance in the first place.

Description: A whistleblower may disclose financial fraud, health or environmental violations, or anything that is illegal or against public policy.

A judge would give effect to the terms of the contract except where those terms are prohibited or against public policy.

If any outside employment is expressly prohibited, it's probably unenforceable as against public policy.

«We believe however that a right to resist an unlawful police entry into a home is against public policy and is incompatible with modern Fourth Amendment jurisprudence.»

Thus, in Oscanyan v. Winchester Repeating Arms Co., 103 U. S. 261, it was held that, where it was shown by the opening statement of counsel that the contract on which the suit was brought was void as being either in violation of law or against public policy, the trial court might properly direct the jury to find a verdict for the defendant.

Even if a provider desired to provide such coverage, it is against the public policy of most countries to allow such insurance to exist, and thus it is usually illegal.

However, most states strike these clauses as against public policy.

They are against public policy because they encourage murder for profit.

Policies issued on lives where there is no insurable interest are regarded as void from the beginning because they are against public policy.

The executor of the patient's estate challenged the transfer as being void against public policy (as a wager on life — in prior U.S. Supreme Court decisions, life insurance policies could only be assigned to cover debts and only up to the amount of the debt; anything over that amount was considered a wager and against public policy) since Dr. Grigsby did not have an insurable interest in the patient's life.

The purpose of a life insurance contract must also be legal — and it should not go against public policy.

Through the eyes of the law, the policy will be regarded as «null and void» if no insurable interest existed because it went against public policy.

A separation agreement differs from a property settlement because it can contain any terms the parties agree to, as long as they are not against public policy.

A separation agreement can contain any terms the parties agree to, as long as they are not against public policy.

In Massachusetts, it is against public policy to draft a Divorce Agreement; rather final document agreement is called a «Separation Agreement».

The court ruled that the appellate court's ruling would have essentially required the garage owner and other property owners to become insurers of the public safety, which the court stated was against the public policy of California.

Not exact matches

The beleaguered top honchos of the U.S. tech giants undoubtedly will be scrambling to figure out how to minimize the ongoing public - policy and public - opinion backlash against them.

So if you're rethinking your own company's level of LGBT policies and activism in the wake of the Nike - Pacquiao news, keep in mind that your culture's openness to LGBT employees is more than just a rating in an index, or a public stance against a celebrity's remarks.

Among the people who've left or announced departures, either under pressure or for other reasons, are seven executives who had reported to Mr. Kalanick: SVP of Business Emil Michael, who is one of Mr. Kalanick's best friends and was the second-most powerful person at the company; ridesharing president Jeff Jones (ostensibly the No. 2 executive for Uber's core business); head of growth Ed Baker; engineering vice president Amit Singhal; communications and public policy chief Rachel Whetstone; head of finance Gautam Gupta; and Anthony Levandowski, head of Uber's autonomous vehicles program, who was fired amid theft allegations made against him by his former employer.

George Ford, chief economist for the Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal and Public Policy Studies, said EPB got the equivalent of $ 2,000 per customer in federal subsidies to build its citywide fiber optic network Ford said other government - owned utilities, such as one in Bristol, Va., have gotten $ 7,000 or more per subscriber to add telecommunications services that compete against private companies such as AT&T, Comcast and Charter Communications.

New EI policies, designed to hurt rather than help; new appeal mechanisms, rigged against claimants; and employee cuts everywhere, made without rhyme or reason across the public service, as the Parliamentary Budget Office has just reported.

They have lost the capacity to develop a middle - class narrative against the Democrats» cultural libertarianism as part of an agenda of pro-family public policy.

However, your fantasy - based religion does exist, and those of us who actually care about the future of this country have every right to speak out against it being used in public policy.

Few states have ever provided a more cogent explanation for any public policy, and none has ever furnished a more coherent defense of the ban against assisted suicide.

George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of Washington's Ethics and Public Policy Center and the author, most recently, of Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadism.

Conservatives are deeply aggrieved by Supreme Court decisions in the past 30 years that have struck down laws against abortion, laws on homosexuality and certain laws and policies promoting religion in the public square.

Current enthusiasm for civil society is usually traced to the arguments of Vaclav Havel, the Czech president, and others who posited the claims of civil society against the totalitarian claims of communism, and, earlier than that, to the To Empower People manifesto authored by Peter Berger and myself in order to lift up the crucial role of non-governmental «mediating institutions» in public policy.

Applied to militias that have not adopted an anti-Semitic posture, this policy would mean talking no public action against groups whose agendas may be unpopular or even bizarre.

As for the «narrow public witness» against which John Murdock rightly cautions, I really don't think «prioritizing» equals «ignoring,» such that to prioritize the defense of religious freedom and the right to life excludes other issues from the Church's social witness and public policy advocacy.

After a public backlash against the airline, it amended the policy but refused to reimburse Eweida for the wages she lost for the time she was sent home without pay for refusing to hide her cross.