Sentences with phrase «by regulations whether»

Unfortunately, we are legally bound to abide by regulations whether we believe in them or not.

Not exact matches

When asked by Sen. Lindsey Graham whether Facebook would «welcome regulation,» Zuckerberg responded, «I think, if it's the right regulation, then yes.»

However, some critics have wondered whether China's regulations are an attempt by the country to control user data and ultimately spy on its people — something the government is believed to do on a regular basis.

The Office of Government Ethics has revealed that attorneys at the White House are examining whether loans to the company owned by Jared Kushner's family violated federal ethics regulations or criminal law.

«By the end of the year many of those factors will be clear,» he said about doubts over whether the bank will be able to deliver enduring profitability and the impact of new regulations.

The reports triggered a review by the HHS inspector general's office, which is looking into whether Price's travel violated federal travel regulations.

In the event that we are not able to resolve a dispute, we each agree that any and all disputes, controversies, or claims arising under, arising out of, or relating in any way to this agreement, or the contractual relationship established by this agreement (whether in contract, tort, or under any statute, regulation, ordinance, or any other source of law) shall be resolved on an individual basis through binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association, in accordance with the American Arbitration Association's rules for arbitration of consumer - related disputes (accessible at https://www.adr.org/aaa/faces/rules)(except that you may assert individual claims in small claims court, if your claims qualify).

Multiple Location Owners be aware: For purposes of sections 401, 408 (k), 408 (p), 410, 411, 415, and 416, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, all employees of trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) which are under common control shall be treated as employed by a single employer.

Moreover, it is now doubtful whether the efficient market hypothesis makes any kind of sense. Indeed, a great many economists and bankers have discovered Minskyâ $ ™ s views on financial fragility and his financial instability hypothesis, according to which banks and financial markets can not be left to themselves: we need regulations even though regulating markets may not succeed in avoiding another crisis once the memory of the current crisis has faded away.As told to me by a law student recently hired by Blackrock, the largest asset manager in the world, with assets totalling more than 3,500 billion dollars â $ «thatâ $ ™ s one and a half times larger than UBS and twice as large as PIMCO â $ «many asset managers are now turning away from hiring neoclassical economists and actually prefer hiring engineers, sociologists and even philosophers.

Since there is no uniformity throughout the country regarding municipal licenses for businesses, we advise that you consult with the appropriate local officials to know whether your business will be affected by local regulations and licensing requirements.

Whether through the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, labor and environmental standards, or other elements of the Canadian legal and regulatory system, we should ensure that human rights standards enshrined in our laws and regulations are respected by our PRC partners.

This can only be done by limiting its powering motor, which is economic freedom, whether directly through regulation, or indirectly, through taxation.

(3) Following receipt of the information submitted by the certifying agent in accordance with paragraph (a) of this section and the results of a site evaluation, the Administrator will determine whether the certifying agent remains in compliance with the Act and the regulations of this part and should have its accreditation renewed.

Where laws and / or regulations do not exist or are in conflict with generally accepted best practice, suppliers should adopt the highest standard applicable to their situation by reference to leading safety standards such as the Global Food Safety Initiative and Global G.A.P. McCormick expects that all agricultural suppliers will take steps to ensure that agricultural products can be traced back to their source of origin regardless of whether or not this is legally required.

Neither Keurig Green Mountain Parent Holdings Corp. nor Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. is under any obligation to, and each expressly disclaims any obligation to, update or alter any forward - looking statements, whether as a result of new information, subsequent events or otherwise, except as required by applicable laws or regulations.

«By all means think about new regulation but now is not the time to add that as an overlay with respect to costs, uncertainty or whether it is going to do anything beneficial anyway.»

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

«Agricultural practices» shall mean all activities conducted by a farmer on a farm to produce agricultural products and which are inherent and necessary to the operation of a farm including, but not limited to, the collection, transportation, distribution, storage and land application of animal wastes; storage, transportation and use of equipment for tillage, planting, harvesting, irrigation, fertilization and pesticide application; storage and use of legally permitted fertilizers, limes and pesticides all in accordance with local, state and federal law and regulations and in accordance with manufacturers» instructions and warnings; storage, use and application of animal feed and foodstuffs; construction and use of farm structures and facilities for the storage of animal wastes, farm equipment, pesticides, fertilizers, agricultural products and livestock, for the processing of animal wastes and agricultural products, for the sale of agricultural products, and for the use of farm labor, as permitted by local and state building codes and regulations; including construction and maintenance of fences and lanes; «Agricultural products» shall mean those products as defined in subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law; «Farm» shall mean the land, buildings and machinery usable in the production, whether for profit or otherwise, of agricultural products;

During the Q&A portion of the press conference (which begins at about 4:00) I asked Astorino questions about other Sandy - related topics, including his view of the overall response to Sandy by New York State government and whether he would do anything differently concerning the NYS Department of Financial Services and it's regulation of insurance companies, which he would control as governor.

The panel, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, has been investigating the nonprofit, the Campaign for One New York, since last year, seeking to determine whether it ran afoul of state regulations by failing to register as a lobbyist in 2015.

As for whether companies like Uber or Lyft could potentially be strangled by local regulations — and politicians that get campaign contributions from competitors — Cahill said the risk was no greater than in any other industry.

«We applaud Congresswoman Stefanik and all of her colleagues for their efforts to secure federal funding for monitoring whether clean air regulations are working, and for restoring Adirondack lakes damaged by acid rain,» said Adirondack Council Executive Director William C. Janeway in a statement.

They also identified state laws legalizing medical marijuana, examining provisions such as whether the regulations made marijuana easily accessible to patients by allowing dispensaries.

Secure Network: A network (whether a standalone network or a virtual network within the Internet) which is only accessible to Authorized Users approved by the Licensee whose identity is authenticated at the time of log - in and periodically thereafter consistent with current best practice, and whose conduct is subject to regulation by the Licensee.

Regardless of whether they are the sole legal owner of the deceased's data — and irrespective of whether the opinion of their next of kin, with regulation, DAI firms would have to abide by certain conventions, such as, preventing hate speech and the commercial exploitation of memorialised profiles».

Hackermüller: «This finding gave rise to a lively discussion as to whether this could be caused by chance events or mistakes in the regulation of cellular processes.

EPA said it will continue to research the contaminants and will determine by 2013 whether to propose drinking water regulations for some of them.

In late July, 17 officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, descended onto the TAMU campus to assess whether the school was complying with regulations that govern «select agents,» toxins, such as Ebola and monkeypox, that are considered potential bioweapons and whose use is strictly controlled by the U.S. government.

Since Searchinger's paper was published, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, spurred by Congress, has been mulling whether to take so - called indirect land use into account when calculating the carbon footprint of biofuels for new regulations it is crafting, expected by December.

Officials have responded to the collapse of fishery stocks with a slew of regulations, many of them forcing fishing operators to be more selective in their harvest, whether by targeting certain species and regional populations, by mandating size or gender restrictions on catches, or by defining open and closed seasons for fishing.

-- The Administrator may establish by regulation criteria and procedures for determining whether, and for implementing a determination that, the expiration of an allowance, offset credit, or term offset credit, established or issued under the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 or the amendments made thereby, or expiration of the ability to use an international emission allowance to comply with section 722, is necessary to ensure the authenticity and integrity of allowances, offset credits, or term offset credits or the allowance tracking system.

(E) the structure complies with the applicable provisions of such other energy efficiency requirements, standards, checklists, or ratings systems as the Secretary may adopt and apply by regulation, as may be necessary, for purposes of this section for specific types of residential single - family or multifamily structures or otherwise, except that the Secretary shall make a determination regarding whether to adopt and apply any such requirements, standards, checklists, or rating system for purposes of this section not later than the expiration of the 180 - day period beginning upon the date of receipt of any written request, made in such form as the Secretary shall provide, for such adoption and application.

(F) Any other requirements, standards, checklists, or rating systems for green building or sustainability as the Secretary may identify and adopt by regulation, as may be necessary for purposes of this paragraph, except that the Secretary shall make a determination regarding whether to adopt and apply any such requirements, standards, checklist, or rating system for purposes of this section not later than the expiration of the 180 - day period beginning upon date of receipt of any written request, made in such form as the Secretary shall provide, for such adoption and application.

Our climate scientist brief focused narrowly and conservatively on two questions: (1) whether the state of the science was accurately represented by the EPA and by the lower court, and (2) whether the science is sufficiently compelling to support a judgement that the legal standard for regulation is met (i.e., may greenhouse gas emissions «reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare»?)

To clarify whether peripheral tissues are responsible for the CCHa2 - dependent regulation of dilps in the brain, CCHa2 was specifically knocked down in the fat body and gut using targeted RNAi driven by the ppl - GAL4 driver [8][30].

By Western blot analysis, we first examined whether the Janus - activated kinase (JAK)- STAT pathway — activated ISGF3 complex was involved in IFNα - induced RIG - G up - regulation.

Next thing you know, the Avengers have split into factions over whether or not they should abide by the governmental regulation.

Washington — The «modified» ability tests that may decide whether a physically handicapped student graduates from high school or is accepted by a college do not and can not comply fully with federal regulations designed to prevent discrimination against the handicapped, according to a report issued here last week by the National Research Council, the research branch of the National Academy of Sciences (nas).

We asked them also to survey private schools in communities served by four of the country's most prominent voucher programs (city - specific programs in Milwaukee and Cleveland, statewide programs in Ohio and Indiana) to ascertain how both participating and non-participating schools view those programs and their regulations and how heavily they weigh program requirements (and other constraints) when deciding whether to sign up for and accept the programs» students.

The U.S. Department of Education's accountability regulations extend this deadline by a year, but whether the regulations will pass muster under a new presidential administration remains to be seen.

In her Nov. 22 letter (starts on page 6), Assistant Secretary of Education Deborah Delisle wrote, «The requirements to determine whether schools have made adequate yearly progress (AYP) and to identify schools for improvement, corrective action and restructuring have not been waived, and any State laws or regulations, including those related to AYP or school improvement status, are not affected by the waivers granted to your district.»

Even if we were confident that the test score gains in New Orleans are not being driven by changes in the student population following Katrina (and Doug and his colleagues are doing their best with constrained data and research design to show that), and even if these test score gains translate into higher high school graduation and college attendance rates (which Doug and his colleagues have not yet been able to examine), we still would have no idea whether portfolio management and other high regulations in NOLA helped, hurt, or made no difference in producing these results.

In a letter written almost a year ago, Assistant Secretary of Education Deborah Delisle wrote, «The requirements to determine whether schools have made adequate yearly progress (AYP) and to identify schools for improvement, corrective action and restructuring have not been waived, and any State laws or regulations, including those related to AYP or school improvement status, are not affected by the waivers granted to your district.»

For example, by allowing states to define consistent underperformance of any student group relative to statewide averages, the draft regulations undermine the idea that what matters most is whether a group is making progress over time.

The clearinghouse would help improve roadway safety by making it easier to determine whether a truck or bus driver is prohibited from operating a commercial motor vehicle for failing to comply with federal drug and alcohol regulations, including mandatory testing.

(c) The Secretary is also authorized to make grants to assist in the initial staffing of any public or nonprofit REHABILITATION facility constructed after the date of enactment of this section (whether or not such construction was financed with the aid of a grant under this section) by covering part of the costs (determined in accordance with regulations the Secretary shall prescribe) of compensation of professional or technical personnel of such facility during the period beginning with the commencement of the operation of such facility and ending with the close of four years and three months after the month in which such operation commenced.

We have had several inquiries about whether the DOJ advice to Federal prosecutors regarding pursuing criminal cases will have an impact upon the Department of Transportation's longstanding regulation about the use of marijuana by safety ‐ sensitive transportation employees — pilots, school bus drivers, truck drivers, train engineers, subway operators, aircraft maintenance personnel, transit fire ‐ armed security personnel, ship captains, and pipeline emergency response personnel, among others.

We have had several inquiries about whether these state initiatives will have an impact upon the Department of Transportation's longstanding regulation about the use of marijuana by safety ‐ sensitive transportation employees — pilots, school bus drivers, truck drivers, train engineers, subway operators, aircraft maintenance personnel, transit fire ‐ armed security personnel, ship captains, and pipeline emergency response personnel, among others.

(c) You are the sole determiner of the number and frequency of follow - up tests and whether these tests will be for drugs, alcohol, or both, unless otherwise directed by the appropriate DOT agency regulation.

(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), every employer, employment agency, and labor organization subject to this title shall (1) make and keep such records relevant to the determinations of whether unlawful employment practices have been or are being committed, (2) preserve such records for such periods, and (3) make such reports therefrom, as the Commission shall prescribe by regulation or order, after public hearing, as reasonable, necessary, or appropriate for the enforcement of this title or the regulations or orders thereunder.