Sentences with phrase «general legal basis»

Extensive discussion of the general legal basis for reasonable legal fees and expenses and how those issues are handled in common litigation and ethical situations.

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Helena Morrissey of the London - based Legal and General is making a big push for sustainable investing, saying at a conference Monday that individual investors are becoming increasingly wary of putting their money in the market as they fear companies will act in ways that run counter to the investor's own moral beliefs.

Goodlatte, joined by Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes of California and Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, wrote a letter last Friday to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein arguing there was no legal basis to withhold the documents.

But I would argue the legal change likely irritated flighty couponers more than General Mills» stable customer base.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

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In 2008 the Committee expressed its concern to Bolivia about «the difficulties in obtaining a legal abortion ¯ both therapeutic and ethical,» basing this concern in Article 12 and General Recommendation No. 24.

A general and easy rule of thumb for making sure the cheese you buy is lactose - free is to meet ALL of the SCD legal cheese tenets which are: Purchase a block of cheese that is on the below GREAT listing of SCD legal cheeses (based on the BTVC book and BTVC website list of permitted cheeses) and make sure the package says it is 1) aged at least 30 days AND 2) contains only SCD legal ingredients.

Based in general principles the Turkish «intervention» in Cyprus was legal because it was structured to be by the mastermind behind it, Henry Kissinger.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen&raLegal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen&ralegal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

See for example the 2000 Declaration of the South Summit by the G77 composed of about 130 member States [«We reject the so - called «right» of humanitarian intervention, which has no legal basis in the United Nations Charter or in the general principles of international law».

Interestingly enough, the Attorney General legal opinion is to the effect that the suspension is without legal basis.

The others include Albany - based Appellate Justice Leslie Stein, a former City Court judge; Buffalo - based Appellate Justice Eugene Fahey; Daniel Alter, general counsel for the state Department of Financial Services; attorney Maria Vullo of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in Manhattan; attorney Rowan Wilson of Cravath, Swaine & Moore in Manhattan; and Preeta Bansal, a Manhattan - based former state solicitor general who is a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School and senior legal and policy advisor at the MIT Media Lab.

Execs at a Brooklyn - based finance firm that fronts people cash against potential legal settlements have been spreading their own money around in Albany — with state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman...

The General Legal Council (GLC) has detailed the basis upon which it sanctioned human rights lawyer, Francis Xavier - Sosu, barring him from practicing as a lawyer for three years.

We, like any other Ghanaian, woke up June 3, 2017 with another sad news that a 3 - year ban has been placed on Mr. Francis - Xavier Sosu, a Human Rights Advocate by the General Legal Council on the bases that Lawyer Sosu has been found guilty on two counts of «overcharging a client; touting and person advertisement on social media».

Speaking in the Commons, attorney general Dominic Grieve said pursing criminal charges could push back an investigation, although the joint - committee is likely to push ahead on the basis of continued legal advice.

The standards would be implemented by a committee comprised of research scientists, forensic science practitioners, and members of the legal and law enforcement agencies, along with the Attorney General and the Director of NIST, to ensure they adhere to science - based priorities.

Security procedures can vary according to the specific needs of an institution and existing legal boundaries, the new report says, but it adds: «In general, programs include suitability based on educational and work verification, competency, criminal background check, and medical evaluation.

Brad Smith, who is Microsoft's general counsel and executive vice president of legal and corporate affairs and based in Redmond, Washington, said, «Unless we close the skills gap, we're not going to fully address the employment gap.»

This language would have been superfluous and without legal effect if, as Waxman assumes, EPA already had authority since 1970 to regulate carbon dioxide as an «air pollutant» or greenhouse gases in general based on their» global warming potential.»

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Issuer document which states the legal basis for debt issuance, and states the general terms of the financing.

Please be advised that this content is based on our general understanding of federal income tax rules for U.S. individuals and is not intended as legal or tax advice.

«The Committee is concerned that these efforts to silence speech are based on political theater rather than legal or scientific arguments, and that they run counter to an attorney general's duty to serve «as the guardian of the legal rights of the citizens» and to «assert, protect, and defend the rights of the people.

However, I don't recall climate contrarians coming to the defense of Michael Mann when he was subject to ideologically - based legal harrassment from then - Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli as well as from Republicans in Congress.

In this first case, the General Court had to address claims that the EU lacked an appropriate legal basis for its regulation which restricted trade in seal products.

This follows on specifically from the general legal principles which form the basis of EU law, such as the principle of legal certainty and the principle of protection of legitimate expectations».

In my view, even if statutes of limitations periods should be considered as forming part of procedural law, this would not mean that they are exempted from the EU general principle of legal certainty and that they can be modified on a case - by - case basis by courts, arbitrarily, without any clear and generally applicable legislative guidance.

Chicago - Kent College of Law, for example, has been experimenting with digital casebooks since the 1990s.160 Other professors argue that reading in digital format is inevitable.161 In general, those who call for more integration of technology into legal education suggest, besides digital textbooks, the use of online course management; use of listservs, blogs, and email to facilitate collaboration and communication outside of class; and the use of video - based instruction and electronic legal research aids.

General counsel at European - based companies are looking to align with business strategy and increase legal department technological capabilities - but there is a significant innovation gap between small and larger companies.

The way litigation in general works in the U.S. (such as the «American Rule» of no recovery of legal fees except under narrow circumstances) creates some opportunities for trolls, but with respect to the two concerns of this coalition of tech companies over the UPC, the German framework — which, again, would affect the whole of Europe based on the proposed rules of procedure — has terrible shortcomings in areas in which defendants in U.S. patent cases are actually in better shape.

Two popular approaches — lean manufacturing, based on the Toyota production system, and Six Sigma, developed by Motorola and made famous by General Electric — can be easily applied to legal work, through identifying opportunities for outsourcing, for example, and employing technology to automate routine tasks and thereby help to reduce costs.

While on a general basis this index ranks the legal system of the US 19th out of 102 countries, [16] on the specific question of affordable and accessible civil justice, the US is ranked 65th out of 102 (behind countries such as Russia and Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and Ukraine), [17] and is ranked last out of the regional group of North America and Western Europe, behind countries such as Romania and Bulgaria (the Report places Mexico in the region of Latin America & the Caribbean).

The SCC's decision is based in part on Quebec contract laws that don't apply elsewhere in Canada, but also on general legal principles that do:

In general, my experience is based on the provision of legal services and management consultancy business for companies in various areas of the economy, dealing with contracts, in sectors private and public, performing planning and structuring strategies, adding, therefore, knowledge about the Brazilian and international markets, in a multicultural context, amid a diversity of legal systems.

The ECJ dismissed the arguments of the applicants that the General Court erred in law in finding that Article 95 (currently Article 114 TFEU) constituted a solid legal basis (paras. 21 - 42).

Former Leeds United FC managing director David Haigh has launched legal proceedings to have arrest warrants issued for two senior members of the Dubai - based investment bank of which he was formerly general counsel.

Just thirty years ago — when some Slaw readers were not even born — the then Attorney General Bob Ellicott — whose smiling visage is caricatured below — announced Australia's first computer - based legal information retrieval system.

And although article 114 TFEU is not a legal basis for measures that are legally binding on individuals, «in certain fields, the approximation of general laws alone may not be sufficient to ensure the unity of the market.»

The Advocate General concludes thus that Article 27 of the Charter can be relied upon in principle in legal proceedings between private parties, or at least not excluded based on Article 51 (1) of the Charter (para 41).

Consequently, based on these reasons for the Advocate General Article 27 of the Charter as concretised through Article 3 (1) of Directive 2002/14 could be enforced in legal proceedings between private parties, with the possible result of the national norm being no longer applied (para 80).

Tim began his legal career as a trust officer and was a partner in another Bismarck firm for over twenty years before serving as General Counsel for a building contractor based in Minneapolis.

For some clients, he serves as outside general counsel managing legal service providers both within and outside the firm across a range of disciplines; in other cases, he is retained on a matter - by - matter basis.

Data, if it were to be systematically collected from «the Ministry of Attorney General's Office, legal aid organizations and other (non) law - related groups,» could measure the true impact of technologically based responses to access to justice issues.

Entering this critical fray, this article examines the debate on both sides of the coin for the inclusion and exclusion of digital devices and the attendant use of social media within the courtroom, based primarily on its accordance with the theoretical and legal underpinnings of the open court principle as they exist at the level of both Canadian law and general jurisprudential theory.

We agree with the Attorney General that the purpose of the Martin Act is not impaired by private common - law actions that have a legal basis independent of the statute because proceedings by the Attorney General and private actions further the same goal — combating fraud and deception in securities transactions.

Questions are provided by TV's 15 - 1, the Million Pound Drop and # 100K Drop quizmaster, and are based on general rather than legal knowledge.

At the law society's annual general meeting on Thursday, the Criminal Trial Lawyers» Association will move a motion seeking a statute - based framework for Legal Aid Alberta rather than the current governance agreement between the government and the regulator.

Lord Goldsmith was attorney general to the Labour government at the time of the conflict and provided a legal basis for the invasion, which today's report said took place before «peaceful options for disarmament had been exhausted».