Sentences with phrase «brought by public agencies»

We regularly defend businesses in actions brought by public agencies and private organizations, and before administrative agencies as well as courts of all levels.

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«Given that an exhaustive investigation has already occurred by two public agencies, he expects the committee to be able to act quickly and to bring this matter back to the full Assembly with its recommendations for prompt resolution.»

Although the amount of the settlement was never made public, the funds were provided by the Congressional Office of Compliance, an agency set up in 1995 to resolve labor and other disputes, including sexual - harassment complaints, brought by congressional staffers against lawmakers.

Many public agencies and nonprofit groups have worked together to try to bring back the panther — Florida's state animal — since it was first listed as endangered by the federal government back in 1967.

Janus wants the Supreme Court to overturn its 1977 decision in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, a case brought by a Detroit public school teacher who challenged a Michigan law that required him to pay agency fees to the Detroit Federation of Teachers (in an amount equivalent to the union's dues), even though he refused to join the union.

He holds a management position with one of San Diego's top public affairs firms, bringing to his clients more than a dozen years of experience heling many of California's top businesses and public agencies achieve their objectives by building consensus and seeking creative solutions.

Now, thanks to the law enforcement agencies districts have formed on their own (as well as bringing in cops from the outside to serve as school resource officers to handle student misbehavior better managed by teachers and school leaders), American public education has also become key players in the police militarization plaguing our communities.

As recommended by the OIG, the agency has conveyed to Congress the need to bring producers selling directly to the public under the AWA and close what the agency acknowledged is «a massive loophole.»

Ms. Roten also has considerable experience representing public sector employers, including representing a large federal agency in employee disciplinary appeal proceedings and in discrimination charges brought by federal employees before the EEOC.

The capacity of agencies offering services pro bono could be significantly increased by bringing on board competent non lawyers, who I suggest (speaking from personal experience) might be especially interested in and committed to public interest issues.

Ms Miller is expected to seek the public's views on charging parents for services which are currently provided free of charge by the widely criticised Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC)-- the organisation now responsible for, and intended to replace, the Child Support Agency (CSA)-- which is itself now facing being axed under plans to streamline quangos by bringing them under the greater control of the DWP.

In an age of increasing awareness around mental health, and an increasing number of campaigns bringing the discussion of mental health into the public domain, it is alarming that parental alienation is so mismanaged and underestimated by the various government agencies that are supposed to be working for the welfare and safeguarding of our nations children.