Sentences with phrase «ownership laws including»

We seek numerous reforms to gun ownership laws including raising the minimum age to purchase assault weapons, mandatory background checks, mandatory waiting periods, and gun violence restraining orders.

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The Company's issuance of shares of common stock, including the additional shares that will be authorized if the proposal is adopted, may dilute the equity ownership position of current holders of common stock and may be made without stockholder approval, unless otherwise required by applicable laws or NYSE regulations.

Within a broader framework — which seeks to protect the full range of interests that antitrust laws were enacted to safeguard — the potential harms include lower income and wages for employees, lower rates of new business creation, lower rates of local ownership, and outsized political and economic control in the hands of a few.407

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

That legislation includes further restricting access to guns to people convicted of misdemeanor domestic abuse as proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, closing what supporters call loopholes in the federal law while also tightening other laws for gun ownership.

That includes legislation to restrict access to guns to people convicted of misdemeanor domestic abuse, which has been proposed by Governor Andrew Cuomo, and tightening other laws for gun ownership.

This version, if approved, would repeal numerous key provisions of the law in Upstate New York and Long Island, including the five - year recertification requirement for pistol permits, restrictictions on the transfer of gun ownership to family members and the law's definition of an assault weapon.

By contrast, the brief, shared with The New York Times by its drafters, cites past Supreme Court rulings dear to conservatives, including the Citizens United decision lifting restrictions on campaign financing, and a Washington, D.C., Second Amendment case that overturned a law barring handgun ownership.

All previous agreements and conventions between the the Belgian State and the International Polar Foundation will be annulled, including the Partnership Convention of 2007, the original act of donation from the International Polar Foundation to the Belgian State (the Partnership Protocol) of 2010, and the Belgian Law of 24 July 2008, all of which had previously set out the terms and conditions of ownership and operation of the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica.

25.6.3 in any matter that involves any of the foregoing claims, for resolution or decision of any question of fact or law required to resolve such claim, including, but not limited to, questions required to decide or rule with respect to the infringement, misappropriation, validity, enforceability or ownership of any copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark, service mark or trade dress or with respect to any remedy or relief at law or in equity for any such infringement or misappropriation or for any violation of such Sections 1201 and / or 1202.

Humane Canada supports legislation and programs that encourage informed, responsible dog ownership including spay / neuter, licensing, permanent identification, leash laws, socializing and humane obedience training.

The program includes a survey of the area, prioritizing the animals to be altered, and education of the owner regarding proper pet care and local laws regarding pet ownership.

♥ Promote responsible pet ownership and animal sheltering in this region to include adherence to state and local animal statutes and law, assurance of the Five Freedoms for all animals in our shelter system, and to promote spay and neuter BEFORE adoption in this and surrounding counties

Basically, these plaintiffs wanted the court to eliminate any restrictions on their ownership of dogs including animal cruelty laws, tethering restrictions, management of dangerous or potentially dangerous dogs, and restrictions for allowing nuisance behavior.

We should focus more on working to prevent problems with our dogs instead of concentrating on treating problems after they have developed, and that includes how we craft and implement veterinary practices, dog training methods, dog ownership practices, and dog laws.

Under Ohio law, ORC Â § 5739.01 (B)(1) sales tax must be collected on» [a] ll transactions by which title or possession, or both, of tangible personal property, is or is to be transferred... «Â Â § 5701.03 (A) defines «personal property» to include «every tangible thing that is the subject of ownership, whether animate or inanimate... and that does not constitute real property».

But despite wanting to do away with some of the laws the rest of Denmark follows (legalizing marijuana and the pesky issue of property ownership), Christiania is, as I noticed when I visited last week, one gigantic gorgeous park, with unique buildings and objects d'art — including innovative container gardens — that reflect an artistic population.

This discussion, of course, included alternative business structures in the practice of law, i.e.: non-lawyer ownership of firms.

While the Commission called for comment on a number of significant issues, my comments focused on alternative providers of legal services and regulatory innovations, including non-lawyer ownership interest in law firms.

Douglas Hallward - Driemeier of Ropes & Gray LLP is famed for his headlining work in significant civil rights and constitutional appeals, including recent work representing medical associations and physicians at the Eleventh Circuit to successfully challenge a Florida law prohibiting physicians from making inquiries of patients over firearm ownership.

I have been interested to learn a bit lately about why law firms evolved as they did, noting the degree to which joint ownership of libraries, including case law and subscriptions, may have been a factor.

In addition to trademark law, Ms. Pour - Moezzi counsels clients on copyright and trade secret law, as well as transactional matters including the negotiation and preparation of intellectual property ownership and licensing agreements.

The law society has four proposed models for ABS that include allowing partial or unrestricted restricted ownership by non-lawyers.

The 400 - page act instigated hundreds if not thousands of changes, including allowing nonlawyers to hold ownership and management positions in law firms and allowing creation of multidisciplinary practices.

The Haida Nation asserts that: Haida Gwaii is Haida lands, including the waters and resources, subject to the rights, sovereignty, ownership, jurisdiction and collective Title of the Haida Nation who will manage Haida Gwaii in accordance with its laws, policies, customs and traditions.

By taking ownership of the business listing, businesses must accept Google's terms of use, which include choice of forum and law provisions, limitations of liability and indemnity provisions.

Although this sounds very hypothetical, Kennesaw, Georgia, in the United States has a law mandating the ownership of firearms, with some exemptions, including on disability and religious grounds.

The Ontario Law Reform Commission's 1971 Report on Land Registration assumed this, by saying on page 14: «The record includes an affirmation of the existence and ownership of interests — the fee simple and charges, and some leases and easements.»

Chinese law requires that disputes over certain subject matter, including intellectual property ownership, land ownership, labour laws, insolvency, certain aspects of joint ventures, and wholly foreign - owned enterprises, and certain matters relating to shares must be governed by Chinese law.

Our team of farming lawyers advise on all aspects of farming businesses, including rural land ownership, to provide specialist agricultural advice on farming law.

We acted, in conjunction with several international law firms, including our tie - up office, Addleshaw Goddard LLP, as a legal advisor for a UK - based, London Stock Exchange (AIM) listed company that is engaged worldwide in the business of pharmaceuticals in a transaction that could be worth as much as ￡ 100 million, where this company sought to acquire 100 % ownership of a globally oriented Singaporean company engaged in the distribution of highly specialized pharmaceutical and medical technology in Asia, Africa and Australia.

Without trade - offs to our personal injury law practice, as a result of a new company structure providing a larger capital base in Australia and the UK, we are now able to offer a wider range of other consumer services including services that critics of nonlawyer ownership claim are the sort of «less profitable services;» that nonlawyer owned firms would stay away from such as: employment law, wills, conveyancing, family law and criminal law.

Ms. Baum has experience in a range of complex commercial and civil litigation matters, including contract enforcement, tort claims, employment issues, alter ego and fraudulent transfer claims, construction defects, corporate ownership disputes, family law, appeals, temporary restraining orders / preliminary injunctions, and other related issues.

Lawyers with Winstead's Business Divorce Practice Group work closely with Texas family law attorneys in marital divorce cases that involve sizable marital estates, which include ownership interests in Texas private companies and private trusts.

At its meeting on April 12 - 13, 2012, [40] the [Commission] decided not to propose changes to the ABA policy prohibiting nonlawyer ownership of law firms... The Commission considered the pros and cons, including thoughtful comments that the changes recommended in the [December 2, 2011 paper] were both too modest and too expansive, and concluded that the case had not been made for proceeding with even a form of nonlawyer ownership that is more limited than the D.C. model.

PUBLISHERS NOTE: The ownership of digital currency including cryptocurrency and Bitcoin has increased exponentially since my first Ohio Family Law Blog article on the subject on October 4, 2014.

But if you are so inclined and you happen to be in Australia or the U.K. where non-lawyer ownership of law firms is permissible, you can find some handy advice about the decision to list a law firm on the stock exchange here, including:

Julian Wilson's appearances in conflicts of law cases include: Sanders v Trigor One Limited [2014] EWHC 1646 (Comm); [2014] All ER (D) 187, a case on whether a Gibraltar Fund Investment Prospectus contained a concluded English jurisdiction agreement under Council Regulation (EC) 44/2001, Art 23; Goldstone v Goldstone & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 39 on the test for territorial jurisdiction where disputed ownership and control is a preliminary issue in ancillary relief proceedings; Duarte v Black & Decker Corporation [2008] All ER (Comm) 401 on the role of English public policy as the law of the forum in cases involving restrictive covenants; and Foote Cone & Belding v Theron [2006] EWHC 1585 (Ch) a worldwide freezing injunction case concerning the test for domicile and residence for the purposes of territorial jurisdiction.

The ACTLA Board of Directors has serious concerns regarding Alternative Business Structures (ABS), Non-Lawyer Ownership of law practices (NLO) and other changes being brought forward by the Law Society of Alberta (LSA) including reducing the number of benchers representing its growing membership as well as the lack of full consultation with the profession on these issulaw practices (NLO) and other changes being brought forward by the Law Society of Alberta (LSA) including reducing the number of benchers representing its growing membership as well as the lack of full consultation with the profession on these issuLaw Society of Alberta (LSA) including reducing the number of benchers representing its growing membership as well as the lack of full consultation with the profession on these issues.

In many countries, including the United States, there is a rule that only lawyers may have an ownership interest in, or be managers of, a law firm.

The firm's real estate practice is not limited to residential and commercial closings and title searches, but includes zoning, land use planning, land ownership, title disputes, real estate litigation, landlord / tenant law and other RI and Massachusetts real estate legal issues

Ideally, one of our colleagues in an academic law library in Canada would take ownership of this type of customized search engine since Google search engines customized by Universities are eligible for «ad - free» sites (the foregoing link includes Google ads as part of the search results, something which I would prefer to do without).

In addition to law firms and ABS structures elsewhere, studying non-lawyer business organizations (e.g. engineers can have non-engineer ownership but an engineer has to take responsibility under the certificate of authorization, and even looking at how MDPs have worked including decision - making restrictions) may be useful.

You can connect with lawyers for help with a variety of issues including wills, home ownership and family law.

Thanks to convoluted laws, it's really hard to include bitcoin in your tax returns — which may be why many people say they will not report bitcoin ownership to the IRS.

Chapter 7 considers the lack of protection afforded under current intellectual property laws such as copyright and patenting and considers the need for the development of a mechanism which provides protocols around the use, access, and ownership of Indigenous knowledge's that includes a protection regime.

[61] Rather, «it may embrace self - governance in the broader sense of decision making to maintain identity including cultural matters, languages, customary law, definition of group membership and ownership and use of land».

Under Florida law, a «bona fide purchaser» of real estate is afforded certain protections including ownership and title.

The new law makes the bank, as plaintiff in the foreclosure lawsuit, bring to court documentation that proves up the lender's legal right (including title and ownership) to foreclose on that property.

As a respected title attorney well - versed in all aspects of real estate law, particularly in settling competing claims of ownership and control over real property, John serves as a consultant to various real estate professionals, including his peers in the legal community.