Sentences with phrase «legal trade in»

It's one of the more incendiary questions discussed in wildlife conservation circles: Should there be a legal trade in elephant ivory?

«Any legal trade in elephant ivory incentivizes elephant poaching and illegal ivory sales.

But the finalized rule — a revision of the Endangered Species Act — closes this loophole and limits the legal trade in elephant ivory only to antiques that are over a century old, as well as certain pre-existing manufactured products that contain less than 200 grams of ivory.

The Parties have made it quite clear that there should be no trade in elephant ivory... any legal trade in elephant ivory incentivizes elephant poaching and illegal ivory sales.

There is an existing legal trade in pet reptiles that are native to Australia, but alien reptiles can not be legally imported or kept for private trade.

While there is currently a database of legal trade in restricted species, it relies on the submission of annual reports which can be undermined by weak domestic legislation and governance hence we are not getting a complete picture of the industry.»

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This comes at a time when Alphabet and Uber are entangled in a seemingly never - ending legal battle over trade secrets and patent infringement.

Cut in compensation of about 10 % came in a year when the bank's profit nearly halved due to higher legal costs and a slump in bond trading.

Citigroup cut Chief Executive Michael Corbat's pay by about 10 % in 2014, a year in which the bank's profit nearly halved due to higher legal costs and a slump in bond trading.

The Canadian government is buoyed by other recent developments in Canada-U.S. trade: this week Boeing has dropped its legal fight against Bombardier and there are indications of a potential settlement in a dispute over glossy paper.

In a legal filing joined by other public interest groups and the consumer electronics trade association, the group said the justices should not become regulators of technology and «the court should not attempt to predict the future of television.»

In a separate hearing on ICOs in Congress last week, Mike Lempres, chief legal and risk officer for cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, said the company does not trade ICO tokens because it «can not take the risk of inadvertently trading an asset that is later found to be a security.&raquIn a separate hearing on ICOs in Congress last week, Mike Lempres, chief legal and risk officer for cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, said the company does not trade ICO tokens because it «can not take the risk of inadvertently trading an asset that is later found to be a security.&raquin Congress last week, Mike Lempres, chief legal and risk officer for cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, said the company does not trade ICO tokens because it «can not take the risk of inadvertently trading an asset that is later found to be a security.»

And although the deadly drug is legal with a doctor's prescription, it's also being made illegally in underground labs and traded across the US.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 5 - A jury in a trade - secrets lawsuit heard its first earful Monday as opening statements began in a bitter legal battle between Waymo and Uber Technologies Inc that has captivated Silicon Valley and could help determine who emerges in the forefront of the fast - growing field of autonomous cars.

But in the markets, the notion of what is public and what is private and what can and can not be shared is rooted in the legal constructs of the securities laws surrounding insider trading and Regulation FD.

Publicly - traded companies also contribute to party leadership campaigns (legal in 8 provinces), contribute to think - tanks that advocate for (sometimes controversial) policy positions, and run their own advertising and advocacy campaigns to generate support for policies or projects.

In order for bitcoin to be a real currency, Adeney claims, it must be three things: easy and frictionless for trading between people, widely accepted as a legal tender for all debts (both public and private) and stable in terms of valuIn order for bitcoin to be a real currency, Adeney claims, it must be three things: easy and frictionless for trading between people, widely accepted as a legal tender for all debts (both public and private) and stable in terms of valuin terms of value.

A single São Paolo street market, featuring 6,500 unlicensed merchants selling wares legal and illegal, does nearly $ 10 billion in trade a year.

Mining services provider Viento Group has entered a trading halt after a legal dispute with a minority shareholder in its 65 per cent owned subsidiary, Power Infrastructure Services.

«We believe if JPM can successfully resolve its regulatory and legal headline risk in a timely manner, the stock could reverse its recent underperformance that has resulted in trading at a below - peer forward (price to earnings ratio) of 8.8 times despite our expectations of above - average profitability in 2014,» Matthew Burnell, an analyst at Wells Fargo Securities, wrote in a research note Thursday following the fine.

After plunging to a record low of 15.95 to the U.S. dollar on September 25, the Argentine peso clawed its way back to 8.5525 on Monday as a crackdown on trading, a bond sale and a currency swap with China curbed transactions in both the legal and underground currency markets.

Most of Canada's trading partners have had digital economy strategies in place for years, using the policies to set goals for connectivity, guide investments in networks and digital infrastructure, as well as establish legal frameworks to provide privacy protection and enhance consumer confidence in electronic commerce.

In 2013, Google — like Microsoft before it — was threatened with a potentially costly legal battle when the Federal Trade Commission staff said the company «unlawfully maintained its monopoly» over internet searches, though the 20 - month probe was eventually closed.

The iPhone maker has accused Qualcomm of abusing its monopolistic position in certain phone components and the two companies have been trading legal blows all year.

Against a background of ongoing trade tensions between China and the US, China's own Ministry of Commerce responded on April 17 by saying that it hopes the US can deal with this situations in a legal way, and that it will be prepared to take action in the interests of ZTE.

«The US government acted as police force (identifying the foreign government's crime), prosecutor (making the legal arguments), jury (ruling on the evidence), and judge (sentencing the foreigner to US retaliatory punishment),» Chad Bown, a senior fellow at the pro-free trade Peterson Institute for International Economics, wrote in a memo about Section 301's history earlier in August.

«From the date of release of this Notice, any so - called platform that provide trading and exchange services for coin offering shall not engage in exchange businesses between legal tender and token or «virtual currency»; or engage in proprietary trading activities or trading as an central counterparty of tokens or «virtual currencies»; or provide pricing services or act as information intermediary for tokens or «virtual currencies.»»

SAN FRANCISCO The former security chief of Uber Technologies Inc. swore in a closed legal proceeding that he knew of no attempts to steal trade secrets from anyone, including Alphabet Inc's self - driving unit Waymo, and would be «shocked» if that had occurred.

Although over-the-counter trading remains legal, squashing exchange - based trade might harm cryptocurrency adoption in China.

It is uncommon for institutional venture capitalists to steal trade secrets in a manner that might harm a startup, and you can often manage the patent disclosure risks with the right input from your legal counsel.

But as Temin and Vines show, history is much more usefully seen as the evolution of often complex institutions — financial, political, legal, cultural, and so on — through which economic behavior is mediated and which affect the ways in which recurring patterns of finance, commerce and trade unfold, and that without an understanding of history we lose so much complexity in our models that we often end up making very obvious mistakes.

Prior presidents have dabbled in steel protectionism by invoking «anti-dumping» rules that lead to legal and bureaucratic wrangling at the World Trade Organization, mild international tiffs, and then usually both sides backing down to some extent.

FINMA's guidance is related to legal and security concerns surrounding «provisions on combating money laundering and terrorist financing; banking law provisions; provisions on securities trading; and provisions set out in collective investment scheme legislation.»

Based on this premise, Cyprus is the best place for binary trading options in terms of legal protection.

Even by the standards of the commodity business (and the commodity trading business in particular) Glencore is known for its appetite for political and legal risk, and its willingness to deal with sketchy counterparties.

On the basis of the «trading desk» adding $ 1 of «free gratis» legal reserves, the banking system acquires $ 200 in earning assets.

Principles and Goals The Latino Coalition supports dynamic free enterprise, limited government, low taxes, quality educational opportunities for all, reasonable government regulation, legal immigration, fair and open trade, and a strong national defense, all in support of American exceptionalism.

Trade experts say it's a big legal gamble, since Section 232 has been used only a handful of times in the past 40 years and hasn't been used since the World Trade Organization — which is effectively the world's Supreme Court on trade — was formed in Trade experts say it's a big legal gamble, since Section 232 has been used only a handful of times in the past 40 years and hasn't been used since the World Trade Organization — which is effectively the world's Supreme Court on trade — was formed in Trade Organization — which is effectively the world's Supreme Court on trade — was formed in trade — was formed in 1995.

As investor Salil Deshpande of Bain Capital Ventures describes it in a new Medium post about the outfit, this last scenario alone is a huge opportunity, given that «regulatory, tax and legal issues make it onerous and costly for cryptotraders to trade with fiat, and many crypto exchanges do not even offer the ability to use fiat.

If our existing stockholders, including employees and service providers who obtain equity, sell, or indicate an intention to sell, substantial amounts of our Class A common stock in the public market after the lock - up and legal restrictions on resale discussed in this prospectus lapse, the trading price of our Class A common stock could decline.

Rather, it is the expansion of trade negotiations from agreements that once focused primarily on tariff reductions to far broader regulatory documents that now mandate domestic legal reforms and establish dispute resolution systems that can be result in huge liability for national governments.

Ever since the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other trade groups began filing lawsuits to overturn the Labor Department's fiduciary rule in 2016, legal experts have speculated the issue would ultimately find its way to the Supreme Court.

We are experienced with patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and licensing issues and have technical legal experience in a wide array of industries.

The Financial Services Agency (FSA) have recently developed new strategies and requirements for cryptocurrency exchanges to follow, in the wake of the devastating Coincheck hack in January, evidence that the government are keen to facilitate cryptocurrency activity within its borders but are equally keen to ensure that trading remains above board, legal and safe.

The confidence in Bitcoin may break as a result of unexpected changes such as: unfavorable legal regulations, banning electronic legal tenders, introducing the prohibition on trading in virtual currency in specific areas, imposing high taxes, creating competitive alternative currencies, deflation, and other factors which may significantly affect the shaping of the exchange rate of Bitcoin against other currencies.

The objectives also call for eliminating a NAFTA chapter that allows countries to appeal trade penalties in an independent, international legal forum known as the investor - state dispute settlement.

Mindful that a government which sidesteps its own laws in attacking lawyers and writers who stray from official orthodoxy may also be tempted to ignore local and international legal standards on trade, we should continue to emphasize legal compliance.

In addition to boardroom squabbles, Uber's newly minted chief legal officer Tony West will also have to navigate a trade secret battle against Alphabet's self - driving arm, in addition to several federal probes into the company's privacy practiceIn addition to boardroom squabbles, Uber's newly minted chief legal officer Tony West will also have to navigate a trade secret battle against Alphabet's self - driving arm, in addition to several federal probes into the company's privacy practicein addition to several federal probes into the company's privacy practices.

However, bitcoin can not be placed in the same category since it is not legal tender and has very few uses outside its trading zone, thereby making investors holding the currency that has zero value extremely vulnerable to potential risks.