Sentences with phrase «ahead of the public interest»

New York lawmakers who continue to block funding for them are putting ideology ahead of the public interest.

All of these candidates who pulled out of public financing put political need ahead of public interest.

I am not a huge fan of Roger Pielke Jr.'s; I think he can be seriously wrong sometimes, and I think sometimes he puts his own interests ahead of the public interest.

The law societies that denied Trinity Western its accreditation, especially those that did it on the basis of referenda, put their members» political agenda ahead of the public interest in having reasonably - educated (as all concede Trinity Western's graduates will be) lawyers competing to provide legal services.

A sensible balance is needed, and that does not happen when the law schools put their bank accounts ahead of the public interest and when the government sticks its head in the sand.

If you wouldn't, then what you're claiming is that there's something about the relationship between lawyers and paralegals that makes it necessary for us to conclude that, at least as a group — therefore necessarily individually in some cases — the people who make up the Benchers will put self - interest (meaning the interest of lawyers) ahead of the public interest (whatever that means).

Not exact matches

«The lack of investment, the greed, incompetence, corruption, hypocrisy and downright arrogance of people who put their interests ahead of the public's,» writes O'Shea, have decimated the newspaper sector more than the Internet ever could have.

But in the large majority of cases it was evident to us that they put the public's welfare ahead of private interests.

As reported in the Globe and Mail on Oct. 31, the judge ruled that the Law Society had put the commercial interests of its members ahead of its statutory duty to protect the public interest.

But we believe government should not shirk from making tough decisions in public... It's time to put the public interest ahead of partisan interests.»

In his opening remarks (4:50), Sen. Bill Nelson, D - Florida, tells Wilbur Ross, «It tells me you are committed to doing the job the right way, by placing the public's interest ahead of your own.»

The decision was taken to delay kick off for an hour in the interests of public safety, because as seen in the videos below, up to 20,000 Koln fans arrived in London ahead of the game.

Public interest should b ahead of Ospina interest, Ospina form is down now.

We've failed because we've placed private profit and special interests ahead of public health.

Paul will put the public interest ahead of the special interests that are dividing and damaging this great city.»

«In making these recommendations, we urge you to go beyond the «usual suspects» that are often appointed on public commissions, and ask that the appointees publicly pledge to put the interests of the public ahead of their appointing authorities,» the groups write.

I think she has put the country's interests ahead of her own and demonstrated she's a true public servant.»

«Otherwise there are those citizens of the public who would conclude, if they have not already concluded, that these members have placed their own interests ahead of all other citizens of this state to the benefit of their own personal and selfish interests, and that those same people may also conclude and define that conduct as rude, inconsiderate and egotistical.»

As State Senator, Sara will fight to make sure that every New Yorker has access to quality public education, good jobs with benefits and a path to retirement, and elected representation that puts community ahead of outside corporate interests.

The most obvious example of public sector union hypocrisy is in education, where the teachers unions almost invariably put the interests of the union ahead of the interests of teachers, and put the interests of students last.

«So long as districts continue to ignore the crushing reality of the looming financial crisis at the hands of unfunded retiree liabilities, and so long as the Legislature fails to fundamentally overhaul the authorizing structure in California, we anticipate that powerful special interests will continue to use charter public schools as a red herring to avoid the hard decisions that lie ahead,» continued Marquez.

Hoping to drum up interest in his company ahead of its planned Initial Public Offering, Tesla CEO Elon Musk hit Wall Street and made a Road Show presentation to potential investors in which he revealed three new products the company is planning based off the Model S platform.

In fact, the ONLY example I can think of where a person can actually come out ahead by borrowing money is when public corporations issue bonds to investors on which they pay regular interest payments.

Teens have a long life of payments ahead of them, and aren't developmentally capable of making smart long - term decisions — which is why the U.S. Public Interest Research Group raised concern that 80 % of young adult students had received direct mail from credit card companies, and 22 % received four phone calls per month offering credit cards.

In a column on The Times Op - Ed page, four scientists from a team of specialists independently assessing the volume of oil gushing from BP's destroyed seabed well provide more evidence that the company can not be trusted to put the public interest ahead of its corporate interests as this disaster continues to unfold.

Ahead of his hearing Friends of the Earth Europe revealed fresh evidence about his links to the oil industry and his long history of conflicts of interest, and there was growing public opposition to his appointment.

Government lawyers and superheroes also hold great power and must use it to advance the public interest ahead of all else.

To see how the Internet can work to increase transparency in government and political awareness in the (interested) population, take a look at four British websites that take public involvement well ahead of what's being done in this country:

That is why we need benchers who put the public interest ahead of the interests of the litigation bar.

Ottawa) The Public Interest Advocacy Centre, a member of the travel industry and consumer coalition the Travel Protection Initiative (TPI) that pushed for all - in price advertising for airline prices in the previous decade, expressed its satisfaction that Transport Canada will finally move ahead to implement the legislation that mandates airline regulations to provide a ticket price to passengers inclusive of all extra charges.

Another interesting week ahead for law news... I am planning to do some televised short voxpop interviews with members of the public about legal news stories when I return to London.

I wish that the LSUC would set up a committee with just that mandate instead of continuing to waste its time looking at ways to sell our independence and the true public interest out to nonlawyer entities that intelligence and experience show are and will increasingly be anti-competitive, will add two more layers of overhead, will put profit seeking on behalf of remote shareholders ahead of our ethos of giving advice that is in the best interests of the client not ourselves.

If I were a Bencher, I'd be pissed at your suggestion I'm incapable of putting the public interest ahead of my own.

And as we've seen, we can't always count on lawyers to put the public interest ahead of their own interest when deciding how their supply will meet that demand.

It also requires a weighing of the damage to the public interest should the proceeding go ahead against the harm to the public interest in enforcement should the proceeding be halted.

Put the long - term public interest ahead of your own.

Brought by the Australian Green Party, the attempt to block the building of the new Apple Store in Federation Square claimed that the government was putting corporate interests ahead of those of the public.