Sentences with phrase «legal concerns include»

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«We're deeply concerned with your intention to undo the existing legal framework,» the companies, which include Warby Parker, Foursquare, and Etsy, wrote in the letter.

One caveat you'll find on most sites is something like this: «An investment involves a high degree of risk including fluctuating values of real property, lack of liquidity, environmental concerns, legal and regulatory risks, and other risks.»

A small but growing number of countries now have legal requirements for institutional investors to report on how their investment policies and performance are affected by environmental factors, including South Africa and, prospectively, the EU.36 Concern about the risks of a «carbon bubble» — that highly valued fossil fuel assets and investments could be devalued or «stranded» under future, more stringent climate policies — prompted G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in April 2015 to ask the Financial Stability Board in Basel to convene an inquiry into how the financial sector can take account of climate - related issues.37

Forty - five leading pro-life advocates, including Gary Bauer of the Family Research Council, James Dobson of Focus on the Family, Clarke Forsythe of Americans United for Life, Wanda Franz of the National Right to Life Committee, and Ralph Reed of the Christian Coalition, signed a much heralded joint «Statement of Pro-Life Principle and Concern» published in First Things in 1996 in which the primary legal complaint was made that Roe «wounded American democracy» by removing the issue of abortion from «democratic concern.Concern» published in First Things in 1996 in which the primary legal complaint was made that Roe «wounded American democracy» by removing the issue of abortion from «democratic concern.concern.»

We are qualified to assist our clients when they are in need of qualified legal advice or representation, in such legal matters concerning contracts, business formation, litigation, intellectual property including (trademarks and copyrights), real estate, taxes, estate planning, asset protection, and if the need should arise, reorganization in bankruptcy.

This course presents administrative concerns of the certified athletic trainer including: development of policies and procedures, legal issues, budget management, facility planning, staffing, hiring process, medical insurance issues and drug testing.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has previously pursued legal action to shut down the sites in New York State, citing reasons including concerns for the games» fairness and transparency.

Urges all Member States to promptly and correctly transpose into their national legislation all existing EU and international legal instruments concerning organised crime, corruption and money laundering; urges Member States and the Commission to complete the Roadmap on the rights of suspects and accused persons in criminal proceedings, including a directive on pre-trial detention;

«At this stage, there is an entire host of outstanding questions and legal concerns surrounding this project that have not been answered to the satisfaction of anyone, including oversight and expert bodies such as: the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Citizens Advisory Committee of the New York - New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program and the Westchester Municipal Officials Association, not to mention members of the State Legislature and the New York City Council,» Perkins writes.

«There's a whole list of reasons why this should be re-evaluated,» he said, including parking and legal concerns.

But while advocates have praised the deal, some critics have raised concerns about its reliance on so - called «one - shot deals,» or cases in which the city relies on funds from non-recurring sources such as the sale of new yellow taxi medallions, or large legal settlements including the CityTime scandal.

Two of the Council members joining de Blasio on the dais today, Levine and Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson, have both sponsored legislation to establish a «right to counsel» for those face life - altering decisions in civil courts — something that has become an increasing concern of many legal professionals, including former Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman.

You can read a letter that a coalition including the ACLU of Northern California, California Rural Legal Assistance, and others sent Stockton Unified School District Superintendent Lowder around their concerns with the district's draft LCAP, here.

Generally, my work concerns the underlying «code» of education which includes things like the legal structure upon which the system is built, the norms of everyday school policy implementation, the technological architecture of learning, and the growing marketplace for educational choices, particularly leadership preparation.

This Advance CTE resource features state approaches to dismantling work - based learning's legal barriers, including training teachers to understand legal, health and safety requirements and mitigating liability concerns for schools and employers, and offers guiding questions to state leaders.

Corporate litigation is not just limited to one business suing another, but also includes legal proceedings concerning a firm or corporation.

The legal battles that have surrounded several different companies» efforts to preserve rare texts have often included concerns that the text will be widely available for public consumption and manipulation.

Legal A proposed Arizona law that would make it a crime to annoy or offend anyone through electronic means has been held back for revision after a number of concerned parties, including the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, protested that it was too broad.

Dr. Chahine conveyed that numerous legal and business concerns had been raised and cautioned that a put option might have unintended consequences that would disadvantage all stockholders, including BVF.

This definition includes legal work affecting broad areas of public concern including the legal rights of consumers, the elderly, minorities, the poor, and groups whose legal rights are not otherwise adequately represented and who traditionally lack access to the courts.

The framework of assessment they have described to us includes important concerns such as opportunity costs, supporting the animal advocacy movement, and alignment with Open Cages» overall strategy.132 Their assessment process also involves asking important questions related to measuring success and failure, such as how they plan to evaluate the program, how long they plan to pilot it, and whether they already have data indicating that they should rethink their strategy.133 Metrics that they use to help evaluate specific programs include the number of restaurants that agree to provide vegan meals in response to their restaurant outreach, as well as the amount and overall sentiment of right - wing press discussion of their legal initiatives.134, 135 These metrics provide useful information, but we think an organization prioritizing among many different interventions could benefit from the use of metrics that are more directly related to their ultimate goals, rough estimates though they may be.

[22] Despite ethical concerns expressed by many, including the grandson of founder Norton Simon, [23] the Norton Simon Museum continues its legal battle to keep the works.

The Morris Louis Estate papers include records of gallery exhibitions, mostly André Emmerich Gallery; artwork inventories; legal records concerning the lawsuit Bernstein v. Brenner; financial records of the sale of Louis» artwork; printed materials; writings about Louis; photographs of exhibition installations and artwork; and posthumous project files which include documentation of film projects by Robert Pierce Productions, a catalog raisonne, PBS documentaries, video recordings of the exhibition «Morris Louis Now», and numerous sound recordings of interviews with artists, many with transcripts, discussing Morris Louis and conducted by Anita Faatz.

My concern about the Facebook initiative is that it seems to ignore the fact that many deceased members will have personal representatives with legal duties and powers to deal with ALL the assets of the deceased, including digital assets.

Luckily — from the perspective of people who like a bit of convenience, even if they're not terribly concerned about data privacy — a string of legal ethical opinions, including Formal Opinion No. 99 - 413 of the American Bar Association and the Law Society of BC's April 1998 opinion on the transmission of confidential information over the internet, seemed to offer near - absolution to lawyers from concern over unencrypted email.

• Applicants who are required to establish rehabilitation under Rule 3 - 13 «so as to ascertain whether they displayed any malice or ill feeling towards those who were compelled to bring about the proceeding leading to the need to establish rehabilitation;» • Applicants with a history of substance abuse / dependence «so as to ascertain whether they discussed or posted photographs of any recent substance abuse;» • Applicants with «significant candor concerns» including not telling the truth on employment applications or resumes; • Applicants with a history of unlicensed practice of law (UPL) allegations; • Applicants who have worked as a certified legal intern, reported self - employment in a legal field, or reported employment as an attorney pending admission «to ensure that these applicants are not holding themselves out as attorneys;» • Applicants who have positively responded to Item 27 of the bar application disclosing «involvement in an organization advocating the overthrow of a government in the United States to find out if they are still involved in any related activities.»

Our market study was prompted by a range of concerns raised by interested parties, including concerns relating to the affordability of legal services, the high proportion of consumers that were not seeking to purchase legal services when they had legal needs («unmet demand») and the possibility that regulation might be dampening competition.

By integrating with InfoTrack, Actionstep clients can access and utilise data from a range of sources including Land Registry, Companies House and HMRC, from submission of SDLT and AP1 forms, to ordering AML checks, insolvency reports and filing MR01's, InfoTrack also provides a range of services and online workflow tools, such as electronic signatures - ensuring legal professionals are efficient, and reliably informed wherever information is concerned.

This can include posting a messaging concerning a courtroom legal victory.

Within these broad practice areas, their lawyers have deep knowledge and experience in a variety of legal matters, including the development and review of contracts, regulatory compliance issues, risk management, collective bargaining, civil rights matters, personal injury, property and business transactions, and legislative concerns — to name just a few.

Within these broad practice areas, our lawyers have deep knowledge and experience in a variety of legal matters, including the development and review of contracts, regulatory compliance issues, risk management, collective bargaining, civil rights matters, personal injury, property and business transactions, and legislative concerns — to name just a few.

The Barristers» Society does not prohibit Christian law graduates of other law schools in Canada (or the U.S.) from entering the legal profession in Nova Scotia if they, as individuals, adhere to traditional Christian beliefs and practices, including those concerning sexuality and marriage.

These concerns grow out of the fact that when suing you might have a legal action against several parties including the truck operator, the truck owner, the trailer owner or lessee, the owner of the cargo, etc..

In addition, we often provide ongoing advice to government entities during the process, including addressing questions of compliance, assisting to answer request for information process on legal and risk matters and concerns relating to the evaluation process, and assisting with negotiations where the procurement documents permit.

Settlements terms often include a provision that bars plaintiffs from making further legal claims concerning a truck accident.

International organizations, and especially their in - house legal departments, must have in place not only processes and technology that can help address these conflicts; they also need to successfully change the culture of their organizations to a point where e-discovery practitioners — litigation support teams, paralegals, and IT professionals included — recognize and resolve cross-jurisdictional concerns as a matter of practice.

Static Pages — These pages provide information about your areas of practice, including explanations of laws and statutes related to your practice and useful information about the type of legal matter that concerns the potential client.

The Alabama Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) applies in cases where a custody decision is made or which impact access to a child — including divorce, legal separation, neglect, dependency, guardianship, paternity, termination of parental rights, and protection from abuse concerning the legal custody, physical custody and visitation of children are decided.

In the legal world, Pinterest has come under fire for a couple of reasons, including concerns about copyright issues and Pinterest's terms of service.

The report includes the recommendation that all cases «concerning legal support for children should be brought back into the scope of civil legal aid» and that cases within certain criteria, including local authority involvement in private law family proceedings, should be covered (see p 28 of the report).

Although the creation of rules will not in itself change the widespread concerns of SRLs, it will send an important message to the collective legal community, including judges who often see SRLs as nuisances.

The Law Society said it was «gravely concerned» about the first consultation, which would cut 300 pages from the Handbook, including the «qualified to supervise» rule, and free up solicitors to provide reserved legal services on a freelance basis.

In his prior role as general counsel, Mr. Black's leadership included overseeing a full spectrum of global business operations, including building a corporate legal department; handling compliance matters arising from investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Justice; and day - to - day corporate operational concerns.

Her legal practice focused on various aspects of corporate and commercial work including mergers and acquisitions, contract drafting and review, doing business concerns, due diligence, outsourcing, special registrations and structuring of investments.

A primary purpose of ReInvent Law is to provide a new element of education through research and experimentation on endeavors designed (1) to solve problems faced by the legal profession including access to justice concerns and (2) to create new vehicles for the delivery of legal services.

But they have lost all Ontario legal cases based on concerns about human health, now including a constitutional challenge.

However, numerous stakeholders, including many in the legal community share a growing concern that access to justice is increasingly posing challenges to those who need it, and obstacles such as time, expense and representation stand in the way of securing this right for all Quebec citizens.

For example, if you have a boundary dispute concerning the position of a legal boundary within a building then the required skill set would need to include an understanding of building construction; a building surveyor would be ideally suited.

It includes financial statements, management background, any legal problems concerning the company, any legal problems faced by the company and other company information.

With the increasing convergence of the worldwide financial market, we have filled a critical role in helping our U.S. and international clients understand the global legal landscape, including competing insolvency regimes and out - of - court restructuring practices, different market conventions, intercreditor concerns, issues relating to obtaining credit and collateral support, and other matters that make the difference in obtaining syndicated credit or high - yield financing for complex multinational enterprises.