Sentences with phrase «attorneys general changed»

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Lamar Smith (R. - Tx), who heads the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, has demanded that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman turn over all communication since 2012 between his office and climate change campaigners whose research led to him opening his probe.

According to a source close to the matter, Urban's change had been in the works before the company received a letter from New York's attorney general in the spring.

Uber's board is working together to implement the changes recommended in a 13 - page report by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who conducted a months - long investigation of the company.

The only thing that changed today is the attorney general's mind.»

«The game has been played — legally — in New York for years and years, but after the Attorney General realized he could now get himself some press coverage, he decided a game that has been around for a long, long time is suddenly now not legal... The only thing that changed today is the Attorney General's mind.»

Three attorneys general want Google to change the way its search engine displays results, accusing the company of helping facilitate the sale of illegal goods.

If I am fortunate enough to be confirmed as Attorney General, I will certainly review and evaluate those policies, including the original justifications for the memorandum, as well as any relevant data and how circumstances may have changed or how they may change in the future.»

The attorney generals from 20 states announced plans to work with environmental campaign groups on ongoing or potential investigations into whether Exxon misled investors decades ago about the impact their business had on climate change.

In a report published on June 13, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who led Uber's internal investigation, recommended some sweeping management changes at Uber in the wake of its numerous scandals.

New York attorney - general Eric Schneiderman is suing ExxonMobil for covering up its knowledge about climate change and lying to investors.

The changes grew out of two efforts by states to aid consumers: a 2015 settlement negotiated by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and the three credit reporting agencies and an agreement shortly afterward between the agencies and 31 state attorneys gGeneral Eric Schneiderman and the three credit reporting agencies and an agreement shortly afterward between the agencies and 31 state attorneys generalgeneral.

Peabody Energy has a responsibility to be honest with investors and the public about the risks posed by climate change, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said in announcing the settlement with Peabody Monday.

After it was revealed that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office is investigating what oil giant ExxonMobil knew about climate change compared to what it told the public and investors, reaction poured in quickly.

In settling with the New York attorney general's office, Peabody agreed to file revised shareholder disclosures with the SEC that accurately represent climate change risks to investors and the public.

Pulling the same legal levers as those involved in its climate change investigation of ExxonMobil, the New York state attorney general's office obtained an agreement from coal giant Peabody Energy to end misleading statements and disclose risks associated with global warming.

They are just one way Airbnb is hoping to change its image; earlier this month, the company announced it had hired former U.S. attorney general Eric Holder to help draft an anti-discrimination policy.

After noted CNN - hater President Trump took office, the White House enlisted a respected antitrust lawyer, Makan Delrahim, who had earlier told reporters that the merger shouldn't be a big deal; after becoming the U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, he changed his mind and said it was a problem.

Peter MacKay, Canada's Attorney General in the Harper government has gone on record as opposing any immunity for sex traffickers as a result of Section 230 changes brought in through NAFTA negotiations.

Counter-intuitive as it sounds, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions» decision to repeal the previous administration's Cole Memorandum — which had reduced federal enforcement of cannabis offences — could prove a catalyst for change, said Agnese.

In the 216 - page proposal released today, the department said the changes came in direct response to Trump's executive order on religious liberty issued last May and Attorney General Jeff Sessions's guidance on religious liberty released in October:

An online petition and a complaint to the Illinois Attorney General are ways Plainfield residents are fighting back against a new executive director and changes made by the park board.

Shadow equalities minister Kate Green said the fact the change had already been in place for several years in Scotland suggested the attorney general was over-reacting.

As Cuomo spokesman Josh Vlasto told the TU: «If the attorney general wants to propose the legal change, he should do it.»

With all the attention being paid to the GOP battles for the gubernatorial and US Senate nominations, the fact that the party still has no state attorney general candidate has gone largely unmentioned, but that might be able to change.

Schneiderman's campaign has made choice a signature focus, using it as a cudgel with which to smash his GOP / Conservative opponent, Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, who is personally pro-life, but insists he won't actively seek to change state law in this arena the way attorneys general have done in other states.

A lot has changed since Wall Street lawyer Manny Alicandro officially announced his candidacy for New York State Attorney General.

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In particular section 5 prohibits these jurisdictions from legislating any changes to their voter laws without preapproval from the US Attorney General or the US District court for D.C. to ensure the law will not impact protected minority groups.

Alicandro is challenging two - term Democratic Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a staunch critic of President Donald Trump, filing legal challenges to his administration's regulatory changes on the environment and immigration.

NEW YORK — Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman tonight offered a sharp critique of Albany's long history of ethical lapses and past claims of reform, and made comprehensive proposals to fundamentally change New York State government by striking at the root causes of corruption.

The Attorney General's proposed legislative changes go further than any package previously proposed by a statewide elected official or legislative leader.

As Attorney General of New York and over the past two terms as governor, Andrew Cuomo has vindicated the promise of progressive government by heeding a simple philosophy: deliver real change in real time.

The New York State attorney general had just had one of the most important weeks of his career: The previous day, he and other state attorneys general had announced a settlement with big banks over bad mortgage foreclosure practices — a deal that Schneiderman had blocked for months before forcing a change to allow further claims against the banks.

«I was shocked to learn that the state's budget process is a sham that mirrors the deceptive practices I fought to change in the private sector,» Cuomo said, referring to Wall Street abuses he challenged in his previous job as New York's attorney general.

``...... As your Attorney General, I will fight for LGBT equality, I will use the Civil Rights Bureau to aggressively enforce discrimination laws, and I will use the office's power to force change.»

Attorney General Schneiderman praised Governor Andrew M. Cuomo for pushing ethics reform as part of the State budget process, but called for more dramatic changes, even if doing so delayed enactment of the budget.

Attorney General Schneiderman's bold proposals adds his strong voice to a crescendoing effort to not only change our state's laws, but to change how the people's business is done in our state capitol.»

To address what he called «the stranglehold that political contributions have on our government,» the Attorney General's plan also includes fundamental changes to New York State's campaign finance system:

However, a spokesperson for Attorney General Eric Schneiderman declared that the ruling didn't change the fact that Ortt's wife, Meghan, was paid for a no - show job.

· A Four - Year Term For The Legislature: Calling it a «a game changer,» Attorney General Schneiderman proposed a constitutional amendment to change the length of legislators» terms to four years, in order to end the two - year cycle of non-stop re-election fundraising and campaigning.

In announcing the decision to repeal the Obama - era DACA program, Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who announced the change at the Justice Department, both used the aggrieved language of anti-immigrant activists, arguing that those in the country illegally are lawbreakers who hurt native - born Americans by usurping their jobs and pushing down wages.

New York's attorney general Eric Schneiderman considers Secretary of State Rex Tillerson a central figure in his expanding investigation into whether ExxonMobil misled investors about the impact of climate change.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has formally announced his support of Assemblyman Richard Brodsky's state attorney general run, saying he's «proud» of the outspoken Westchester Democrat has taken on «difficult and controversial matters, and changed the outcomes.»

In 2009, while still attorney general, Cuomo changed the law to make it easier to dissolve municipalities with citizen referenda.

The bills creating the various agencies presumably give the President the authority to make cost of living adjustments to the salary of the position, but regardless unless the Attorney General position's salary was changed by Congress since he took office, he has never voted on the position's «Emoluments.»

A conservative environmental law group is suing Attorney General Eric Schneiderman over his effort to investigate whether Exxon - Mobil misrepresented its position on climate change.

Top attorneys led by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and former Vice President Al Gore announced a collective effort to investigate Exxon Mobil over environmentalist claims that the company misled the public about its role in climate change.

Probably the most significant change happened in May, when state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a consent decree with University Heights landlord Jeremy Dunn, whose 51 properties on Winspear and Northrup had been the scenes of more than 500 calls to 911 in the previous three years.

NEW YORK, NY — New York's top law enforcement job may not change hands any time soon despite the political scramble to permanently replace former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

«The Times Union refuses to acknowledge... that we have always taken the position, whether as attorney general or as governor, that legislative oversight requires a change of the law,» Vlasto said.