Sentences with phrase «legal protection by»

As a general rule you should get some kind of investment legal protection by putting all of your own properties under seperate entities to keep them legally separate which keeps any legal issues seperated so any entity it has will be protected in case one of your properties are sued.

While this is a heart - warming story in many respects, the potential for equity held in the property to be divided in a way that is unfair on one joint owner and their benevolent families is a real one — and a risk families and their loved ones need to take seriously at the point of purchase, when legal protection by way of declarations of trust can be put in place easily.

BITs provide an additional layer of legal protection by allowing investors to take legal action against Zimbabwe where certain rights of an investor have been infringed.

While she notes that the «purpose of the revision of the former fourth paragraph of Article 230 EC by the present fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU was undoubtedly to strengthen individual legal protection by extending the legal remedies available to natural and legal persons against European Union acts of general application» (para. 33), she nevertheless continues by making three arguments which underline the General Court's interpretation of what regulatory acts entail.

Congress did provide lenders with some legal protection by insulating them from ability - to - repay claims by borrowers for loans meeting certain safety requirements set out in Dodd - Frank.

Not exact matches

Zzyym's lawsuit, filed last year by the LGBT rights legal firm Lambda Legal Defense Fund in federal court in Denver, argued that the policy of requiring either a male or female designation on passport applications violated due process and equal protection rights for intersex pelegal firm Lambda Legal Defense Fund in federal court in Denver, argued that the policy of requiring either a male or female designation on passport applications violated due process and equal protection rights for intersex peLegal Defense Fund in federal court in Denver, argued that the policy of requiring either a male or female designation on passport applications violated due process and equal protection rights for intersex people.

The results of the poll were released late on Monday, in the middle of a legal battle between Apple and the U.S. Justice Department over a judge's order that Apple write new software to disable passcode protection on the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California shooters.

«Putting aside even the expansion of the rule from 500 to 2,000, nobody's stopping from youdoing that loan — the hand of big government is not telling you that you can't do it — it's just saying that you just don't get the legal protection afforded by QM.»

General Electric Co. warned it might put its dormant subprime mortgage business, long - plagued by legal trouble, into bankruptcy protection.

Though older versions are technically legal to own, buy, and sell in many states, brand new «machine guns» — defined by law as a fully automatic weapon capable of firing more than one shot per trigger pull — have not been available for sale or purchase for civilian use in the United States since the Firearm Owners» Protection Act of 1986.

By successfully filing for bankruptcy protection, Gawker Media is protected from handing over any money to Hogan, whose legal efforts against Gawker (among myriad others) are reportedly being financed by Peter Thiel, who wants to sue the company out of existencBy successfully filing for bankruptcy protection, Gawker Media is protected from handing over any money to Hogan, whose legal efforts against Gawker (among myriad others) are reportedly being financed by Peter Thiel, who wants to sue the company out of existencby Peter Thiel, who wants to sue the company out of existence.

I have instructed a solicitor, Ravi Naik, who has put together a legal team for my case led by Dinah Rose Q.C., to challenge the company's attempt at complying with the UK Data Protection Act.

Protect off - the - shelf use by consumers and businesses by providing them with better legal protection against liability for a product being used off - the - shelf and solely for its intended use.

The law was rejected by privacy advocates such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), which he wrote after the adoption of the law, «is the final encoded legal act allows you protection of private life worldwide, and violates human rights.»

It does this by offering legal protection from consumer lawsuits.

«Premier Horgan went to Ottawa citing B.C.'s jurisdiction and concerns over protection of the marine environment, despite his government's recent admission that they were advised by their own legal experts last summer that BC has no jurisdiction to stop the pipeline,» said Chris Gardner, President, Independent Contractors and Businesses Association.

Virtual currency is not legal tender, is not backed by the government, and accounts and value balances are not subject to consumer protections.

Digital currency is not legal tender, is not backed by the government, and accounts and value balances are not subject to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or Securities Investor Protection Corporation protections;

By the early 1930s, Compton notes, a significant portion of the legal community had decided that traditional constitutional protections of economic rights were legal relics.

Brennan's pursuit of amending the Constitution through interpretation by unelected officials would cause him, among other things, to vote repeatedly to strike away the legal protections that a world dead and gone had traditionally afforded unborn human beings.

For one thing, it tends to treat them (indeed, by legal requirements of equal protection, must treat them) as interchangeable units of the citizenry, and too often this means impersonally.

Until now free speech claims have been safe against such erosions, by a virtual consensus of our legal culture that political speech needs most protection precisely when it offends.

They not only preach the gospel of corporal punishment, they also impart messages that lay the foundations for abuses against children and the protection of such abuse by our legal system.

The EA's director of advocacy Dr Dave Landrum said: «Even though we are no longer a director of C4M we do remain supportive of the campaign to expose the inconstancy of the legal changes brought by redefining marriage in order to secure protections for those who continue to see marriage as a lifelong union between a man and a woman.»

Although initial provisions of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 affirmed constitutional protection for the practice of Native traditional beliefs, those basic rights continue to be threatened by legal challenges to the American Indian Freedom of Religion Act of 1978.

They would like the legal protection that marriage affords a family, but people like you prevent that, not because of any facts, but because you are blinded to reality by the religion you CHOSE to follow.

The formulation of penalties may be motivated or even dominated by considerations of deterrence, rehabilitation, mitigating circumstance, humaneness, respect of persons or protection of society, but in every case there is necessarily the assumption that the legal penalty is occasioned and justified by the behavior of the one penalized.

In assessing the legal prospects for mediating structures, I have mentioned the technique employed by Congress in the Adolescent Family Life Act, the receptiveness of the majority of the Supreme Court Justices in Bowen v. Kendrick toward that technique, and the openness even of the dissenting Justices to accord weight to the protection of intermediate associations as such under certain circumstances.

DV goes on to insist that civil legislation must give legal protection to human embryos: «The inalienable rights of the person must be recognised and respected by civil society and the political authority,» and these include «every human being's right to life and physical integrity from the moment of conception until natural death».

At first, scribes sought legal protection for their former monopoly, but they eventually gave in to the inevitable by inserting printed sections into their handwritten works.

A 25 - page report issued Friday by the Justice Department follows up on President Donald Trump's repeated pledge to offer more legal protections for people — and organizations — of faith.

While that alone does not translate into legal protection for for - profit religious exercise, it is sufficient to show that businesses following religious dictates in their practices are «exercising» religion by any logical definition.

Rosenstein & Associates provides legal services to its clients in all business related matters, including: business formations; business & corporate litigation; transactional matters (contractual matters); wills, trusts and estate planning; assistance with filing for copyrights and trademarks; real estate transactions; asset protection; assistance with tax audits and litigation, asset protection and if necessary, reorganization of a business including providing for protection by filing of a business Bankruptcy.

Unconscionable conduct (agrees with NFF that they have not provided protection and support reforms «to provide transparency in the supply chain» and recognise that «certain classes of suppliers... are predisposed to suffering from a special disadvantage...»; misuse of market power (legal framework must «level the balance of market power in negotiations...», «ensure transparency in the transmission of market prices» and «not allow for final market risks to be borne by the primary producer» and provide «transparency of contract processes» - specifically, Canegrowers supports effects test and a process giving ACCC greater power to «regulate anti-competitive behaviour and impose penalties», shifting «the decisions framework from the judicial system to a regulatory system» which would make it more accessible to small producers); collective bargaining (notes limits of Sugar Industry Act (Qld); authorisation and notification approval costly and limited and not a viable alternative - peak bodies should be able to «commence and progress collective bargaining with mills on behalf of their members» and current threshold too restrictive)» competitive neutrality (mixed outcomes - perverse outcomes in the case of natural monopolies - suggest remove «application of competitive neutrality provisions to natural monopoly essential services»)

Although love is the No. 1 reason for hetero couples, according to the Pew Research Center, following closely behind are lifelong commitment, companionship, kids, having the relationship be recognized by a religious ceremony, financial stability and, finally, legal rights and benefits (same - sex couples overwhelming cite the legal rights and protections).

But this can not and should not be done by dismantling legal protections put in place for the safety and equality of those born and raised female.

Dr. Elena Fiddian argues that by privileging the «exceptional», the legal rights and protection needs of the «normal» asylum seeker are forgotten.

As Mr Justice Singh pointed out, if the Crown is not bound by the Act, then this could mean that «a large number and type of public buildings and spaces would fall outside the scope of the Act» - in effect depriving government employees of the legal protections contained in the legislation.

As Bobson rightly states in his comment, a legal solution to the issue posed by HIPAA protections would be consent to confirm the state of your mental health, prior to being issued a gun license.

A New York state judge has upheld the legal authority of the Tenant Protection Unit, a key initiative of Gov. Andrew Cuomo to protect rent - regulated tenants from overcharges, harassment and intimidation by unscrupulous landlords.

Workplace protection for cancer sufferers was boosted by a landmark legal case supported by the Unite general union which should ensure that people suffering with «pre-cancer» will be protected under...

Some of the objectives of the training as highlighted by the organizers include; to enlighten participants on the legal framework for international human right laws and humanitarian principles, to improve the capacity of law enforcement agents in identification, protection issues in Nigerian human right context, to build the capacity of participants to appreciate their roles in protecting the rights of the civilians.

But the Trump administration has been committed to reining in both legal and illegal immigration, most notably by ending protections for 800,000 young undocumented immigrants, known as Dreamers, beginning in March unless Congress grants them legal status before then.

While the policy notes that «New York's legal code is relatively accessible compared to other states,» it suggests that the state commit to including its laws on a platform such as America Decoded, adopting the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau's eRegs tool to make the laws more accessible, and instituting an «open by default» policy in the area of IT purchasing, data and research.

«We've had clients in Russia who've been beaten by police, but more often it's vigilante groups and thugs engaging in social cleansing and unfortunately the police don't do anything to offer protection,» said Aaron Morris, senior staff attorney for Immigration Equality, a national organization that advocates for LGBT equality under US immigration law and offers legal counsel to those seeking asylum.

The federal government's announcement earlier this month is just the latest action to further diminish civil rights protections for transgender students and follows the February 2017 decision by President Trump and the federal Departments of Education and Justice to rescind guidance that clarified federal legal protections for transgender students.

«Further, we can see no legal authority which allows the Met to breach the Data Protection Act by passing on sensitive, confidential information to as many as three external companies.

«Partners unable to enter into a civil marriage, and their children, lack basic legal protections taken for granted by married couples.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, backed by about 30 elected officials, announced on Thursday the state may take legal action against the Environmental Protection Agency to stop a plan to allow dumping in Long Island Sound of materials dug up from dredging.

At 12:15 p.m., NYC Public Advocate Tish James, NYC Council members Rafael Espinal, Stephen Levin, Corey Johnson, Donovan Richards, Helen Rosenthal and Jumaane Williams, and legal and housing advocates hold a rally in support of a package of bills that aim to end illegal actions used by three - quarter operators and provide protections residents, City Hall steps, Manhattan.