Sentences with phrase «law say the goal»

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The Canadian Bankers Association said Tuesday Canada's banks are client - focused with a commitment to high ethical standards and complying with the law when providing products and services to help customers meet their financial goals.

Lawyers, consultants and businesses preparing for the privacy laws said that reining in the large technology companies was not the primary goal of the European legislation.

Kent Mason, a partner with Davis & Harman in Washington, a law firm serving banks and large corporations, says that while the administration's goal «is to require advisors to act in the best interest of their customers, the industry has no concerns with such a requirement, as evidenced by the industry's longstanding support» for an SEC best - interest standard.

He said the move was consistent with Chinese law and with the company's goal to stop participating in censorship.

To argue that the corporation's defining objective is «enhancing corporate profit and shareholder gain» leads, in his opinion, to unacceptable conclusions: «To say that a corporation's only goal is to make money would be to define the business corporation — for the first time in American or English law as I understand it — as a kind of shark that lives off of the community rather than as an important agency in the construction, maintenance, and transformation of our shared lives.»

Listen I keep seeing bumper stickers like «you can't be both Catholic and pro-choice» these are not reflective of my faith, theser are slogans made for propaganda, I have 2 beautiful children and I have never been on a position where abortion could even play a part, but it is a legal option to the public at large; this being said even the bible calls for us to be good citizens, and to obey the law, I believe that this is a matter that belongs with the family and not the state; no matter how we criminalize abortion, they will not stop, but people will go under - ground and more fatalities will occur, I rather see the government placing incentives on more conseling for these expectant mothers and more outreach done at church levels, to reduce the debate to a single slogan is dangerous and will not accomplish the ultimately goal of preventing abortions my two humble cents

We can go much further and say that the whole cosmos will only make sense, even as a material equation, within a higher Wisdom or «Law» that relates all creatures to the Creator; relates body and soul in Man as one creature without confusion of orders, and Man to God as his true environment; and, finally relates all Creation and the whole of humanity to God Incarnate in Christ as their source and their goal.

The goal was to ride down to 24th Boulevard and back to Logan Square along eight miles of streets that were closed to automobile traffic from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. «That's what we're shooting for,» said Magana, joined by his wife, Stephane, his daughter Nikki, 15, and sister - in - law, Lucy James.

«I hope that my lawsuit against Chartwells and the settlement announced today will help improve the food programs for D.C.'s school children, which has always been my goal,» Mills said in a statement issued Friday by Phillips & Cohen, a District - based law firm that filed Mills's whistleblower lawsuit in 2013.

Malliotakis also touched on familiar criticisms of Mayor de Blasio, saying that he «ties the hands of law enforcement» and ignores the will of City residents in areas such as his plan to build 90 shelters for the homeless and his newly adopted goal of replacing Rikers Island with jails throughout the City.

Emily Grannis, a fellow with the nonprofit Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, said New York's automatic deletion policy «strikes me as inconsistent with the goals of [freedom of information] laws, and to have such a short timeframe is particularly troubling.»

«California is a leading state in aggressive climate policies because back in 2006 they wrote all of their goals into law, while in New York we've done executive actions,» EANY executive director Peter Iwanowicz said.

«New Yorkers and small businesses deserve a level playing field when contesting City - issued summonses and the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) continues to work towards the goal of creating a truly user - friendly court,» said OATH Commissioner and Chief Administrative Law Judge FIDEL F. DEL VALLE.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos of Long Island said Tuesday that the goal of the negotiations with Cuomo is «full transparency and strong ethics laws» modeled on effective laws in other states.

«Those elected as Democrats should respect voters» clearly expressed intent and sit with the Democratic Conference to implement important progressive goals like standing up for women's health, passing real campaign finance reform, raising the minimum wage and enacting common sense gun laws,» said Senate Democratic spokesman Mike Murphy.

Speaking at the Lagos House in Ikeja, while inaugurating the new board of the Lagos State Law Reform Commission (LSLRC), Ambode said such periodic review was important to him in achieving the goal of creating an enabling environment for investors, entrepreneurs and making Lagos globally competitive.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said news of the state's newly enacted minimum wage — the first in a series of steps toward the end goal of a $ 15 - per - hour rate — will be boosted by a task force of 200 that will be sent out with the mission of both educating businesses and enforcing the law.

Rhodes then went to Harvard Law School — «with the goal of developing the legal tools to keep fighting on behalf of those who are too often ignored by the political process,» his press release says — but has taken a leave of absence to run for Congress.

Cuomo said collaboration between law enforcement agencies in New York and New Jersey was the goal.

Cuomo said his goal, eventually, is to make the SUNY policy into a state law.

«The goal of this law is to promote transparency in government, which is why I am seeking applicants through a fair selection process,» said Minority Leader Lorigo.

When it comes to policy, Klein has said he wants to accomplish a host of progressive goals, such as increasing the state's minimum wage, stop and frisk reform and overhauling campaign - finance laws.

He decried the state's current law blocking those who have been released from prison but are still on parole from voting, saying it didn't square with the goals of parole and re-entry.

«We're quickly reaching the end of the low - hanging - fruit era, and in the absence of real directed policy, those goals are going to be much more challenging,» said Greg Cunningham, who leads the clean energy and climate change program at the Conservation Law Foundation, a Boston - based environmental group.

They say trading is the cheapest option for companies and consumers, and argue that they can not meet EPA's goals under the current state law.

«As the world community pursues new sustainable development goals, policymakers need to know who is leading and who is lagging on energy and environmental challenges,» said Daniel C. Esty, director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy and the Hillhouse Professor at Yale University.

Joeri Rogelj, also at IIASA, said, «The carbon law outlines a global path towards achieving climate and sustainability goals in broad yet quantitative terms.

«Our goal in the project is to enable the wider sharing of data while protecting privacy,» Vadhan said, «and to make sharing easier for a non-expert researcher without experience in computer science, law or statistics.»

Laws said that this was the biggest public effort to improve the schools estate in decades, and that the initiative was on track to meet its goal of improving 261 school buildings in very poor condition by the end of 2017.

He said the awards were evidence that the reform law was in place and working, the two goals he set out to achieve when he arrived in the state four years ago.

But imagine if the law set a deadline twelve years off and said that any city that did not meet the goal would be punished; its police stations would be closed and privatized; its police officers would lose their badges.

The kindergarten screening recommendation would require some changes in law, but the goal is to have it in place as soon as possible, Department of Public Instruction spokesman Patrick Gasper said.

«There is a compelling case to be made that this type of information does shed light on the performance of public schools, which is the goal of freedom of information laws,» said David Schulz, a media law expert in Washington, D.C.

James E. Ryan, dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, said the university has three goals: improve the quality of classroom teachers in urban schools, create a model that can be copied elsewhere, and present teaching as a viable career to Harvard students and their peers who do not typically think of K - 12 teaching in the same vein as law, medicine or business.

Thomas Todd, a spokesman for the governor's Department of Finance said their goal was to put back some of the decision - making for many activities now required under state law - to the local level.

In light of what they call «unrealistic» student growth goals and penalties, three states — South Dakota, Montana and Idaho — have said they plan to defy the requirements set out by No Child Left Behind, the federal education law that sets benchmarks for public - school performance.

She said, «we have received legal counsel on everything we've done as it is relates to the unionization efforts as our goal is to be fully transparent and within the letter of the law.»

«Our goal is to work with (USDOT) and other stakeholders to implement a driver - distraction program that includes good laws, education and strong enforcement,» says Stanton, whose group represents 13 international auto makers selling in the U.S., including Hyundai, Kia and Nissan.

The findings may in part explain why 46 per cent also said their top financial goal within the first two years of living together was to save up for a vacation, despite the fact that two - thirds of the respondents said they would be entering into marriage or a common - law relationship in debt.

While the two are not mutually exclusive goals, low interest rates and the security of homeownership, have many common law couples saying: «Let's buy!»

«Our goals — and the laws — are that people provide their animals with food, water, shelter, and veterinary care,» says Daniel DeSousa, DAS deputy director.

«Our goal is to have another organization in place as soon as possible to provide animal shelter services to the Lancaster community and to continue providing PA Dog Law compliance services to the City and the municipalities currently contracted with the LCSPCA,» Hopkins said.

02/7/12 - City Beat - Breeding Ground, Lack of dog auction regulation draws out - of - state dealers 02/3/12 - Columbus Dispatch, Editorial - Dogged effort 01/31/12 - The Oxford Press - Auctions, puppy mills to blame for increase in unwanted dogs 01/28/12 - Columbus Dispatch - Ohio lawmakers to consider dog auction ban 01/28/12 - 13 ABC (Toledo)- Ohio group clears step in dog auction ban effort 01/24/12 - Westlake / Bay Village Observer - Petition shows support for dog auction ban 01/24/12 - Ohio Akron Beacon Journal, Letter to the Editor - Push for animal rights 01/23/12 - Toledo Blade - Ohio group seeks to ban dog auctions 01/21/12 - Examiner - Coalition to Ban Ohio Dog Auctions Exceeds Signature Goal for Ballot Initiative 01/19/12 - Columbus Dispatch - Signatures collected to prompt action on dog auctions 01/13/12 - WOUB News - Group Wants Ohio to Ban Dog Auctions 01/12/12 - DogHeirs - Proposed Ohio Dog Auctions Act Stops Distribution for Puppy Mill Breeders 01/11/12 - WOSU All Sides with Ann Fisher - Efforts to Ban Puppy Mills and Dog Auctions in Ohio / Open Forum 01/11/12 - The Athens News, Letter to the Editor - Please sign petitions to end quarterly dog auctions in Ohio 01/10/12 - Cincinnati Animal News Examiner - Group works to ban dog auctions in Ohio 01/8/12 - Tanglewood Hairdressers - Dog auction petition signatures being certified 01/7/12 - Pack Mentality - Pack Line Headlines: Dog auctions, dog lawsuit and puppy mill legislation 01/6/12 - Cleveland Scene - Puppy Sales on Hold at Ohio Dog Auction 01/5/12 - Cleveland Plain Dealer - Ohio dog breeders association owns shuttered Farmerstown dog auction 01/3/12 - Life with Dogs - Ohio Dog Auctions: Going... Going... Gone 12/31/11 - Columbus Dispatch, Letters to the Editor - Ohioans deserve a say on puppy mills 12/30/11 - Orvis - Ohio One Step Closer to Banning Dog Auctions 12/28/11 - Statehouse News Bureau - Group files petition to put before voters a law banning dog auctions 12/27/11 - Columbus Dispatch - Dog - auction ban a step closer

Actually, it's the other nations that have already agreed, and it is the U.S. that is refusing to go along by passing a benchmark renewable energy generation goal — a law that mandates that 20 % of electricity will be from renewable sources within, say, five years.

To achieve the 2C goal, Professor Heffron said in his contribution, energy laws must be changed to «stimulate investment» to the tune of $ 208bn annually in low carbon technologies over the next 25 years.

«People who are motivated by economic incentives sometimes adapt and respond to changing laws in ways that are counterintuitive and counterproductive to conservation goals,» said «t Sas - Rolfes.

Beverly Law, co-author, said that misconceptions have influenced decisions in the past, «If our ultimate goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, producing bioenergy from forests will be counterproductive...... Some of these forest management practices may also have negative impacts on soils, biodiversity and habitat.

«Our goal was to provide free legal scholarship in a format accessible to laypersons,» said Matt Lawrence, an NYU Law School student integral to the website's launch.

«I am outraged by this law that bullies the rights of association and the individual right to protest that was adopted with the goal of putting an end to the conflict rather than focusing on the problem and settling it,» said Nathalie Belley, a solo practitioner and a litigator with 20 years of experience who travelled from Chambly, a city about 25 kilometres southeast of Montreal to attend Monday's march.

«One of our goals was to bring the Alberta Evidence Act into line with the Canada Evidence Act,» says Laura Buckingham, who is legal counsel for the Alberta Law Reform Institute at the University of Alberta.