Sentences with phrase «laws against the practice»

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The next day that firm filed two lawsuits against Diageo, one in federal court, raising a suite of traditional trademark and unfair business practices claims, but the other in New York State Supreme Court, seeking a permanent injunction under a seldom - used statute available only to charitable organizations, known as Section 135 of the New York General Business Law.

More than half of all states have laws that protect smokers against discrimination in hiring practices, according to the American Lung Association.

of all states have laws that protect smokers against discrimination in hiring practices, according to the American Lung Association.

We protect consumers from unfair, deceptive, or abusive practices and take action against companies that break the law.

A CFPB spokesperson said in an email to Vox that the bureau is authorized to take «supervisory and enforcement action against certain institutions engaged in unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices, or that otherwise violate federal consumer financial laws,» including the failure of institutions to engage in «reasonable data security practices» in connection with consumer report information.

It is the policy of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to provide equal opportunity in employment throughout the corporation for all qualified applicants and employees without discrimination against any person because of a person's race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex / gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions and breast feeding), national origin, ancestry, gender identity, gender expression, legally - protected medical condition, physical or mental disability, age, military or veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Roy D. Simon, a professor emeritus of legal ethics at Hofstra University School of Law, suggested that the practice has helped «level the playing field» by providing resources for people to mount cases against big institutions that would be impossible otherwise.

But Mr. Trump, eager to showcase his tough stance against unfair trade practices, plans to sign two executive orders on Friday that will lay the groundwork for new policies and stricter enforcement of trade laws.

Both of the above practices are against the law.

The 1974 law Trump is invoking to impose the tariffs, known as Section 301, authorizes the US president retaliate against a foreign country's «unfair trade practices» (pdf, p. 64).

Did Mormons in the Mormon colonies in Mexico practice polygamy, which was against Mexican laws, after the Woodruff Manifesto?

Current bureau practices suggest that new laws, recommended by the panel, must be enacted to prevent COINTELPRO redux: the FBI still has a half - million domestic intelligence files and has budgeted for the current fiscal year $ 7 million to pay domestic security informants — twice that spent for informants against organized crime.

The proposed law wouldn't make conversion therapy itself illegal; but, it does make profiting from it against the law, labeling it a «fraudulent business practice.»

The current evangelical biblicism turns a few scattered condemnations of certain homosexual practices in the ancient world into a law against all forms of homosexual activity today.

Actually, this law warned Israel against following the barbaric practices of surrounding nations, who defiled the corpses of criminals and enemies by displaying them until they rotted.

But it seemed to elude this earnest man that polygamy does not happen to be an issue in his state precisely because the law, for many years, has cast up serious barriers against the practice.

I would remove all laws against this kind of practice.

So let me try and get this straight, if religious doctrine does not define some practice as against the law or evil but yet the laity performs these unlawful acts, it keeps the church free from culpability?

Citing examples of Christian mothers who were instrumental in the abolition of slavery and the passage of laws against child labor, she makes a strong case that virtues such as compassion and creativity that are «refined in the practice of motherhood can and should be used in other arenas to bring God's love, peace, mercy and justice to the world.»

Mormons would still be practicing polygamy if there wasn't a law against it.

These acts typically include oral, anal bestiality; in practice such laws have rarely been enforced against het couples Sod laws can be found around the world.

Yet racism is enshrined in their legal system, however many decent people try to circumvent it; just as racism is against our law, however many Americans practice it.

If any charge were to be made against the mainline church, it might be our laxity about the laws: sabbath practice, tithing, prayer, worship, scripture study and fighting injustice.

How about this one, since you KNOW what a pedophile is, and you KNOW what a practicing homosexual is (though you can't seem to find the words), and you KNOW that both are sinful, then you must also KNOW that since pedophilia is against the law, then the practice of homosexuality should also be against the law.

It may fairly be said that leaving accommodation [of religion] to the political process will place at a relative disadvantage those religious practices that are not widely engaged in; but that unavoidable consequence of democratic government must be preferred to a system in which each conscience is a law unto itself or in which judges weigh the social importance of all laws against the centrality of all religious beliefs.

That cause is the abolition of laws and the end of practices that discriminate against non-believers in the US.

Although I dispute his apparent view that recognized» as opposed to fanciful» norms of international law or codes of professional conduct would restrict actual practice under the regimen ridiculously called «enhanced interrogation,» as described in the Office of Legal Counsel memoranda profligately disclosed by the current administration, I have nothing against «conscientious reflection» on the issue and lively discussion of it.

Sixty - four per cent regard homosexual relations in private between consenting adults as immoral, but 75 per cent do not want a law against such practices.

They thought He was betraying the righteous standards of the Law of Moses and going against all that they taught and practiced in their religion.

It should not seem necessary to pass laws against so base and resolutely mindless a practice, but it is necessary.

In my law practice, I also hear stories from time to time about newborns being vaccinated in the hospital after birth without the parents» permission and against the parents» wishes.

Although religious practice is nominally free in France, with completely secular state that does not interfere in religious beliefs, there are mechanisms that could be used against «dangerous» cults which threaten rule of law, especially if said cults endanger human life.

«At his first official campaign event, Chris McGrath outrageously confirmed he is against ethics reforms to ban outside income and will continue to line his pockets through his outside law practice.

the reason for the court's blocking of a travel restriction put in place by the President of the United States of America for purposes of national security was because the president (when he was a candidate) mentioned something about banning certain people (i.e. those people who believe it is their duty to enslave the world under sharia law because god tells them to) during this time of war against those elements of said group who actually practice what they preach

Incidentally, these are the same lawyers and social commentators who, before the Anas exposé, insulted; made formal disciplinary complaints against; and without a hearing, illegally banned myself and others from practicing in the courts of law - all for daring to say that «no one can convince me that there is no corruption in the judiciary or that some judges do not take bribes».

The Brennan Center, alongside a coalition of law firms, state lawmakers and others on Tuesday announced they had filed a suit against the Board of Elections to end the practice of a network of limited liability companies contributing endless cash to political candidates.

The difference stems from practice - what people used to believe right and wrong has to be redefined by law as abiding to the law or against the law in the drafting process.

He listed his priorities in the campaign against corruption in 2018 to include, organising African Youth Congresses against Corruption «in order to sensitise and engage our youth in the fight against corruption;» mobilising AU member states to implement the extant legal framework on corruption; and canvassing «for the strengthening of the criminal justice system across Africa through exchange of information and sharing best practices in the enforcement of anti-corruption laws.»

Until the laws stop selectively enforcing policy against flagrant abusers of trust, ethics, unfair civic and labor practices, and integrity from within city and state government, there will certainly be a rampant element of corruption, low morale that dishonors a tainted leadership façade, and societal decay from the top downward.

Our laws if allowed to operate according to its spirit and letter, would have imposed legal limits on government's authority by guarantee us certain rights and freedom when fighting against these evil practices in our institutions but unfortunately for us, certain provisions and attitude of party apparatchiks make our leaders automatic dictators who act without limitations.

De Blasio has also caught flak over the NYPD ending its practice of routinely handing out information about disciplinary action taken against officers because they discovered that they were flouting section 50 - a of the state's civil rights law.

In practice this would have undermined the Elimination of Violence Against Women Law, making it almost impossible to prosecute crimes against women in the home including domestic viAgainst Women Law, making it almost impossible to prosecute crimes against women in the home including domestic viagainst women in the home including domestic violence.

His wife had been against it from the beginning, arguing that he would be giving up too much - from hard - earned influence in statewide politics to the benefits of a thriving private law practice.

At 1:30 p.m., Empire State Agenda will be joined in Albany by Assembly members, state senators, and LGBTQ advocates to «demand the State Senate take up the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), civil rights legislation that would extend New York's anti-discrimination laws to safeguard trans individuals, who currently stand outside our state's legal protections against unfair practices.»

The perennial question of how some people practice law while they make laws arises anew as U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's high - octane criminal complaint against Silver alleging «millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income earned as a private lawyer.»

Certain practices deserve our attention not because they are against the law, but precisely because they are legal.

The package would also impact the private sector, with one bill seeking to codify in law that sexual harassment is an unlawful and discriminatory practice and ensure that employees of small businesses can bring claims against their employers.

Skelos» private law practice has come under scrutiny in the federal corruption case against him.

The deployment, code named, «operation vanguard» is to enforce the country's laws against the illegal practice which has devastated the...

Anji Malhotra, co-author of a study released by the University at Buffalo and Cornell law schools based on two years of research into Buffalo Police Department policing practices, joined other activists Tuesday on the steps of City Hall to call for action to be taken against what they called discriminatory policing practices.