Sentences with phrase «as environmental liabilities»

The Public Accounts / Budget include provisions with respect to certain liabilities, such as environmental liabilities, potential losses resulting from court cases, potential losses on loans and loan guarantees, etc. even though no cash payments have been made.

The Forum is giving also input to DG Environment of the European Commission while developing proposals for EU legislation with a particular relevance for judges, as that is the case with the access to justice proposal, the legal instrument on environmental inspections or when it is evaluating existing legislation such as the environmental liability directive.

An adoption study of parental depression as an environmental liability for adolescent depression and childhood disruptive disorders.

Not exact matches

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

Expenses for other direct program expenses (excluding other transfer payments) could be $ 2 billion higher than estimated in Budget 2012, especially if the Government decides to book the shortfall in the environmental liability as identified by the Commissioner for the Environment and Sustainable Development.

However, as noted above, this includes a $ 2.1 billion environmental liability for AECL.

Or, as pointed out by the federal environment minister McKenna in a letter Thursday to B.C. environment Minister George Heyman, that Canada already has a mountain of regulation to ensure a world - leading regime to transport oil and products, including: the Railway Safety Act, the Pipeline Safety Act, the National Energy Board Act, the Canada Shipping Act, 2001, the Marine Liability Act, the Fisheries Act, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, and that Ottawa has pledged to spend an additional $ 1.5 billion to protect its coasts and marine environment.

For example, last year, FLPC students developed fact sheets on date labeling, tax incentives, and liability protections for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (Mass DEP) and Recycling Works as it rolled out its organic waste ban across the state.

In addition, most of the units that have been sold were done so illegally to limited liability companies and not to low - income families as they were supposed to be, according to Patsy Wooters, a Preserve Ramapo member and the 2010 winner of the Rockland County Executive's Outstanding Environmental Volunteer Award.

Resource companies do sometimes turn out to have hidden environmental liabilities, as do companies in other sectors.

Investors should also consider any off - balance sheet or contingent liabilities that might be incurred in the course of an actual liquidation, such as plant closing and environmental laws.

Standard & Poor's increased Liberty Mutual's rating one level to BBB from BBB - after Berkshire's National Indemnity Co. agreed last week to provide as much as $ 6.5 billion of coverage for the insurance company's liabilities for asbestos, environmental and workers» compensation policies.

I looked at them awhile back and disqualified it as I could not get comfortable with the environmental liability.

Within the Policy Brief, Lehr writes that the ten years following the establishment of the EPA in 1971 he «helped write a significant number of legislative bills that were to make up a true safety net for our environment,» including, «Water Pollution Control Act (later renamed the Clean Water Act), Safe Drinking Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (which, surprisingly, covered deep mines as well), Clean Air Act, Federal Insecticide, Rodenticide, and Fungicide Act, and Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (which we now know as Superfund).»

He has published and presented on significant topics such as groundwater management, environmental lender liability, and California's Prop. 65, and is currently working on an article discussing California's cap and trade programme to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The usual hidden liabilities such as ethical issues and environmental problems could also be deal killers, of course.

Jason Pettus is a civil litigation defense attorney with a strong litigation background through the representation of general contractors, subcontractors, owners, and design professionals in the resolution of all manner of construction issues, including construction / design defect claims, environmental claims and contractual disputes, catastrophic injury, premises liability, and motor vehicle accidents in both state and federal courts, as well as insurance coverage analysis, advisement of clients, and coverage litigation.

Mr. Amantea focuses his practice on environmental, transactional and judicial proceedings, as well as product liability claims and other complex litigation.

This decline might be due, in part, to a decrease in litigation filed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, commonly known as Superfund.

She has a wide range of experience representing clients in contractual disputes and business disputes in Texas, as well as in cases pending throughout the United States, involving product liability, including pharmaceutical product liability, commercial and creative contract negotiations and claims, wrongful death, toxic torts, mass torts, environmental exposures, technology matters, premises liability, deceptive trade practices, and warranty claims.

We routinely handle cases in areas of law such as catastrophic / excess liability; ERISA; class actions; construction practices; general commercial litigation; insurance coverage and bad faith; insurance fraud; insurance professional liability; life health and disability; medical professional liability; product liability; subrogation; and toxic and environmental torts.

This legal regime is very similar to criminal liability, which is very questionable in terms of constitutionality, as the Brazilian Constitution predicts criminal liability for legal entities only in cases of environmental crimes.

During his 21 - year legal career, Mr. Goldberg has litigated hundreds of cases in federal and state courts throughout the United States involving claims of retaliation, discrimination, wrongful termination, fraud, defamation, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract, as well as commercial contract disputes, civil RICO, ERISA, trade secrets and restrictive covenants, corporate governance disputes, minority shareholder disputes, partnership disputes, Madoff counseling and defense, advancement and indemnification proceedings, whistleblower actions (SOX and CEPA), executive compensation counseling, litigation, and arbitration, international litigation and arbitration, antitrust litigation and arbitration, products liability litigation, environmental and toxic tort litigation, and securities fraud.

Her eDiscovery background includes supervising reviews for intellectual property, financial services, pharmaceutical, environmental, employment, and product liability matters, as well as internal and regulatory investigations.

«It's allocation of risk with respect to environmental liabilities, particularly as it relates to asset transactions in the oilpatch,» he says.

His environmental and tort litigation experience includes dozens of products liability actions in California State and Federal District Courts and multi-district litigation proceedings in the Southern District of New York that arise out of MTBE contamination of drinking water aquifers, as well as actions brought under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act («CERCLA»), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act («RCRA»), California Proposition 65, the Clean Air Act, and various state and federal criminal laws, environmental laws, or toenvironmental and tort litigation experience includes dozens of products liability actions in California State and Federal District Courts and multi-district litigation proceedings in the Southern District of New York that arise out of MTBE contamination of drinking water aquifers, as well as actions brought under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act («CERCLA»), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act («RCRA»), California Proposition 65, the Clean Air Act, and various state and federal criminal laws, environmental laws, or tort dliability actions in California State and Federal District Courts and multi-district litigation proceedings in the Southern District of New York that arise out of MTBE contamination of drinking water aquifers, as well as actions brought under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act («CERCLA»), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act («RCRA»), California Proposition 65, the Clean Air Act, and various state and federal criminal laws, environmental laws, or toEnvironmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act («CERCLA»), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act («RCRA»), California Proposition 65, the Clean Air Act, and various state and federal criminal laws, environmental laws, or tort dLiability Act («CERCLA»), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act («RCRA»), California Proposition 65, the Clean Air Act, and various state and federal criminal laws, environmental laws, or toenvironmental laws, or tort doctrines.

Jeffrey J. Parker is a partner in Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP's Los Angeles office, where he specializes in business, products liability, and complex environmental litigation through trial and appeal, as well as environmental law.

From large, multi-party clean up cases to toxic tort class actions as well as contractual disputes over environmental liabilities, Bonnie has handled it all.

Williams litigates disputes involving such issues as antitrust, intellectual property, environmental, RICO, defamation, and product liability.

His representation has ranged from class action and complex commercial and environmental cases to limited jurisdiction premises liability cases and administrative hearings, successfully arguing appellate cases such as Resolution Trust Corp. v. Rossmoor Corp. (1995) 34 Cal.App.4 th 93, Ryan v. Lustre - Cal (2014) WL 7384613, McCormick v. San Pedro Bait Co., Inc. (2009) WL 4801962 and the federal district court decision, Ameripride Services, Inc. v. Valley Industrial Service, Inc. (2007 E.D. Cal.)

White - collar criminal litigation is one area in which practitioners have not been as quick to adopt the use of litigation graphics as in other litigation areas such as intellectual property, environmental litigation, or products liability.

Mr. Peloso has litigated environmental matters involving hundreds of millions of dollars, including serving as lead counsel in a $ 300 million plus Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) action related to a Rhode Island Suenvironmental matters involving hundreds of millions of dollars, including serving as lead counsel in a $ 300 million plus Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) action related to a Rhode Island SuEnvironmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) action related to a Rhode Island Superfund site.

He includes companies such as AIG (American International Group) among his clients, representing the organization in complex insurance litigation arising from financial lines, excess liability, and environmental matters.

Representation as lead counsel in defending a drum recycling company in a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) action in U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island concerning the Centredale Manor Restoration Project Superfund site in North Providence, Rhode Island.

During the 1970s there were a variety of laws passed on subjects such as consumer protection, tenant rights, environmental protection, workplace safety regulation, and intellectual property that generally speaking expanded the scope of civil liability.

The key feature of this type of policy is the provision of long - term protection against identified environmental risks as well as unknown sudden, accidental, gradual and historical pollution liabilities that have not been identified by the parties during an M&A transaction.

BAT Industries v Sequana Acting for BAT Industries in a multi-party, multi-jurisdictional commercial dispute concerning liability for environmental pollution of rivers in the United States, and a claim in Chancery Division for over US$ 800 million in respect of dividends paid out by a company in the face of a contingent indemnity liability in respect of such pollution, allegedly unlawfully, in breach of fiduciary duty and as a transaction defrauding creditors under s423 Insolvency Act 1986.

J. Owen Todd, a partner in the firm, serves as a mediator and arbitrator in the resolution of civil disputes, including matters of product liability, environmental issues, complex commercial litigation, employment discrimination and harassment, patent and copyright claims, divorce, probate litigation, and personal injury claims.

We often act for the insurance industry in complex matters involving municipal, environmental, and other liabilities, as well as subrogation.

Over the two decades that followed, our lawyers have excelled in this field, taking on class proceedings in such diverse areas as drugs and products liability, airplane disasters, infections diseases, and environmental claims.

In turn, individuals will want to consider whether and in what circumstances they are prepared to serve as directors or officers of corporations that are exposed to significant environmental liability.

Columbus, OH: $ 5.6 million verdict for a man who developed testicular cancer as a result of drinking C - 8 contaminated drinking water (environmental contamination liability)

Otjen, Gendelman, Zitzer, Johnson & Weir's general liability defense practice encompasses the areas of auto liability (including uninsured and underinsured motorist claims), premises liability, products liability, trucking claims, construction accidents and construction defects, fire loss, environmental liability, and toxic torts, as well as the defense of non-medical professional claims (architect and engineer, insurance and real estate agents, and attorneys).

Every business should carry general liability insurance as it protects the business from property damage, bodily injury, advertising injury, environmental impact, and personal injury claims.

She defends clients in cases involving personal injury, products liability, as well as complex environmental and toxic tort matters.

Marte J. Bassi is a Partner who concentrates his practice on large product liability toxic tort cases, such as asbestos and environmental contamination.

As Queen's Counsel in both criminal and civil fields, Gerard specialises in many aspects of regulatory work and has acted in recent major cases involving catastrophic road, air, chemical, nuclear, construction, rail, shipping, product liability and environmental matters.

His litigation repertoire includes a variety of subject matters, such as trade regulation in the media field, engineering liability, commercial land use and regulation, eminent domain, environmental regulation, intellectual property and construction disputes.

Lawyers with the firm are engaged in virtually every legal specialty, including real property, corporate and business, environmental, wills and estates, taxation, employment matters, insurance law, administrative law, banking, bankruptcy, busy trial in areas such as personal injury, products liability, professional malpractice and insurance claims.