Sentences with phrase «legal issues committee»

From 2011 to 2016, he chaired its Legal Issues Committee.

She joined AIDS Action Now's legal issues committee in 1991, and stayed on that committee until it founded HALCO in 1995.

Ms. Garrett is based in MLSA's Missoula office and serves on the Montana Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team, the Planet Kids Supervised Visitation Center Advisory Council, the Legal Issues Committee of the Ravalli County Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and the JUST RESPONSE (Missoula Justice System Coordinated Team Response to Intimate Partner Violence).

Surfrider engages in advocacy legal endeavors through the combined efforts of volunteer attorneys, legal interns, the Legal Issues Committee to the Board of Directors, Chapters and staff.

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Last month, the European Parliament's legal affairs committee issued a report on the use and creation of robots and artificial intelligence (AI).

He has also Chaired the Tax Section's Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties Committee, which addresses issues relating to all aspects of criminal and civil tax controversy throughout the country and served on the Section's Committee on Appointments to the U.S. Tax Court as well as serving as Vice-Chair, IRS Liaison of the Section's Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Committee.

He said that previous testimony to the committee provided by Nix, who recently declined to reappear due to ongoing legal issues, contained fabrications.

Ibrahim's lawyers have received threats since taking on the case and have been issued with travel bans by Sudan's legal regulatory board, the Lawyers Admissions Committee.

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.»

The long answer is that, it is true that the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) initially decided in July 2013 that modification of helmets with third - party after - market add - ons, such as impact sensors installed inside a helmet or to its exterior, would be viewed as voiding the helmet manufacturer's certification, and that the certification could only be regained if the helmet was retested by the manufacturer with the add - on, NOCSAE later issued a press release clarifying that position: Instead of automatically voiding the certification, NOCSAE decided it would leave it up to helmet manufacturers to decide whether a particular third - party add - on affixed to the helmet, such as a impact sensor, voided its certification of compliance with NOCSAE's standard, and now allows companies which make add - on products for football helmets to make their own certification of compliance with the NOCSAE standards on a helmet model, as long as the certification is done according to NOCSAE standards, and as long as the manufacturer assumes responsibility (in other words, potential legal liability) for the helmet / add - on combination.

Though the village's legal committee grappled with the issue for two hours, the decision will be made by the village's board of trustees later this month.

10 a.m., the Committee on Women's Issues will meet with the Committee on Courts and Legal Services to hold an oversight hearing on the effectiveness of human trafficking intervention courts.

N'allah said, «In view of the controversy that this has generated, my advice is that since we have the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, issues of this nature can be referred to that cCommittee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, issues of this nature can be referred to that committeecommittee.

The Fort Schuyler Management Corp., charged with managing the program, is still refusing to release information sought by Investigative Post despite a legal opinion recently issued by the State Committee on Open Government that concluded the agency is subject to the Freedom of Information Law.

The statement recalled that Mr. MacManu, who was present at pertinent meetings, «had ample opportunity to raise the issue of the inclusion of the ERTS in the law either at IPAC, or the Legal Committee of IPAC where the law was drafted; or even before the subsidiary legislation committee of ParliamenCommittee of IPAC where the law was drafted; or even before the subsidiary legislation committee of Parliamencommittee of Parliament.»

The Vice Chairperson on parliament's Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee made the revelation on Citi FM's news analysis show «The Big Issue.»

Democratic counsel Shontell Smith issued a memo contending the lulus are not legal, arguing that the state Constitution does not envision the payments given to those who aren't committee chairs.

Alain Kaloyeros and his associates at Fort Schuyler wouldn't budge when the state Committee on Open Government issued a legal opinion in March that rejected their position that they aren't subject to the FOI Law.

At a June 17th hearing exploring our current bail system, the New York Civil Liberties Union issued these, among other findings, to the NYC Council Committee on Courts and Legal Services:

Rather than choose between Zephyr Teachout, who actively sought the nomination, and Letitia James, who declined to seek it, the committee members issued to both women a Wilson - Pakula certificate, a formal legal authorization to be on the party's November ballot line.

In a sign that the negotiations may be progressing, Senate Republicans just before Thanksgiving dropped a legal challenge to some subpoenas that the Moreland commission has issued, seeking information about their political campaign committee.

Legal experts say that if a prima facie case is established against any of the commissioners during the preliminary investigation, the Chief Justice, per the rules, will then set up a committee to fully investigate the issues and a report submitted to the president.

, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, questioned whether CEQ has the legal authority to issue such a policy directive, since the acting head of CEQ, Christy Goldfuss, has not been confirmed by the Senate.

Special committees of CSFS address educational, scientific, and legal issues within forensic science and act as advisory bodies to provincial and federal justice ministries.

Based on these comments and other issues raised at last week's meeting, the committee is now drawing up a set of policy recommendations on the use of gene editing and its ethical, legal and social implications.

Position: Professor of Biomedical Ethics Organisation: Uppsala University Area of work: Ethical Legal Social Issues Member of: Executive Management Committee (EMC)

She also served as a member of the International Genetic Epidemiology Society (IGES) Board of Directors (1999 - 2001), as IGES president - elect, president and past president (2006 - 2008) and as chair of the IGES Ethical, Legal and Social Issues committee.

«To improve the quality of education; make health and safety improvements; modernize / construct classrooms, restrooms and school facilities: and improve P.E. fields and facilities; shall Laton Joint Unified School District issue $ 7,000,000 of bonds at legal rates, averaging $ 421,000 annually as long as bands are outstanding at a rate of approximately 6 cents per $ 100 assessed value, with annual audits, an independent citizens» oversight committee, no money for salaries, and funding that can not be taken by the State?»

It wasn't her day job that led Hoffman to a career change, but her membership in the New York City Bar, as the founder and leader of the Bar's Committee on Legal Issues Pertaining to Animals.

She is responsible for advising the Board of Trustees, its committees, and the Director and departments on all legal issues involving the Foundation and its affiliates, on policy issues, and on corporate governance.

CIMAM's board — which, following the three resignations, consists of 12 people — had announced that the «events at MACBA have raised important questions regarding freedom of expression, censorship, and institutional responsibility, with complex ethical, legal, and artistic implications» and decided such issues would be debated at the committee's Annual Conference in Tokyo, which occurred this past weekend.

Bethany, N.Y., Wind Turbine Study Committee Report [2.24 - MB PDF]-- Extensive research of environmental, health & safety, legal, and financial issues of large - scale wind energy installations, with recommendations

The Texas Republican took the unprecedented step of issuing a subpoena for the NOAA administrator, marking the first time his House committee — mainly an oversight body — had taken such a legal step.

The Committee, which heard evidence from law firms and legal experts, recommends that the Law Commission investigate the issue.

More work is needed to address judicial diversity and issues with recruitment that threaten the UK's world - renowned legal system, the House of Lords Constitution Committee has warned.

The D.C. Bar Legal Ethics Committee has issued an opinion finding that a lawyer owes a duty to maintain the confidences of someone who never hired him and never spoke to him.

Thankfully, the issue of access to justice is figuring prominently in the general debate, as evidenced by the recently released CBA Legal Futures report and the ongoing work of the Action Committee on Access to Justice.

In many other ways, he has been at the forefront of these issues and a leader in the profession of law: He is a founding director of the Centre for the Legal Profession and has been a member of the steering committee of Ontario's joint civil legal needs study, and served as research director for the Law Society of Upper Canada's task force on the independence of theLegal Profession and has been a member of the steering committee of Ontario's joint civil legal needs study, and served as research director for the Law Society of Upper Canada's task force on the independence of thelegal needs study, and served as research director for the Law Society of Upper Canada's task force on the independence of the bar.

Thomas Bruce, Director of the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School, spoke before the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee specifically to the Judiciary's Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet who are exploring issues related to judicial transparency and ethics.

In Pension Committee of the University of Montreal Pension Plan v. Banc of America Securities, LLC., Judge Scheindlin held that a party's failure to issue a written legal hold constituted gross negligence per se.

Second, the Committee reviewed parental leave policies of other area employers, both within and outside the legal profession, and numerous articles and studies on the issue.

For further background — and my take on the key issues — you can download my submissions to the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs.

The ABA Military Pro Bono Project — managed by the ABA Standing Committee on Legal Assistance for Military Personnel (LAMP)-- accepts case referrals from military attorneys on behalf of junior - enlisted, active - duty military personnel facing civil legal issues, and it works to place these cases with pro bono attorLegal Assistance for Military Personnel (LAMP)-- accepts case referrals from military attorneys on behalf of junior - enlisted, active - duty military personnel facing civil legal issues, and it works to place these cases with pro bono attorlegal issues, and it works to place these cases with pro bono attorneys.

With the support of the RCBA Board and the Barristers, the planning committee created a three - part program for its inaugural year that includes: (1) Legal Careers Day; (2) a mock preliminary hearing argued by a District Attorney and criminal defense attorney before Judge Bernard Schwartz; and (3) a «teach the class» series where guest attorney / judge lecturers will help prepare students for the AP Government exam by hosting discussions on various constitutional law issues.

Advocacy Committee: The Advocacy Committee focuses on coordinating efforts to deal with, among other things, issues of barriers to the legal profession by internationally trained lawyers, diversity in the legal community, access to justice, and the role of Canadians in global legal markets.

Following its participation in that case, it created a Committee designated to conduct a more in depth review of the issue, including commissioning legal research, and further consideration of experience in jurisdictions where assisted suicide was legalized.

Aaron Street: Yeah, so I am on the ABA's law practice division Legal Futures Initiative, which is kind of a gathering of a bunch of innovators in the profession talking about the future of law and the future of law practice, and at the meeting in Miami last week we all got there and realized that, setting aside the future of law practice, there were some more pressing issues in law that needed some innovators to work on — namely the travel ban, immigration ban, Executive Order from President Trump — and so our committee spent a couple of hours thinking about how we, as a group, could help lawyers solve that issue.

The strongest recommendation from the Legal Education Committee was to adopt a paralegal licensing program, providing an expanded role for paralegals that would give the public greater access and allow attorneys to focus on more complicated issues.

At a recent CBA / SCC Liaison Committee meeting on Posting of Factums on the Web, the Supreme Court Justices raised questions concerning a number of legal and practical issues: * Who holds copyright in factums?

That kind of engagement has been an unexpected but gratifying outgrowth of my many years of involvement with legal and judicial ethics issues, including service on the Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Professional Responsibility.