Sentences with phrase «as legal leaders»

«As legal leaders in Canada, we are duty - bound not only to advocate for greater inclusion, but also to act to generate the positive impact we want to see in our businesses and communities,» said Desjardins, senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, corporate social responsibility chairman, with Bombardier.

Our lawyers are recognized far and wide as legal leaders regarding medical malpractice, car accident, and trucking accident claims.

Over the course of her more than 27 - year career, Ms. Scott has been recognized as a legal leader.

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Boutique law firms Borrello Legal and Graham & Associates have joined forces, with principal partner Mark Borrello saying the merger would provide a solid platform to establish the company as a leader in property, commercial law, and dispute resolution.

Ms. Powell Jobs has become a leader in pushing for decade - old legislation known as the Dream Act, a measure that would provide legal status for immigrants who arrived in the country as young children.

As a recognized legal expert in the field and a leader in shareholder advocacy, Jonas regularly represents Trillium in the media, at public events, and with clients.

This has long been the consensus advice from economists and multilateral institutions such as the World Bank, whose recent «China 2030» report argues that Chinese leaders should strengthen the role of markets and liberalize legal, financial and other institutions governing the economy.

Uber Technologies Inc.'s net loss widened to $ 1.46 billion in the third quarter, according to people with knowledge of the matter, as the ride - hailing leader struggled to fend off competition, legal challenges and regulatory scrutiny.

He has become known as a thought leader in this innovative area and is working closely with other Gowling WLG professionals as part of a fully - integrated fin tech legal practice group.

«It is not a stable source of value, and it doesn't constitute legal tender,» she told reporters at her last press conference as leader of the central bank.

And as an elected political leader his task is not to render a legal opinion but to bring his best judgment, including moral judgment, to bear on public policy.

At a meeting of the National Council of Churches he asked, not for any legal restriction but a «a voluntary agreement among religious leaders of all faiths that from now on they would not resort to conversions because the social logic of conversions is not valid now», that the promise of liberation from caste structure has not been fulfilled as proved by the fact that it persists in all religious communities; and any attempt to organize Hinduism as a religious community like others of the prophetic tradition has been a failure.

My point, is that as «church», we invest a huge amount of trust and power in the hands of our (ex) leaders, who tend to justify their «annointed» position by invoking God with a cut and paste scriptural legal treatise underpinning their position!

«As Christian leaders, we have a commitment to caring for the vulnerable in our churches while also supporting just, compassionate, and welcoming policies toward refugees and other immigrants,» the letter opens, going on to request legal protection for the Dreamers who entered the US as children, an increase in the admittance of refugees and persecuted Christians, and quicker priority for immigrants seeking to reunite with their familieAs Christian leaders, we have a commitment to caring for the vulnerable in our churches while also supporting just, compassionate, and welcoming policies toward refugees and other immigrants,» the letter opens, going on to request legal protection for the Dreamers who entered the US as children, an increase in the admittance of refugees and persecuted Christians, and quicker priority for immigrants seeking to reunite with their familieas children, an increase in the admittance of refugees and persecuted Christians, and quicker priority for immigrants seeking to reunite with their families.

Leaders from nearly 90 evangelical seminaries, publications, ministries, and churches — as well as Catholic and Orthodox clergy — signed a statement last month rejecting any legal efforts to protect sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).

While many food and beverage leaders are tinkering with their current offerings, most are missing a huge opportunity with a product that's as old as nature itself: the increasingly legal marijuana plant.

Our attorneys have served in leadership and advisory roles in legal organizations, including the American Bar Association and serve as leaders in various community organizations.

Democratic Unionist party (DUP) leader Peter Robinson is back as Northern Ireland's first minister, after claiming his wife's scandal did not pose a legal threat to him.

Barring a successful legal challenge from Republicans, Democrat Todd Kaminsky is likely to be seated as the next senator from the 9th district, replacing scandal - scarred Dean Skelos, the former majority leader.

What promises to be a lengthy and sleep - inducing Senate debate over legal status for «Dreamers» got off to a rocky start, as Senate Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer clashed with his Republican counterpart over the unrelated topic of sanctuary cities.

As federal courts move to decide whether to intervene on the Congressional redistricting process, the last ditch legal efforts on behalf of Albany's legislative leaders to dismiss the lawsuit was rejected by a three judge panel this evening.

Thus, to appoint a person who is clearly biased against Israel, who believes that a call to destroy a sovereign state should be regarded solely as «political views» and who justifies his legal opinion to bring an Israeli political leader to justice based on mistaken facts, if not on his fertile imagination, is incomprehensible.

Alban Bagbin has become the face of Ghanaian politics not for his 25 years so far in parliament and still counting, but for the extraordinary role he played as two terms Minority Leader, twice Majority Leader and Chairman of some strategic committees of Parliament such as Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Committee, which he chaired twice, Public Accounts and Appointments Committee.

This time the cases of Sheldon Silver, former speaker of the Assembly, and Dean Skelos, former majority leader of the Senate, are being watched nationwide as test cases of federal prosecutors» ability to win public - corruption convictions under a new legal standard.

Former State Senate Leader Dean Skelos was stone - faced and silent as he left a federal courthouse where a jury found him and his son Adam guilty of public corruption charges today, after a four - week trial and just about eight hours of deliberations — but attorneys for both men said they would pursue legal challenges to the verdict.

Legislative Ethics Commission Commissioner John J. Nigro, who had been active with the Joe Bruno Legal Defense Fund before Bruno's conviction Dec. 7, is continuing his support as the former Republican leader awaits sentencing for two fraud convictions.

The Nassau County - based Skelos, who works for Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, a major Long Island law firm that represents dozens of powerful businesses before state agencies, voluntarily revealed last year that he was paid as much as $ 250,000 in private legal fees in 2009, when he was Senate minority leader.

Tuesday's rhetoric is the same as Cuomo's position earlier this year after Silver — the longtime leader of the State Assembly — was indicted for pocketing $ 4 million in legal fees that prosecutors proved were little more than bribes for official favors.

The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs had been asked to choose between two rival groups that claim they have the legal right to accept federal aid as the Cayuga Nation's recognized leaders.

But Flanagan does not expect Skelos's legal troubles to push new reform measures even as Albany faces an unprecedented session in which two legislative leaders have resigned their posts due to separate arrests only months apart.

Deputy Senate Minority Leader Mike Gianaris said the Senate and Assembly Democrats were in talks about a potential legal challenge to the MOU, which he saw as a slippery slope and something that established a dangerous precedent.

Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeffrey Klein said the law requiring victims of sex abuse to seek legal recourse before their 23rd birthday should be eliminated not just for civil cases, but for criminal cases as well.

But he added this time that with Silver's mounting legal troubles, the very system Albany runs on of having in essence the two top leaders in the Legislature, plus the governor, decide things strikes him as problematic.

Before being elected to the Council, Minority Leader Oddo served as chief - of - staff for Mr. Fusco and Legal Counsel for former Minority Leader Thomas V. Ognibene.

As the program was coming to a close, Legislator Lorigo met with Felissa Masumbuko, 4 - H Youth CAN Teen Leader Intern and Global Concepts student, to learn more about her internship with Legal Services for the Elderly, Disabled, and Disadvantaged of WNY.

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Dozens of New York politicians have faced legal or ethics charges since 2000, including John Sampson, who replaced Smith as the Senate's Democratic leader and who is currently on trial in Brooklyn federal court for alleged obstruction of justice.

Democratic leaders of the California legislature have hired former attorney general Eric Holder as they prepare for «the legal fight of a generation» against the incoming administration.

Additionally, prosecutors say Silver's position as the leader of the state Assembly put him in a position to force two prominent real estate developers, Glenwood Management and the Witkoff Group, to hire attorney Jay Goldberg of Goldberg & Iryami to represent them in complex legal matters.

Decision lays the legal framework for garnishing the pensions of convicted former lawmakers such as ex-Majority Leader Dean Skelos and ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Kolb became minority leader in 2009, when Republicans grew frustrated as then - leader Jim Tedisco, of suburban Schenectady, unsuccessfully ran for Congress and steered resources to help pay legal bills for Bill Sherman, a top aide.

They are Sheriff as the National Chairman; Prof. Wale Oladapo (National Secretary); Dennis Alonge - Niyi (Deputy National Youth Leader); Alhaji Bashir Maidugu (Deputy National Legal Advier); Mrs. Hanatu Ulam (Deputy National Women Leader); Alhaji Lawa Dutsima Anchi (Deputy National Auditor); Chief Okey Nnadozie (Deputy National Organising Secretary); and Chief Olia Metuh (National Publicity Secretary).

«The majority leader felt he had the authority, and he's got legal opinion to suggest it's correct, the authority to move the stipends around as long as he didn't exceed the amount of the stipends,» DeFrancisco said.

In the words of the National Conference leader Syed Mir Qasim, India had the «legal» as well as «moral» justification to send in the army through the Maharaja's accession and the people's support of it.

Family loyalty angle But legal and political experts alike expect the Skelos lawyers to try to turn the family narrative to their advantage, recasting the ugly allegations as a more sympathetic story of parental love for a child who needed help that may resonate, and arguing that any quid pro quos were imagined by people who wanted to curry favor with the GOP leader.

Green Party leaders congratulated voters in Kent, Ohio, for passing Issue 43, which called for a constitutional amendment to end corporate personhood and abolish the legal definition of money as free speech, as well as establishment of an annual «Democracy Day» public hearing for residents to testify on the effect of big contributions from corporations and the wealthy on elections.

Foster, who has repeatedly criticised Mr Corbyn's tenure as party leader, launched a failed legal bid to block him from the leadership ballot triggered by a shadow cabinet revolt last summer.

District Leader Jenifer Rajkumar, along with MFY Legal Services and University Settlement, will be holding as free legal clinic on the Lower East Side tomoLegal Services and University Settlement, will be holding as free legal clinic on the Lower East Side tomolegal clinic on the Lower East Side tomorrow.

He favors full public financing of state campaigns, adding, «The legislators should be banned from taking outside income,» a harsh remedy for the legal corruption that dominates Albany politics, but one that has become increasingly plausible as more has been revealed about the influence - peddling legislative leaders are able to do, to their personal enrichment.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Association of Erie County Governments urgently asks Governor Andrew M. Cuomo & the Legislative leaders to suspend this law as soon as possible and to look at all of the aspects of gun control using the proper legal procedure to bring about a law that will address gun control in a more logical manner, focusing on the real issues related to gun control — a law that will strengthen the effect on public safety and not infringe upon our constitutional rights.