Sentences with phrase «legal rulings of governments»

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If the government wins, this case will be cited as legal precedent in hundreds of cases going forward, just as the DOJ cites the 1977 ruling that ordered New York Telephone to give the FBI access to a suspect's pen register (the file that contains the time and phone number of every call).

Horgan has asked for a legal ruling on whether his province can restrict increased amounts of oil from coming into B.C. while his government reviews oil - spill safety measures.

In my NYT bestselling book, Killing Sacred Cows, I warn people of the 15 major problems of the 401 (k), including: you're not the owner but only the beneficiary of your 401 (k), the government can change the rules at any time, you can't get to the money until 59 1/2, and the fees are typically much higher than most investments out there because you've added complexity and layers of administration and legal fees.

Here, in the outskirts of Sacramento, a handful of government workers face a daunting task: By Jan. 1, craft regulations and rules that will govern the state's emerging legal pot market, from where and how plants can be grown to setting guidelines to track the buds from fields to stores.

However, he praised the U.K.'s legal system, saying «we have the good fortune to live in a country where everyone... even government is subject to the rule of law, so the government will comply with the judgment of the court and do all that is necessary to implement it.»

Gertner's first involvement in the («legal,» he jokes) Canadian marijuana market came after a 2000 Ontario Court of Appeals ruling that the government's pot prohibitions were unconstitutional because they did not include a carve - out for medical use.

«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.»

• Secret deal places no legal limits on use of data by Israelis • Only official US government communications protected • Agency insists it complies with rules governing privacy

Absent such a standard, the shareholder proposal rule becomes nothing less than a species of private eminent domain by which the federal government allows a small minority to appropriate someone else's property — the company is a legal person, after all, and it is the company's proxy statement at issue — for use as a soap - box to disseminate their views.

Second, it provides research resources that explain relevant legal frameworks which may apply to blockchain technical nuances — such as a report clarifying that the government's failure to issue clear rules is already hurting blockchain entrepreneurs and a 2015 prediction of upcoming confusion surrounding securities regulators» classification of crypto - assets.

Instead, the U.S. government's opposition appears to center on a belief that legal settlements that pave the way for a merger — yet include lengthy rules policing the behavior of two companies — tend not to work.

As the director of legal research project the Cardozo Blockchain Project, Prof White urged the US government to develop rules to limit consumer risk on Initial Coin Offerings while allowing firms to access the decentralised capital.

The purpose of this Bill, is to ensure that the Government of Canada has an unfettered legal ability to ensure the pipeline is built, that the rule of law is respected, and that Canada affirms to the world that projects can be developed in our country.

He agreed with me about the «basic immorality of the administration's rule» — that to whomever it applied (i.e., all the not - exempted), it would put the legal authority of the federal government behind the mandatory provision of early - stage pharmaceutical abortions.

Terms like nation, state, government, rule of law, citizenship, passport, and legal justice are minimized or even absent, while the moral language of inclusion, hospitality to strangers, and compassion dominates.

'» 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.

In the case of religious expression, having a government authority like a school district abuse their authority by forcing the graduating class to listen to only one religious viewpoint and prayer is reprehensible from a legal standpoint regardless of what corrupt judge you find to rule differently.

They created a ruling institution for purposes of war and government which was based on the division of the empire into military fiefs; a chancery for the preparation of state documents and communication throughout the empire; and a religious institution which, in addition to maintaining the legal and cult services, was expected through the control of education to be an instrument of social cohesion.

«The new rules mean you are being penalised in expectation of a future government legal victory.

Mr. Kevor is asking the Supreme court to rule that the A-G who is the principal legal representative of the Government of Ghana can not in the same manner act as the private legal representative for Mr. Ken Ofori Attah, cousin of the President and also minister of Finance based on articles 88 (5), 218 (a) and (e), 284 and 287.

There is another MPA assessment due this month, and with the information commissioner demanding the details of the amber - red reports are released, the public accounts committee to debate the details of the stinging National Audit Office report, and a ruling on legal appeals all due for July, the answer for government is simple: get the vote on the paving bill through before any of that happens, whilst trying to con MPs in affected constituencies that if they don't vote for it, the compensation pot will run dry.

In a classic case of divide and rule, the government recently chose not to slash fees for Crown Court advocacy, while at the same time imposing a second tranche of 8.75 % cuts on solicitors» criminal legal aid fees.

They've even gone so far as to try to insulate themselves from legal challenge, meaning that the government has placed itself above the rule of law.

Though legal precedent holds that government must have good cause to restrict commercial speech, D'Agostino's ruling said the mere name of the truck «had very little value» as opposed to speech meant to convey an opinion.

Last year, President Donald Trump signed legislation revoking an Obama - era Labor Department rule designed to provide a legal safe haven for the state programs, which Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called «more government at the expense of the private sector and American workers.»

There are a number of possible answers - the head of state, the head of government, Parliament itself, or a legal rule establishing a fixed term.

A Labour government will mean new rules to prevent the abuse of zero hours contracts, and the closure of legal loopholes that allow migrant workers to be exploited and used to undercut all workers» wages and working conditions.

Seeing a loophole to be exploited between the loose language of the law and the clear intent, when it came time to shut down the government, furlough workers, and stop checks from being issued, they got a convenient legal ruling that said, yes, suspending their own pay is considered altering the pay of Congress (because the law didn't just say pay raises) during the same session, therefore, it is illegal for them not to collect their paychecks during a shutdown.

Lawyer for the plaintiff, Hon. Alexander Afenyo Markins, speaking to journalists after the hearing said the ruling will serve as a legal precedent for successive governments so they don't delay the formation of governing boards for institutions.

National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muiz Banire (SAN), has lambasted Lagos Chairman, Dele Ajomale, on his comment regarding the court ruling that upturned the position of the party on its candidate for the upcoming local government election in the State for Odi Olowo Local Council Development Area.

Pearce earned his B.S. in Management at the University of Phoenix in 1981 and earned four certificates from the following institutions: Arizona State University (Advanced Executive Development), the University of Colorado, Boudler (Motor Vehicle Legal and Law College), Arizona Judicial College (Court Rules & Procedures for New Judges) and Harvard University (Government).

Primary legislation (the statutes enacted by sovereign legislatures, such as the British Parliament) provides a framework which is complemented by secondary law, in the form of rules drafted by government agencies and court rulings which establish legal precedents.

«The government knows that since the ruling there is no legal basis for making internet service providers retain our data, so it is using the threat of terrorism as an excuse for getting this law passed,» he said.

France's Council of State, which advises the government on legal issues and is the nation's highest administrative court of appeal, today upheld a September European Court of Justice ruling that found that France's 2008 prohibition against Monsanto's MON810 variety was out of line on procedural grounds.

The case was referred to the European Court of Justice, which ruled in 2014 that national courts can and should ensure that governments act to get air pollution below legal limits «as soon as possible».

A government claim which suggests schools can meet their legal duty to provide religious education with the content of one GCSE is «false and misleading», the High Court has ruled.

The General Attorney occupation covers professional legal positions involved in preparing cases for trial and / or the trial of cases before a court or an administrative body or persons having quasi-judicial power; rendering legal advice and services with respect to questions, regulations, practices, or other matters falling within the purview of a Federal Government agency (this may include conducting investigations to obtain evidentiary data); preparing interpretative and administrative orders, rules, or regulations to give effect to the provisions of governing statutes or other requirements of law; drafting, negotiating, or examining contracts or other legal documents required by the agency's activities; drafting, preparing formal comments, or otherwise making substantive recommendations with respect to proposed legislation; editing and preparing for publication statutes enacted by Congress, opinions or discussions of a court, commission, or board; drafting and reviewing decisions for consideration and adoption by agency officials.

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The reason is that there are so many risks: government regulations of short - selling (SEC Rule 204), special government regulations put in place during market panics (e.g. the 2008 SEC ban on short selling financials), forced buy - ins, unlimited losses, debt to the brokerage, interest one is charged for being short which can vary arbitrarily, brokerages could change margin requirements to any arbitrary amount, arbitration clauses, you agree to indemnify the brokerage for anything it did even if it did the wrong thing, some brokerages also do market - making and thus have further incentive to fleece the client, and all the other «screw you» legal language that you agreed to when opening an account.

Klimaatzaak hopes the Belgian court in Brussels will rule in line with the valuable legal precedents in the Netherlands and Washington, and will follow as the third stone setting in motion what could become an avalanche of successful climate change court cases against governments worldwide.

Whitfield is a co-sponsor of the Energy Tax Prevention Act, which would overturn the legal force and effect of EPA's Endangerment Rule, Tailoring Rule, and other rules imposing greenhouse gas permitting requirements on state governments and stationary sources.

2nd International Community Wind Symposium 2017: Community wind experts suggest appropriate legal definition for community energy and exceptions from auctions, in accordance with EU rules State government of NRW should... Read more

The rule represents one of the most significant steps the federal government has ever taken to curb the nation's greenhouse gas emissions, which are linked to climate change, and the draft is sure to spark a major political and legal battle.

As local opposition against the highly controversial Trans Mountain pipeline in Canada continues to grow, pipeline construction passed another legal hurdle after the federal Court of Appeal ruled against the government of British Colombia's latest legal challenge.

[2] Adam Dodek, «Lawyering at the Intersection of Public Law and Legal Ethics: Government Lawyers as Custodians of the Rule of Law» (2010) 33:1 Dal LJ 1 at 20.

The campaigners were being told that it was not legally possible to make a rule change retrospectively (for those widows already in receipt of pensions) and that even were it possible this would be resisted by government due to the legal precedent it would set, and the knock - on effect it might have on other public sector schemes.

• 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.»

The Declaration on Free Access to Law affirms: that public legal information from all countries and international institutions is part of «the common heritage of humanity;» that maximizing access to this information promotes justice and the rule of law; that public legal information is «digital common property» and should be accessible to all on a non-profit basis and free of charge; and that organizations (such as legal information institutes) have the right to publish public legal information and the government bodies that create or control that information should provide access to it so that it can be published by other parties.

Whenever a legal claim is asserted against a government agency (such as Caltrans), a special set of legal rules apply.

However, in February 2015 the Tribunal ruled the UK Government's access to US surveillance had been in breach of human rights law prior to the legal proceedings.