Sentences with phrase «enforcement is in the public interest»

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If both businesses and law enforcement give prompt, upfront disclosure of what technology is being used and in what manner, it will make it easier for startups to do business and help ease people's concerns, says Tamir Israel, a staff lawyer with the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic at the University of Ottawa.

To give such websites blanket immunity in the name of internet progress is antithetical to Canadian public interests, whether they be law enforcement, protection of content or other concerns.

The Information Commissioner has powers to override a refusal to publish information in the «public interest», by issuing an enforcement notice, following an appeal by the party whose request was refused.

But, while matching funds are an important feature of the City's system, any reform being considered in Albany that hopes to replicate the City's success should include lower contribution limits and an overhaul of administration and enforcement, writes Bill Mahoney of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

(A) The competitive impact of such judgment, including termination of alleged violations, provisions for enforcement and modification, duration of relief sought, anticipated effects of alternative remedies actually considered, whether its terms are ambiguous, and any other competitive considerations bearing upon the adequacy of such judgment that the court deems necessary to a determination of whether the consent judgment is in the public interest; and

This hearing comes at a time when there is burgeoning diverse and bipartisan support for ending anonymous companies in the U.S. Major financial institutions, national security experts, law enforcement organizations, anti-human trafficking groups and public interest organizations have all endorsed legislation that would require the disclosure of the real people who own American companies.

«The issue of local involvement in federal immigration enforcement is of intense public interest,» said Foley Hoag partner David Kluft.

It stressed that both the law enforcement and solicitor - client privilege exemptions are based on recognized public interests and, furthermore, that institutions must consider the public interest in favour of disclosure in applying their discretion.

The report, by Block G Privacy and Security Consulting, said: «Until national policies are established or court challenges arise... the use of UAVs by Canadian policing bodies will likely continue to be somewhat ad hoc and primarily constrained by the SFOC process and [law enforcement agencies»] interests in avoiding public pushback of UAV - based practices.»

[123] If the exclusion clause is held to be valid and applicable, the Court may undertake a third enquiry, namely whether the Court should nevertheless refuse to enforce the valid exclusion clause because of the existence of an overriding public policy, proof of which lies on the party seeking to avoid enforcement of the clause, that outweighs the very strong public interest in the enforcement of contracts.

That proof must be of sufficient magnitude to «outweigh the very strong public interest in the enforcement of contracts».

This applies only to circumstances where the parties reside in different provinces or if the proposed decision to refuse enforcement or set aside a domestic arbitral award is made on the ground of «violating the public interests».

Even though Alphamix concerned a domestic arbitral award, the attitude of the Judge in scrutinizing the arguments against the enforcement of an award when a litigant has gone through all the proper court procedures, even public interest ones, is most welcome and sends a strong signal to public bodies which choose to have their commercial disputes resolved by way of arbitration, that they should take arbitration proceedings and arbitral awards made against them seriously.

A «frisk» search incidental to a lawful arrest reconciles the public's interest in the effective and safe enforcement of the law and its interest in ensuring the freedom and dignity of individuals since it constitutes a minimal intrusion on individual rights which is necessary to ensure that criminal justice is properly administered.»

As a result of this decision, the IPC (subject to an appeal the Supreme Court of Canada will hear this fall) now has the ability to decide independently whether records subject to the law enforcement and solicitor - client privilege exemptions should be disclosed in the public interest.

During the pendency of the injunction case, the Attorney - General's Office, as Ministère Public, served a notice under Article 1026 - 9 of the CCP stating that the sum which the Council has been ordered by the arbitrator to pay exceeds by far the yearly grant allocated to it from the Consolidated Fund and that the enforcement of the interim award is likely to result in the assets of the Council being seized hence leading to the disruption of essential services provided by the latter which is not in the public intPublic, served a notice under Article 1026 - 9 of the CCP stating that the sum which the Council has been ordered by the arbitrator to pay exceeds by far the yearly grant allocated to it from the Consolidated Fund and that the enforcement of the interim award is likely to result in the assets of the Council being seized hence leading to the disruption of essential services provided by the latter which is not in the public intpublic interest.

Article 1026 - 9 of the CCP provides that the Ministère Public may serve a notice of opposition to the enforcement of arbitral awards in cases where it considers that such enforcement would be contrary to public intPublic may serve a notice of opposition to the enforcement of arbitral awards in cases where it considers that such enforcement would be contrary to public intpublic interest.

The «public interest» includes «a consideration of the principle of general deterrence with attention being paid to the gravity of the offence, its incidence in the community, public attitudes towards it and public confidence in the effective enforcement of the criminal law.»

In fact, the Supreme Court of Canada implied that the interest of Canadian courts in adjudicating cases involving constitutional and quasi-constitutional rights such as the privacy rights could be enough to allow the court to use its discretion to deny the enforcement of a contract for reasons of public policIn fact, the Supreme Court of Canada implied that the interest of Canadian courts in adjudicating cases involving constitutional and quasi-constitutional rights such as the privacy rights could be enough to allow the court to use its discretion to deny the enforcement of a contract for reasons of public policin adjudicating cases involving constitutional and quasi-constitutional rights such as the privacy rights could be enough to allow the court to use its discretion to deny the enforcement of a contract for reasons of public policy.

Rather than an across - the - board consent requirement, to protect individuals» privacy interests while also promoting public safety, we impose a set of procedural safeguards (described in more detail elsewhere in this regulation) that covered entities must ensure are met before disclosing protected health information to law enforcement officials.

It is the role of government to undertake functions in the broader public interest, such as public health activities, law enforcement, identification of deceased individuals through coroners» offices, and military activities.

Law enforcement access to protected health information in the first instance, absent any re-disclosure by law enforcement, impinges on individuals» privacy interests and must therefore be justified by a public purpose that outweighs individuals» privacy interests.

David Fewer, director of the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic in Ottawa, was very disappointed by the weakness of the enforcement provisions.

In determining whether to take action, the ACCC gives enforcement priority to matters that demonstrate one or more of a range of factors such as whether the conduct is of significant public interest or concern, is conduct resulting in a substantial consumer (including small business) detriment, is unconscionable conduct, particularly involving large national companies or traders, or is conduct demonstrating a blatant disregard for the laIn determining whether to take action, the ACCC gives enforcement priority to matters that demonstrate one or more of a range of factors such as whether the conduct is of significant public interest or concern, is conduct resulting in a substantial consumer (including small business) detriment, is unconscionable conduct, particularly involving large national companies or traders, or is conduct demonstrating a blatant disregard for the lain a substantial consumer (including small business) detriment, is unconscionable conduct, particularly involving large national companies or traders, or is conduct demonstrating a blatant disregard for the law.

It also requires a weighing of the damage to the public interest should the proceeding go ahead against the harm to the public interest in enforcement should the proceeding be halted.

The agreement may fall under the covenant - not - to - sue rubric, but covenants not to sue are only enforceable «if the interest in its enforcement is outweighed in the circumstances by a public policy harmed by enforcement of the agreement.»

James McDonald, the CFTC's Director of Enforcement, said that Dean «sought to take advantage of that public interest, offering retail customers the chance to use Bitcoin to invest in binary options, when in reality they were only buying into a Ponzi scheme.

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