Sentences with phrase «bills by matter»

The legal industry is one of the few areas that bills by matter rather than by client.

Firms were encouraged to track hours worked, hours billed, hours billed by matter type, participation in profitable matters, billing growth, new cases opened, new clients secured — the production list went on and on.

Not exact matches

Powell, in a Senate Banking Committee hearing last week, said he doesn't think the bill would weaken supervision for foreign banks when asked about the matter by Sen. Sherrod Brown (D - OH).

Ultimately, Senate Democrats were able to remove the provision from the final bill by citing the «Byrd Rule,» a 1974 provision that allows senators to block legislation during the reconciliation process of negotiations on budgetary matters between House and Senate if that legislation contains material deemed to be «extraneous» to the financial substance of the bill.

Stop and listen for a whole song performed by a street musician, clap loudly no matter how good (or not) it was — and then drop a few bills into the guitar case.

He also consulted with the government on the matter by sharing the intent of his bill and discussing various approaches to resolving the issue of dark money in Alberta politics.

If a customer's payments are overdue by a matter of months instead of weeks, it might be time to consider turning over those bills to a collection agency or third - party collections service.

Though it purports to eliminate discrimination, Senate Bill 1146 results in its own form of discrimination by stigmatizing and coercively punishing religious beliefs that disagree on contested matters related to human sexuality.

Matters came to crisis point a year ago when the last government's Children, Schools & Family Bill sought to impose a statutory sex and relationship education (SRE) curriculum on all schools from the primary stage (currently SRE is only compulsory in secondary schools and the content can be determined by each school) and to remove the right of parents to withdraw their children from inappropriate SRE lessons from the age of 15.

We already broke the only streak that matters to most Bills fans by making the playoffs.

all I want to hear now is «I will go with a banner to the next match or I will not watch any Game till change is made... I swear with my last drop of blood if I live in England I will go with banner but I live in far Africa were we Pay high bills just to watch game and at the end become a laughing stock at our place or work by other fan just for been a Gunner but it doesn't matter cos all that matter now is «WENGER OUT» and Arsenal can move from this s ** t and pit we are now...... pls and pls I beg of u guys that go to emirate to pls do something at least start with a banner and from there the crusade will build on till there will be a full change..

Below are my guesses, based on an offseason of reading Bill Connelly's team previews and lots of other stuff, then going through each FBS team's schedule, game by game — I picked your team to beat your biggest rival — and then being unhappy with LSU's record, no matter how much I changed it.

Winner of the ski instruction and technique division was Cross Country Ski Racing, a matter - of - fact treatise on training produced by Oak Creek Films and featuring U.S. racers Bill Koch, Tim Caldwell, Allison Spencer and former Coach Marty Hall.

To the best of my memory, and I'm pretty sure I'm right about this, I have talked to Bill Hayes three times in my life, and each time on the telephone, and each time about some minor matter brought up by him.

No matter how intelligent your furry friend is, he or she is still not smart by human standards, which can lead to accidents, large vet bills, ruined furniture, etc..

There is a litany of serious flaws in several of the 58 sections of the bill, and here are some of them: the bill would compel registration of NGOs (including those already registered under the Companies and Allied Matters Act); heavily criminalize non-compliance with its provisions (up to 18 months in prison); ensure full executive control over the licensing, funding and supervision of operations of NGOs through a Board appointed by the president and dominated by political representatives.

So the pluralist challenge for Caroline Lucas is whether she is going to strongly back the Yes campaign, which is seen as positive by most - longstanding pro-PR voices across various campaigns or parties, or continue to argue after the next few weeks over the Bill that there is nothing much at stake, so that through to next May her primary point is that it doesn't really matter if its not PR.

Seated in the State Capitol's historic Red Room to make the budget deal announcement, flanked by several top advisers, Cuomo made it clear, again and again, that he intended to lay a heavy hand on matters concerning New York City, and, by extension, on matters concerning his intraparty rival, Mayor Bill de Blasio.

In a submission to the House of Lords Constitution Committee's inquiry into the passage of legislation through Parliament, the CIOT proposes: · The Finance Bill Public Bill Committee takes oral evidence from tax experts and others; · More effective liaison between select committees and the Finance Bill committee; · Increasing the resources available to Parliament for scrutinising tax matters; · Using technology to make it easier for those outside Parliament to comment on Bills, e.g. an online facility to input comments by clause numbers, so MPs can see who says what against each clause; · Asking the Office of Tax Simplification to publish simplification assessments of new tax proposals.

While he criticized the legislation for putting «a substantial burden on state agencies,» he's now ordering agencies to «adhere to the spirit» of the bill by «mov [ing] post-haste in filing a notice of appeal, setting the record on appeal, and filing a brief, within 60 days, absent extremely complex matters or extraordinary circumstances outside agency control.»

On the second bill, President Buhari said it «seeks to facilitate the provision and obtaining by Nigeria of international assistance in criminal matters.»

Paper Presented by IGP Ibrahim Idris at the Public Hearing on Bill for an Act to Establish Nigeria Police Force Reform Trust Fund and Related Matters on Tuesday 11TH July 2017 at the National Assembly complex, Abuja Let me start by expressing my profound gratitude to the National Assembly and the House Committee on -LSB-...]

Paper Presented by IGP Ibrahim Idris at the Public Hearing on Bill for an Act to Establish Nigeria Police Force Reform Trust Fund and Related Matters on Tuesday 11TH July 2017 at the National Assembly complex, Abuja

If Donald Trump (or any other President for that matter) never signs a bill that has been passed by Congress AND never vetoes it, it simply becomes law without his signature (unless Congress adjourns during the 10 - day period - see below).

Here's Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos insisting to CapTon's Mike Whittemore than it «doesn't matter how you vote» on today's budget bills because the threat of a government shutdown has essentially been averted by the two - way deal.

«Congressman Ellison recognizes that progressive politics matter at the most local of levels: to families seeking a job that pays the bills, to kids from low - income families hoping to go to college, and to parents worried about whether their kids of color will be treated fairly by the criminal justice system.

The matter came to a head when Tory Justice spokesman Eleanor Laing tabled an amendment to the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (later amended again by the Government) to enforce Thursday night counting, except in exceptional circumstances.

Our correspondent gathered that the bill had became a matter of national interest, having been passed for a second reading by the senate.

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And there's also another bill, sponsored by Democratic Assemblyman Nick Perry, also of Brooklyn, which would allow a judge to appoint another DA or AG to act as a «special district attorney» in criminal matters where the judge finds that the county prosecutor is «disqualified.»

- The acceptance by a Member of a bribe to influence his or her conduct as a Member, including any fee, compensation or reward in connection with the promotion of, or opposition to, any Bill, Motion, or other matter submitted, or intended to be submitted to the House, or to any Committee of the House, is contrary to the law of Parliament.

CENTRAL HARLEM — After more than a decade of unsuccessful attempts by lawmakers and juvenile justice advocates, Gov. Andrew Cuomo officially signed a bill into law Monday that would prevent all 16 - and 17 - year - olds from automatically being charged as adults in New York, no matter the crime.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is set to be questioned Friday by federal prosecutors in connection with a corruption investigation into fundraising on his behalf, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The bill was also opposed by Class Size Matters, which fights for reasonable class sizes in the city's overcrowded public schools.

The Lords are not meant to interfere with financial matters when a bill has been so designated by the Speaker, although they were willing to override the convention when they blocked the tax credit secondary legislation.

Bill Magnarelli: «After having read the JCOPE report and having discussed this matter fully in our Democratic Conference, it is clear that mistakes were made in the handling of sexual harassment charges initially brought by two young women Assembly staff employees against a powerful Assembly Chairman.

Other bills to be transmitted by the Senate include: Authorisation of Expenditure in absence of Appropriation Bill, Financial Autonomy of State Legislatures Bill, the Legislature Bill, Political Parties and Electoral Matters Bill, the Nigeria Police Force Bill and Restriction of Tenure of President and Governor Bill.

The bill makes matters worse by covering for - profit companies, which greatly multiplies the potential scope of discrimination against gays and lesbians.

The bill passed by the Senate includes anti-nepotism provisions, today: · Prohibits gifts from lobbyists and their clients of more than nominal value, including travel, lodging and other expenses, and broaden the types of lobbying activities that lobbyists must disclose; · Prohibits elected government officials and candidates for elected local, state or federal office from appearing in taxpayer - funded advertisements; · Closes the «revolving door» loophole by prohibiting former legislative employees from directly lobbying the Legislature for two years, and expands the revolving door restrictions for Executive Chamber employees to preclude appearances before any state agency; · Prohibits non-legislative employees from using their authority or influence to «compel or induce» any other employee to make political contributions; · Prohibits state employees from participating in any personnel decision or contracting matter concerning a relative.

A former New York City mayoral candidate was interviewed by authorities as part of an investigation into Mayor Bill de Blasio's fundraising activities, a person familiar with the matter said Monday.

Coordinated federal and state investigations into Mayor Bill de Blasio's fundraising operations are examining efforts by a politically connected group to ban horse carriages in New York City, people familiar with the matter said.

The village was on the verge of accepting first an $ 850,000 settlement, then a $ 1.04 million settlement offered by Saint - Gobain Performance Plastic and Honeywell International, but tabled the matter this week after an uproar from residents and warnings from the former EPA regional administrator, Judith Enck, and U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, against signing away any rights to legal action just to pay some immediate bills.

When Vassar College promoted a lecture by billing Vera Rubin, one of the pioneering dark matter astronomers of the 1970s, as the «discoverer» of dark matter, Barbarina sent me an e-mail: «I will certainly call my attorney on Monday, and have him write a letter to Ms. Rubin, stating that any and all potential public claims to my father's work will be equally publicly challenged by me.»

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS 45365 (Unrated) Droll, slice - of - life documentary, co-directed by siblings Bill and Turner Ross who paint a matter - of - fact portrait of their humble hometown of Sidney, Ohio, the nondescript city with the zip code 45365.

«So, governors and state school officers really matter, because without their active involvement and their empowerment to execute effectively, the best ideas that become bills and then become laws can be killed by a thousand cuts or be implemented in the wrong way.»

Whether or not Rep. Runestad's bill gains traction is another matter — even if it is approved by the Legislature, Gov. Rick Snyder has vetoed other bills that would have expanded gun rights on school property.

In addition to a re-write of the process by which state education officials issue A-F ratings to Indiana schools — among other matters — House Bill 1427 calls for a legislative review, public hearings and a fiscal analysis of the Common Core.

Last month, my organization, Students Matter, issued its support of California's AB 934 — a state bill that, though imperfect, honestly attempted to address the grave defaults in the state's teacher tenure, dismissal and layoff laws challenged by the student plaintiffs in Vergara v. California.

A study funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation found it doesn't necessarily matter which practices are emphasized on evaluations.

The current bill says a teacher is eligible for these bonuses if he or she «has earned a master's degree from an accredited postsecondary educational institution in a content area directly related to the subject matter of a dual credit course; or another course taught by the teacher.»