Sentences with phrase «legal challenges targeting»

Pruitt and other RAGA members sided with the U.S. Chamber on legal challenges targeting the EPA's endangerment finding and, more recently, the Clean Power Plan.

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The final DOL regulation «unfairly targets certain types of fixed annuity products, making it harder for Americans to purchase fixed indexed annuities when it is in their best interest to do so,» he said, adding that «this legal challenge is necessary because the rule creates an unworkable standard for independent agents and insurance companies and goes far beyond DOL's authority.»

Their three - pronged approach will target key state races, support legal challenges to current maps and pursue ballot initiatives to change the redistricting methods in some states.

The city of Syracuse will join other cities, counties and national organizations in a legal brief that supports the city of Chicago's lawsuit challenging new regulations by the Justice Department that target sanctuary cities, Mayor Stephanie Miner's office announced.

Mayor Bill de Blasio, a frequent target of Cuomo's, had unsuccessfully tried to persuade Durst to end his legal challenges against the park over the summer.

The legal team that overturned California's ban on same - sex marriage is targeting Virginia to launch another challenge aimed at convincing the Supreme Court that gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry no matter where they live.

As the courts continue to uphold choice programs, opponents will likely shift to using regulation to strangle choice programs and turn to more targeted legal challenges, like the DOJ's threats against Milwaukee's voucher program over special - needs enrollment.

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It is possible that the agency's decision to drop demand - side energy efficiency from its target calculations was motivated by legal concerns, but its decision to keep new renewable generation in those calculations will still be challenged.

«Regardless of the outcome of legal and political challenges to the final rule, it's clear the U.S. EPA has presented state air and energy regulators with achievable targets and a wide array of tools for compliance,» said Lisa Frantzis,

Layer on top of that, technology that reduces the number of lawyers needed for certain tasks, the conflict between hours targets and the «do more for less» challenge, alternative legal providers, the growth of contract lawyers, permanent associates, partners who aren't permanent, the growth of paralegals, as well as a clear message from partners at most law firms that there is no more room at the top.

One answer to this challenge is to make sure that your business development activities include things that focus on educating your clients, potential clients and target communities about things that you know will help them feel more confident and comfortable in making assessments about the need and value of legal services, rather than on persuading them to hire you.

We met our survey target of 360 respondents — approximately 3 % of the practicing lawyers in this province — and we are in the process of analyzing the feedback we received on the pains felt by today's legal professionals, and the services that Courthouse Libraries BC might be able to provide to help with the challenges.

Baker McKenzie partner Steve Holmes describes Telefónica's team as «fast - paced and innovative», and singles out corporate and commercial legal director Kate Copping for praise: «What sets Kate apart from her peers in the industry is her passion for creating highquality teams, delivering targeted advice to the business and never shying away from challenge.

Additionally, firms challenging themselves in this way deploy both an offensive and defensive strategy to respond to the emerging threats from alternative legal service suppliers, innovative firms and new technologies, which in each case will increasingly target work of higher complexity / risk / rewards typically reserved to specialists in law firms.

Layer on top of that, technology that reduces the number of lawyers needed for certain tasks, the conflict between hours targets and the «do more for less» challenge, alternative legal providers,... [more]

Despite reaching that far back into history, Motorola is just as eager to modernize the targeted hardware list to keep its complaints relevant — the current iPad, the iPhone 4S and other devices are at risk of a trade ban, posing more of a threat to Apple's bottom line than the dust - covered (and near - finished) initial legal challenge from October 2010.