Sentences with phrase «most number of jurisdictions»

Tusk Ventures is an investor in Bird, and Bradley Tusk recently told me that the bike and scooter sharing trend «could very well be the source of a lot of fights in the most number of jurisdictions in 2018.»

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Combined, these three states and British Columbia accounted for 670 million tonnes of greenhouse gas pollution in 2010 (the most recent date for which we can compare numbers across all four jurisdictions).

It is, at least, apparent that the debates about humanitarian intervention by military force in the last decade, about the creation of international criminal tribunals in a number of cases, about the idea of a state's «universal jurisdiction» in cases of violations of the Genocide Convention or other «crimes against humanity,» about how far the global war on terror may proceed without violating the rights of states, and most recently, about the United - States - led use of force against the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, have all raised important points of positive and customary international law, and that in every one of these cases the outcome remains unsettled.

It could be a number of things: it could be better recording processes by the jurisdictions, could be them being able to finally ask the question and encourage people to identify, and probably I think the most positive aspect is it could be because of heightened awareness around the issue by MATSITI of cultural safety — it could be that some of those teachers felt more comfortable in identifying by 2015 than they did in 2012.

Few jurisdictions have passed significant voucher and tax - credit legislation, and most have hedged charter laws with one or another of a multiplicity of provisos — that charters are limited in number, can only be authorized by school districts (their natural enemies), can not enroll more than a fixed number of students, get less money per pupil than district - run schools, and so on.

Most jurisdictions in the United States have a large number of outdoor cats, too many for shelters to successfully place them if all the cats were captured, and it makes no sense to take them into a shelter only to kill them.

Well, actually the «founders of No Kill» have always been a very select group whose love of all animals gradually but steadily led to the changing mindset and philosophy of saving rather than killing; not nearly enough credit has been given to all the independent and non-profit rescues, adoption groups and especially TNR groups who were promoting and practicing S / N and vaccinations long before low cost S / N clinics became available... such clinics still NOT that readily available in many jurisdictions; as for the veterinary community, for the most part, they were and are a major part of the problem along with their associations which remain regressive with their rather antiquated and self - serving leadership; for decades and even to this day it has long been known that the NUMBER ONE REASON people do not get their animals «fixed» (pet, stray, feral, it doesn't matter) is because of the lack of affordable S / N fees!

The provinces would need to agree to this, Sanderson says, since they would give up jurisdiction over their northern lands, most of which are included in the series of numbered treaties that Canada signed with aboriginal peoples between 1871 and 1921.

We have acted in a significant number of the largest and most complex class actions in recent years and have expert understanding of the relevant court rules in different jurisdictions and the basis on which class actions claims can be challenged.

Today, in some of the most pro-arbitration jurisdictions, the number of cases referring to Convention is scarce precisely because the ordinary rules governing the recognition and enforcement of awards are more liberal and, in accordance with article VII (1), routinely applied without any need to refer to the Convention.6

A small number of the most serious indictable offences — including murder and treason — are exclusively within the jurisdiction of the Superior Court and will normally be tried with a jury.

It is therefore very helpful for a single practitioner work, such as this, to gather together the most important rules, guidelines and so - called «soft law» on the subject, to set out the key principles applicable in each type of arbitration, and to provide illustrative cases from a number of different jurisdictions and legal traditions.

Cayman continued to be home to the largest number of deals, but Hong Kong and BVI, the second and third most active, were the only two offshore jurisdictions to see an increase in activity over 2015.

I could spectacularly backfire because if carried out with the intention you describe it is the crime of fraud which, in most jurisdictions, is punishable by imprisonment for some number of years.

Unlike most other jurisdictions, however, there are a number of significant legal and practical restrictions relating to Chinese contracts that I find have severely limited the number of options available in regard to selecting the governing law and forum.

Jon has tried a number of cases in state and federal courts including jury and bench trials in many of the most difficult Texas jurisdictions.

The jurisdictions are listed from most dangerous to 10th most dangerous and the rate that appears next to the jurisdiction's name is the number of drunk driving deaths per 100,000 residents.

If this provision is not kept, the increasing number of international families divorcing could find themselves engaged in expensive and long - winded litigation about which country is the most convenient jurisdiction.

The practice's recent representations include: (i) CONMEBOL in connection with U.S. criminal investigations and prosecutions into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world; (ii) the Special Committee of Banco BTG Pactual S.A. («BTG Pactual») in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its former CEO and other bank executives, in which we found no basis to support the allegations against the Bank and its employees; (iii) two of the largest construction companies in Brazil in potential civil and criminal investigations and litigation involving the Petrobras bribery scandal (Lava Jato), the largest corruption scandal in Latin American history, involving allegations of over $ 2.5 billion in bribes and kickbacks; (iv) the Government of Brazil in a corruption matter involving former senior government officials and multiple jurisdictions; (v) the General Manager of one of the largest energy companies in Central America in connection with allegations of bribery in Guatemala; (vi) a Mexican high - ranking executive for Wal - Mart Stores, Inc. in connection with DOJ and SEC FCPA investigations against Wal - Mart; (vii) a large Argentinean oil company and its owner, one of Argentina's wealthiest individuals, in connection with high - profile DOJ and SEC investigations involving alleged FCPA violations to secure an extension of oil rights in an Argentinean oilfield; (viii) the United State's largest chemical and industrial products companies in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its Mexican subsidiary; (ix) the Rosenthal family, one of the most prominent families in Central America, in a number of related criminal matters; and (x) a senior executive of one of Venezuela's largest engineering companies in DOJ investigations into corruption and money laundering involving PdVSA.

We have turned to Quinn Emanuel on a number of our most significant and complex litigation matters, involving a broad array of issues in jurisdictions around the world.

In addition to the newly created international adjudicatory bodies, the jurisdiction of a number of existing international courts — most notably the Court of Justice of the European Communities and the European Court of Human Rights — has also expanded, due both to an increase in their membership, and also to the reform of their underlying constitutive instruments (p 75).