Sentences with phrase «individual changes to laws»

It isn't so much as individual changes to laws and regulations; rather it is having a working knowledge of changes that happen regularly.

Not exact matches

The laws in some states may not have changed to protect LGBT workers, but individual American attitudes have changed considerably in the last decade.

Senator Cory Booker introduced a new bill on Tuesday that would legalize marijuana at the federal level while encouraging individual states to change their marijuana laws, or else be deprived of federal funds.

And because individual states could still prohibit marijuana locally, Booker's bill would also incentivize states to change their marijuana laws by withholding federal funding from any states that have enforced laws against the drug in ways that disproportionately affect low - income citizens and people of color.

The Board or the HRC or the GNC may modify, suspend, or terminate the LTICP but may not, without the prior approval of our stockholders, make any change to the LTICP that increases the total amount of common stock which may be awarded (except to reflect changes in capitalization), increases the individual maximum award limits (except to reflect changes in capitalization), changes the class of team members or directors eligible to participate, extends the duration of the LTICP, reduces the exercise price of or reprices outstanding stock options or stock appreciation rights, waives the LTICP's minimum time period requirements for vesting and lapse of restrictions for restricted stock or RSRs, or otherwise amends the LTICP in any manner requiring stockholder approval by law or under the NYSE listing requirements.

The bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus last week released a plan to stabilize the individual insurance market and make other changes to health care laws.

Tax laws or regulations are subject to change at any time and can have a substantial impact on your individual situation.

The four schools of law have clear rulings that on no account should an individual or group of Muslims attempt to change the government of an Islamic state through the use of arms and violence, because to allow such a possibility invites civil strife, private wars, and the abuse of Islam by factions who use theology to justify their self - interested rebellions and usurpations.

Experience, however, soon showed in what way they were to become the most dangerous; that the insufficiency of the means provided for their removal gave them a freehold and irresponsibility in office; that their decisions, seeming to concern individual suitors only, pass silent and unheeded by the public at large; that these decisions, nevertheless, become law by precedent, sapping, by little and little, the foundations of the consti.tution, and working its change by construction, before any one has perceived that that invisible and helpless worm has been busily employed in consuming its substance.

But to make individual evangelism the priority for one's social ethics is naive according to Smedes.29 (Changed people don't always change laws.)

In the light of the vast economic and technological changes that the UN has already contributed to the global system of what Vasak calls «solidarity,» it is now possible to classify the basic human standards into three broad categories: rights (individual) needs (collective) and uses (world law).

It asks for a change in law to protect animal welfare by ensuring that only those individuals who hold the relevant qualifications and are on the RCVS Register of Veterinary Nurses may call themselves «veterinary nurse».

People close to the party say its leaders hoped to use the endorsement as leverage to extract a promise from Cuomo — for instance, a major change to campaign finance law that could tilt the balance away from wealthy individuals and businesses.

Additionally, Governor Paterson pardoned four individuals who, due to retroactive changes to the immigration laws, would have been subject to deportation.

I grew up in England; I went to school as a young boy in England and I grew up at a time in England when homosexuality was banned there, it was illegal and I lived in the period when British politicians thought it was anathema to think about changing the law and suddenly the activities of individuals, of groups, a certain awareness, a certain development grew and grew and grew stronger and it forced a change in law.

In particular, we welcome proposals to strengthen the role of individual Returning Officers and to address the present shortfall in funding electoral administration, to simplify law and to establish a principle that all changes in electoral law must be finalised at least six months before any election.

«This change will make certain that the general public as well as the law enforcement who are actively seeking to arrest a wanted individual are not needlessly endangered by that individual obtaining new firearms,» Cuomo's office said.

By not giving full effect, at least initially, to the general principles of EU law, the Government are altering individuals» rights — and the right of government departments and other bodies to bring cases too - without any consideration of the desirability of the changes.

They are exploiting changes to campaign laws and regulations that have allowed wealthy individuals and businesses to pool unlimited contributions into super PACs that in turn have inundated the airwaves with negative advertisements.

In addition to removing marijuana from the list of controlled substances, the act looks to incentivize states through federal funds to change laws that may unfairly impact low - income individuals and people of color.

And the budget changes the law to offer protections for contractors, subcontractors, vendors, consultants or other individuals offering services in the workplace.

A change in the law to allow assisted dying would alleviate the terrible difficulties faced by individuals, like Mr Conway, and their families who wish to decide for themselves when they are ready to die.

«I grew up at a time in England where homosexuality was banned, it was illegal and I lived in a period where British politicians thought it was anathema to even think about changing the law and then suddenly, the activities of individuals and groups... grew and grew stronger and enforced the change in the law.»

Proposed laws include allowing local governments to enact their own restrictions on offenders, changing the legal definition of a school to include pre-K and kindergarten, and holding risk assessment hearings before an individual is allowed in a community.

A hurricane may surround them, but for these two individuals the goal isn't to change the law or the world, but simply to be left in piece to snuggle on a couch without prejudice or interference.

Putting aside the fact that NCLB requires assessments to be given to all students and even dings schools in its accountability requirements if they have low participation rates (after all, the law could change), sampling would make it more difficult to produce usable achievement data for individual districts and schools, especially in small schools or rural areas.

The report highlights which policies individual states have adopted in the past few years, providing an update on state - by - state changes to education laws following a similar report by another pro-reform group, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), in 2011.

Since there are basically only two bankruptcies most individuals file, a Chapter 7 or a Chapter 13, you must meet certain standards established by law in order to change your mind about filing in either case.

We recognise that individuals and funds did what they believed was a valid option to prepare for the changes, and we are looking to provide a PCG clarifying that we will not undertake compliance action where someone has rolled a death benefit income stream to accumulation phase under the current law.

These tax law changes affecting individuals are scheduled to expire after 2025.

Because individuals» financial situations can change at different ages, the law lets creditors consider certain information related to age — such as how long until you retire or how long your income will continue.

These tax law changes are going to have a significant effect on individual taxpayers.

The tax law's changes to individual income tax rates — reducing effective tax rates for most Americans — may boost overall economic growth.

Veterinarians who work full time or part time, as consultants in this field need to keep themselves updated with regards to e.g. changing and evolving laws and regulations in Europe and in individual nations as well as world wide.

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But again, it isn't truly hypocritical to demand public policy changes while not doing anything as an individual, because in that case you're not asking anything of others that you aren't asking of yourself (unless you're planning to break the law and be lucky enough to get away with it).

We have a great privilege in this time in history to have ways as individuals to influence and change our laws.

We can view these global warming / climate change emanations as just the thoughts of these individuals or organizations as sometimes interesting speculation, but by no means a basis to determine the expenditure of government monies or for passing of restrictive laws.

Ad hoc opinions on specific issues of technology and social media are key to the development of this area of law, but the ABA recognized in 2009 that the time was right to consider changes to the Model Rules and thus to individual state rules.

Law societies and bar associations have been calling on the federal government to appoint a wider variety of individuals to the bench, but as Rosemary Cairns notes in her recent paper «Deliberate Disregard: Judicial Appointments under the Harper Government»: «These calls for change have elicited little substantive political response.

If this position were adopted in the vernacular law of individuals, communities and eventually formalised by the state, it could change the role of private property, from being a fundamental cause of the present environmental crisis, to being an agent for its mitigation.»

Even if claims against individual health care providers were likely to be successful, it should be added that tort law challenges to individual decision - makers may not be ideal from the perspective of patients with rare diseases as a group, as the individualized outcome in tort cases does not necessarily lead to the larger, policy change desired by many patients.

They are aware of the changing bankruptcy laws in Hungary and are prepared to handle the legal challenges of each individual client.

Changes include the following: • Requires certain individuals suspected of consuming alcohol to sign the written warning from law enforcement.

The Center for Access to Justice at Georgia State University College of Law is working to change that misconception, demonstrating through research how lower - income individuals have a fundamentally different experience with the civil and criminal justice systems, particularly in the South.

Without a change in the law, seriously ill individuals will continue to suffer against their wishes at the end of life, without the choice and dignity that they deserve.

Instead, such a «major change to UK constitutional arrangements [with the consequent changes in domestic law rights for individuals] must be effected in the only way that the UK constitution recognises, namely by Parliamentary legislation.»

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There was a celebratory atmosphere at the Legal Week Innovation Awards as individuals and teams at law firms, legal departments and other legal services providers were recognised for their ability to drive change in their businesses.

UVic's brochure to promote the degree program promises four main features: the opportunity to gain field experience through collaboration with Indigenous communities, the opportunity to foster relationships with Indigenous individuals across Canada and closer to home in the province including the Songhees, Esquimalt peoples, and the W̱SÁNEĆ nations, as well as being more marketable after graduation, and fostering the knowledge and skills to change the future landscape of Indigenous law and rights.