Sentences with phrase «most sweeping reform»

In the most sweeping reform of Japan's legal system since World War II, the doors are opening wide for a flood of new lawyers to handle cases in an increasingly litigious society.Experts say the reforms underscore a big shift in social attitudes that is forcing Japan to change its policy of keeping the number of lawyers low.
These amendments will be the most sweeping reform to discovery obligations captured in the FRCP since 2006.
«As chairman of the House Banking Committee's Subcommittee on Housing, Mr. Lazio authored and negotiated legislation enacting the most sweeping reform of America's public housing in more than 60 years and expanding homeownership for low - income Americans.»
«Newly adopted legislation, designed to increase charter school and authorizer accountability while respecting school autonomy, has been described in media reports as the most sweeping reforms of Ohio charter school law since school choice was first introduced 15 years ago,» a draft of the grant proposal said.

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Many of the answers to your most pressing questions about the sweeping health reform law may be at your fingertips.
«In fact, he wrote and sponsored the most sweeping ethics reform legislation to pass the legislature in a generation.
The Florida legislature is poised to pass some of the most sweeping gun control and mental health reforms in more than 20 years.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo today proposed sweeping changes in the state's criminal justice system, calling his plan the most comprehensive set of reforms in the nation.
The rush to get tax reform done in D.C. — particularly on the business side, where the most sweeping changes are planned — is alarming tax specialists who warn that new and unforeseen complexity, loopholes and glitches could come back to haunt tax collectors and taxpayers.
In one of her first major speeches as a presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today called for sweeping criminal justice reforms in the wake of the deaths of unarmed black men in police custody — most recently in Baltimore, plunging the city into days of unrest.
The proposal is part of President Donald Trump's tax reform proposal, billed as the most sweeping such measure in decades.
Washington (CNNMoney.com)- Two key senators announced announced their support for the Wall Street reform bill Monday, placing Senate Democrats days away from winning the final vote to passing the most sweeping set of changes to the financial system in decades.
The decrease is likely also driven by the changed political calculus for both unions and charter groups after most of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's sweeping education reform proposals failed during last year's legislative session.
These are some of the most sweeping and radical union reforms since the 1980s.
Without great school and classroom leaders to make sure reforms are implemented, even the most ambitious and sweeping policy changes can sputter out by the time they hit your children's classrooms.
Reville played a primary role in the drafting and passage of the Achievement Gap Act of 2010 — the most sweeping education legislation since the landmark Education Reform Act of 1993 - which included the nation's first «smart cap» lift on charter schools and created the pathway for more than 44 Innovation Schools that are now up and running across the state.
On February 17, 2009, Barack Obama signed one of the most sweeping federal education reforms in American history.
It's part of the reason that Congress passed and President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act last December, the most sweeping education - reform bill since No Child Left Behind, and the most significant deregulation of American education in recent memory — now in need of a secretary who will enforce its terms.
Big Picture Learning is a leader in school reform and is consistently identified by a sweeping range of education leaders as one of the most effective models in the country.
As an overhaul of No Child Left Behind (NCLB)-- the sweeping federal education law that sets most national school policy — continues to lag in Congress, Duncan is beginning to get answers about the viability of his plan to relieve states of the law's requirements in exchange for implementing some of his choice reforms.
In 1990, Kentucky enacted one of the most sweeping education reform measures in American history.
Credit card reform arrives in the form of the Credit CARD Act — The most sweeping credit card changes ever are being imposed on credit card issuers, which in the course of complying, are making dramatic changes in consumers» credit card accounts — not all of them welcome... (See Credit card reform law goes in effect)
Credit card reform arrives in the form of the Credit CARD Act — The most sweeping credit card changes ever are being imposed on credit card issuers, which in the course of complying, are making dramatic changes in consumers» credit card accounts — not all of them welcome... (See Credit card reform law goes in effect)
At the time, the POA was described as «one of the most sweeping legislative reforms of procedures governing the prosecution of offences since the enactment of the Criminal Code in 1892.»
Regulatory reform eventually sweeps away most remaining barriers to competition; only a small, high - value portion of legal work is reserved exclusively to lawyers.
Gov. Rick Scott and state lawmakers proposed on Friday the most sweeping array of gun - reform measures seen in the state in decades.
«FHA has weathered the storm of the recent economic and housing crisis by taking the most aggressive and sweeping actions in its history to reform risk management, credit policy, lender enforcement, and consumer protections,» says HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan.
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