Sentences with phrase «by a public interest»

There was also the report recently issued by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre that found internet and other telecommunications services are unaffordable for a large number of Canadians.

The case, which was brought by the Public Interest Law Unit (PILU) and North East London Migrant Action (NELMA), is one of several legal battles against Theresa May's «hostile environment».

Former Deputy Power Minister, John Jinapor, says a claim by the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) that 50 % of oil - funded projects are nonexistent is false.

This is according to the 2015 report by the Public Interest Accountability Committee (PIAC) which monitors the use of the country's oil revenue.

John Jinapor Former Deputy Power Minister, John Jinapor, says a claim by the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) that...

The police action does compromise the action of whistleblowers — a right that is enshrined in law by the Public Interest Disclosure Act, a private members act initiated by Tory MP, Richard Shepherd, one of the greatest friends of freedom of information.

Efforts like these have seen our convictions vindicated by public interest; ePaper displays can be found across the globe.

A national survey by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre found a 20 % error rate in which people sampled said items on reports were inaccurate or should have been removed.

According to a study by the Public Interest Research Group in Washington D.C., nearly 80 % of credit reports contained an error of some kind!

The DC Bar Foundation offers a forgiveness program to increase the number of experienced, skilled lawyers working for low - income individuals, while providing assistance to the education debt held by public interest lawyers.

Here's more: Domestic Energy Gains Not Worth Environmental Degradation In his ruling, Judge Ricardo Urbina said that the any gains to be had from development of domestic energy resources on the lands were outweighed by the public interest in avoiding damaging the environment of these areas.

The tribunal also held that the subsequent changes did not give rise to such unfairness as to permit the tribunal to disapply them because the appellants» interest in being treated fairly was outweighed by the public interest.

The lawyers, assisted by the public interest organization Public Citizen, allege that the new rules violate the First Amendment and impose vague and unfair restrictions on how lawyers can communicate with consumers.

One study of the regime, conducted by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, concludes that the regime is «too weak» to ensure user expectations with respect to notification are met.

The director of the Serious Fraud Office acted within his discretion when deciding that the public interest in pursuing an important investigation into alleged bribery was outweighed by the public interest in protecting the lives of British citizens.

Protecting lives The objection to the principle formulated by the Divisional Court was that it distracted attention from what, applying well - settled principles of public law, was the right question: whether or not, in deciding that the public interest in pursuing an important investigation into alleged bribery was outweighed by the public interest in protecting the lives of British citizens, the director had made a decision outside the lawful bounds of the discretion entrusted to him by Parliament.

Documents and information that the Competition Bureau collects from third parties during its investigations are protected by public interest privilege from disclosure to plaintiffs in private actions, the BC Supreme... [more] Full article

(OTTAWA)-- The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada decision released today finding popular youth - oriented social networking site Nexopia.com Inc.'s privacy practices are in violation of Canadian privacy law comes in response to a complaint filed over two years ago by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC).

OTTAWA, November 13, 2013 — Consumers need more protection in their loyalty programs, according to a report released today by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) entitled, «Customer Loyalty Programs: Are Rules Needed?»

The Supreme Court unanimously allowed the appeals, holding that the public interest in the removal of an appellant in advance of his appeal is outweighed by the public interest that a right of appeal should be effective.

It took litigation to go as far as the European Court of Human Rights; an extremely brave and conscientious senior legal adviser to the Army, Lieut Colonel Nicholas Mercer; a judicial enquiry under Lord Justice Gibson; and very dedicated work by a team of lawyers led by Public Interest Lawyers in Birmingham.

These fellowships usually require a student to be sponsored by a public interest organization.

Woodsford Litigation Funding is delighted to be the first partner in the ACO Guarantee Fund launched this week by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre.

September 25, 2015 — Ontario consumers continue needing additional protections when engaged with financial planners or those giving financial advice, according to a submission by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) to the Ontario Ministry of Finance.

The Reparations Tribunal proposed by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, for example, adopts the recommendations and analysis of the report as the basis of their model.

Not exact matches

The Times could obviously argue that the public interest outweighs the restrictions imposed by these laws, but not everyone is convinced it would succeed.

[But] the member of the public that we are interested in maintaining confidence in the military justice system... is going to be influenced by context.»

Noting that «every text is made more understandable, and interesting, by our shared attention,» the site defines its goal as nothing less than creating «the world's greatest public knowledge project.»

The core of any argument about stories of this kind is that they are protected by the First Amendment because there is a clear public interest in having the information released that outweighs the fact that it was classified, or may have been obtained by illegal means.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Coles has avoided a public review by the consumer watchdog by offering to divest its freehold interest in a development in Perth's southern suburbs so it can operate a new supermarket nearby in Lakelands.

Driven by a confluence of media exposure, public interest and their athletic excellence, Paralympians are on the verge of marketing stardom.

In a legal filing joined by other public interest groups and the consumer electronics trade association, the group said the justices should not become regulators of technology and «the court should not attempt to predict the future of television.»

«I saw Gawker pioneer a unique and incredibly damaging way of getting attention by bullying people, even when there was no connection with the public interest.»

Over the past few years, public pensions including California Public Employee's Retirement System (CalPERs) and California State Teacher's Retirement System (Calstrs)-- the largest in the country by assets — have posting mediocre returns due to low interest rates and growing retirement obligapublic pensions including California Public Employee's Retirement System (CalPERs) and California State Teacher's Retirement System (Calstrs)-- the largest in the country by assets — have posting mediocre returns due to low interest rates and growing retirement obligaPublic Employee's Retirement System (CalPERs) and California State Teacher's Retirement System (Calstrs)-- the largest in the country by assets — have posting mediocre returns due to low interest rates and growing retirement obligations.

A 2004 study by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group found that one in four reports contains an error serious enough to deny you credit or employment.

«In December 2013, the Joint Review Panel found that construction and operation of the Northern Gateway Pipelines project is in the public interest, subject to 209 conditions being met by the proponent.

Moxley says that Google's increased commitment to voting resources this year was driven both by the company's overall mission (to serve users by organizing the world's information), but also a surge in public interest in this year's race between Democratic and Republican nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

But none of the broken things would be fixed by Donald Trump's proposed budget, which does away with federal subsidization of interest on student loans and eliminates the program that forgives loans for people who enter public service (including teachers)-- among other education - related cuts.

«The NY Fed should go back to the drawing board and draw from the deep, diverse, and highly qualified list of candidates provided to it by the Fed Up coalition (as well as surveying the views of other public interest groups),» the Economic Policy Institute's Josh Bivens said in a recent statement.

Meanwhile, other big digital newcomers to the media scene, including BuzzFeed and Business Insider, have also been slow to take up the public interest banner long carried by the likes of the New York Times and the Press - Enterprise (a small California paper that, as Liptak explained, took two free speech cases all the way to the Supreme Court in the 1980s).

«I saw Gawker pioneer a unique and incredibly damaging way of getting attention by bullying people even when there was no connection with the public interest,» Thiel said.

«The public funds, at least in Pennsylvania, are structured to enable the bank to make a loan that they might not be able to make without the public debt behind them by enhancing the loan - to - value, reducing the risk to [the bank], and then passing on some benefits [to the borrower] in the form of lower interest rates, which help cash - flow issues.»

Given Osiris's strong five - year record of growth and profitability, Bowers was able to help make Miller's wishes come true: he structured a deal that raised $ 13 million from a large local pension fund — the Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System (see «What Pension Funds Want,» [Article link]-RRB--- by selling a package of subordinated debt and convertible preferred stock, which included a fixed interest rate and dividend yield.

«CHX justifies the proposal by stating» [T] he Exchange submits that the proposed rules for LTAD are designed to operate in a manner that is consistent with the Act in that they are designed to protect investors and the public interest, are not designed to permit unfair discrimination, and would not impose any unnecessary or inappropriate burden on competition.»

The Department concludes that it can best protect the interests of retirement investors in receiving sound advice, provide greater certainty to the public and regulated parties, and minimize the risk of unnecessary disruption by taking a more balanced approach than simply granting a flat delay of fiduciary status and all associated obligations for a protracted period.

Better Markets, a non-profit organization that advocates for the public interest on Wall Street, says a potential promotion by Williams to lead the Federal Reserve Bank of New York would reward failure - because the San Francisco Fed failed to prevent widespread customer abuses at San Francisco - based banking behemoth Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC), which it's supposed to supervise.

However, a budget deficit that takes the form of transfer payments to banks, as in the case of the post-September 2008 bank bailout, the Federal Reserve's $ 2 trillion in cash - for - trash financial swaps and the $ 700 billion QE2 credit creation by the Federal Reserve to lend to banks at 0.25 % interest in 2011, has a different effect from deficits that reflect social spending programs, Social Security and Medicare, public infrastructure investment or the purchase of other goods and services.

We also believe that continued equity ownership by our named executive officers once we are a public company will result in significant alignment of their interests with those of our common unitholders.

This turns the rental value of land — value created by society and public infrastructure investment — into a flow of interest to the banks.