Sentences with phrase «over the legality of»

During years of jousting with local taxi authorities over the legality of its car service, Uber had been discovered using a tool called Greyball that disguised the location of its cars and showed a fake version of the app to city officials.

They moved to remove these men and their work from positions of authority and did not spend an undue amount of time hemming and hawing around when the allegations happened or splitting hairs over the legality of it all.

As Elliott and his lawyers have jostled with the league over the legality of the discipline, Jones has taken aim at the commissioner he once championed, calling his suspension an «overcorrection» after years of weak rulings in similar cases.

Military contingency plans are already being drawn up by the Ministry of Defence despite question - marks remaining over the legality of any military action, the binding nature of any Commons vote and the government's intention to publish the evidence justifying an armed intervention.

In addition, reports suggest Ms Harman will argue this weekend for the attorney general's legal advice to the government to be published, saying the row over the legality of the Iraq war and the BAE - Saudi corruption probe has undermined public confidence.

As Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick defends his proposal for a first - in - the - nation supervised injection facility for heroin users, his city faces myriad messy questions over the legality of taboo supervised drug use.

Pretlow presided over a hearing in Albany yesterday where representatives of FanDuel and DraftKings, currently battling over the legality of their services with AG Eric Schneiderman, said they would be open to regulation by the state, (though, not surprisingly, they want to have a hand in writing those regulations).

«We have spoken to our lawyers and we will seek an interpretation in court over the legality of the meeting which was held, if that is upheld, then the decision taken will be declared null and void... we believe in our flagbearer and he also believes in the rule of law, he will not fight but go to court and that is just what we will also be doing,» he said.

The House and the Trump administration are asking to keep a pause on a years - long court battle over the legality of crucial ObamaCare payments to insurers, while Democratic attorneys general are seeking for the case to proceed.

Attorney general Lord Goldsmith's advice to the government over the legality of the 2003 invasion would also be a key part of any inquiry.

Golub is a high - profile lawyer who has won multi-million-dollar cases and has represented not only the state employee union coalition, but also the state Democratic party in its ongoing legal battle against the State Election Enforcement Commission over the legality of financing of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's re-election campaign.

I had already written briefly before how the European Scrutiny Committee questioned David Miliband over the legality of the Irish guarantees on 2nd July.

Many Labour MPs were shocked after he told me he would not be happy with the police or security forces shooting to kill on our streets, casting doubt over the legality of the strike on Jihadi John, and appearing to suggest that his MPs would not be allowed to vote with their conscience on any potential military action in Syria.

New Hampshire's attorney general will argue that public education is a state and local responsibility but that the state is not obligated to ensure equal funding among school districts, an opinion some local school - board members are preparing to support in the lawsuit over the legality of the state's school - funding method.

The ruling issued Tuesday by Griffen, a former Court of Appeals judge known for his outspokenness, formally ends 21 months of state - court litigation over the legality of the state's execution protocols.

If there was a serious issue over the legality of the operation surely judges and lawyers would have raised it beforehand not waited until a result came in that they disapproved of?

A dispute over the legality of a politically questionable judicial appointment has resulted in what pundits call a stinging defeat for Canada's prime minister and a bold assertion by the Supreme Court of Canada of its independence and constitutional status.

The union has concerns over the legality of the Ontario government's plans to sell all or part of the publicly owned electrical transmission and distribution system.

A furious row erupted over the legality of the seizure, which struck many as immoral — in fact, scarcely distinguishable from outright piracy.

Rising concerns over the legality of Bitcoin in India has forced the Indian Government to think about it.

You needn't stress over the legalities of how to evict tenants living in your current rental property.

It's much more expensive to skip over the legalities of a rental property than it is to hire a lawyer in the beginning and make sure everything is in order.

Not exact matches

Still, experts said those comments were likely to hurt the government's case in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which heard arguments on Tuesday night over whether the TRO should be upheld while the order's legality is established.

The growing, multibillion - dollar fantasy sports industry dominated by DraftKings and FanDuel has drawn increased attention from state regulators over the past year, with the attorneys general of New York, Illinois and Nevada challenging their legality.

How could any Federal Reserve chairman justify cooperating in such a scheme, in particular since the Fed would be taking the White House's side in a fight with Congress over a matter of dubious legality?

Looming over all else is the ruling of the German Constitutional Court on the legality of the ESM on September 12.

Communicating Information: Label Legalities Once used simply to display basic product information, labelling has become far more sophisticated over time, and consumers are increasingly relying on them in the making of their purchasing decisions.

Mr Joyce's initial response to farmer outrage over the cut and questions about the legality of pricing arrangements was to suggest suppliers ask the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to investigate.

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Many are in the gray area of legality, but I don't lose sleep over such things.

And yes, your article did address the debate over training and the legality of lay midwifery, but somehow the article headings did not include the word «lay» midwives.

An imbroglio over cash stipends for state senators with committee leadership positions veered into the legal weeds as attorneys for mainline Democrats and the Senate's top Republican offered differing opinions on the legality of the payments.

[7] These negotiations are marked by a preoccupation with legitimacy over legality, and paternalistic discretion (on the part of local officials) over rigid adherence to the word of the law.

David Lewis, counsel to Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, issued an opinion over the weekend that defended the legality of the practice.

The company has brought 50 or so tank cars to the line over the past few weeks and put them in storage in the town of Minerva, a move that has drawn the ire of environmental groups and state agencies, which have questioned the legality of storage there.

Yet over the last six years, our office has not received a letter, an email or phone call from anyone in his office questioning the legality of these payments.»

Latimer's executive order — which will not impact the legality of shows on private property — marks a culmination of controversy over the past year which saw Democrats and Republicans, as well as an invigorated electorate, debate whether or not to continue hosting shows.

The letter comes on the eve of a House hearing on the legality of the subpoenas issued by the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology to Schneiderman's office over the investigation over whether major energy companies downplayed the risks of climate change.

Conservative peer Baroness O'Cathain will propose the house rejects the regulations «having regard to the widespread concerns that the draft regulations compromise religious liberty and will result in litigation over the content of classroom teaching, and having regard to the legality of the equivalent regulations for Northern Ireland».

An imbroglio over cash stipends for state senators with committee leadership positions veered into the legal weeds Monday as attorneys for mainline Democrats and the Senate's top Republican offered differing opinions on the legality of the payments.

The legality of that war has remained a matter of dispute since the invasion, partly due to the absence of a clear second UN resolution, and partly due to disputes over whether the then attorney general, Lord Goldsmith, was pressured to change his advice.

The powerful film from director Gavin Hood (Tsotsi) and writer Guy Hibbert is a nail - biter as characters argue over the rules of engagement and the legality and morality of war in making a decision about a drone strike in Kenya that targets the Al - Shabaab militant group.

With a fellow Democrat in Miller raising even more questions about the waiver gambit — especially after giving the Obama administration cover over questions about the legality of the entire process — Duncan will likely have to call up chief school officers of waiver states to work out these issues.

The legality of the government's decision over the Weald of Kent has been called into question by some, including former schools minister David Laws, who said in his diaries that ministers were warned the decision was at serious risk of losing if put to a judicial review.

There is reportedly displeasure with the WEC over the Toyota's legality, and also displeasure about the enormous expense of racing at this level.

Used ebooks are a hot topic right now, with Apple and Amazon each pursuing a patent over reselling digital content and as a result sparking a debate on the legality, ethics, and morality of a second - hand marketplace for products that don't decay.

I have also done a lot of research on contracts and legalities, attending the Rights workshop at the London Book Fair as well as poring over books on contract clauses.

These MSA have become prevalent in the market, but have started to fall out of favor with many companies since the CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) started going after these service agreements over their legality.

As a result, we do not have absolute control over the quality, safety, or legality of the answers that are provided through our services.

Protest over the ban has erupted around the world, from dog lovers, celebrities and even the organizations like the American Bar Association, which sent a letter to Coderre questioning the legality of the ban.