Sentences with phrase «by legal concerns»

This promotes the idea that research regulation is driven primarily by legal concerns.

It is possible that the agency's decision to drop demand - side energy efficiency from its target calculations was motivated by legal concerns, but its decision to keep new renewable generation in those calculations will still be challenged.

Not exact matches

Disruptive early entrants often succeed because their larger, in - market competitors may be unwilling to immediately cannibalize existing businesses and / or may be constrained by legal or regulatory considerations (think AirBnb or Uber) or by other reasons such as concerns for near - term financial results.

The President, by Memorandum to the Secretary of Labor dated February 3, 2017, directed the Department of Labor to examine whether the Fiduciary Rule may adversely affect the ability of Americans to gain access to retirement information and financial advice, and to prepare an updated economic and legal analysis concerning the likely impact of the Fiduciary Rule as part of that examination.

Among the things that prompted the creation of the inquiries were: financial difficulties facing DB pension plans and related concerns about DB funding rules; long simmering and unresolved legal issues, the most prominent of which revolve around the use of surpluses in DB plans; ambiguity about how EPP regulations apply to new hybrid plans; a lack of harmonization among Canadian regulatory laws; and declining coverage by EPPs in general and DB plans in particular.

But in recent years, the city has experienced encroachment on its independence, and investors have raised concerns that its strong regulatory and legal institutions are slowly being eroded by Beijing.

Myclobutanil, a chemical that is also prohibited for use on legal cannabis in Colorado, Washington and Oregon because of health concerns, was found in product recently recalled by Mettrum Ltd., a Toronto - based medical marijuana company.

wait for a Keystone decision — delayed many times by legal, environmental, and political concerns — continues.

«Premier Horgan went to Ottawa citing B.C.'s jurisdiction and concerns over protection of the marine environment, despite his government's recent admission that they were advised by their own legal experts last summer that BC has no jurisdiction to stop the pipeline,» said Chris Gardner, President, Independent Contractors and Businesses Association.

Even the establishment of a new and more robust temporary worker program and the reallocation of Diversity Visa quotas to other programs does not alleviate the significant concerns associated with the reduction of legal immigration levels by more than 400,000 family and diversity visas.

Now, Bird, the company founded by former Uber and Lyft executive Travis VanderZanden, is pushing legislation that would sidestep those concerns by making it legal to ride electric scooters on sidewalks.

Your founders and board of directors may also have concerns about how to protect your social mission in a legal structure that is very flexible and can be changed by current or future shareholders.

A small but growing number of countries now have legal requirements for institutional investors to report on how their investment policies and performance are affected by environmental factors, including South Africa and, prospectively, the EU.36 Concern about the risks of a «carbon bubble» — that highly valued fossil fuel assets and investments could be devalued or «stranded» under future, more stringent climate policies — prompted G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in April 2015 to ask the Financial Stability Board in Basel to convene an inquiry into how the financial sector can take account of climate - related issues.37

(Most agreed that online ridicule and legal backlash are cause for concern, though they don't compare to the persecution faced by Christians abroad.)

Forty - five leading pro-life advocates, including Gary Bauer of the Family Research Council, James Dobson of Focus on the Family, Clarke Forsythe of Americans United for Life, Wanda Franz of the National Right to Life Committee, and Ralph Reed of the Christian Coalition, signed a much heralded joint «Statement of Pro-Life Principle and Concern» published in First Things in 1996 in which the primary legal complaint was made that Roe «wounded American democracy» by removing the issue of abortion from «democratic concern.Concern» published in First Things in 1996 in which the primary legal complaint was made that Roe «wounded American democracy» by removing the issue of abortion from «democratic concern.concern.»

The conference was spearheaded by Michael Davidson, a man of God who came out of the homosexual life many years ago and heads up a group called Core Issues Trust («a non-profit Christian ministry supporting men and women with homosexual issues who voluntarily seek change in sexual preference and expression») and by Andrea Williams, dynamic barrister and CEO of Christian Concern (an organization that seeks to be «a strong Christian voice in the public sphere») and the Christian Legal Centre (a legal defense team for British Christians persecuted for their faLegal Centre (a legal defense team for British Christians persecuted for their falegal defense team for British Christians persecuted for their faith).

However, such equality of status can be shown by referring to institutions as individuals, as in legal theory concerning corporations.

This is why canon law adopted the secular Roman legal maxim: «Quod omnes tangit ab omnibus tractari et approbari debet» («What concerns all must be discussed and approved by all»).9 This idea is also the basic premise of communication that is based on dialogue.

This paper presents an approach to social and legal policy that would combine many concerns of both liberals and conservatives, that would work patiently toward long - range goals, that would embrace a dialogical notion of the common good, and that would seek to promote the general welfare by attending to the conditions under which individuals, families, and communities prosper.

While postexilic priestly law appears to be increasingly concerned with ritual — a concern perhaps inescapably induced by general environmental and ideological changes — it is essential to remember that all of the major codes of law in the Old Testament were preserved, transmitted, and of course edited, by the postexilic priests who, in the very act of incorporating so - called prophetic law in the total legal corpus, place their approval upon it.

However, the legal actions taken by animal protectionist groups suggest the trappers» concerns are not without warrant.

The most difficult thing for a Christian to understand about Judaism is its concern with legal process, guided by a profound....

Reaffirmation of the doctrine that religious motivation does not override substantial secular concerns relating to health and welfare was recently evidenced by the United States Supreme Court determination that sale and distribution of drugs, even though religiously motivated, was not immunized from legal accountability.

Jesus wasn't saying marriage in a new age didn't exist, but that angels had freedom of choice and that women would not be bound by the Jewish legal traditions concerning marriage arrangements, but they would be free to accept or reject someone for marriage, just like angels were.

This concern has derived, in part, from the growing recognition that the triumph of strict separationism as a legal doctrine, with its promise to expunge all religious symbols from the public arena, may actually infringe upon the free exercise of religion cherished by American Jews.

fatwa — a formal legal opinion given by a recognized religious leader; a religious pronouncement or verdict concerning a controversial question.

Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has been warned that his plans to increase the business rates paid by private schools could face a legal challenge amid concerns of its impact on nursery provision.

The sad reality, as I explain in detail in my article, is that NOCSAE, by its own admission, is as concerned with the liability of helmet manufacturers as it is with player safety, not surprising given the super-heated legal environment in which they now operate.

The legal committee also recommended that the village administration investigate the concerns raised by citizens Monday night.

In some European nations, there are more equal gender laws concerning public nudity but those nations have LESS sexual assault and violence against women than in the United States - so there is no legal rationale for this double - standard - it's simply an unconstitutional tradition that has never been challenged in court by ACLU attorneys.

The plaintiff is seeking: A declaration that upon a true and proper interpretation of the provisions of the 1992 Constitution, particularly Articles 88 (5), 218 (a) and (e), 284 and 287 thereof, the 1st defendant can not act as the legal representative for Honourable Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta, the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Ghana, in a pending investigation bordering on conflict of interest and abuse of office before the 2nd Defendant; A further declaration that the purported response filed by the 1st Defendant on behalf of the said Honorable Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta in respect of the petition concerning conflict of interest and abuse of office before the 2nd Defendant is unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect whatsoever;

A 2005 UN agreement on the R2P resolved these concerns by avoiding any legal obligations, defining R2P as a «UN responsibility to protect» and subject to negotiations within the UN Security Council, and narrowing the focus of the R2P to four specific crimes: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing or mass atrocities.

In an effort to quiet the concerns of residents who are rattled by the barrage of late - night explosions, Schenectady County legislators last night repealed the legal use of small fireworks.

«I don't think those who have expressed concerns about legal aid are motivated by self - interest,» the new justice secretary said.

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Concerns are raised by Tory MPs about cuts to legal aid as Ken Clarke's justice bill gets its Second Reading

The Welsh Liberal Democrats are calling for the implementation of the Social Services and Well - being (Wales) Act to be delayed, amid concerns by a legal expert that they're being rushed.

The brazen assertion by one of Trump's lawyers that a president can not be found guilty of obstruction of justice signaled a controversial defense strategy in the wide - ranging Russia probe, as the president's political advisers are increasingly concerned about the legal advice he is receiving.

But Vance declined to discuss the status of the investigation, or whether the leak of the BOE letter to the press — whether by the BOE's chief enforcement counsel, Risa Sugarman, or someone else — was hampering the investigation or presented any additional legal concerns.

Cuomo says he's more concerned with an «orderly» end to the session than down to the wire talks that would require a special message by the governor to by pass the legal three day waiting period before bills can be acted upon.

Cuomo says he's more concerned with an «orderly» end to the session than down - to - the - wire talks that would require a special message by the governor to bypass the legal three - day waiting period before bills can be acted upon.

The Asantehene pointed out that the delays by the Department to provide timely legal advice to state and police prosecutors to discharge their duties in the law courts were source of concern to many Ghanaians, especially those involve in civil and criminal cases.

While legal, the defense fund raises ethical questions concerning responses in Albany to illegal conduct by those working in government.

There are question marks with regards to the Minister potentially breaking the Ministerial Code, the are questions about whether the Minister has opened up the project to a legal challenge, and finally, there are serious concerns that Natural Resources Wales, which is meant to be independent, was heavily leant on by the Minister.»

Sensing that it is being overshadowed by the two agencies, the AGF is angling to show its muscle as the pre-eminent government department in all matters legal, and especially as far as prosecuting corruption cases is concerned.

A group calling itself the concerned law students, has submitted a petition to Parliament against a new Legal Instrument (LI) by the General Legal Council (GLC), which is proposing new regulations for admissions and professional law courses in Ghana.

The Republican resolution, sponsored by Legislator Michael Anagnostakis, calls on Orange County to urge the state Department of Environmental Conservation to review a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission decision concerning the Millennium natural gas pipeline and consider all legal options to protect public health and the environment.

SCHENECTADY — In an effort to quiet the concerns of residents who are rattled by the barrage of late - night explosions, Schenectady County legislators on Tuesday night repealed the legal use of small fireworks.

Observers have criticized successive governments of lacking the political will to pass the Bill, and these concerns were highlighted by a former Vice Chairperson on Parliament's Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, George Loh, who suggested that Mr. Mensah - Bonsu obstructed the passage of the Bill at the tail end of the Mahama administration.

At the Clarkstown Town Board meeting held on December 18, 2014 a resolution was introduced by Republican Councilman George Hoehmann and seconded by Republican Councilman Frank Borelli authorizing the town attorney to initiate a legal remedy with outside counsel if needed against Ramapo and others concerning the proposed high - density housing development at Pascack Ridge.