Sentences with phrase «into public interest»

January 19, 2017 — «Since Donald Trump was elected president on a platform that many fear would curb protections for society's most disadvantaged, donations have flooded into public interest groups.

I initially thought about going into public interest work but was told there were a lot of pro bono opportunities at Mayer Brown.

She had started her career in a large law firm, and after five years moved into the public interest arena, and away from practicing law.

When I started law school about 13 years ago, lots of my classmates planned to go into public interest on graduation.

While initially created as a failed marketing attempt, it evolved into a public interest tool.

Or, you can go into public interest law.

In sum, what started last April with a call to action to join the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to prevent a mega fossil energy project from threatening a primary source of fresh water has grown into a public interest campaign with powerful implications for energy development, the environment, and the rule of law.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

«In my judgment that conduct foreseeably brought Lord Mandelson's public office and personal integrity into disrepute and exposed him to accusations of conflict of interest, and it gave rise to the reasonable grounds to suspect that Lord Mandelson had engaged in improper discussions with Mr Deripaska about aluminium...»

Those interviews make one thing clear: that in undertaking a public offering, a company steps into a world where the forces at work can far overshadow its own interests.

It's maybe one reason why people are so easily misled into climate change denial when there don't seem to be any definitive and reliable sources of data that are open to the public where information is presented in various different ways that most ordinary people are interested in.

Who knows, a split in the blockchain could even bring attention and energy back into Bitcoin and reignite public interest.

This turns the rental value of land — value created by society and public infrastructure investment — into a flow of interest to the banks.

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today reacted negatively to a letter from the Chair of the Canadian Radio - television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) rejecting PIAC's call for the CRTC to pursue a public inquiry into reported inappropriate, aggressive and potentially misleading sales of communications serPublic Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today reacted negatively to a letter from the Chair of the Canadian Radio - television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) rejecting PIAC's call for the CRTC to pursue a public inquiry into reported inappropriate, aggressive and potentially misleading sales of communications serpublic inquiry into reported inappropriate, aggressive and potentially misleading sales of communications services.

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today requested in a letter to the Canadian Radio - television and Telecommunications Commission that the CRTC hold a public inquiry into the sales practices of major telecommunications and broadcasting service providers, given recent media reports into potentially misleading and aggressive sales taPublic Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today requested in a letter to the Canadian Radio - television and Telecommunications Commission that the CRTC hold a public inquiry into the sales practices of major telecommunications and broadcasting service providers, given recent media reports into potentially misleading and aggressive sales tapublic inquiry into the sales practices of major telecommunications and broadcasting service providers, given recent media reports into potentially misleading and aggressive sales tactics.

Shoving people into positions of power at Federal agencies that were created to protect the public interest based on little more than Trump's gut instinct that his picks will show him the requisite personal loyalty that he demands is undermining the Federal government's ability to do its job.

Currently, deposits made into settlement accounts of market participants don't qualify as public deposits if they are interest - free and / or resolve client transactions within seven days.

When they are marketing their services to the investing public and enticing clients into handing over their hard - earned savings, these sales - based financial professionals present themselves as «trusted advisors» whose only concern is their clients» best interest.

The company, which recently airdropped a massive cache of XRP into US public school coffers is hoping to stimulate interest in the creation of applications that use its currency and blockchain, which has attracted a lot of interest as a back - end technology in the banking industry, but has only been adopted by one other Coin thus far — the somewhat mysterious Allvor.

I could admittedly do better, and would certainly have captured more upside from temporary speculation, had I committed myself to the principle that central banks will act strictly to defend the bondholders of the banks they represent, even if it means trespassing into fiscal policy, subordinating public interest, empowering the worst stewards of capital, violating legal restrictions, and inviting long - term instability.

«This will be an interesting period, with public bonds and ratings agencies called into project - finance capital,» says Bradshaw.

There are new offerings, like Calvert Foundation's Women Investing in Women Initiative for fixed income and the PAX Ellevate Global Women's Index Fund or Morgan Stanley's Parity Portfolio for public equities, and initiatives like The Women Effect bringing a new community together to accelerate deployment of interested capital into gender - lens investment opportunities.

Finally, for some time the Finance Department has been engaged in a strategy of locking into long - term debt at historical low interest rates, thereby minimizing the impact of higher interest rates on public debt charges.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer group that advocates healthier restaurant food for children, last year sued McDonald's to stop it from using Happy Meal toys to lure children into its restaurants.

As the general public, entrepreneurs, regulators, small businesses, educators, students and industry groups become more aware of the facts about crowdfunding and the impact that it can have at the grassroots level for every small business on every street corner to the highest levels of government and regulation, a groundswell of interest has emerged sparking dialogue and events bringing crowdfunding education, awareness and issues into the spotlight.

David Saperstein told the BBC: «These detentions fit into the disturbing pattern of state intimidation of public interest lawyers, internet activists, journalists, religious leaders.

Principle 16, so necessary for immediate application, reads: «National authorities should endeavor to promote the internalization of environmental costs and the use of economic instruments, taking into account the approach that the polluter should, in principle, bear the cost of pollution, with due regard to the public interest and without distorting international trade and investment».

It is written for the interested student and endeavors to build a bridge over which available information concerning developing Biblical ideas may pass into the possession of a larger public.

for those that are truely interested in learning how islamphobes are fooling the public into hate (The Norwegian mass murder terrorist was a faithful follower of islamphobic sites), go to loonwatch

If corporations profit from what people decide to buy, and if they adjust their production and advertising policies according to buyers «preferences and the interests of stockholders, then they also are amenable to what the public refuses to buy or what their stockholders establish as policy, and should be expected to adjust their production and advertising plans to take into account buyer and stockholder preferences.

Lobbyists and interest groups stir up public opinion demanding action this way or that; the legislators bend to the winds of this pressure; the congressional committees and their friends in the bureaucracy write the immensely detailed and arcane rules that, with little oversight, put legislation into practice.

But he saw religion as the great restraining element that could turn naked self - interest into what he called «self - interest rightly understood,» that is, a self - interest that was public spirited and capable of self - sacrifice.

the program would afford an unparalleled opportunity to dramatize the interest of the Christian Church in the creative process in the arts, would encourage the production of films and programs of the highest standards, would give public support to those individuals in the film and broadcast industries who are striving to lift the general level of production, would present the Church in a positive rather than a negative stance in relation to these media, and would provide the opportunity for the Church in general and the B.F.C. and its members in particular to enter into significant conversations with the entertainment industry on standards, values, and goals.

Tocqueville saw that naked self - interest was certain to destroy the republic, and that religion could be the great restraining element to turn self - interest into public - spirited sacrifice for the general welfare.9.

«These detentions fit into the disturbing pattern of state intimidation of public - interest lawyers, internet activists, journalists, [and] religious leaders,» Saperstein said to news media.

Evangelical broadcasters therefore must still take into account the economic interests of the local television management and produce a program that also reinforces good public relations with the station management.

An international report from the UK Health Forum into the collaboration of the food and drink industry with public health finds that conflict of interest repeatedly stop governments introducing measures to improve health.

The pathology of this collapse is obvious: the politics of the ring, which are based on petty feuds and revenge: the failure of Madison Square Garden to put money back into the sport that did so much to make its reputation; the lack of a commanding figure to lead the game out of the wilderness, to bring a semblance of organization and thought to it, in brief to revive public interest.

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

The Center, funded by donations from over 300,000 citizens across the nation, quickly grew into one of America's most successful and innovative public interest law firms.

If women know that this isn't in their best interest, hopefully this will stem the tide of NCB washing into our public health systems.

Kathryn «Katy» Graham grew up in a political family, and her interest in public service and physical fitness evolved into 30 years on the Arlington Heights Park District Board.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest is threatening to sue McDonald's on the grounds that the use of Happy Meals toys lures children into consuming unhealthful food.

Of great interest to many readers is the chapter on Judt's transformation into a public intellectual, shortly after his arrival in New York.

The government is expected to defer activity such as «taking or announcing major policy decisions; entering into large / contentious procurement contracts or significant long - term commitments; and making some senior public appointments and approving Senior Civil Service appointments, provided that such postponement would not be detrimental to the national interest or wasteful of public money».

People who go into public life, they want to act in the public interest, to pursue the national interest, to do things for other people, to make the country, make the world a better place.

Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna commented: «It is staggering ministers should have allowed themselves to get into such a quandary over the Hester bonus given they knew it was in the offing for many months and would be a matter of immense public interest.

Parliament has taken an interest, with Paul Flynn, an MP on the Public Administration Select Committee, revealing it may look into «the vile verbal atrocities that clog Parliamentary communications» at some point during this session.

«Significantly, Proclamation 7750 underscores that it is in the interests of the United States to act to restrict the international travel and to suspend the entry into the United States, as immigrants or non-immigrants, of certain persons who have committed, participated in, or are beneficiaries of corruption in the performance of public functions.

Section 1 allows suspension of the entry into the US, as immigrants or non-immigrants of public officials or former public officials accused of grand corruption, which has or had serious adverse effects on the national interests of the United States.