Sentences with phrase «focused on whether»

Maybe we should be more focused on whether employers are aware of their obligations and whether they are relying on reputable background screening companies, as well as legal counsel, to guide them through the appropriate use of all background checks.

Cheddar said CEO Mark Zuckerberg isn't focused on whether the device generates profit.

Other findings focused on whether alternative technologies, rather than the bitcoin blockchain, can be effectively deployed to create a distributed ledger.

Instead, the court focused on whether or not Google, as a private actor, could legally choose to take down speech and whether that would violate foreign law.

Owing to this expectation, attention is focused on whether the OLED lighting market, showing signs of slow growth, can be materialized.

The debate also focused on whether Bitcoin holds the potential of being treated only as a store of value like digital gold or both as a store of value and a medium of exchange like digital cash.

Most of those articles focused on whether Amazon Alexa was a fad and if this low retention was an indicator that usage on the platform was bound to trail off even after a strong holiday sales season for smart speakers.

While a utilitarian would be focused on whether civilian (and military) casualties would be less if autonomous weapons were used, a Kantian would object to the removal of humans from the lethal decisionmaking altogether.

Europe Our European practice has recently focused on representing (i) the Fédération Internationale de Football Association («FIFA») in connection with U.S. and Swiss criminal investigations into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world («Investigation»), including conducting an internal investigation on behalf of the organization; (ii) two major European banks, including by investigating whether the banks knew or should have known that accounts at the banks were used to pay bribes; (iii) a multinational logistics and transportation company based in Switzerland in a DOJ investigation of alleged violations of the FCPA; (iv) a Switzerland - based, international private bank, in connection with the global criminal investigations involving 1MDB, Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund; (v) several major European banks in connection with the «Panama Papers» investigation focused on whether accounts at the bank held under the names of companies created by the Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, were used to evade taxes, conduct business with sanctioned individuals or companies, or otherwise engage in criminal activity; (vi) ENRC, a large mining conglomerate formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange, in a high - profile investigation by the UK's Serious Fraud Office of alleged bribery in the company's operations in Africa and Kazikhstan; and (vii) several European banks in connection with the Petrobras and PdVSA investigations focused on whether accounts at the banks were used to pay bribes to Petrobras or PdVSA officials in return for contracts.

These cases are focused on whether the employee has a reasonable expectation of privacy in their communications.

The first phase of the project looked at whether links could be made between library use and attainment and the second focused on whether connections could be drawn between library use and retention.

Most debates have focused on whether the entity chosen to benefit from the cy - pres award is really an adequate substitute for the class members.

The final limb of Madarassy's appeal focused on whether the tribunal was wrong to consider how the employer would treat a hypothetical male comparator when addressing Madarassy's pregnancy and maternity - related discrimination claims.

«All the regulatory investigations we've seen so far have focused on whether the unsubscribe mechanism actually works and whether it's being fulfilled in the 10 - day time period,» says Reynolds.

Much of the debate around London and Brexit has focused on whether «the City» will suffer as a result of banks moving to the likes of Frankfurt or Paris.

The Oxford style debate focused on whether Snowden was a patriot or a traitor, and included the following panelists:

In turn, appellate courts since Kumho have focused on whether the trial judge abused his discretion in determining admission and, in some cases, have determined whether, without focusing on the Daubert factors, the expert testimony satisfied other evidentiary rules, such as whether there was an adequate factual foundation for the expert's testimony.

In turn, appellate courts since Kumho have focused on whether the trial judge abused his discretion in admitting or excluding the testimony and, in some cases, have examined, without focusing on the Daubert factors, whether the expert testimony satisfied other evidentiary standards such as whether there was an adequate factual foundation for the expert's testimony.

Because I argue that Agile project management is superior to traditional (or waterfall) project management for legal work, much of the discussion has focused on whether a switch to Agile techniques would improve adoption and outcomes.

This «broader» approach focused on whether the disability pension is actually available as income, or is spent on reasonable and justifiable expenditures that accord with the intended purpose of the benefits.

According to WisconsinWatchdog.org, arguments before Seventh Circuit judges in January focused on whether prosecutors are immune from the litigation and if public employees sacrifice their First Amendment rights because they are public employees.

Most, if not all, of the expert evidence was focused on whether the plaintiff sustained a mild traumatic brain injury as a result of a relatively minor rear ‑ end impact during the accident.

Instead, the court focused on whether the franchisor had a legitimate interest to protect in Peterborough in respect of the MEDIchair franchise system.

Instead, it focused on whether the franchisor had a legitimate interest that was entitled to the protection of the restrictive covenant.

Of the many considerations available to a Court when deciding on whether or not to award double costs, the Court focused on whether or not the Plaintiff's formal offer to settle was one that «ought reasonably to have been accepted», and cited the British Columbia Court of Appeal decision in Hartshorne v. Hartshorne.

The past Board decisions focused on whether the language could be interpreted in any fashion to in some way create an employee's perception that the company is trying to limit their rights to communicate about working conditions.

On appeal, it was argued the Motions Judge focused on whether the Appellant was ordinarily resident in Ontario, rather than on whether he was ordinarily resident in another jurisdiction on the date of the accident.

This partly focused on whether the discount rate should be based on a normal portfolio of investments rather than ILGD returns.

Until relatively recently, that inquiry focused on whether the individual was an employee or an independent contractor.

To date, most of the decisions and analysis on this issue have focused on whether the contracts are enforceable — was there mutual assent, mostly?

The public debate at the time was more focused on whether this meant that judges in general are tired of smartphone patent suits, and there was a fundamental misunderstanding on the part of all those who thought the cancelation of the Chicago trial was a loss only for Apple, when in reality the FRAND - related part of Judge Posner's ruling — which I called «absolutely fantastic» in the analysis I just linked to — was a major victory for Apple (more important than the negative part for Apple in my view).

The court should have focused on whether the relationship between Mashgoul and Schrenk was the type that could be regulated as an «employment relationship» under the Code.

So far attention has focused on whether Justice Nadon might have to reimburse the additional salary he received during his time as a member of the Court.

The Provincial Court of Alberta focused on whether providing a defendant with access to «411» and the White and Yellow Pages — but no access to the Internet — was adequate.

The holding of Matlock focused on whether or not the «permission to search was obtained from a third party who possessed common authority over or other sufficient relationship to the premises or effects sought to be inspected.»

Too much discussion so far has focused on whether or not Mc - W's short history of the dispute has captured all the nuances of the dispute.

By keeping the discussion focused on whether or not there is a problem, the fossil fuel lobby has effectively prevented discussion in the U.S. about what to do about it.

Arguments focused on whether FERC reasonably concluded it has authority over demand response markets, and whether the circuit court erred in its decision to invalidate that authority.

Instead, it was carefully focused on whether climate change is the most pressing problem currently facing humanity, as the thousands of souls jetting off to Copenhagen apparently consider it to be.

In fact, in the lead - up to Copenhagen, most of the justifications for national commitments that had been announced by countries to reduce their emissions were exclusively focused on whether they met global goals to reduce GHG emissions unadjusted by equity considerations.

Nearly all commentary has focused on whether this proposal would undermine efforts to contain the proliferation of nuc...

«By keeping the discussion focused on whether there really is a problem, these dozen or so dissidents — contradicting the consensus view held by 2,500 of the world's top climate scientists — have until now prevented discussion about how to address the problem.»

Or are you all focused on whether Nate Silver's choice of Roger Pielke Jr. as a climate statistician makes any sense?

Unlike most other artist talks, presenters focused on whether their projects were successful or not.

It doesn't matter which area you're focused on whether it's veterinary care, grooming or animal training.

Given that our furry companions are animals after all, the debate has focused on whether dogs can properly digest a diet including grains and starches or if a meat - only diet Read the full article...

The article, which raised the specter of zero - commission trading, focused on whether Interactive Brokers could survive in the «post-apocalyptic» online trading environment of commission - free trading.

Value investing takes into account a company's prospects, but is equally focused on whether it's a good buy.

While most bloggers have focused on whether she had always planned to step forward, you focus on the importance of having an author platform to improve sales.

While their language is imprecise, they're noticing details about each other's dancing that I didn't appreciate because I was so focused on whether or not they could use the specific vocabulary.