Sentences with phrase «between states act»

For the first time with this EDF judgment, the CJEU attempts to set criteria in order to distinguish between the State acting as shareholder and the State exercising public power.

Not exact matches

The class action, filed in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, and docketed under 18 - cv - 02213, is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired BRF American Depositary Receipts («ADRs») between April 4, 2013 and March 2, 2018, both dates inclusive (the «Class Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the «Exchange Act») and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.

The class action, filed in United States District Court, for the District of Illinois, Eastern Division, is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Akorn's securities between March 1, 2017 through February 26, 2018, both dates inclusive (the «Class Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.

The once - cosy relationship between the state and federal political leaders requires a delicate balancing act in the wake of a new Labor government.

In an e-mail message Scott Sinclair, a director at the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives, wrote that he suspects «these revelations call into question the validity of the distinction between foreign state - owned enterprises and private corporations underlying the recent changes to the Investment Canada Act.

In the letter, the group argued that the act draws a «clear distinction» between those who should be licensed and those who should not, and will function as an «excellent model» for states to follow.

In doing so, they stepped into a long and complicated balancing act in the United States between public safety and the right to bear arms for people with mental health issues.

The State of Employee Benefits: Findings from the 2017 Health and Workplace Benefits Survey One effect of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) has been to create a more standard approach to employer - paid benefits between various employers.

Silver's counsel, Allen & Overy partner Michael Feldberg, previewed the defense strategy of attacking the definitive link between an official act and a thing of value to prove a bribery charge after McDonnell v. United States.

Prior to the CARD Act there was a wide gap between the stated interest rate and the actual cost of the card to the consumer over time.

The bill seeks to remove marijuana from the federal Controlled Substances Act and resolve the existing conflict between federal and state laws over medical or recreational use of the drug.

«Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should «make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,» thus building a wall of separation between Church & State.»

The state essentially allowed any sort of sex — anal sex, adultery, one - night stands — between men and women, but forbade almost any intimate acts between same - sex couples.

The laws of the United States are to be just and keep those from hatred and injustice, not act as a barrier to prevent love between two consenting adults.

Such an act would escalate tensions between members of the two faiths in the United States and around the world.

Thomas Jefferson wrote, «I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should «make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,» thus building a wall of separation between Church & State.

Yet the position of the feet is the only difference between committing a felony and performing an act that the states concede is constitutionally privileged... [T] here is no meaningful difference between the forbidden and the privileged practice.

A theologian who perceives the world to be broken may draw no connection — ideological, political, or spiritual — between the theological trade and the state of the world; between who the church thinks it is and how it acts, on the one hand, and the lay of the land where the church resides, on the other.

They officially separated church and state, forbade public officeholders from attending religious services «in any official capacity,» made marriage a civil act, and legalized divorce.38 (Rousseau saw the importance, in the struggle between church and state, of the authority to marry.

n 1797, the United States Senate ratified a treaty with Tripoli that stated in Article 11: As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen; and, as the said States never entered into any war, or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.

After both Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan pushed for acceptance of same - sex marriage over the weekend, North Carolina became the 30th state to amend its constitution to define marriage as an act between one man and one woman.

The first case, United States v. Windsor, challenged the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) of 1996, which defines marriage as» only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife.»

As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion, — as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen, — and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.

In Europe this is symbolized by the churches «having become empty shells, visited only as objects of architectual interest, and in the United States by the growing chasm between what churchgoers profess and how they act.

So these groupings would not just be stops on the path to capitalist globalisation, as is the case of ALENA, the free exchange zone between the United States, Canada and Mexico, but they would act as poles of development responding to the real needs of the local populations.

«As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity, of Mussulmen; and, as the said States never entered into any war, or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.»

It does not, however, address the state of homosexuality itself - much less the subject of homosexual acts between a married gay couple.

«As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion, — as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen [Muslims], — and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan [Muslim] nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.»

Next, a distinction was made between violence and force: The state is invested with force; it is an organism instituted and ordained by God, and remains such even when it is unjust; even its harshest acts are not the same thing as the angry or brutal deed of the individual.

What The New York Times calls the «blame Woodstock» explanation for the rise of clerical sex abuse cases in the Seventies, despite the paper's evident scepticism, can not be entirely discounted, since as the researchers of the John Jay College (hereafter JJC) pointed out in their latest report, «the sexual abuse of minors is a pervasive problem in society and in organisations that involve close relationships between youth and adults... No exact measure exists for the number of youths who have contact with priests in the Catholic Church in a year... [but] despite the media focus on child sexual abuse by Catholic priests, it is clear that these abuse acts are a small percentage of all child sexual abuse incidents in the United States.»

Our Lord's command not to judge the state of others» souls is subtly distorted into the frankly anti-Christian idea that we ought not to discriminate between right and wrong acts.

There has always been some tension between the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise protections of the First Amendment, but the Supreme Court, when considering a similar challenge to the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act in 2005 — wherein the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled that granting protections to religious prisoners amounted to a violation of the Establishment Clause — ruled that alleviating a state - imposed substantial burden on religious practice did not violate the Establishment Clause.

«As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen; and, as the said States never entered into any war, or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.»

«Believing... that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their Legislature should «make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,» thus building a wall of separation between Church and State.»

Breathing is thus the act that animates the body, the dynamic, invisible, transforming power that signifies the transition between two states of being, the link between the physical and spiritual worlds.

Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should «make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,» thus building a wall of separation between church and State.

Law 12 of the Football Association's «Laws of the Game» states that «handling the ball involves a deliberate act of a player making contact with the ball with the hand or arm» but factors including the movement of hand towards the ball, the distance between opponent and the ball and the position of the hand are among a variety of factors which must be taken into account.

Every state has created a comprehensive child find and referral system under Part C of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, and there are explicit requirements for states to coordinate early identification efforts between health, social service, and educational systems.

Certainly, there are differences between these different brands, as can be gathered by all of the marketing, but it may give you some comfort to know that all baby formulas sold in the United States must meet the minimum nutritional requirements set forth by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

The power vacuum emerging from this rapid decline has heated up competition between the numerous parties in the conflict — regular forces of regional states and great powers, as well as various militias often acting as their proxies — to control former ISIS territories.

Last week, the hearing quickly devolved into a blame game between the EPA and the state's Department of Health over who knew what and when, and who acted quicker to protect the health of Hoosick residents.

It is exactly Qatar's balance between respecting traditional Islamic teachings and maintaining an openness towards the outside world that has repeatedly allowed the small Gulf state to act as a mediator between Arab actors and the West, for instance by securing the release of US soldier Bowe Bergdahl from the Afghan Taliban in May 2014.

Acting on a request from Cuomo, state AG Eric Schneiderman's office said it would name a special deputy soon to review the interactions between the NYPD and the Manhattan DA, Cyrus Vance Jr., regarding the handling of a 2015 sexual assault allegation against Harvey Weinstein that was not prosecuted.

Economic relations between Nigeria and the United States are anchored on three major instruments, namely: the Bi-National Commission, Trade and Investment Framework Agreement and the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act.

The Jones Act, which allows only US - flagged ships between US ports, was lifted after Hurricane Harvey and Irma struck Texas and Florida, helping the states receive needed supplies.

Libertarianism (especially in the United States) is the idea that a government should be concerned about protecting the rights of an individual from abuse by other individuals (or government) but the range of individual agreements is set by the two individuals (i.e. there is a contract between two individuals that includes a morally offensive act.

Realists have been divided on how to take perception into account, but there is a long distance between realist perception (often focused on beliefs about other states» intentions or willingness to act militarily) and constructivism's belief that «anarchy is what states make of it.»

Humiliation is another strong catalyst of tension between states, often acting on nations as it does on individuals, reinforcing the instinct of competition and mutual animosity.

The Essential Plan: This plan — which offers state - funded coverage to people between 133 percent and 200 percent of the poverty level — is an optional benefit under the Affordable Care Act that only New York and Minnesota exercised.

«Having seen the 163 pages [of emails between his office and that of James Murdoch] published yesterday, is the prime minister seriously trying to tell us that the secretary of state was acting as he should have done in a transparent, impartial and fair manner?»