Sentences with phrase «current issue of law»

«Commentary on current issues of law and public policy.»

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Tax reform has been a hot - button issue with corporate America during the current earnings season, and as one of the largest multinational conglomerates in the world, Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) was prepared to see a lot of impacts from the new tax laws.

«Current - affairs news» is a broad term in China and encompasses all news and commentary related to politics, economics, military, foreign affairs and social issues, according to the draft version of China's online information law.

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For example, in 1994 the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs of the American Medical Association issued an opinion holding that it is «ethically permissible» to use «the anencephalic neonate» as an organ donor, even though, as the Council recognized, under current law anencephalic babies are not dead.

Although I dispute his apparent view that recognized» as opposed to fanciful» norms of international law or codes of professional conduct would restrict actual practice under the regimen ridiculously called «enhanced interrogation,» as described in the Office of Legal Counsel memoranda profligately disclosed by the current administration, I have nothing against «conscientious reflection» on the issue and lively discussion of it.

«I am pleased that clause three will provide for the Government to review this issue and to look at whether the current law on the registration of stillbirths should be changed to allow for the registration of pregnancy loss before 24 weeks gestation.»

Under current law, a libel can be issued in Britain if someone viewed an article on a website from the UK, regardless of where the website is based.

If true, the dual - use nature of this technology may eventually raise issues for international law; it can also add further impediments to current efforts to develop legal regimes against weaponization in space.

Its executive director, Dick Dadey, said in a statement that accompanied the attorney general's notice, «We are thrilled that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has issued an advisory opinion stating what Citizens Union has long held — that current state law permits the use of an electronic handwritten signature for the purposes of registering to vote.»

Higgins said he particularly wants to hear from members of law enforcement, because they deal with gun violence regularly, and lawmakers have yet to have police agencies talk about the approach they feel would best solve the current issues.

«Distinguished gentlemen of the Press, it has become imperative for me to urgently issue this press statement to notify all men and women of good conscience on untoward activities of the current government in Lagos State that is hell - bent on persecuting my family for no reason besides that I insisted on the need to observe the rule of law

This chapter amendment would change the effective date of the law to May 1, 2011, allowing property holders, business owners and not - for - profit corporations the time to adjust the uses of their properties to the provisions of this law, or to dispose of the properties at issue so that they may find alternate sites for their current uses.

At issue last fall was that the Ulster County Board of Elections had allowed a few dozen poll - watchers to vote a few days earlier (via legally proscribed sealed envelopes) than current law allows.

Today, NY Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a statement dismissing the State Senate Majority's proposed eight years extension of the current NYC rent laws.

Under current law, the U.S. is on track to issue more new permanent immigrants on green cards over the next five years than the entire population of South Carolina.

The study identifies many current issues, caused by inter alia inherent limits of law, such as the dissolution of geographical boundaries leading to legal rules with unclear legal scope, rapid technical and business development, as well as the legal complexity in this area of law.

His paper «Banning the Use of Lead Shot: Options for the International Olympic Committee» appears in the current issue of the journal Environmental Policy and Law.

In the current study, published in the September / October issue of the Journal of Higher Education, Delaney and Kearney examined guaranteed - tuition laws» impact on mandatory student fees and out - of - state student enrollments, two alternative revenue streams that are not subject to the laws.

A special section in the current issue of Clinical Scholars Review, the journal of advanced practice nursing published by Columbia Nursing, explores how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) empowers CRNAs to help make anesthesia services more accessible to patients, while also highlighting laws in New York and other states that may impede the expanded access to care envisioned by ACA.

European law and the Hungarian legal system, current issues of business law and private law, environmental law at the beginning of the 21st century, rule of law and the Hungarian legal order, human rights and international relations in a globalizing world, general questions of the theory of the legal system.

The posts are good examples of police / community relations and current law enforcement issues faced around the country.

Regrettably, through all the NCLB trashing, Winerip never described these issues so that lay readers, almost certainly unfamiliar with this context, could at least understand the current environment let alone learn about the complexity of the law and the challenges of designing policy for our decentralized system of schooling.

But when the drafting of a new law was scheduled for the 1996 legislative session, dozens of school districts had more than a year to seize the chance to pass construction - bond issues under the current law.

Washington — The redefinition of transitional bilingual education, a key objective of Secretary of Education William J. Bennett's bilingual - education initiative, is prohibited under current law and may be unnecessary, the department's chief attorney told the Secretary in a memorandum three weeks before his recent policy address on the issue.

In the current issue of its membership newspaper, NEA Today, the union notes that four years after the first statewide teacher - competency law was passed, «politicians are no longer promoting such statutes as a cure - all for education problems.»

• Commitment to federal laws established by Supreme Court rulings: OCR's current reading of its authority under Title IX goes beyond the narrow interpretation adopted by the Supreme Court in two decisions that addressed the sexual harassment issue, even explicitly rejecting the rulings in guidelines issued under the Clinton administration.

At a time when pressure on school places and buildings is increasing, and the public sector is being asked to make more cuts on spending, it is critical that school providers understand current issues on planning if they are to make best use of their built assets, according to Karen Cooksley and Lindsay Garratt from law firm Winckworth Sherwood

It will be interesting to see how this evolves, because under current law, while sexting is clearly a very serious issue, it can currently have more serious ramifications in terms of criminality than the act of a child having underage sex.

It offers current and authoritative information on legal issues facing schools within the context of state and federal education law.

As members of the National Council of School Attorneys, the Georgia Council of School Attorneys and the Education Law Section of the State Bar, the firm stays current on all legal issues at the national and state level.

The opinion, issued Thursday, found current law «indicates the General Assembly intended to treat the Chicago Public Schools differently than other Illinois school districts with respect to financial oversight by the State Board of Education.»

The Obama administration has already opened the door to major flexibility by issuing waivers from the NCLB law, the current version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

This chart compares current Federal law, two bills that have passed the U.S. House and Senate, and NSBA's position on a number of different issues within the context of ESEA.

Randall G. Bennett is the Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel of the Tennessee School Boards Association where he provides general legal opinions to local boards of education, superintendents and TSBA staff on school governanace issues, organizes and presents at seminars and training events, prepares and files amicus briefs in appellate cases affecting public schools, monitors current litigation and changes in state and federal law, and supervises the Association's Policy Department, A former school board member and police officer, Mr. Bennett obtained his law degree from Nashville School of Llaw, and supervises the Association's Policy Department, A former school board member and police officer, Mr. Bennett obtained his law degree from Nashville School of Llaw degree from Nashville School of LawLaw.

This section includes an overview of those laws, as well as topics such as important court cases impacting ELLs and current issues in the news today.

In the current legislative climate, it is too risky to pass laws that fail to address the «core» issues impacting the inequitable distribution of educational opportunities across our state and nation.

Other key timeline information to keep in mind: Under current law, ED has one year to issue their final regulations from the date of enactment.

It investigates scams, issues warnings of current scams to consumers and takes legal action against companies in order to protect consumers, punishes companies that violate the law, and gets restitution for customers who have been scammed.

Issuing Company: ETF Securities Ltd Ticker: PPLT Expense Ratio: 0.60 % Tax Treatment: From the prospectus, «Under current law, gains recognized by individuals from the sale of «collectibles,» including physical platinum, held for more than one year are taxed at a maximum federal income tax rate of 28 %, rather than the 15 % rate applicable to most other long - term capital gains.»

While these securities do not pay current cash income, federal income tax law requires the holders of zero - coupon, step - coupon, and pay - in - kind securities to include in income each year the portion of the original issue discount (or deemed discount) and other non-cash income on such securities accruing that year.

HLS SALDF also addressed the popular issue of wild animals in captivity through talks by Chris Green, former ALDF legislative director (and current executive director of the Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law School), who spoke about legal developments in this area, and Death at SeaWorld author David Kirby, who spoke on the plight of captive orcas.

Calgary has accomplished so much by focusing on root issues of problems, providing service to their «customers» (it was so weird to hear an animal control officer refer to their constituents as «customers»), and getting people to obey their current laws.

The rules contained in the current issue of Modern Rules of Order shall govern the association in all cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not consistent with these by laws and any special rules of order adopted by the association.

The plaintiffs in the case, Morton and Robinson, asked the court for an injunction, to require the state to comply with the law and stop issuing licenses to any new shelters that would use gas chambers and to refuse to renew licenses of current shelters that kill animals by illegally gassing them.

It would be much more effective if local wardens, humane agents and other local officials were provided with funding to help enforce the current animal cruelty laws and the standards of care issued by the Board for high volume breeders.

The legal issues facing employers in the current economic climate are many, and the ever - evolving nature of employment law can make management and prevention of problems difficult for even the most experienced business owner.

He was surprised and outraged by what he learned about the current laws regarding a range of issues in genetics.

Vote Hemp is a national, single - issue, non-profit organization dedicated to the acceptance of and a free market for low - THC industrial hemp and to changes in current law to allow U.S. farmers to once again grow this agricultural crop.

Hopefully it will touch on important issues, such as conflict minerals, conflict - free electronics, e-waste around the world and proper electronic waste recycling and the current state of e-waste laws.