All 17 of the states that have issued
advisory opinions on cloud computing agree that lawyers must do their due diligence on the cloud services they want to use.
But a 2009
advisory opinion by the state's attorney general said that without an arrest or criminal charge, the police could not hold onto their weapons.
A 2008 draft
advisory opinion from the FEC also allowed candidate Todd Goldup in New York's 20th congressional district to use campaign funds for child care, but it was never approved by a quorom of the FEC board.
The Federal Trade Commission staff has issued a couple
of advisory opinion letters about contractors and the Fair Credit Reporting Act:
It recalled its settled case - law that the preliminary reference procedure serves the purpose of effectively resolving EU law disputes rather than
providing advisory opinions or answering hypothetical questions [130].
He also had been chairman of the Suffolk County Planning Commission, which
gives advisory opinions to towns on certain development projects.
When it came to addressing political corruption, Cuomo introduced a widespread proposal that included limiting outside income for politicians and creating a full - time legislature; term limits for elected officials; an independent
advisory opinion before earning outside income; closing the LLC loophole; more financial disclosure for elected officials; reforms to FOIL for the legislature; and procurement reforms.
Such advisory opinions are kept confidential by the committee, and Crowley spokesman Alex Florez refused to say whether his boss sought or received one.
I not only have every legal marketing ethics rule memorized, I constantly stay abreast to formal opinions and nonbinding
informal advisory opinions by the Missouri Supreme Court Advisory Committee & Legal Ethics Counsel.
Under a
proposed advisory opinion by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, a person or firm would be required to publicly disclose their activities with the state if they helped set up a meeting with a public official, had direct interaction with an official in connection with an advocacy campaign, or provided substantive or strategic input on both the content and delivery of a message.
In Suffolk County, it is a board that reviews financial disclosure forms,
renders advisory opinions on the county's ethics law, and conducts hearings as necessary to implement the law.
The reformed court would instead employ more judges to deal with its huge backlog of cases and permit them to
offer advisory opinions only.
ALBANY — Five public relations firms have brought a federal suit seeking to block the Joint Commission on Public Ethics from enforcing the portion of a
recent advisory opinion that would treat people paid to discuss legislation with editorial writers as lobbyists.
We also counsel clients on complex employee benefit plan issues, including an entity's fiduciary status under ERISA and on
obtaining advisory opinions and prohibited transaction exemptions from the Department of Labor.
The State Committee on Open Government issued a
nonbinding advisory opinion in March that concluded the agency is subject to the Freedom of Information Law.
The committee met September 20 at the Bar's Midyear Meeting in Orlando and reviewed a proposed
advertising advisory opinion that addressed hidden text and meta tags (words on a webpage that are not visible to the viewer).
NYS can not afford to get embroiled in expensive, time - consuming litigation to
get advisory opinions regarding the separation of powers.
JCOPE adopted a pair of
controversial advisory opinions intended to tighten fund - raising restrictions for New York's highest - ranking elected officials, and widening disclosure requirements for public - relations consultants, including for activities like soliciting editorials from news organizations.
The Comptroller's report included a lengthy chart showing the legislature's inaction on ethics reform, criticizing the fact that, among other things, the budget «intentionally omits» measures such as
requiring advisory opinions on legislators» outside income, closing the LLC loophole in corporate political contributions, and extending the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) to cover the Legislature.
This is already banned in most circumstances — a 25 - year
old advisory opinion from the oard says that the retention of babysitters is allowed only if «both parents of a child are engaged in activity directly related to a campaign or the holding of public office,» and requires treasurers to keep documentation of the events they attend.
Though New Hampshire's supreme court has never ruled on the constitutionality of a school choice program, there have been several, sometimes conflicting,
non-binding advisory opinions.
The Texas Supreme Court, which twice acted with no dissent in ordering the legislature to revamp the state's school - finance system, last week weighed in unexpectedly with a
split advisory opinion that observers said now adds to the political struggle facing lawmakers.
The ad
hoc advisory opinions and actual disciplinary decisions widely used to address emerging technology and social media tend to give general guidance on application of existing rules to broad topics of social media use.