Sentences with phrase «law on conflicts of interest»

Certainly, that interpretation would be better for the overall development of the law on conflicts of interest in Canada.

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Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

A recent paper by two professors at the University of Massachusetts found that many financial economists who weighed in on the Wall Street overhaul signed into law in July failed to prominently disclose potential conflicts of interest.

Several people have asked me why the federal conflicts of interest law, which bars every lowly executive branch official from acting on matters that affect their personal financial interests, won't apply to President Donald Trump.

In the U.S., we generally believe that publicly - held firms are to be managed for «shareholder value» (technically, the Securities Exchange Commission's Code of Ethics for CEOs only requires the firm to provide full, fair, accurate and timely financial reporting, and to flag any known conflicts of interest or violations of securities law, but state laws often impose stricter fiduciary duties on the firm's top managers).

Trump on his businesses / conflict q's: «The law's totally on my side, the president can't have a conflict of interest.»

Employees of government agencies, like the CFTC, are subject to long - established laws and regulations on conflicts of interest, insider trading, and ownership restrictions of regulated assets.»

Under the law, if Cohn sells his Goldman stock to avoid a conflict of interest as a member of the Executive Branch, he will be able to indefinitely defer capital gains taxes on the sale, providing he invests the proceeds from the stock sales in government securities or an approved government securities mutual fund.

At a meeting of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission, held at the Treasury building in Washington, Perez noted that while «lawsuits have been filed» against the conflict of interest rule, «we will continue to fight those vigorously,» adding that he believes DOL is «on the right side of the law and history.»

The law does not prohibit such transactions, but it looks with suspicion on them based on the inherent conflicts of interest.

For more on conflicts of interest involving fee and expense allocations, see «Blackstone Settles SEC Charges Over Undisclosed Fee Practices,» The Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol.

In 2014 thousands of people signed a petiton calling on the Department of Health to end these links as it has a conflict of interest when it is responsible for overseeing the law these companies flout.

With the help of our partners in WHO, UNICEF, IBFAN, the Baby Feeding Law Group, the European Parliament (MEPs) and EU Member States (including the UK) we have won some historic battles in the struggle to establish conflicts of interest rules, [1] and a legally enforceable framework based on the International Code.

Evgeny Morozov, one of the most interesting commentators on Silicon Valley, has warned that big data is being used to dispense with politics itself, substituting ideological conflict about law and policy with a technocratic approach based on the micro-management of individual behavior.

The group is also raising fears of a possible conflict of interest situation on the part of Rev. Ogbarmey on the basis that per the law, he is an automatic member of the mediation and conflict resolution body of SEC.

A federal jury indicted Hampton last week on charges that he broke conflict - of - interest laws because he contacted his former boss, Sen. John Ensign (R - Nev.)

New York City is flouting a state law that requires unpaid members of policymaking boards and commissions to file financial - disclosure statements — an ethics breach that allows officials on some powerful panels to make decisions without any sunlight on potential conflicts of interest.

What voters care about are the real issues Breslin keeps dodging: his stance on Tier VI, his close ties to the Republican - backed insurance industry, and the conflicts of interest between his government office and his law firm's business clients.»

Whether it gave enough functional separation to satisfy the rule of law depends on the effectiveness of mechanisms for avoiding conflicts of interest (on which I'm not in a position to comment further).

Now, the sentencings of Silver and Skelos will put pressure on lawmakers to react legislatively, Johnston said, and there are measures that can help, from tightening conflict - of - interest laws to some campaign finance changes to limit what he calls some of the «legal corruption» of money influencing the outcome of policy decisions.

The courts also struck down the law's ban on political contributions by lobbyists — a ban that sought to eliminate conflicts of interest and implied bribes.

The Commission oversees compliance by public officers with ethics laws and by lobbyists with the state laws that govern lobbying in order to avoid conflicts of interest on the part of those holding elected office or public employment in the State of New York.

For years, unproven allegations have swirled about potential conflicts of interest between legislators who craft the laws and vote on the state budget, and the clients that they represent.

The embattled boss of the Civilian Complaint Review Board, who has come under fire because his law firm represents clients who have sued the NYPD, vowed on Monday that the firm will take measures to avoid any conflict of interest.

City law dictates that elected officials must disclose any rental income, but de Blasio's filings with the city's Conflicts of Interest Board since at least 2007 do not disclose the income on a Park Slope rental property that he owns.

Further, in an attempt to make the agency more credible and independent, the law aims to limit the number of scientists with financial conflicts of interest who can serve on FDA advisory panels.

Rodriguez has been indicted on felony charges related to campaign finance violations and accused of violating conflict - of - interest laws.

Cobey explained that Mitchell was appointed to the Charter School Advisory Board by a matter of law and that the State Ethics Commission found no actual conflicts of interest — only six potential conflicts, which include running and owning a company that operates charter schools and serving on the board of one of those charter schools.

Rodriguez has been indicted on felony campaign violations and has been accused of violating conflict of interest laws while he acted as treasurer of Partnership to Uplift Communities, a network of charter schools.

As an intern, you will have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of matters such as: appropriations, fiscal law and financial management; acquisitions, financial assistance and public private partnerships; innovative financing; real property and asset management; information technology investment and capital planning; employee ethical conduct, conflicts of interest and political activities; equal employment opportunity and other civil rights matters; Federal personnel and employment; and alternative dispute resolution.

2010 Order to see, Galerie Praz, Delavallade, Paris, France In the Company of Alice, Victoria Miro, London, Great Britain Whitney Biennial, New York / NY, USA 2009 We Are Sun - kissed and Snow - blind, Galerie Patrick Seguin invites Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Paris Artists of Conflcting Tales: Subjectivity (Quadrilogy, Part 1), Burger Collection, Berlin, Germany Cave Painting PSM Gallery, Berlin, Germany Mrs. MacGruder, Benson Keyes Arts, Hello, curated by Michele Maccarone, Southampton / NY, USA Cave Painting: Installment # 1, Gresham's Ghost, Curated by Bob Nickas and Ajay Kurian, New York / NY, USA 2008 Pretty Ugly, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York / NY, USA Blasted Allegories, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Works from the Ringier Collection, Luzern, Switzerland ESTRATOS, Contemporary Art Project, Murcia, Spain Future Tense: Reshaping the Landscape, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York / NY, USA 2007 XXS (Extra Extra Small), Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel Painting as Fact - Fact as Fiction, de Pury & Luxembourg, curated by Bob Nickas, Zurich, Switzerland The Third Mind, Palais de Toyko, curated by Ugo Rondinone, Paris, France Jubilee Exhibition, House Eva Presenhuber, Vnà, Switzerland 2006 Panic Room, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greek Painting Codes, GC.AC, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea di Monfalcone, Monfalcone, Italy 2005 Lyon Biennale, Lyon Translation, Palais de Tokyo, Paris Interested Painting, Gallery 400, University of Illionois, Chicago / IL, USA Down by Law, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York / NY, USA 2004 Huts, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland 2003 Utopia Station, Venice Biennal, Venice, Italy Breathing The Water, Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland Game Over, Grimm Rosenfeld, Munich, Germany Dirty Pictures, The Approach, London, Great Britain Dreams and Conflicts, Venice, Italy, 50th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy 20th Anniversary - Welcome home, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York / NY, USA 2002 Five Years, Jousse Enterprise, Paris, France From the Observatory, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York / NY, USA Urgent Painting, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France 2001 Best of the Season, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield / CT, USA Works on Paper from Acconci to Zittel, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, Great Britain Extended Painting, Monica de Cardenas, Milan, Italy Invisible Museum, Memphis / TN, USA Victoria Miro Gallery, London, Great Britain How is Everything?

By the way, the purported Attorney General of the US Virgin Islands issued his infamous subpoena through a private law firm, which is hired on a contingency basis, is being paid by USVI in another matter, and has a conflict of interest.

The central issue is whether it's a conflict of interest for a law firm to accept a retainer to sue a current client on an unrelated matter without first obtaining their consent.

CCH Conflicts of Interest Webinar on Professional Duties and Best Practices for In - House Counsel: A discussion of key case law and provincial law societies» rules on conflicts of interests, as well as special challenges and best practices for in - house counsel, co-presented by Lisa C. Fong and Kate Parisotto of Ng Ariss Fong and Madeleine Ménard of NAV Canada on November Conflicts of Interest Webinar on Professional Duties and Best Practices for In - House Counsel: A discussion of key case law and provincial law societies» rules on conflicts of interests, as well as special challenges and best practices for in - house counsel, co-presented by Lisa C. Fong and Kate Parisotto of Ng Ariss Fong and Madeleine Ménard of NAV Canada on November conflicts of interests, as well as special challenges and best practices for in - house counsel, co-presented by Lisa C. Fong and Kate Parisotto of Ng Ariss Fong and Madeleine Ménard of NAV Canada on November 21, 2013.

Consultation with attorneys and law firms throughout the state on issues of legal ethics such as conflicts of interest or law firm dissolution

The Conflicts Essentials program is led by senior risk management consultants with decades of Am Law experience and available as an on - site service to law firms interested in reducing conflict - related risLaw experience and available as an on - site service to law firms interested in reducing conflict - related rislaw firms interested in reducing conflict - related risks.

On the topic of conflicts of law and family law, there was an exceedingly interesting survey in the Economist a couple of weeks ago, looking at the different consequences for equalization of property and spousal support depending on where a divorce is adjudicateOn the topic of conflicts of law and family law, there was an exceedingly interesting survey in the Economist a couple of weeks ago, looking at the different consequences for equalization of property and spousal support depending on where a divorce is adjudicateon where a divorce is adjudicated.

101 Incidents of ethical violations resulting in professional discipline and even criminal prosecution are on the rise.102 Faced with declining profit margins, firms have been accused of «overworking files» and overstaffing projects in an effort to increase billable hours.103 And they have bent the rules governing conflicts of interest.104 One survey indicated that one - third of the 30,000 clients interviewed felt dissatisfied with the representation they received from their attorneys, citing primarily a failure to communicate and inadequate attention given to their cases, suggesting that law firms are under pressure to increase their case loads without hiring new associates to staff them.105 The recent decline in professionalism is even further evidenced by a decline in pro bono commitment.106 Thus, new graduates face even heavier workloads, increased pressure to meet high billable requirements, and fewer pro bono opportunities.

What's interesting is that we collect all kinds of data in our law firms whether it be contacts or conflict checking, whether it's the documents that we store on behalf of clients, whether it's our own individual notes in case files even our billing information are actually all different types of data that can be used by law firms to guide their practices and their decision making.

It will take the Law Society of Upper Canada almost two years to decide whether or not Black's lawyers, Beth DeMerchant and Darren Sukonick of Torys LLP, were in a conflict of interest when they advised him and his companies on the non-compete agreements at the centre of his criminal charges.

From potential conflicts of interest to exposing your employer to malpractice to dealing with accusations of using company time for your benefit, running a law firm on the side is never a good idea.

This morning, the Supreme Court of Canada handed down its fourth significant decision on conflicts of interest, the scope of duties of loyalty, and the appropriate division of responsibility between courts and law societies as regulators of professional conduct.

After investigating DeMerchant and Sukonick, the law society accused them of acting in a conflict of interest on a number of transactions between 2000 and 2003.

The American Lawyer is reporting that four of the six law firms asked to submit proposals to advise the U.S. Treasury on the bailout plan declined to participate, concerned that stringent conflicts of interest requirements in the procurement process might force the firm to give up a more lucrative client.

Among the topics we'll touch on: intellectual property conflicts, technical architecture and innovation, the evolution of copyright, private vs. public interests in Net policy - making, lobbying and the law, and more.»

Those who oppose ABS argue that the non-licensee shareholder will create a conflict of interest for lawyers in doing their job, in other words is this a change that will impact on the professionalism of law.

It found that it was common ground between the experts that under applicable Russian arbitration law at least one valid ground to set aside the award had been present, which related to the obligations on the arbitrators to disclose certain potential conflicts of interest.

Scott Flaherty, based in New York, covers the business of law with a focus on legal ethics, lawyer misconduct, conflicts - of - interest and litigation involving law firms.

Potential conflicts of interest will depend on the type of law you practice and where leadership feels comfortable drawing the line.

The result of this would improve the trust which clients and the wider community have in the legal profession and reduce the conflict between the economic interests of a law firm and the ethical responsibilities the legal profession places on practitioners.