Sentences with phrase «controversial practice»

And as you might have expected, it's a pretty controversial practice across the nation.

After his report shined a light on controversial practices by then - governor Eliot Spitzer in the Trooper-gate scandal, Cuomo sought the ability for the A.G. to pursue criminal investigations of the governor and other members of his team.

But the TPP will mark the first time that Canada has accepted trade treaty obligations governing patent linkage, which could interfere with cost - saving reforms.Copyright and trademarks — TPP copyright rules would require far longer terms of copyright protection, based on the U.S. model, and could require protection for controversial practices such as «digital locks,» which allow copyright holders to encrypt software in computerized devices.

In June 2015, he announced the cancellation of the highly controversial practice of «carding,» calling it racially discriminatory.

The medical profession appears to be divided, the researchers note, not just in its attitudes about providing controversial practices such as terminal sedation, abortion or birth control for teens, but also in its judgments about what doctors should do when patients request a legal procedure to which their doctor objects.

In an unregulated marketplace, where the same service can cost $ 500 against $ 15,000, for pretty much the same thing, depending on where you shop; where useless services are sold at inflated prices; where one large operation with many imprints, and controversial practices dominate the information stream, how do you know who to trust?

After debate ended in a close cloture vote on Tuesday, the Senate has voted to pass a bill that will renew for another six years one of the NSA's most controversial practices.

Last year, in a rare win for anti-surveillance activists, the NSA announced that it would end the most controversial part of the already very controversial practice — the one that allowed it to surveil Americans who even mentioned foreign targets (this is known as «about» collection).

When the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ® purchased the Real Estate Buyer's Agent Council, an organization of buyer's representatives, industry observers saw it as a symbol of mainstream acceptance of buyer agency — a once controversial practice.

He submitted a motion for the group to make a formal recommendation on the Senate's controversial practice of paying stipends to individuals who don't actually hold leadership posts.

Gold cyanidation is a highly controversial practice used to leach gold from extracted material that has been banned in various countries as a result of the fact that even small amounts of cyanide are poisonous for the environment and human health.

Urban Outfitters on Wednesday said that it will end on - call shifts for employees at all of its North America stores, three weeks after promising to discontinue the controversial practice at its New York locations.

Note the similarity here to the controversial practice of short - selling stocks, wherein a trader is betting that the value of a stock is going to go down — that is, betting that the company will do poorly.

Since the U.K. eliminated its tax on income earned outside the country several years ago, it's become increasingly popular for so - called corporate inversions, a controversial practice in which a foreign company buys a U.K. company, primarily to lower its tax bill, says Andrew Needham, a tax partner at law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore, which specializes in private equity and hedge funds.

Graham Hutchinson says the province should impose a moratorium on the controversial practice.

Note the similarity here to the controversial practice of short - selling stocks.

The story notes, «It is a controversial practice, and many companies have backed away from offering their own funds because of the perceived conflicts,» but that JPMorgan defends its program.

Washington (CNN)- A law enforcement official confirms members of the Westboro Baptist Church, known for its controversial practice of picketing military funerals, participated in training for law enforcement officials at Quantico Marine Base in Virginia.

After loosing his senate position Rick Santorum earned millions of dollars including payments from a lobbying firm, an energy company engaged in controversial practice which pollutes ground water and endangers the public and a hospital conglomerate that was sued for allegedly defrauding the federal government.

The only question to answer in considering whether to engage in controversial practices is whether the practices violate United States domestic law.

This doesn't necessarily mean the mother and infant have to share a bed, a controversial practice known as «co-sleeping» or «sleep sharing.»

• Another major piece of legislation hailed by lawmakers as an important civil rights milestone was a ban on the controversial practice of using therapy to alter a young person's sexual orientation or gender identity.

While the de Blasio administration had been relying on a last - minute emergency - based system for booking hotel stays, the controversial practice was only recently formalized into three - year contracts totaling $ 364 million per year.

A report disclosing financial information found that City Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D - Forest Hills) gets both a retirement pension and a salary from the city, a controversial practice called «double dipping.»

In 2010, then Governor David Paterson and state lawmakers ended the controversial practice of member items, which in Congress is called earmarks.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office is cooperating with a law enforcement probe of the state Senate's controversial practice of paying out stipends to lawmakers for leadership posts they don't hold,...

Reform groups including Citizen Action New York gathered in Albany on Monday to protest the outsized influence of the natural gas industry on the state legislature's approach to hydrofracking, noting that the industry has contributed more than $ 1.3 million to state legislators in an effort to buy support for the controversial practice.

On claims for mortgage interest the report said that there should be no further capital gains at public expense, and the controversial practice of «flipping» properties should no longer be possible.

Eight groups representing the Democratic Party's progressive wing plan to call on Hillary Clinton today to disavow the controversial practice of Wall Street firms paying bonuses to executives who leave for government jobs.

A bill that would ban the controversial practice of gay conversion therapy by licensed mental health therapists in New York has picked up its first GOP co-sponsor.

Gov. Cuomo put state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli on the hot seat Thursday over the state Senate's controversial practice of paying out stipends to lawmakers for leadership positions they don't hold...

A Westminster Hall debate on the issue moved by Labour MP Sandra Osborne will receive an official government response, raising hopes among campaigners that officials may be intending to introduce regulatory controls on the controversial practice.

The last two times the Assembly passed a bill banning conversion therapy, a highly controversial practice, the Senate has failed to vote on it.

Additionally, he said the DOE would refrain from re-litigating cases unless the special need diagnosis for a student changed, ending a controversial practice in which the city demanded documentation each year from parents and experts before reimbursing for school costs.

Despite calls from unions to ban zero - hours contracts outright, Mr Cable said the controversial practice had a place in the labour market - offering working opportunities especially for students and older people.

Opponents claim that the environmental concerns are too significant to bring the controversial practice to Western New York, and they are lobbying for a permanent ban on fracking.

Cuomo pledged not to appear in the ads, a controversial practice that led to widespread criticism of former Gov. George Pataki, who regularly did so in other state campaigns.

Critics compared the legal - financing industry to mob loan - sharking and modern - day slavery during a hearing Wednesday into the controversial practice of paying plaintiffs cash in advance against potential lawsuit settlements.

She appointed an independent monitor to oversee changes in the policy, but did not call for an end to the controversial practice.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office is cooperating with a law enforcement probe of the state Senate's controversial practice of paying out stipends to lawmakers for leadership posts they don't hold, it was revealed Thursday night.

The controversial practice intends to change one's sexual orientation or gender identity but critics say it poses a serious threat to the mental well - being of a child and has been discredited by numerous medical associations.

Within a day or two, she had spoken with three wildlife experts who were recommended by SciLine, learning that accurate reporting on the situation would indicate that this was an example not of controversial practices but of competing interests working together.

According to the study, «screenings of Gasland in different locations had an effect on the mobilization of local campaigns against the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing; in turn, those local mobilizations made local policymakers significantly more likely to take action to ban the practice of fracking.»

A Mayo Clinic research team has found evidence suggesting that the controversial practice of ovary removal in premenopausal women to prevent ovarian cancer should be discontinued in women who are not at high risk of cancer.

It is not from the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing, a common public misconception.

But as Heeks points out, this is a controversial practice, and though it helps thousands of gold farmers earn wages equal to those of factory workers, it goes against the rules of the games.