Sentences with phrase «instead of public interest»

This aversion toward the legal profession may be due to an increasing amount of attorneys working towards self - interest instead of public interest.

This guilty plea underscores our unwavering commitment to hold responsible those who abuse their authority and pursue their own financial interests instead of the public interest.»

Not exact matches

My buddy Jim Kane with Retailer Web Services recently made an interesting observation about public companies: He noted founders waste an embarrassing amount of shareholder cash trying to save or slowly wind down companies instead of shuttering operations when it's clear the odds have turned against them.

Instead of the governments taking over the banks as in Europe, instead of steering their lending in the public interest, the Treasury is leaving control over to the same guys who have been mismanaging the credit system allInstead of the governments taking over the banks as in Europe, instead of steering their lending in the public interest, the Treasury is leaving control over to the same guys who have been mismanaging the credit system allinstead of steering their lending in the public interest, the Treasury is leaving control over to the same guys who have been mismanaging the credit system all along.

They are not beholden to any private interest, and are instead loyal to the public interest and obedient to the rule of law.

Instead of forcing a reluctant public to spend on the premise of substitution effect, a more normal rates regime would likely be effective to induce higher investment by aligning policy with the public's interest to meet future obligations.

Instead of a robust conception of consent that includes searching public deliberation about the most enduring moral questions, Obama envisions a less proactive, more symbolic recognition on the part of the public that their interests are being adequately managed by the political class.

Who benefits when the agency assigned by Congress to regulate television in the public interest instead regulates it in the interest of the broadcasters?

But «research» sometimes identifies instead only a more rarefied and specialized activity dealing with questions of interest to the discipline but remote from the needs of college students and the public.

nice to see you crawl out of your hole just in time to offer your 2 cents worth once again... unlike yourself I started following this team long before Wenger arrived on the scene and will continue to do so long after he's gone... in his earlier years I admired the cerebral elements he brought to the EPL, which at that point was more brutish than beautiful, and I respected the seemingly tireless efforts of Arsene, Dein & staff to uncover and develop talent without sacrificing the product on the field... likewise I appreciated that such a youthful manager wasn't afraid to bring strong personalities and / or world - class players into the fold without being fearful of how said players would potentially undermine and / or dilute his authority... unfortunately this all changed about 10 years ago and culminated in the removal of all our greatest players, both young and old, without any real replacements coming in... from Henry to RVP to Fabergas and Nasri, it was easy to see that this club was no longer interested in competing at the highest levels... instead of being honest, minus the ridiculous claims regarding the new stadium, Wenger chose to side with management and in doing so became the «front man» for this corporation pretending to be a world - class soccer club... without the «front man» this organization would have been exposed numerous years earlier, so his presence was imperative if the facade was to continue... it's for this reason and more that I despise what this once great man and Kroenke has done to my beloved club... the gutless, shameful and manipulative way they have treated the fans, like myself, is largely indefensible and this is why I felt it necessary to start offering my opinion in a public format... trust me, I resisted the temptation for many years but as long as the same shit continues to exist I will voice my opinions and if you don't like it maybe you should look for a different team to pretend to follow

And it is understood that De Boer going public on Tottenham's interest in his services has so angered the Premier League club's chairman Daniel Levy that he has since decided to pull out of any move for the 44 - year - old and instead switch his focus towards Southampton trainer Mauricio Pochettino.

I urge you, in the interest of infant and maternal health, to rescind the sponsorship of Mead Johnson Nutritionals and instead ask members of the public to donate wholesome foods to the food bank.

He called on well - meaning Nigerians to disregard any attempt to politicise the menace of cultism but focus instead on joining hands with the government and security agencies to bring the menace to an end in the interest of public safety while allowing the rule of law and justice to prevail in the matter.

There have also been questions as to why Lord Levy asked wealthy backers not to donate money to the party, which would have had to be made public, but instead provide a loan which, as long as it was at a commercial rate of interest, could be kept private.

Blair Horner, with the progressive leaning New York Public Interest Research Group, says the money could be better invested in renewable sources, instead of waiting until later.

Instead, Miliband must stand against any attempts to further extend the power of private interests over our public services.

Blair Horner, with the progressive - leaning New York Public Interest Research Group, said the money could be better invested in renewable sources instead of waiting until later.

And it's about time New York's byzantine election laws finally worked in the public interest instead of against it.

«Whether this sort of harassment should be countenanced is not about any particular political or special - interest groups; instead, it is a fundamental question about whether anyone can use (or, rather, misuse) public record laws to stifle science,» the legal defense fund said in the amicus brief.

Instead, Stewart is a selfish jerk, only concerned with his own interests and avoiding conflict not for some non-violent ideal (as Stewart did in Destry Rides Again) but out of pure apathy for the public good.

Instead, here is a man rightly enraged by the ignorance and bigotry of those who have no interest in learning what kind of player — let alone man — he is but knows that any public display of that anger and frustration would ruin his career and the future careers of any African American who could have the opportunity to play in the majors.

(If you're interested in attending BIE's public workshops for teachers instead of arranging for on - site workshops, go to our Events page.)

Just as I reached the conclusion that urban districts can't be fixed and, therefore, we need to create a new delivery system for public education in America's cities, a large and growing number of reformers interested in teacher preparation believe that we can't trust the old system to change adequately and that, instead, we need to create new pathways into the profession.

In the end, it's painfully obvious that a large chunk of teachers appears to have no interest in educating themselves about public education spending, but seem instead content to parrot the talking points of the state's largest teacher's union (whose membership has slipped drastically in previous years).

The UK's Education Act 2011 points to an interesting approach: it raises academic accountability by means of reforming qualifications, a concept almost unheard of in American education politics, which practices giving out money to students primarily in proportion to their poverty instead of to their having earned that public support.

But instead of acting in their best interest, he's eager to restrict their freedom and consolidate the power of the public - school powers that be.

It held that the retroactive removal of the tenure system did not further the important state interest of improving education and instead was antithetical to the goal of developing and retaining a cadre of good public school teachers.

The sooner Gates issues a public correction, the sooner we can move beyond this dispute over what is actually a sidebar in their report and focus instead on the enormously interesting project on which they've embarked to improve measures of teacher effectiveness.

Never mind that none of these groups are actually interested in either modernizing or elevating anything, and are instead working to hasten the privatization of public education, and turning P - 12 schools and college teacher education programs into profit centers.

Instead, it would keep these issues in the hands of special interest groups that do not represent the majority of public opinion.

Instead, we have had seven and a half years of our great Republic being managed with no concern for the public interest.

If there are in fact serious environmental problems with fossil fuels it would be in the public interest to put resources into addressing these problems instead of wasting efforts and money on limited inefficient and costly alternatives which only serve to harm the economy and a failed economy can not properly look after the environment

She had the space to do so, but instead hypothesized that science (and presumably climate science) bases its approach to statistical testing in the long shadow of its ancient historical ties to religion, which is something she may well be able to offer an opinion about, as an historian, but which has minimal relevance to policy makers or the interested public in interpreting scientific claims as found, say, in the IPCC reports.

Or will there instead be a hodgepodge of competing interests trying to spin the public and the politicians?

The job of looking at important problems in the surface temperature record, problems which are not yet properly addressed by the government agencies responsible for that information, is instead being left to ad - hoc associations of volunteers acting in the public interest.

«It's sort of like the doctor is saying you need to go on a diet, and instead you're going straight for the ice cream,» said Rose Garr, mid-Atlantic field organizer for the Public Interest Research Group, which released its report Thursday.

Instead, he fuels the game by making calls for the public to buy their stocks, when he's fully capable of recognizing when they're «fomenting,» or drumming up interest in their stock by giving a false impression of positive activity.

ALEC Exposed Also run by the Center for Media and Democracy, ALEC Exposed tracks the corporate - funded American Legislative Exchange Council's efforts to undermine the public interest and democracy through lobbying and collaboration between corporations and politicians on «model bills» developed behind closed doors to shift state laws in favor of corporate interests instead of the public.

Instead, it should instill a sense of pride and honour in their work as protectors of the public interest.

Unlike other pre-emptive costs orders (such as costs capping orders), their aim is not solely to control extravagant expenditure; instead, their aim is to protect litigants who reasonably bring public law proceedings in the public interest from the liability of an adverse costs order in the event that they lose.

So as Benchers ignore their obligation to regulate in the public interest, choosing instead to side with the personal interests of the lawyers who elected them, Canadians are left with a justice system that steadily grows farther and farther out of reach.

At that time, OHLS was not at York University in the northern portion of the Greater Toronto Area (the GTA), but instead in downtown Toronto — it was the law society's law school (the Law Society of Upper Canada (the LSUC), which, in the public interest of people finding it and its website, should change its name to the Law Society of Ontario, given that half the people in Toronto weren't born in Canada, and therefore are likely to think the LSUC is a law society for lawyers whose offices are north of the 60th parallel of latitude where Canada's territories area, rather than know that «Upper Canada» was Ontario's name when it was a British Colony, prior to Confederation in 1867).

More importantly, because of the 10 year repayment requirement, the program create incentive to remain at a public interest job for a longer term, instead of simply taking the job for a few years and bolting for the private sector.

I wish that the LSUC would set up a committee with just that mandate instead of continuing to waste its time looking at ways to sell our independence and the true public interest out to nonlawyer entities that intelligence and experience show are and will increasingly be anti-competitive, will add two more layers of overhead, will put profit seeking on behalf of remote shareholders ahead of our ethos of giving advice that is in the best interests of the client not ourselves.

Instead we see new suits, possibly including this one, from what the Samuelson - Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) at the University of Ottawa calls copyright «trolls»:

Arguing in favor of the law banning lying is the sad irony that quite often those with their hands on the very levers of democracy, free elections and the right to vote — candidates, their handlers, public and special interest groups — don't trust the public to make the right decision based on an honest and robust debate over the issues, but instead find it incumbent to win by smearing the opposing candidate.

Instead, I would suggest that proper re-engagement with professions (which is beginning to happen in criminal VHCCs), listening and trusting those with experience of working at the coal - face of the system and genuine imaginative thinking in relation to public — private solutions in partnership would be a better approach capable of delivering the right results in the public interest through consensus.

An interesting feature of the Barclays / Circle initiative is that it uses the standard, public Bitcoin blockchain, instead of an alternative implementation.

Instead, EFF was able to defend the public interest on behalf of the community as a whole.

The public is being asked to believe that an individual who could make such statements is totally committed to acting in their clients best interest instead of his or her own.