Sentences with phrase «legal challenge on»

Prof David Carroll filed his legal challenge on the same day Facebook announced it had banned the company from its network.

Whilst a one - line bill could, legally, give the government the authority it needs, it could be open to further legal challenge on the basis that it does not provide enough detail.

The decision is the latest twist in a saga dating back to 2016, when the Fire Brigades Union raised a legal challenge on behalf of 6,000 members about age discrimination, equal pay, race discrimination and sex discrimination.

There has only been one legal case in which academic privilege and researcher - participant confidentiality were on the table: In 2014, CAUT funded a legal challenge on behalf of two University of Ottawa criminology professors resisting police efforts to obtain records related to a study about male escorts.

Six unions have mounted a legal challenge on behalf of millions of public sector workers over what inflation index is used to increase their pensions.

«Too little, too late,» said Tehmina Arora, a Supreme Court lawyer who has played a key role in the legal challenge on behalf of the Kandhamal victims.

Mark - Viverito insisted that the new funding would withstand any legal challenges on constitutional grounds.

Noting that it «faced legal challenges on five separate fronts,» it said it «made a business decision to settle the DOJ investigation in order to end a potentially protracted legal battle.»

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The BCC's revisions come as U.K. newspaper The Sunday Times reported a fresh legal challenge would be presented to Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday, calling into question whether the government has the requisite authority to leave the single market.

If you convert an employee later to non-exempt because of the minimum salary increases or the position is found to be non-exempt based on a legal challenge, your overtime costs will be based on a higher base rate.

So if we're building a game and think we can do something differently, we can move on it quickly, whereas if we're working with a contracted developer, it's really, really challenging to be able to [do that] because there are contracts involved and the legal side of it.

Passed amidst bitter partisan division and an ambivalent public... the right depends on private actors, private health insurance companies, and willing states to administer and participate in a newly transparent, competitive, and streamlined private health insurance market, while these same actors hesitate to invest in the infrastructure of this market due to uncertainty from legal and political challenges to the ACA.

Facebook said on Thursday a legal challenge against the way it transfers EU user data to the United States was «deeply flawed» and should not be referred to the EU's top court because ample privacy protections were already in place.

Toshiba «s announcement came as its Westinghouse Electric Company subsidiary is engaged in a legal and accounting row with CB&I, which has argued in court that it expected a relatively small payment from Westinghouse of only $ 161 million when the deal closed on the understanding that the latter was taking on a challenged business.

To drive engagement, the company enlisted Likeable to launch a #purebarrelife campaign, a contest which asked clients to share personal stories about integrating Pure Barre into their daily lives through text, photos and videos on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest for a chance to win prizes.The company enlisted the agency's help because Likeable has the expertise to navigate the challenges involved in running a national social - media contest, such as time demands, possible legal issues, and the unique rules and guidelines of each individual platform.

Legal challenges have succeeded in overturning bans on passing along the fees for credit card payments.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

But the association has mounted a legal challenge to Seattle's new law, saying it infringes on customers» rights by requiring hotels to keep logs of complaints against guests.

The D.C. Circuit Court put a legal challenge to the Clean Power Plan on hold in April.

WASHINGTON, Dec 14 - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said on Thursday he would lead a multi-state legal challenge to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission vote to reverse landmark the 2015 net neutrality rules.

Unless a legal challenge occurs, the next step in the process is in the hands of Home's shareholders, who will vote on the proposed merger with StateWest on Monday November 28.

Apple has taken its legal attack on Qualcomm's patent licensing business global, filing two complaints in Chinese courts challenging the way Qualcomm gets paid for its cellular intellectual property.

The ruling, filed on Tuesday in state court in San Francisco, was the latest in a host of legal and regulatory challenges facing Uber and other highly valued startups in the United States and other countries.

She mused about legal challenges and economic measures, particularly on electricity trade.

President Donald Trump's re-election campaign spent more than $ 1 out of every $ 5 on attorney fees this year as the president contended with the ongoing special counsel investigation and a new legal challenge from an adult - film star.

In 1990, the Supreme Court of Canada had created a sophisticated legal test on workplace anti — discrimination claims, but, as the Court acknowledged in Tawney Meiorin's case, this test had proven to be complicated and challenging to use.

The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association, which has acted as a voice on the Quebec legislation for both wireless carriers and ISPs, said in June it was still considering whether to mount a legal challenge.

A former Playboy model who claimed she had an affair with Donald J. Trump sued on Tuesday to be released from a 2016 legal agreement restricting her ability to speak, becoming the second woman this month to challenge Trump allies» efforts during the presidential campaign to bury stories about extramarital relationships.

Ido Kilovaty Contributor Share on Twitter Ido Kilovaty is a Cyber Fellow at the Center for Global Legal Challenges and Resident Fellow at the Information Society Project, Yale Law School.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- When two former interns at the New Yorker and W Magazine sued parent company Conde Nast Publications on Thursday, legal experts said it could be the first in a wave of lawsuits challenging companies who pay little or nothing for student labor.

The specific legal grounds for the Texas coalition's challenge to the remaining DACA program are that it violates the Constitution's direction for the president to execute the nation's laws, that it was adopted without allowing the public an advance chance to comment on it, and that it exceeds presidential power under federal immigration laws and is thus illegal.

After President Trump took office in 2017, the challenge in Judge Hanen's court had not yet reached a final legal conclusion because there had never been a full - scale trial on the legality of the November 2014 actions by President Obama.

He has made extensive visits to Dubai, Cairo, Amman, Beirut, Istanbul and Damascus and has met thousands of talented, successful, and intrepid young entrepreneurs willing to take on political, cultural, legal and societal challenges.

The legal challenges come on the heels of both the House and Senate passing resolutions to kill DOL's rule.

Christopher M. Schroeder, a seasoned U.S. internet executive and venture investor travelled to Dubai, Cairo, Amman, Beirut, Istanbul and even Damascus and met thousands of talented, successful, and intrepid young entrepreneurs willing to take on the political, cultural, legal and societal challenges to their worlds.

The law faced several legal challenges, primarily based on the argument that an individual mandate requiring Americans to buy health insurance was unconstitutional.

Still, it is the first major hire for Uber's new chief executive, Dara Khosrowshahi, who announced the appointment in an email on Friday to staff — a note that also acknowledged the litany of legal challenges facing the company around the world.

This work included representing two First Nations in a successful legal challenge to the federal government's approval of Northern Gateway, as well as advocating for a strong federal oil tanker ban law on BC's north coast.

Combined with a stronger - than - recognized substantive legal justification, this bar on nettlesome litigation should make the likelihood of a successful legal challenge sufficiently dubious to give markets confidence that a Fed program to buy equities could proceed.

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When faced with countless illegal blockades by protestors and legal challenges from the British Columbia NDP coalition government, Kinder Morgan has suspended the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion spending on all non-essential activities and related spending related to the project.

Despite their short track record, we have some evidence that they choose effective opportunities to help animals within this field.59 GFI also attempts to support other work on plant - based and cellular alternatives to animal products by guiding startups, analyzing legal challenges, and drawing in bioengineering talent.60

Broadcasting it poses no problems about the separation of church and state, for who can raise a legal challenge to the message that the true visible church on earth is You.

For instance, a hypothetical public high school teacher who advanced New Age ideas and attitudes under a neutral or secular wrapping would be far less vulnerable to legal challenge than would be a teacher who spoke of God by name or who expounded on the biblical foundations of Western thought.

«On the other hand, there will likely be increased cultural and legal pressure on the membership and leadership boundaries that traditionalist institutions draw around questions of sexuality and same - sex marriage, and these institutions would be wise to anticipate these challenges.&raquOn the other hand, there will likely be increased cultural and legal pressure on the membership and leadership boundaries that traditionalist institutions draw around questions of sexuality and same - sex marriage, and these institutions would be wise to anticipate these challenges.&raquon the membership and leadership boundaries that traditionalist institutions draw around questions of sexuality and same - sex marriage, and these institutions would be wise to anticipate these challenges.»

It will probably come into place on April 23 after a cooling - off period, he said, adding that the council had noted there may be a legal challenge.

I read it that they plan on dropping the coverage for the employees if it does not pass legal challenges to the law.

The minimum 50p per unit price, delayed for six years by a legal challenge led by the Scotch Whisky Association, has been welcomed by the medical professional and health campaigners as the biggest breakthrough in public health since the ban on smoking in public.

He came in, signed the restaurant's legal waiver for the challenge, and got to munching on the burrito.

Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has been warned that his plans to increase the business rates paid by private schools could face a legal challenge amid concerns of its impact on nursery provision.