Sentences with phrase «of challenges for law»

Unfortunately, without the right legal specific solutions in place, accepting credit card payments can create its own set of challenges for law firms.

One of the challenges for law students is they don't know what's appropriate.

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A Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has ruled that a challenge to the state's 145 - year - old ban on prostitution may proceed, saying a 2003 Supreme Court ruling opened the door for closer scrutiny of the law.

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.

Michael Burger, director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University, told the Post that New York's lawsuit was significant because it brought the legal challenge beyond California.

Different administrators have come to different conclusions about how best to apply the law in view of the science, and many of their decisions have been challenged in court, sometimes successfully, for either going too far or not far enough.

Instead, so - called «John Doe» accounts owners hired the law firm Berns Weiss to ask the judge for permission to challenge an IRS summons of Coinbase.

The challenge is to a key part of the Obamacare health law that, if successful, would limit the availability of federal health insurance subsidies for millions of Americans.

«For me the biggest challenge is the regulatory uncertainty in the US and the future of US - China relations,» said Miranda So, a Hong Kong - based partner at law firm Davis Polk.

Canadian exporters can challenge the dumping and subsidy determinations of US agencies via the Chapter 19 binational panels, which can remand those decisions to these agencies for misinterpreting US law, instead of...

The coalition against the pipeline is already challenging the first permit granted to ETP by the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources with a case filed by the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, with a court date set for Jan. 4, 2018.

That petition challenges a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decision that, as the Cato Institute, Reason Foundation, and a group of law professors explained in a supporting amicus brief, exacerbates a «system» already «stacked in favor of the government.»

This news release contains forward - looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Canadian securities laws, including statements regarding: BlackBerry's expectations regarding new product initiatives and timing, including the BlackBerry 10 platform; BlackBerry's plans and expectations regarding new service offerings, and assumptions regarding its service revenue model; BlackBerry's plans, strategies and objectives, and the anticipated opportunities and challenges in fiscal 2014; anticipated demand for, and BlackBerry's plans and expectations relating to, programs to drive sell - through of the company's BlackBerry 10 smartphones; BlackBerry's expectations regarding financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2014; BlackBerry's expectations with respect to the sufficiency of its financial resources; BlackBerry's ongoing efforts to streamline its operations and its expectations relating to the benefits of its Cost Optimization and Resource Efficiency («CORE») program and similar strategies; BlackBerry's plans and expectations regarding marketing and promotional programs; and BlackBerry's estimates of purchase obligations and other contractual commitments.

This news release contains forward - looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Canadian securities laws, including statements regarding: BlackBerry's expectations regarding new product initiatives and timing, including the BlackBerry 10 platform; BlackBerry's plans and expectations regarding new service offerings, and assumptions regarding its service revenue model; BlackBerry's plans, strategies and objectives, and the anticipated opportunities and challenges in fiscal 2014; anticipated demand for, and BlackBerry's plans and expectations relating to, programs to drive sell - through of the Company's BlackBerry 7 and 10 smartphones and BlackBerry PlayBook tablets; BlackBerry's expectations regarding financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2014; BlackBerry's expectations with respect to the sufficiency of its financial resources; BlackBerry's ongoing efforts to streamline its operations and its expectations relating to the benefits of its Cost Optimization and Resource Efficiency («CORE») program and similar strategies; BlackBerry's plans and expectations regarding marketing and promotional programs; and BlackBerry's estimates of purchase obligations and other contractual commitments.

They're challenging a 2011 state statute, backed by the gun lobby, that outlines penalties for elected officials who try to enact local gun laws, including a $ 5,000 fine and the prospect of being removed from office.

The law of micro commitments says that we are much more likely to complete a task that is potentially challenging (e.g. making a purchase or signing up for a newsletter) if we first undertake a much smaller task that is not challenging.

This work included representing two First Nations in a successful legal challenge to the federal government's approval of Northern Gateway, as well as advocating for a strong federal oil tanker ban law on BC's north coast.

The Trudeau government has been looking for solutions to the challenge of northbound asylum seekers, but condoning this particular idea would be a grotesque way of accomplishing that for any country that respects international law and the principle of refugee protection.

The ACLU is a powerhouse in advocating for the rights of immigrants, campaigning against discrimination and challenging state and federal laws.

This would include the Ten Commandments and its laws protecting the sanctity of life, for example, or the personal challenge of Jesus to love and forgive enemies and put others first.

Indeed, the very nature of Catholic teaching has occasioned this type of challenge, for the church maintains that its teaching is based on the natural law, which in principle can be rationally apprehended by all human beings.

«In addition, as the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change works with the state government to deliver democratic dividends, we urge it to also assist in addressing the challenges to rule of law posed by these arrests and prosecutions, encouraging respect for press freedom and advocating for protection and justice for targeted communities in southern Kaduna.»

• Our Lord takes his authority for challenging the Law of Moses back to the creation of man.

The belief that God rewarded people for faithfulness to their religious tradition was periodically challenged by prophets like Jeremiah who reminded the people of the law of God written on the heart.

«The bottom line is that including a statement in a church's bylaws defining marriage may be of some help should the church's tax exemptions be challenged, or if the church is sued for violating a public accommodations law due to its refusal to host same - sex marriages, but it is no guaranty of protection.»

The Holy Father set in motion these past two years of contention and, one hopes, constructive dialogue in the Church because he knows that marriage and the family are in deep trouble throughout the world, just as he knows that marriage, rightly understood, and the family, rightly understood, are the basic building blocks of a humane society: the family is the first school of freedom, because it is there that we first learn that freedom is not mere willfulness; marriage, for its part, is the lifelong school in which we learn the full, challenging meaning of the law of self - giving built into the human heart.

There were other issues too: The way the accounts of Israel's monarchy contradicted one another, the way Jesus and Paul quoted Hebrew Scripture in ways that seemed to stretch the original meaning, the fact that women were considered property in Levitical Law, the way both science and archeology challenged the historicity of so many biblical texts, and the fact that it was nearly impossible for me to write a creative retelling of Resurrection Day because each of the gospel writers tell the story so differently, sometimes with contradictory details.

The challenge of the Morton Grove, Illinois, no - nonsense handgun law has the National Rifle Association and other influential «pro-gun» groups scrambling for a major counterattack.

An elucidation of the agreement here, however, involves concepts which provide a context for an alternative which challenges the formalist position with respect to the logic of other key issues in the philosophy of science, viz., with respect to the nature and status of laws, the role and justification of induction, the model of theoretical explanation, and the intelligibility of conceptual change.

The US has, for reasons of its own (including fears that the treaty can pose a challenge to such laws as the Helms - Burton law and the D'Amato law which seek to penalize foreign corporations which trade with or invest in Cuba, Iran or Libya), declared that it would not accept the treaty in its present form.

A spokeswoman for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which is representing three religious schools that are challenging the health care law, said that she was also unaware of another college that had taken such action.

He said the school is retaining its health care plan for employees because it is hopeful that legal challenges to the health care law will prevent much of it from taking effect.

«the school is retaining its health care plan for employees because it is hopeful that legal challenges to the health care law will prevent much of it from taking effect.»

A survey of food and drink businesses by leading industry law firm, Roythornes, has revealed the biggest challenges for the sector when it comes to..

Take it from Woody Allen: A big family meal is no place for challenging your in - law who doesn't believe in climate change or rehashing the juicy details of your hot date last Saturday.

According to the Laws below, Mitrovic was not only guilty serious foul play but also of using excessive force while challenging for the ball.

She heads Good Enough Mother, a parenting community for moms who understand the challenges of kids who think they know everything but won't eat anything, neighbors for whom failure is not an option and mothers - in - law who just KNOW you're doing it wrong.

Anne L. Bryant, executive director of the school boards association, said it was «disappointing» that the law «does not provide adequate funding,» which she said would «challenge schools» ability to provide school nutrition by adding a new funding burden for schools at a time when there are critical budget shortfalls.»

A group of adoptees and «birth parents», opposed to the new law, promised upon the bill's passage to mount a constitutional challenge to it, and retained noted Toronto lawyer Clayton Ruby for this purpose.

These political challenges were not countered within the political process (ie, by defeating the challengers in elections, and so on) but by circumventing the rule of law to prosecute the oligarchs for fabricated crimes.

Flanagan, a Suffolk County Republican, added it was unlikely the GOP conference would challenge the legality of Cuomo's regulatory move for transgender rights, which relies on a 1945 civil rights law.

Progressive activists — including Fordham Law Prof. Zephyr Teachout, who launched a strong but unsuccessful primary challenge to Cuomo in 2014 — are calling for the rejection of this plan, unless the governor immediately calls special elections for the two Senate seats that will become vacant on Jan. 1.

Two real estate developers hired the law firm to represent them in tax challenge cases in return for Silver allegedly backing the renewal of state tax incentives for developers of large housing projects that include affordable units, according to federal charges.

It's pretty clear that however distasteful the religious exemption in the proposed Employment Non-Discrimination Act may be for its supporters, it is, unfortunately, necessary for the legislation to avoid a First Amendment freedom - of - religion legal challenge in court — a legal challenge religious groups opposed to LGBT rights would almost certainly win if ENDA became law without the exemption.

The 56 - year - old Cuomo will begin his second term with a long list of challenges, including the implementation of a new medical marijuana law, a decision on whether to allow fracking for natural gas and the selection of up to four new casino operators upstate.

Several states have said they are looking for ways to challenge or work around the new tax law, particularly states like California and New York where residents pay a higher level of local taxes that they have traditionally been able to deduct without any limits.

In the application challenging the bench warrnt issued against him, Tompolo is arguing that the EFCC did not follow due process of law in applying for an order of substituted service of the criminal charge against him, adding that no service of the charge was effected as directed by the court before the EFCC applied for a warrant of arrest against him.

Republicans, too, are also giddy at the prospect of a Nixon primary challenge (Republican Chairman Ed Cox, a son - in - law of the late President Richard Nixon, posed in a photo with the v - for - victory salute soon after Cynthia Nixon announced).

In the Bronx, incumbent Democrat Rivera faces a primary challenge from Councilman Fernando Cabrera, who has drawn fire from LGBT groups for opposing gay marriage and his praise of Uganda's strict anti-gay laws.

Cuomo captured 58 percent of the state committee's weighted vote, while Fordham law professor Zephyr Teachout — who has challenged Cuomo for his failure to address legislative corruption — received 41 percent.