Sentences with phrase «law than in previous years»

States will also have the opportunity to direct more Title I dollars to turnaround initiatives under the new law than in previous years.

Not exact matches

More state laws have been passed protecting unborn babies in the past decade than in the previous 30 years combined.

For more than a year, the 421a abatement that saves developers big in taxes and creates some affordable housing has been unavailable for new development projects, following a sunset of the previous law in January of 2016.

In total, law enforcement made 760 underage drinking arrests statewide in 2015, which is 114 more arrests than the previous year, according to the releasIn total, law enforcement made 760 underage drinking arrests statewide in 2015, which is 114 more arrests than the previous year, according to the releasin 2015, which is 114 more arrests than the previous year, according to the release.

This year, though, advocates are less focused on repealing the Urstadt laws than they were in previous years and have made abolishing decontrol their focus.

The current state law says that towns, under the state's so - called «minimum budget requirement,» can not spend less money on public education than was spent during the previous year — unless special circumstances such as a sudden drop in enrollment or other problems.

Walker, who had hoped to get the budget done sooner than in previous years, has said he won't declare whether he's running for president until after the spending plan is signed into law.

Sen. John DeFrancisco (R - Syracuse), who in previous years has earned more than $ 100,000 from his legal work but did not cross that threshold in 2013, said New York's existing laws seem sufficient.

The law went into effect in January, in time for the state's second year of Smarter Balanced, which aligns with the Common Core State Standards and is more rigorous than the previous state test.

If the Board received more than 12 applications in a single year from qualified applicants, then the proposed law would require it to give priority to proposed charter schools or enrollment expansions in districts where student performance on statewide assessments is in the bottom 25 % of all districts in the previous two years and where demonstrated parent demand for additional public school options is greatest.

Under Scott Pruitt, the EPA has collected, on average, 49 percent less in civil penalties against violators of federal environmental laws than in the first year of the previous three administrations, according to a new report from the nonprofit Environmental Integrity Project.

NGOs reported that these laws were used more frequently than in previous years to control the press.

Being a lawyer can be a hard habit to break, but there is relief generally available for lawyers whose practice of law (including the provision of free legal advice) in the previous fiscal year and continuing forward is limited to not more than 20 hours per week on average for each week actually worked and 750 hours per year, and gross billings of up to $ 75,000 per year.

For example, we observed in the 2013 Year - End edition of the Trends Report that 58 percent of companies hired fewer U.S. law firms than in a previous period.

Sarah Hart, who helped Congress draft the PLRA in her previous capacity as director of the National Institute of Justice, recently stated in a letter to lawmakers that prior to the law's enactment, inmate lawsuits cost more than $ 80 million each year to defend.

In conclusion to this small tour d'horizon of EU law in 2014, I would like to thank all our readers and contributors on behalf of the editors team for their interest and all their efforts, which seem to make every year of blogging even more exciting and more rewarding than the previous one also for us editorIn conclusion to this small tour d'horizon of EU law in 2014, I would like to thank all our readers and contributors on behalf of the editors team for their interest and all their efforts, which seem to make every year of blogging even more exciting and more rewarding than the previous one also for us editorin 2014, I would like to thank all our readers and contributors on behalf of the editors team for their interest and all their efforts, which seem to make every year of blogging even more exciting and more rewarding than the previous one also for us editors.

Valorem is almost two years old, and my worst day in those two years is still significantly better than my best day in the previous 25 years, at least from the standpoint of practicing law.

The High Court decision follows hard on the heals of the House of Lords» decision [2008] UKHL 6; [2008] 2 WLR 311, [2008] 2 All ER 1, of 30 January 2008, where the law lords effectively changed the law, (reversing a previous House of Lords» ruling in Stubbings v Webb [1993] AC 498, 1993] 1 All ER 322, which held that claims arising from intentional assaults were governed by s 2 of LA 1980), and held that an intentional assault fell within LA 1980, s 11, and was therefore subject to a three - year limitation period, which could be extended by reference to knowledge (s 14), or at the court's discretion (s 33), rather than under LA 1980, s 2, which while providing for a more generous six - year limitation period, was nevertheless not extendable in any circumstances by the court.

According to studies by the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family, in 2016, a party was self - represented in a fifth of the cases of family law lawyers and in more than two - fifths of judges» cases, and more than three - quarters of lawyers and judges attending the 2014 National Family Law Program believed that the number of self - represented litigants had increased over the previous three yeaLaw and the Family, in 2016, a party was self - represented in a fifth of the cases of family law lawyers and in more than two - fifths of judges» cases, and more than three - quarters of lawyers and judges attending the 2014 National Family Law Program believed that the number of self - represented litigants had increased over the previous three yealaw lawyers and in more than two - fifths of judges» cases, and more than three - quarters of lawyers and judges attending the 2014 National Family Law Program believed that the number of self - represented litigants had increased over the previous three yeaLaw Program believed that the number of self - represented litigants had increased over the previous three years.

While principles of administrative law continue to evolve — perhaps more in this last decade than in previous years — much of the developing law of professional regulation involves basic principles being used to flesh - out new, or at least previous - unexplored, situations.

While principles of administrative law continue to evolve — perhaps more in this last decade than in previous years — much of the developing law of professional regulation involves basic principles being used to flesh - out new, or at least previous - unexplored,...