Sentences with phrase «damaging practices such»

During this process, Ismawati succeeded in moving the bill away from environmentally damaging practices such as incineration.

We hope the national spotlight on Chicago's schools refocuses the nation's attention on building connections between schools, parents and communities, backing research - based reforms and beginning the important pushback on damaging practices such as high - stakes testing, school closings, and flawed teacher accountability measures.

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The longer I practice, the more damage I have seen such untrained «spiritual counselors» cause.

Yet if there is such a thing as truth in our beliefs and practices, then ignoring those truths is not an expression of mercy, but a form of spiritually damaging confusion — dangerous for the individual, and dangerous for the believing community as a whole.

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The practice of leaving concessions legally obtained in an environmentally damaged state should be stopped, and the land left in such that in time it can regain its natural usefulness.

Although the practice holds promise for rescuing or resurrecting damaged reefs, there are concerns about unintended consequences such as introduction of disease or disruption of ecosystems.

A host of problems, including overfishing, practices such as cyanide and dynamite fishing that cause long - term reef damage, coastal development, and climate change are all taking their toll on the ecosystem and its biodiversity.

Those corrective practices such as sunscreen do increase damage yet the bureaucratic approach is to blindly trust advertising and other misinformation.

It was already known that storm - induced primary damage has grown in that period, but it was considered to be mainly due to increase in total growing stock and forest management practices, such as preference for Norway spruce.

Granted, if you are coming to the game with significant metabolic damage from decades of carbohydrate dependency, or not paying attention to some common sense best practices, such as choosing healthy foods instead of blindly focusing on macros, you will likely struggle with something as stringent as keto.

You also agree that any violation by you of these Terms of Use will constitute an unlawful and unfair business practice, and will cause irreparable harm to Company, for which monetary damages would be inadequate, and you consent to Company obtaining any injunctive or equitable relief that Company deems necessary or appropriate in such circumstances.

Unfortunately, the lower scores of African Americans and Latinos are not a surprise, both because of the legacy of discrimination and because these groups have been disproportionately affected by predatory credit practices such as the marketing of subprime mortgages, overpriced auto loans as well as higher foreclosure rates, all of which damage their credit history.

As collateral damage, many of Goldsmith's critics have been quick to dismiss the validity of conceptual or appropriation strategies as legitimate art practice, despite such forms having firmly established precedents throughout the past century.

Tree cover loss may be the result of human activities, including forestry practices such as timber harvesting or deforestation (the conversion of natural forest to other land uses), as well as natural causes such as disease or storm damage.

It was already known that storm - induced primary damage has grown in that period, but it was considered to be mainly due to increase in total growing stock and forest management practices, such as preference for Norway spruce.

This practice avoids unnecessary disturbance to the existing woods and existing ecosystem while minimizing root damage to the existing trees, which typically results from the use of large machinery for such a task.

Ginsborg references Robert Darnton's recent work in the New York Review of Books highlighting the extent to which libraries (and their users) are damaged by such practices.

[iv] Such editing should be made the most damaging example of the offence of «the unauthorized practice of law.»

The CJEU considered that while the national court is bound by the Commission's decision as to the existence of an anticompetitive practice, finding such anticompetitive practice is only one element of a private action for damages.

To meet the needs of commercial litigators, Lex Machina has added new features with practice area - specific tags such as expanded case timing analytics, new damages categories and new breach of contract and business tort findings.

Sometimes these birth injuries are the result of unsafe practices or negligent behavior by hospital staff, and can result in permanent damage to a newborn, such as cerebral palsy or Erb's palsy.

Passmore suggests that as a general rule one might have thought that a contested process in which the tribunal controlling the proceedings is empowered to make some sort of ruling that has mandatory consequences for a participant that are either penal in nature (such as a prison sentence, a fine or other form of sanction such as a suspension from practice) or otherwise require the participant to do something he or she does not wish to do (such as pay damages, obey an injunction or give an undertaking not to do something) are ones in which the privilege should be available.

If you have followed good health practices, such as not smoking, exercising, maintaining a good weight, and eating properly, this information might help your attorney in arguing that you are entitled to greater damages due to your longer life expectancy.

Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices, including but not limited to the use or employment of any deception, fraud, false pretense, false promise, misrepresentation or the concealment, suppression or omission of any material fact, with intent that others rely upon the concealment, suppression or omission of such material fact,... in the conduct of any trade or commerce are hereby declared unlawful whether any person has in fact been misled, deceived or damaged thereby.

The case included a multitude of issues such as contract interpretation, international freight policies, accounting practices, and complex damages disputes.

The damages for that are capped to such an extent that in practice it probably isn't worth taking it to court.

In the event that going through the regular legal practices to collect compensation are either insufficient for your personal needs, or there is an opportunity to collect more in damages through litigation, we have the experience necessary to pursue such situations in the courtroom.

At that time, Chamber officials praised her for developing the center's non-labor docket, stepping up its U.S. Supreme Court practice, and «taking a more strategic approach to shaping the law in areas such as punitive damages, class actions, and securities litigation.»

If the party responsible for an individual's catastrophic injuries engaged in especially egregious conduct, such as drunk driving, violent assault, very dangerous business practices, concealing known dangers from the public, or other grossly negligent or misleading behavior, the court may even find that the responsible party owes punitive damages, which are meant to punish the wrongdoer and deter future bad conduct.

The Tribunal can impose other sanctions such as making available on the first reasonable occasion, the rights, privileges, or opportunities denied as a result of discriminatory practice, and compensatory damages of various forms (a list of possible remedies is enumerated at s. 53 (2) of the Canadian Human Rights Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. H - 6).

Under California's Unfair Competition Law, False Advertising Law and other state and federal consumer protection laws, PSW pursues monetary damages for any type of false advertising, warranty fraud or other dishonest practices, such as those mentioned above.

Vaccine injury practice is a fascinating and challenging area of federal litigation involving complex medical causation issues, scientific research (typically in areas such as immunology, neurology, and genetics), medical experts, and, often - times, detailed damages calculations.

Since these types of damages have no particular meaning in Quebec law, it is considered a best practice to list in the limitation or exclusion of liability provision the main damages usually included in the common law concept of «consequential or incidental damages,» such as loss of profits, loss of goodwill, and loss of data.

If the REALTOR ® becomes aware of any practice damaging to the public or which may bring discredit upon the real estate profession, the Preamble encourages the REALTOR ® to bring such actions to the attention of the State Real Estate Commission.