Sentences with phrase «changing legal developments»

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Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward - looking statements due to these risks and uncertainties as well as other factors, which include, without limitation: the uncertain timing of, and risks relating to, the executive search process; risks related to the potential failure of eptinezumab to demonstrate safety and efficacy in clinical testing; Alder's ability to conduct clinical trials and studies of eptinezumab sufficient to achieve a positive completion; the availability of data at the expected times; the clinical, therapeutic and commercial value of eptinezumab; risks and uncertainties related to regulatory application, review and approval processes and Alder's compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements; risks and uncertainties relating to the manufacture of eptinezumab; Alder's ability to obtain and protect intellectual property rights, and operate without infringing on the intellectual property rights of others; the uncertain timing and level of expenses associated with Alder's development and commercialization activities; the sufficiency of Alder's capital and other resources; market competition; changes in economic and business conditions; and other factors discussed under the caption «Risk Factors» in Alder's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 26, 2018, and is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

From a strictly legal perspective, the relevant question is not whether there is a sufficient connection to any particular existing or proposed oil sands development or other production activity, and certainly not whether such projects or activities were included in the Terms of Reference (ToR), but rather simply whether the GHGs associated with the production of bitumen that will be transported by the NGP are an «environmental effect» of that project (see NGP Report, Volume II, Appendix 4, Terms of Reference, which defines «environmental effect» very broadly to mean «any change that the project may cause in the environment.»

Consider a partial list of developments since just World War II: a broad national decline in denominational loyalty, changes in ethnic identity as hyphenated Americans enter the third and subsequent generations after immigration, the great explosion in the number of competing secular colleges and universities, the professionalization of academic disciplines with concomitant professional formation of faculty members during graduate education, the dramatic rise in the percentage of the population who seek higher education, the sharp trend toward seeing education largely in vocational and economic terms, the rise in government regulation and financing, the great increase in the complexity and cost of higher education, the development of a more litigious society, the legal end of in loco parentis, an exponential and accelerating growth in human knowledge, and so on.

One of the most extraordinary aspects of this referendum was the extent to which bodies which had no business recommending a vote one way or the other took sides: the Industrial Development Authority called for a «Yes» vote, as did the Gaelic Athletic Association, as did the representative organisation of the Irish police in the Republic, the Garda Representative Association — a move which drew a sharp rebuke from Baroness Nuala O'Loan, the legal expert who oversaw the changes in Northern Ireland which improved the policing situation there immeasurably.

These cultural changes are too familiar to require elaboration here: rapid upward mobility, the expansion of higher education, the growth and development of the mass media, the end of legal segregation, and alterations in women's roles.

Were it to be eliminated altogether, the relative scores on legal development in 115 nations would change hardly at all.

But once the law - finding power passed to judges, who began to exercise it by rendering written opinions that remained available for all to read, precedent threatened to impose a straight - jacket on future legal development and to bar all future legal change.40

And how fascinating that so many see the source of the ills in those social, economic, legal, and technological developments that have roots in the transcendental, even dualist, thought that God is other than the world, and that in our obedience to God we may be called upon to change the world.

For the grand sum of $ 2, the entire picture of Buffalo's Outer Harbor changed Thursday when the NFTA signed legal papers turning over 354 acres of land to the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation.

The #NoCuts Coalition is comprised of the following groups and individuals: Community Voices Heard, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, Manhattan North District Council of Presidents, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA), New York Communities for Change, The Black Institute, CASA - New Settlement, MFY Legal Service, Coalition for the Homeless, Pratt Center for Community Development, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, GOLES, FUREE, Legal Aid Society, Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition, CAAAV, Brooklyn For Peace, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Community Service Society, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, Transport Workers Union Local 100, National Action Network, Racial & Economic Justice, Red Hook Initiative, Goddard Riverside Community Center, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), DC37, Picture The Homeless, Greater New York LECET, Unique People Service, United Neighborhood Houses and Supportive Housing Network of New York.

The annual wish list for the region from the Buffalo Niagara Partnership is out and it's heavy on legal and regulatory changes rather than high - cost economic development projects.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Clarkstown hereby authorizes the Town Attorney's office, along with special counsel as may be deemed necessary by the Town Attorney to explore whether legal action should be taken against the Town of Ramapo and others, in connection with the proposed zone change and development of the Pascack Ridge site.

New York, NY About Blog Biologics Blog is a source of insights, information and analysis related to biologics, including the legal developments, trends and changing regulation that impact the biotechnology industry.

These changes have come not through traditional legal avenues, but through important legal developments that school leaders need to know about to prepare transition - age youth with disabilities for work.

ACS works for positive change by shaping debate on vitally important legal and constitutional issues through development and promotion of high - impact ideas to opinion leaders and the media; by building networks of lawyers, law students, judges and policymakers dedicated to those ideas; and by countering the activist conservative legal movement that has sought to erode our enduring constitutional values.

The Liberals» first budget offered a new tool for the Canada Revenue Agency in its collection efforts: legal changes allowing it to use tax information for the purpose of collecting debts from the student loan program overseen by Employment and Social Development Canada.

New York, NY About Blog Biologics Blog is a source of insights, information and analysis related to biologics, including the legal developments, trends and changing regulation that impact the biotechnology industry.

The factors shaping the future development of each sector are diverse and include, political -, economic -, socio - cultural, technological -, demographic -, legal and regulatory -, and ecological environmental changes.

«Certain existing disclosure rules... may require a company to disclose the impact that business or legal developments related to climate change may have on its business,» the Commission stated at the time.

The ultimate purpose of these lawsuits is to use the court system to halt or curtail what is otherwise legal oil and natural gas development, and to assign full blame for climate change on companies — despite the fact that we all rely upon oil and natural gas in daily life.

Martin's Beach (2014)- Surfrider Foundation won a heated legal battle at the San Mateo Superior Court when Judge Barbara Mallach ruled in favor of Surfrider's arguments that the gates, change in signage and security guards added to Martin's Beach constituted «development» under the California Coastal Act and thereby requires a Coastal Development Permit («Cdevelopment» under the California Coastal Act and thereby requires a Coastal Development Permit («CDevelopment Permit («CDP»).

Rich, industrialised countries like the EU and US have a legal obligation under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC — which the talks fall under) to take the lead in cutting their emissions while providing the finance and technology to poorer countries to adapt to climate impacts and avoid the same fossil - fuel intensive development pathways they did.

This manual aims at improving national legal and regulatory regimes to support and facilitate the development and implementation of measures for adaptation to climate change.

The suit also debuts a new legal framework to fight climate change, one that portrays federal support for the development and use of fossil fuels as a violation of the Fifth and Ninth Amendments, as well as the public trust doctrine.

Texas Supports Youth in Climate Change Lawsuit: Texas Legislator, Former TCEQ Commissioner, Legal Scholar, Texas League of Conservation Voters - EF, Sierra Club, Public Citizen, Air Alliance, Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Coalition, Environment Texas, Texas Campaign for the Environment, Texas Drought Project, Planet H.E.A.L., and Texas Black Bass Unlimited filed an Amicus Curiae Brief in support of Texas youth.

News release, «SEC Issues Interpretive Guidance on Disclosure Related to Business or Legal Development Regarding Climate Change,» U.S. Securities and Exchange Council, January 27, 2010, https://www.sec.gov/news/press/2010/2010-15.htm (accessed March 4, 2016).

The legal team at Our Children's Trust was already developing a federal climate change case seeking to hold the government accountable for their role in promoting fossil fuel development and continue their ongoing global legal campaign to hold governments accountable for precisely that which the Pope has said is causing our undoing.

The question of whether the decision changes the legal standard for determining copyright infringement or whether it will hamper artistic creativity must await further legal developments in court and perhaps on the legislative front.

If asked to identify some of the major milestones of the past century that have changed the nature of legal practice, I'd put the development of computerized legal research systems such as Lexis in my top five.

It is also designed to change with the legal marketing landscape so that the firm is always up - to - date on any developments.

Keep yourself informed in changes in the law, changes in social media and developments in legal marketing.

With Texas being the top state in the US for contributions to state gross domestic product and jobs created / supported by commercial real estate development, how do you recommend the legal sector should change in order to support this growth?

It can also monitor legal developments for changes that can affect your case, instead of requiring you to monitor a torrent of legal news.

I encourage you to read the full resolution and report to draw your conclusions as to what these changes mean in terms of the acceptability by the legal profession of web - based client development.

Reflecting on a law school's history and development naturally leads one to ponder the changing nature of legal education and the evolving functions law schools serve in Canadian society.

Jay has always had his finger on what's next, so Jaffe PR provides an extraordinary opportunity to be at the forefront of rapidly changing developments in legal public reputation management,» said Stimmel.

Therefore, we speak with Eleni Kokkini, a Senior Associate at PPT Legal, on concerning aspects her clients are often unaware about, and how she expects the world of IP to change, given the development of Blockchain and AI.

The pace of change within the criminal justice system has continued over the last year with a range of notable legal and procedural developments.

He added that often an industry needed an outside force to change it, and this could be seen in the development of legal AI.

Stay up to date with the latest legal developments through Westlaw Asia, integrating legal service provision with the ever changing legal environment.

Although 96 per cent believe an increased «focus on improved practice efficiency» is a permanent development in the legal market, only 45 per cent report that their firms are making significant changes to their strategic approach in order to increase efficiency.

Over the next few pages, Mr. Musthafa Zafeer O.V. talks to Lawyer monthly about several ways him and his firm have «changed the legal game», set precedents in the development of legal talent, and changed the perspective of the legal world through their innovative initiatives.

The survey from legal consulting group Altman Weil shows 96 per cent of law firm leaders identified «more price competition» as a permanent development, but only 29 per cent are changing their «strategic approach» to pricing.

Plus numerous current topics: faceted search engines; continuing professional development and options for legal studies; Competitive Intelligence; Project Management; the future of articling in Canada; mobile technology for teaching, learning and working; librarians as trainers; RDA standards; self - management during periods of change; Quebec sources for non-Quebec legal researchers; librarians as innovators; ROI and demonstrating value

Practicing law within the Nigerian energy sector requires not only traditional legal skills, but also an understanding of the ever - changing world in which we live and the development of new skills and knowledge to address the new trends within the sector as well as client's ever - changing needs.

This change will increase flexibility as each organization continues to offer legal education programs that help lawyers navigate the rapid changes in legal developments and technology.

«The people you are providing legal services to are changing,» said Bernadette Bulacan, director, market development at Thomson Reuters, speaking at the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium second annual conference last legal services to are changing,» said Bernadette Bulacan, director, market development at Thomson Reuters, speaking at the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium second annual conference last Legal Operations Consortium second annual conference last week.