Sentences with phrase «law is in your area»

As we struggle to persuade the EU Commission to made the much needed changes in the new regulations covering the marketing of baby foods and formulas, we are told that the only real opportunity for new laws is in the area of food safety.

In a short judgment (concerned with the extent to which courts were bound by Privy Council decisions) Lord Neuberger said: «In a common law system, where the law is in some areas made, and the law is in virtually all areas developed, by judges, the doctrine of precedent, or as it is sometimes known stare decisis, is fundamental.

In Willers v Joyce, Lord Neuberger said of the rules of precedent: «[4] In a common law system, where the law is in some areas made, and the law is in virtually all areas developed, by judges, the doctrine of precedent, or as it is sometimes known stare decisis, is fundamental.

Rather than re-writing our comment to take account of this decision we thought that we would simply reproduce the relevant sections here as a postscript to the comment and leave it to our readers to judge just how clear the law is in this area in light of Tsilhqot» in.

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If you're knowledgeable in a technical area, such as the law, taxes, medicine or information technology, for example, you could answer questions professionally.

ONE of Perth's newest, and smallest, law firms is working with some of the world's biggest companies, capitalising on a niche area in which few other businesses in the Asia Pacific region have experti

Taliban militants, fighting to restore their version of strict Islamic law to Afghanistan, announced their usual spring offensive last week and there has been heavy fighting in several areas of the country since.

Fourthly, one aspect that needs to be considered in the long run is laws in place to protect sensitive customer data; if this is applicable to the area in which your small business operates.

Instead Sessions will allow federal prosecutors in areas where the substance is legal to decide how aggressively to enforce federal drug laws, two sources with knowledge of the matter told the AP ahead of a formal announcement expected Thursday.

Right now, we're working on some initiatives in the family law field as well as other areas.

Consider cost, location, and strength in the particular area of law you're interested in before deciding to apply.

If you currently are taking advantage of such programs (for example, by teaching in low - income areas or working in nonprofits or fields such as nursing or law enforcement), consolidating your loans could affect the terms of that forgiveness.

For fear of losing business, some lawyers are wary of referring clients to other attorneys, even if they have expertise in a particular area, such as tax law.

These regulations are handed down from several federal agencies, including the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and various state agencies, which implement laws in the realms of worker's compensation, employee protection, and other areas.

To find alternate suspects, Enrightand her team of law students are looking at similar crimes committed around the same time and in the same area as Hae Min Lee's murder.

It was evidence the opposing counsel had offered and, upon our objection, should have been denied but the judge was new, did not know this area of the law very well, and let it in over very stern objections.

«The implications of blockchain technology are far - reaching, not only in financial services, but in other areas such as healthcare, government, law, education, technology and more.»

The census will be the basis for the allocation of a great deal of funding — over US$ 600 billion, in areas including health, public health, nutrition and law enforcement.

Changes in this area were not made law until years later, specifically the passage of the 2010 Budget in July 2010.

But it also left the door open for people in certain areas to prepay their property taxes before it went into effect to get around the cap — according to the IRS, in areas where the property tax liability is assessed by the local government prior to the law going into effect.

But the links between groups like the Flores brothers and street - level gangs responsible for much of the drug sales and violence in Chicago are a «gray area» of the drug trade, both law enforcement and gang members have said.

ECU's focus on identifying opportunities in priority or high growth areas such as nursing, education, communications, environmental studies, law and security and entertainment and culture is also unique, Professor Poole says.

It's easy to shrug off a startup that operates in the gray area of the law when it's just a few people and an idea.

Because large facilities are needed to grow and store marijuana — and because local laws often limit where such businesses can be located — industrial warehouse owners have seen rental rates spike in areas where medical and recreational marijuana is legal.

Because laws change over time and in different jurisdictions, it is imperative that you consult an attorney in your area regarding legal matters and an accountant regarding tax matters.

According to Keith Rabois, a Khosla Ventures partner and former executive at LinkedIn, PayPal, and Square, areas that require human expert judgment, like healthcare and law, are most likely to see disruption in the coming years.

A frequent writer and lecturer on employment law topics, Rosenfeld is experienced in the areas of federal laws pertaining to employment issues, EEOC, ADA, termination matters, employment liability and the Fair Labor Standards Act.

No one has been arrested in the burglary, one of several cases in recent years in which Bay Area law enforcement officers lost guns to thieves and which have prompted legislators to push for tougher requirements for securing weapons.

While the amount of cocaine seized annually by law enforcement officials in the Chicago area has been declining in recent years, the amount of heroin has skyrocketed, rising sixfold from 2002 to 2012.

«US law does not have a notion of a lead regulator so the US does not become the lead regulator — it opens up the opportunity for us to have local markets have them, regions, be the lead and final regulator for the users in that area,» he claimed.

This is particularly so in a case such as this that involves a largely unexplored area of the law and which would benefit from the full record that a trial provides.»

The NRA is complying with laws that prohibit firearms from being brought into areas where Secret Service protectees visit, agency spokesman Shawn L. Holtzclaw told The Washington Post in a statement Sunday.

Unlike the situation in the retail electronic payments area, where there has been significant private - sector resistance to developing legal standards, there is an increasing consensus, both domestically and abroad, that electronic commerce will not flourish until there are laws addressing the validity of electronic contracts and the legal significance of attribution procedures used by parties to determine the identity of the sender of an electronic message.

If the property is determined to be in a flood hazard area, then the lender is required by law to require flood insurance on the property.

Intelligence and law enforcement officials said the authorities in Boston weighed the risks of some mayhem against their growing fear that time was slipping away and that heavily armed and increasingly dangerous men, and possibly accomplices, could wage new attacks in the Boston area or beyond.

While some in the industry believe that laws enforced in the crypto - space should be kept to a minimum, others recognize that sometimes it takes good, clear laws to restrain regulators from haphazardly enforcing their agendas in legal gray areas.

If you have a law degree, this is a great opportunity to identify and review legislative and judicial best practice developments in areas including public safety and risk management.

The SEC's efforts in this area are wholly inconsistent with the corporate governance structure created by state law.

It's an opportunity to explore the kinds of corporate headquarters your metro area already has, and the graduate programs of your local universities in engineering, law, accounting, marketing and other professions.

Cohen and Giuliani seem still to maintain that the hush payment was purely personal, not campaign - related, which remains a gray area in campaign finance law.

This is a guest post by Roman R. Fichman, ESQ, who practices in the areas of business and technology law.

While many, many companies break the law in this area, the government has been cracking down.

«At stake for FPL are the claims of all customers who paid for storm - recovery charges and nevertheless lost power for a prolonged period in the sweltering summer heat after Hurricane Irma's outer bands unleashed tropical storm force winds in the South Florida area,» a law firm representing the plaintiffs said in a statement.

«While tight supply is expected to keep home prices on an upward trajectory in most metro areas in 2018, both the uptick in mortgage rates and the impact of the new tax law on some high - cost markets could cause price growth to moderate nationally,» said Yun.

Jim Harper is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, working to adapt law and policy to the information age in areas such as privacy, cybersecurity, telecommunications, intellectual property, counterterrorism, government transparency, and digital currency.

Nesenoff & Miltenberg is a law firm located in the heart of Manhattan and represents individuals, businesses, and municipalities throughout the New York City metropolitan area.

It remains to be seen how the new tax law will affect DFW area home prices, but the new rules certainly don't favor pricier DFW sub-markets or larger luxury homes in Denton County.

We are in a developing area of law, but one that's very complicated.

At a symposium and webinar presented by Fenwick & West and Mewburn Ellis, we asked U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and European Patent Office examiners to provide perspective on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the areas of precision medicine and bioinformatics, disciplines that are at the epicenter of rapidly changing law on patent eligibility of software and medical diagnostic inventions.

It would also place a significant restraint on the development of local search products and services, as publishers would be unwilling to bear legal risk in areas where these laws existed.