Sentences with phrase «legal rules around»

The authors say they are real estate investors themselves, and «this is important because the tax and legal rules around real estate are continually changing in Canada and the authors are up on the latest developments.»

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Among the things that prompted the creation of the inquiries were: financial difficulties facing DB pension plans and related concerns about DB funding rules; long simmering and unresolved legal issues, the most prominent of which revolve around the use of surpluses in DB plans; ambiguity about how EPP regulations apply to new hybrid plans; a lack of harmonization among Canadian regulatory laws; and declining coverage by EPPs in general and DB plans in particular.

Jennifer Lopez may have built a career around her famous backside, but that booty may have landed her in some serious legal trouble after a televised concert in Morocco drew the ire of Islamist members of the ruling Justice and Development Party and at least one educational group.

'» As a legal organization, CRLP's mission is to establish and protect the rule of law by advancing women's reproductive rights in the U.S. and around the world, whether at the UN, with governments, or in the courts.

I don't think transparency can completely stop corruption as the temptation to bend the rules is always great, but when there is more transparency around the laws and who writes them, more eyes can have a look at it and try to fill in the legal holes.

Now, despite the political and legal drama around the rule, NIH is sticking with its plan, Michael Lauer, NIH's deputy director for extramural research, wrote in a blog post on 23 November.

This distinction is why the courts have ruled that FEA and its partners don't have standing, and why legal challenges to tax - credit scholarship programs around the country have been largely unsuccessful.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Charter school advocates in Florida and around the nation today hailed a ruling by Leon County Circuit Court Judge John C. Cooper, who yesterday threw out a legal challenge filed by 14 Florida school boards.

As the national voice of the legal profession, the ABA works to improve the administration of justice, promotes programs that assist lawyers and judges in their work, accredits law schools, provides continuing legal education, and works to build public understanding around the world of the importance of the rule of law.

Given the US history of ignoring WTO rulings that go against it, and only enforcing those rulings that are in its favor (as a lawyer specializing in international trade I've had some experience in this area), the actions taken by Antigua, being perfectly legal, may send reverberations around the world.

Here's an easy — and perfectly legal — way to get around Canada Revenue Agency's dreaded «superficial loss» rule.

Luckily, there are several clever ways to get around the attribution rules — and they're all perfectly legal.

EU Rules that Breaking Console Protections May Sometimes Be Legal Polygon reports that an EU judge has ruled in favor of PC Box, a company that offers software to get around Wii and DS protection measures.

«People here worked very hard... We had to ask legal and Dolby, the epilepsy warning stuff, the logos from Havok - we had to negotiate with them that we could put it in the credits and not the title screen... All the rules are built around the previous generation.

The ruling came as a surprise to environmental and indigenous activists around the world who were well aware of corruption in Guatemala's legal system and had been skeptical of the court's ability to see how egregious these violations had been.

The EPA's assessment of reliability impacts under the Clean Power Plan is at the center of the legal dispute around those proposed carbon regulations, with many generators arguing the agency did not properly address those concerns in that rule either.

He was also emeritus president of the Slynn Foundation, promoting the rule of law and human rights around the world, and the patron of nine legal charities including Prisoners Abroad and Law for Life.

Like you, I believe that there are strategies the LSUC could pursue which would achieve their substantive goals, strategies which accurately reflect existing (and unambiguous) legal and ethical obligations and which are consistent with constitutional requirements and principles (as I've noted above, if the current requirement around a Statement of Principle merely required acknowledgement of our actual existing obligations under the Rules, rather than a general duty to promote equality, diversity and inclusion which is found nowhere in the Rules, I suspect much opposition would melt away and the LSUC would be on far stronger Charter grounds).

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[1] The Legal Atlas is also the technology provider of Capture the Ocean, an upcoming project «to map the law of data» with «easy - to - understand visualizations and maps, helping people understand the issues, services, and rules that are shaping the world around them».

«As the national voice of the legal profession, the ABA works to improve the administration of justice, promotes programs that assist lawyers and judges in their work, accredits law schools, provides continuing legal education, and works to build public understanding around the world of the importance of the rule of law.»

Having never gotten around to blogging last week's episode of our weekly legal - affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, and with this week's now in the can, I have a two - fer to report: The California ruling and the gay marriage debate.

Notable mandates: Canadian counsel to MeadWestvaco Corp. in international restructuring and spinoff of a division to another public entity, valued at around $ 500 million; counsel to Skyline Commercial REIT in its multi-phased acquisition of 46 commercial properties from Conundrum Capital for a purchase price of around $ 242 million; Canadian counsel to Ralcorp Holdings Inc. in cross-border acquisition by ConAgra Foods Inc., a transaction with a total value of more than US$ 9 billion; lead external legal counsel to Puerto Rico Public - Private Partnerships Authority in relation to the authority's first greenfield design - build - finance - maintain project (a juvenile detention and social treatment facility); advisor to Ghana Grid Co. Ltd. in relation to development of market rules for the Ghanaian electricity system.

The ensuing backdating controversy now revolves around the question of whether the companies» reaction to the rule requiring expensing stock options unless priced at market by backdating them is either ethical or legal.

It is committed to doing what only a national association of attorneys can do, serve its members, improve the legal profession, eliminate bias and enhance diversity, and advance the rule of law throughout the United States and around the world.

It is committed to doing what only a national association of attorneys can do: serve members, improve the legal profession, eliminate bias and enhance diversity, and advance the rule of law throughout the United States and around the world.

Having no knowledge of the applicable Rules of Professional Conduct, the self - represented litigant is therefore prone to be bullied by opposing counsel, with no one around to articulate — much less to document — how a lawyer might be «gaming» the court's processes in order to take full advantage of a self - represented party's relative lack of legal sophistication.

Changes in regulation of the legal profession around the world, with the focus shifting to risk - based, proactive and appropriate management systems rather than one - size - fits - all, rules - based models;

Graham Vinter, Chairman of the Business Network, said: «As multinational companies develop their supply chains and markets both at home and around the world, they are encountering a complex set of legal risks including contractual enforceability, regulatory predictability and bribery and corruption in all its forms, none of which can be addressed without the rule of law.

However, we have noticed this rule is not always followed in the legal marketing we see around us.

Whereas there is an accumulating mass of innovative / entrepreneurial energy building up around an apparent cosmic mandate to modernize legal services, it's impeded from flowing in a natural and organic manner due to a completely outdated regulatory construct called The Rules of Professional Conduct.

American Bar Association — A voluntary professional organization of attorneys that improve the the legal profession, enhance diversity, and improve the rule of law around the world.

The legal profession will have had to change its rules around fee - sharing with «non-lawyers» in order to attract and keep the best people in these areas, as a competitive necessity.

TO FURTHER THE GOAL OF ADVANCING the rule of law around the world, LexisNexis Legal & Professional has launched a first - of - its - kind interactive rule of law awareness tool, the LexisNexis Rule of Law Impact Tracrule of law around the world, LexisNexis Legal & Professional has launched a first - of - its - kind interactive rule of law awareness tool, the LexisNexis Rule of Law Impact Tracrule of law awareness tool, the LexisNexis Rule of Law Impact TracRule of Law Impact Tracker.

Changes in the regulation of the legal profession around the world, which have shifted focus to risk based, proactive and appropriate management system - based regimes rather than one - size - fits - all, rules based models;

Legal holds have been around for a long time, but they really came to forefront in the US in 2003 following Judge Shira Scheindlin's groundbreaking rulings in Zubulake v. UBS Warburg.

Lawyers and legal associations around the world are united in expressing their support for their colleagues in Pakistan, and calling for the restoration of the rule of law in that country.

Beyond the need to comply with various ethics rules around legal accounting, accurate financial records keep your law firm organized and positioned to plan for investments that might help it grow.

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ASIC divulged that the regime was not designed around digital currencies and that it's difficult to determine how the existing legal definitions and rulings should apply to digital currency.

The ruling sent reverberations around the legal world: judges began requiring more information when plaintiffs filed a suit, and dismissing cases where they thought those details were lacking (more on that in a minute).

ALL rules, regulations, policies, forms, legal opinions, etc., enacted by ALL MLS systems and all current Organized Real Estate bodies, were designed around Listing Agents and the protection of those Agents.

Thomas kicked off the discussion emphasizing that it's absolutely critical to understand the legal, zoning and tax rules around owning a short - term rental — which is considered any property rented for less than 30 days.