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To identify potential legal gaps, the assessment looks at key laws, regulations, decrees, and orders relevant to climate change mitigation and adaptation across key sectors of the economy.

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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.

A key feature of the law involves the 20 percent deduction for pass - through income — that is, business income that is taxed at an individual tax rate instead of through the corporate tax structure.

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.

Iceland's law stands out in a key way: Companies and organizations with at least 25 full - time employees must actually obtain government certification proving their pay policies are based on factors such as education, skills and performance, not gender.

Ida - Gaye Warburton, who worked on Malvo's defense team while a law student at Washington & Lee University, said being able to track down both expert and character witnesses, who knew Malvo independently of Muhammad, was key to the defense.

That was a big deal, legally speaking, because gender stereotyping was key to one of the biggest Supreme Court cases upholding federal anti-discrimination laws, involving a woman's inability to make partner at the former accounting firm Price Waterhouse.

Garry Mathiason, a longtime litigator at the labor and employment law firm Littler Mendelson, can remember a key moment that cemented his interest in how fast - changing technologies intersect with law.

«People who do private - equity investments right are very shrewd and very driven to focus on key issues like investment return and exit strategies,» says Gary Simon, a partner at the New York City - based law firm Jenkens & Gilchrist Parker Chapin.

All told, these three laws contain eight different small business tax cuts, including the exclusion of up to 75 % capital gains on key small business investments, a tax credit for the cost of health insurance for small business employees, and new tax credits for hiring Americans who had been out of work for at least two months.

Graber may know a lot more about data breaches than the average lawyer — he is a key lawyer for plaintiffs in the massive data breach at Anthem Inc. that «compromised the personal identification and health information of more than 80 million customers of the health care company,» according to the law firm.

Along with the importance of these relationships, are several other key features: the nested hierarchies of organisation at hundreds - if not thousands - of different levels on this planet... the same laws of physics and chemistry function throughout the universe, and everything is related to everything else, often in highly differentiated ways.

Along with the importance of these relationships are several other key features: the nested hierarchies of organisation at hundreds - if not thousands - of different levels on this planet... the same laws of physics and chemistry function throughout the universe, and everything is related to everything else... as any system or organism is always a part of some larger system, organism or ecology, it in turn fulfils a certain function, or set of functions - which is often interpreted as having a certain «purpose» within that larger system.

The law is the key to our perpetually selective outrage at South African apartheid.

These key founders along with others like Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, and more, were far from fundamentalist Christians at the time in their lives when they were writing the laws that we still live by today in this country, fred.

He was a key person in the passage of SB 09 - 226, a law in Colorado requiring all school districts to have a policy to keep food allergic children safe at school, and helped flipped senators and representatives from a «no» to a «yes» vote through his testimony.

Our department serves as a leader in advocating for strong conservation laws and programs, and public participation is the key to accomplishing Mass Audubon's objectives at the State House.

Next up: a certain Barack Hussein Obama (of the 1600 Pennsylvania Obamas) is the keynote speaker at tonight's National Women's Law Center Annual Awards dinner, where we'll be paying tribute to 15 women Freedom Riders, key figures in the 1960s civil rights movement.

At the same time, Klein has argued key issues such as strengthening abortion laws still would not be accomplished with a Democratic majority.

In voting to repeal Obama's signature health care law, House Republicans finally delivered on a key Trump administration goal and on a campaign promise that they have made for the better part of a decade — but at a potentially steep political price.

At the University of Oxford Alumni Weekend, 17 September 2011, Dr Hugo Slim and Professor Jennifer Welsh, from the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict (ELAC), discussed the concept of the «Responsibility to Protect» or R2P in contemporary international relations, and its role in key cases such as Libya and post-election violence in Kenya.

As a professor at Fordham Law School, the author of important books on political and economic policy, a key figure in Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign, and a visionary organizer on behalf of banking and business reforms, she understands that the Democratic Party must move toward progressive populism in order to become more than a tepid alternative to Republican extremism.

Rowan Wilson, a low - key and self - effacing corporate lawyer specializing in antitrust and intellectual property, as well as civil rights law, appeared at a friendly hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

In New York City, law enforcement is stepping up its presence at key areas in the wake of the explosion.

I also asked Heastie if he's concerned about the governor's increased reliance of late on his executive powers to circumvent the Legislature on key policy issues like a minimum wage increase for the state's fast food workers and creation of a special prosecutor to handle cases in which unarmed civilians die at the hands of law enforcement officers.

But public financing of elections, a system designed to take the big money out of politics, would be «key» to any ethical reforms of state government, he said Wednesday at a daylong symposium on ethics and government at Albany Law School.

Cuomo at the time insisted the program could be folded if law enforcement officials determine it is being abused — a component that was key to him agreeing to backing the bill that had been pushed for the last several years by state lawmakers.

There are some key changes, however: Flanagan has left his law firm, where he was of counsel and earned at least $ 100,000.

Steve Williams, one of three candidates seeking the Democratic designation to run for CNY's congressional seat, NY - 24, picked up some key support from Long Island Rep. Steve Israel, who headlined a fundraiser for Williams at the candidate's law office in downtown Syracuse.

But Senator DeFrancisco said while he likes and respects Fiala, her positions on key issues, like Cuomo's gun control act, which she's been for, and hydrofracking, which she's against, may put her at odds with many in the district who resent the gun laws and wanted the natural gas drilling to help the stumbling economy.

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But Senator DeFrancisco says while he likes and respects Fiala, her positions on key issues, like Cuomo's gun control act, which she's been for, and hydrofracking, which she's against, may put her at odds with many in the district who resent the gun laws and wanted the natural gas drilling to help the stumbling economy.

At the same time, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who publicly insists he wants meaningful ethics reform, is privately resisting one of Cuomo's key proposals, a requirement that all lawmakers disclose the clients they represent in their private law firms, legislative insiders said.

Alexander is a key player in the spending cuts programme and Laws, an Englishman, could hardly replace Moore at the Scottish Office.

And at the least opportunity, the NPP finds it prudent to remind us all that it is a law abiding political grouping and that her key principles include the rule of law.

The Tories have been slammed for an «appalling» decision to push through key stages of a housing law at 3 am.

Rowan Wilson, a low - key and self - effacing corporate lawyer specializing in anti-trust and intellectual property, among other things, as well as civil rights law, appeared at a friendly hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

While the principle of «innocent until proven guilty,» also known as the «presumption of innocence,» isn't explicitly mentioned in the United States Constitution (though it is part of the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, a key document of the French Revolution), it is long considered one the most fundamental principles of the American justice system.In 1895, the U.S. Supreme Court declared in Coffin v. United States that «the principle that there is a presumption of innocence in favor of the accused is the undoubted law, axiomatic and elementary, and its enforcement lies at the foundation of the administration of our criminal law.»

REBNY has traditionally focused its lobbying efforts — and dollars — on candidates for state office rather than in New York City, for two main reasons, Lerner said: First, the city's relatively stringent campaign finance laws have historically made it harder for special interest groups to gain as much influence here; and second, although many key issues — such as 421a tax abatements — affect only New York City, they are decided at the state level.

But DeFrancisco says while he likes and respects Fiala, her positions on key issues — like Cuomo's gun control act, which she's been for, and hydrofracking, which she's against — may put her at odds with many in the district who resent the gun laws and wanted the natural gas drilling to help the stumbling economy.

With a growing consensus in the global health community that Hepatitis C (HCV) could be eliminated, a new report from the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University highlights a key missing element needed to achieving complete eliminationâ $ «adequate surveillance and monitoringâ $ «and explains how modest investments would improve lives and save money.

Surely your report on cryptography and quantum entanglement is quoting a key law of sympathetic magic, as set out by James Frazer in The Golden Bough: things once in contact continue to interact at a distance (20 July, p 15).

The panel's feedback led to some key conclusions, says the team's leader Susan Wolf, a law and bioethics expert at the University of Minnesota, who expects the final recommendations to guide future policy in the area.

In a new study from the University of Pennsylvania, a group of researchers have identified key intervention points where patients perceived overlap between healthcare and law enforcement activities: at the scene of injury; in transport to the hospital; during emergency care; and throughout hospitalization and rehabilitation.

Shin Chang - Hoon, director of the International Law and Conflict Resolution Center and the Asan Nuclear Policy and Technology Center at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, said the keys to preventing CBRN disasters relate to both social and scientific responsibility.

The power law model population is dependent on four key parameters: How fast the number of planets changes with planet mass, how fast the number of planets changes with orbital distance, the outer-most orbital distance at which a planet can be detected, and the combination of mass and orbital distance that produces the most planets (the «pivot point»).

For me, going straight to law school while I was young, could live at home and devote all of my attention to school was key.

She was a divorced mom of three with few employment prospects who talked her way into a job at a law firm, began an investigation on her own initiative and played a key role in a pollution suit that cost Pacific Gas & Electric a $ 333 million settlement.

Edith is surrounded by secrets, with a husband she barely knows and a sister - in - law gliding through the house with a heavy key chain rattling at her waist.

Every actor in this movie is terrific — from key players like Sharma as Sehmat's kind father - in - law to the guy working at the flower stall and the sympathetic military wives — enabling Raazi to cast a spell that never breaks.