Sentences with phrase «city regulators as»

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Together over the course of the past year, Uber and Lyft have spent up to $ 9 million in a vain effort to overturn the city's proposed safety measure, viewing Austin as an important test case in the broader struggle between local regulators and Silicon Valley upstarts with novel business models and global ambitions.

Another early morning in Vancouver, BC and a meeting starts with a full house of equity crowdfunding industry participants including entrepreneurs, lawyers, investors, securities regulators, government, tech and finance executives who want to make sure this city keeps its crown as the entrepreneur and tech startup capital of Canada.

In June, New York state and city agencies announced $ 34 million in tax credits for Aetna — the health insurance giant that threatened to pull out of Obamacare exchanges as it tried to persuade federal regulators to approve a controversial merger.

An in - depth report by ProPublica's Marcelo Rochabrun and Cezary Podkul reveals that city and state regulators stood by as developer Two Trees Management disregarded laws requiring rent stabilization in exchange for the large property tax break it received.

Highlights were policies still claimed by Labour today as among its most significant achievements — the creation of the minimum wage, Scottish and Welsh devolution, and bills to reduce class sizes — as well as one key Brownite policy whose wisdom has now become disputed: independence for the Bank of England, which also involved removing its role as City regulator.

A switch to the Flint River as the city's water source introduced corrosive chemicals to the area's aging pipes when regulators failed to properly treat the water, allowing lead to flow into residents» homes.

Instead, Martha Rudolph, who is one of the leading health and environmental regulators in the state as director of environmental programs for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, recommended «taking baby steps» on pushing climate action and cautioned that the City of Boulder's potential climate lawsuit against oil and gas developers might not be the best approach in pushing an environmental agenda.

City - based competition partner Suyong Kim took the lead for WilmerHale as Morrisons claimed compensation totalling # 100,000 after a dispute with the OFT relating to the regulator's dairy cartel investigations.

As Justice Dunphy points out, «[t] he goal of statutory interpretation is not to start with the desired outcome that the regulator seeks in light of new developments to see what means can be found to stretch the words used to accomplish the goal,» [69] which as he says is what he would have had to do in order to rule for the City in this casAs Justice Dunphy points out, «[t] he goal of statutory interpretation is not to start with the desired outcome that the regulator seeks in light of new developments to see what means can be found to stretch the words used to accomplish the goal,» [69] which as he says is what he would have had to do in order to rule for the City in this casas he says is what he would have had to do in order to rule for the City in this case.

Ride - hailing giant Uber was also grilled over what one committee member dubbed its «aggressive» response to TfL's recent decision to strip its operator license in London — describing its claim that the city regulator risked putting 40,000 drivers out of work as hypocritical since Uber does not actually employ any of those drivers, while also pointing out that its business is intent on trying to automate the driving function via developing driverless car technology.