Sentences with phrase «chilling effect»

If profitability and clear financial health became a prerequisite for a cloud provider being able to sell to lawyers, this would have a profoundly chilling effect on innovation in the legal space.

Could this rule have a dangerous chilling effect for law firm employees?

But the cases have value (and tremendous potential chilling effect) because a liability judgment will be overwhelming.

This had a very chilling effect and is why, once in my 20s, I left that church.

When running the fan, you're creating a wind chill effect that helps keep the people sitting in the room feeling cool.

That finding suggests these policies are having a broad chilling effect on the ability of health centers to reach out and provide help to the uninsured and others in the community.

Such success notwithstanding, local officials fear a long - term chilling effect on development.

It would not be possible to word the law in a way that would not prevent all sorts of legitimate debates and create massive chilling effects.

The credit crunch has had a profound chilling effect on investment for much of the retail real estate sector.

Even the threat of the costs and distraction involved in dealing with such an action would have a severe chilling effect on the freedom of speech which is fundamental in keeping our institutions healthy.

I fear that the oath of political allegiance that the new justices will carry to the Court of Appeal will also have a detrimental and chilling effect on our democratic values.

He conceded that the action would have a «near - term chilling effect» on the industry's lobbying effort to compel banks and insurance companies to accept its business.

Even though the deleterious effects of a presumption against disclosure are real and substantial, any potential chilling effects of complete openness need to be carefully considered, and were unable to be evaluated on the record in this case.

According to the New York Times, the two cases have had a «chilling effect in the Capitol,» with lawmakers afraid to do much legislating for fear that what they consider «business as usual» will be interpreted as corruption by investigators.

This is as much a movie for Trump's time, as it was Nixon's — whose voice from the then - secret White House recording system is used to chilling effect by Spielberg.

This novel is saddled with a number of the standard tropes of modern paranormal romance, but Yovanoff's ability to tantalizingly draw back the curtain — just a little — on hideous metal - and - flesh monstrosities is used here to the same chilling effect as seen in The Replacement (2010).

The court appears to have made a policy decision of access to the courts, and therefore lawyer should not have to bear the financial burden of their clients cases, as if they had to do so, it would create a significant chilling effect upon the overall access to the courts by the public.

There is certainly evidence that the initial tranche acted to do this, although the effect on wages as a whole is more debatable (see here versus here) and immigration almost certainly had a statistically significant chilling effect on wages for unskilled labour.

«I absolutely think there is still a lingering, chilling effect because of the backlash on the SAFE Act.»

However chilling the effect of such scrutiny upon his life, Norman's paintings stand as a testimony to his talent and determination, and ultimate belief in humanity.

The director of public prosecutions has instructed prosecutors to have a very high threshold of evidence before pressing ahead with a case, that it has to be very offensive, and to weigh up pursuing a conviction with the public interest of a possible chilling effect on free speech.

Although being banned is more humane than solitary confinement in a sternly administered prison, it has a more chilling effect on civil liberties in general because, as it were, it makes of the entire country a prison.

And as other studios frantically copy the franchise formula, there's an overall chilling effect on any other kind of production.

But does it have the same chilling effect on its would - be audience, or does it instead feed into the electric lesbian tension that serves as motor for all these «Sex and the City» knock - offs?

The Bush era saw a similar chilling effect on scientific research and environmental regulation.

Additionally, if Bar Counsel can obtain review of not - guilty counts by simply raising the issue in its brief where the lawyer has asked for review, as it has done in this case, then we could see a substantial chilling effect on lawyers who wish to challenge the Board's recommendation.

«These measures, if confirmed, may have a potentially chilling effect on journalists» freedom of expression as guaranteed by Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights [ECHR],» chief executive Thorbjorn Jagland wrote.

Also note that a cease and desist does not necessarily mean that what you did was illegal; see chilling effect.

«The arrest and aggressive prosecution of Barrett Brown had a marked chilling effect on both journalists and security researchers.

Rather, it could wind up having a serious chilling effect on the SEC's whistleblower program.

Another claim made is that FOI stops everyone writing things down, the so - called chilling effect.

«The blanket surveillance of the communications of parliamentarians could have a deeply chilling effect on our relationship with the public,» Green Party MP Caroline Lucas said.

But Timothy Barrows, a paleoclimatologist at the Australian National University near Canberra, and colleagues have found evidence that the Younger Dryas had little chilling effect down under.

The president's stance has had an incredible chilling effect on the pace of the research.»

Whatever chilling effect the White House might project onto the climate issue, those senior officials have given some cover to the career officials in their agencies, Femia said.

Watching it on the intimacy of a laptop monitor — the same way the film's final girl Blaire (Shelley Hennig) experiences the action — creates an immensely chilling effect.

Murphy is great too, laying on the charm at the start of the film and then using those piercing eyes to genuinely chilling effect when his true nature is revealed.

«I had just seen the movie Signs and thought it would be fun to create that horror movie chill effect.

Cold Shoulder makes chill effects last even longer and reduces the damage that chilled targets do to the Reaper.

Speaking to Kotaku, he said the bill ``... could have a distinct chilling effect on the types of games that are made, the types of games that are marketed, and certainly the types of games that are sold, and how widely available they are.»

But carrying out such an action would be as unprecedented as it would have a terribly chilling effect on U.S. democracy.

Even if bloggers inevitably prevail in most cases, the mere risk of costly litigation may have an enormous chilling effect.

If repudiation of plea bargains remains a relatively rare occurrence happening only in the clearest of cases it is not likely to have a dramatic chilling effect on pre-trial resolutions.

Furthermore, the CCLA brought up the issue that faces are constantly changing, and facial biometrics open a Pandora's box for mass surveillance by states of individuals, with a corresponding chilling effect on many civil liberties.

Freedom of expression was less centrally engaged in this case: the infringement of the newspapers» rights was based on an indirect chilling effect.

One of the criticisms made in the Ontario Legislature (at about 13:45) of the current Bill 52, the Protection of Public Participation Act, which provides a fast - track review of alleged «strategic litigation» or SLAPP suits, is that it does nothing to prevent the threatening letters from lawyers that often have the desired chilling effect without the need for a lawsuit that could be subject to the review.

Consequently, a crazy quilt of conflicting regulations can shut down this potential innovation or inflict a sufficient chilling effect to deter solos from jumping in, leaving opportunities for larger firms who have their own in - house counsel to guide their participation and don't need to wait for an OK from the bar.

Meanwhile, if overly expansive rules end up being fashioned to try to regulate all sorts of «illegal» content online that could also result in a wider chilling effect on online expression, and reduced support for broad regulatory efforts.

But there was also some interesting commentary about the potential chilling effect of the devices,