Sentences with phrase «moving the bill away»

During this process, Ismawati succeeded in moving the bill away from environmentally damaging practices such as incineration.

Not exact matches

This move isn't out of character for Ulukaya, who signed Warren Buffett and Bill Gates» Giving Pledge, committing himself to giving away half his wealth, an estimated $ 1.82 billion.

Even an address forward might not be enough to catch all your final bills; 30 days after your move, call the utility companies and make sure everything is squared away.

Economic pressures to reduce legal costs is the primary force behind a growing number of firms moving away from the billable - hours model to new alternative billing models such as fixed, flat, blended or capped fees.

Furthermore, since the impact of father absence on child development is often negative; since absent fathers can loom large in their children's imaginations, often unhelpfully as «heroes or villains» (Kraemer 2005); and, since father absence can cause their children substantial distress and self - doubt (Laumann - Billings and Emery 1998), current thinking is moving away from the idea of severance of unconstructive father - child relationships as a simple solution.

Support for moving the primary away from Sept. 11 has been historically bipartisan in Albany and the Democratic - led Assembly has previously approved a bill to move the date.

«In keeping with our corporate strategy to move away from merchant power markets and toward a company operating exclusively as a utility in regulated markets, we are working with Exelon to come to commercial terms on a sale transaction that depends largely on the final terms and timeliness of the New York State Clean Energy Standard,» said Entergy Wholesale Commodities President Bill Mohl.

The passage of the bill marked yet another instance in which Assembly Democrats have moved away from the omnibus Women's Equality Agenda, and taken up a bill already approved by the Republican - controlled Senate.

The measure's introduction also comes as state lawmakers recognizing Earth Day 2015 (the Assembly, for instance, is moving away from using stacks of paper for bills to age and instead having them be electronic tablet - based).

What happened to your theory that Hispanics would move away from Republicans over the Arizona immigration bill?

Sen. Saslaw said he will make rare move to tear the budget bill away from the Senate Finance Committee.

Both the House and the Senate bills demonstrate a move away from earlier, more draconian attempts to enact a moratorium on issuing student visas.

When the film moves away from the barracks and back to Bill's family home in its last — and best — section, Vanessa Kirby, as Bill's flouncy sister, brings to the proceedings a much - needed jolt of adrenaline.

More recently, Bill has stepped away from the mainstream (with the exception of «Charlie's Angels») and moved to more independent features, including his work alongside director Wes Anderson in «Rushmore,» «The Royal Tenenbaums» and «The Life Aquatic,» but also in much heavier films like «Hamlet,» «Coffee and Cigarettes» and the award - winning «Lost in Translation.»

Kline's original goal was to move away from an omnibus approach to federal education policy as represented by No Child and offer up five bills that would essentially revert back to the days before the passage of No Child, when federal dollars were handed out to states without showing any results.

Changing the conversation, Ladson - Billings moves attention away from achievement gaps to what she calls the education debt that includes historical, sociopolitical, moral, and economic debt owed to the marginalized in our nation.

The bill, which did not move, would have forced the District of Columbia to direct its local funds away from its public schools to pay for students to attend private schools.

Some lawmakers are hoping to pass a bill in this lame - duck session of the Legislature that would force new teachers into a 401 (k)- style retirement system, and move the state away from supporting a traditional pension system.

While Cobey expressed support for moving public dollars into private education, he once again made clear his position on a bill that would move oversight of public charter schools away from the State Board of Education to a new, independent board.

«By the mid - and late - 1970s,» wrote the curator Richard Marshall in his essay for the exhibition «American Art Since 1970» at the Whitney Museum, «painting had moved further away from the confines of the Minimalist approach — even from a negative reaction to it — and the artists [Jennifer Bartlett, Vija Celmins, Lois Lane, Neil Jenney, Bill Jensen and Elizabeth Murray] inaugurated new ways to treat subject matter and meaning -LSB-...] there emerged a move against an insular, elitist attitude towards art and what it is, should be, or must be -LSB-...] artists began to look at more diverse visual repertory: commercial art, advertising, fashion, television and movies, popular culture, the decorative arts, rugs, religion, ancient artifacts, and Middle Eastern Cultures.»

But then, just days before the trio was expected to officially introduce their climate legislation, Graham walked away from the effort, upset that Democratic leadership might move on an immigration bill before their package.

The families will move into their new homes upon their completion in spring 2017 and benefit from significantly reduced electricity bills right away.

But basically, I believe that the only reason there's so much resistance — including at this exact moment while the US Senate for the third time now since the Democrats have taken over, is trying to pass a bill that will get the tax subsidies away from the most profitable corporations in the history of corporations ever, which are the major oil companies and move those tax subsidies.

The bill would take away their tax breaks, special tax breaks, and move them to investments in renewable energies and tax breaks for Americans who want to buy renewable resources.

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But lawyers can be a force for change, too, if all involved can get a better handle on value; not only the value of legal services themselves, but on the value of moving away from hourly billing.

Artificial intelligence for reviewing documents is going to change a law firm's day - to - day work, and new practices that move away from hourly billing are going to change the way people pay for law firms.

Clients are also demanding more flexibility around fees as they seek to move away from hourly billing models.

Just under half of partners responding to Legal Week's Big Question survey said the scale of cuts will lead to a considerable brain drain from a sector already contending with low billing rates, with 8 % claiming they will have an enormous impact and a further 40 % saying they will make a small contribution to lawyers moving away from publicly - funded work.

In addition to highlighting workplace sexual harassment as a component of workplace harassment, Bill 132 creates positive duties for employers which is a move away from the present system.

Things have moved on in this respect also and it remains to be seen whether the revised version of the Bill (via Chris Heaton - Harris) which revises the proposed changes to the tests of negligence in such cases goes through and whether the original «Saatchi» Bill is resurrected or falls away.

For consumers, moving away from the «job shop» business model with hourly billing rates towards the «value - chain» business model with fixed fees for discrete legal services.

More important, the Wisconsin bill is written so a judge can't use technology to justify a «move - away» with the child by the custodial parent, Pfeiffer said.

In conjunction with the shift to a more process driven business model, law firms will continue to see a shift away from time - based billing, moving increasingly toward value based billing.

In order for legal and accounting practices to stay ahead of these changing times, I am firmly of the view that we need to move away from the outdated «time based billing» models that our professions have survived on for many generations.

If you look at this space historically, it really started with an emphasis on e-billing, helping companies move away from paper invoicing with a particular emphasis on ensuring that outside counsel invoices are compliant with their particular billing guidelines.

Many law firms are moving away from hourly billing and charging per case, but if you're sticking with the classic billing system, technology can make it more transparent.

No wonder companies are starting, in earnest, to move away from hourly billing.

But the move away from hourly rates for litigation specifically is newer and perhaps even more significant because trial work has always been viewed as the last vestige of the hourly billing model.

Which is why both AT&T and Verizon are moving toward metered billing and away from flat - rate data plans.

The Senate was expected to move forward on Monday with a bill that would chip away at the internet industry's legal shield, a decades - old law known as Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, with a bill intended to address online sex trafficking.

Renowned American investor Bill Gross suggested that the rise of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency has signaled a move away from centralized institutions governing and controlling money.

This past spring, nearly 20 states considered bills that encourage family courts to move away from the tradition of awarding sole custody, usually to the mother, when parents divorce or separate, and instead more equally award parenting time.

If you're successful with your motion to the court, and if you move some distance away, be prepared to foot the bill for your child's travel expenses to visit his other parent.