Sentences with phrase «practices decision against»

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Delta's other trade victory came on Friday, when, in a surprise decision, the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled against Boeing in a bitter trade battle in which the Chicago - based company said its business was harmed by trade practices of its Canadian rival Bombardier.

In the end, it all comes back to education: In the ideal world, a parent's decision about whether to allow a child to start playing or continue playing collision sports before high school under current rules of play (which are evolving in the direction of safety, fortunately, as seen, for instance, in USA Hockey's ban on body checking at the Pee Wee hockey level and below, and limits on full - contact practices instituted at every level of football, from Pop Warner, to high school, college, and the NFL), will be a conscious one; a decision in which the risks of participating in a particular sport - provided it is based on the most up - to - date information about those risks and a consideration of other risk factors that might come into play for their child, such as pre-existing learning disabilities (e.g. ADHD), chronic health conditions (e.g., a history of history of multiple concussions or seizures, history of migraines), or a reckless and overly aggressive style of play - are balanced against the benefits to the child of participating.

The decision to bedshare, in turn, further reinforces and increases breastfeeding in both the short term (feeds per night and total feeding time) and long term (number of months breastfeeding is maintained).1 In total, this positive bedsharing - breastfeeding connection renders reductionistic and unqualified recommendations against the practice of bedsharing among nonsmoking, non-drug-using mothers especially problematic.1, 29

Walmart defended its business practices and its decision not to testify in front of the Council, arguing that the scrutiny of their yet - to - be-finalized plan amounted to discrimination against the chain.

How we mischievously play the masses against leaders who expose corruption in their governments, justifies President Kufour's assertion.I say so because of how the Npp made political gains from from President Mahama's decision to prosecute his officials found to have involved themselves in corrupt practice.

In a judgment dismissing the claim, Justice Rilwan Aikawa held that following the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Attorney General of Ondo State vs Attorney General of the Federation and 36 Others (2002), that ICPC had a statutory duty to investigate allegations of corrupt practices made against any person or authority in Nigeria and that neither the claimants nor the court has the discretion to stop a statutory agency of government from performing its duties.

Thus, we recommend against organized screening in settings where shared - decision making is not part of routine practice (e.g., health fairs, health system promotions, community organizations).

Here's the bottom line: I think if a woman with an uncomplicated pregnancy desires an un-medicated birth and is well prepared for that (has a birth plan and labor support, has practiced and has a method for natural labor) and has thought through the IV process and decides against it, I would support that decision.

They may participate in sexist practices and maintain unjust gender relations by perpetrating violence against women, controlling women's reproductive and familial decision making, limiting women's access to community resources and political power, or espousing patriarchal beliefs and norms that allow other men to engage in such actions.

With respect to tenure decisions, first of all, you need to have — in the system, you need to have clear standards that you're going to evaluate the teacher against, that express the kind of teaching practices that are expected; and a way of collecting evidence about what the teacher does in the classroom.

Discussing his work with artist Sam Durant at the Hammer earlier this month, Gaines explained that his practice is a struggle against «art as a subjective practice,» and that he seeks to avoid aesthetic decision - making because it privileges «the idea of beauty or pleasure as emerging from the site of the self or the ego.»

In a decision that strikes a blow against the federal government's controversial practice of excluding industry from consent decrees with environmental citizen groups, a practice known as «sue - and - settle,» the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned the district court's approval of a consent decree between a coalition of environmental groups and several federal agencies in Conservation Northwest v. Sherman, No. 11 - 35729 (9th Cir.

This information can prove a powerful tool to guide decision - making on practices that aim to preserve and increase the current soil carbon stocks, helping win the fight against climate change.

As you may recall, in a 5 - 4 decision back in 2007, the Supreme Court ruled that Ledbetter's claim against her employer for paying her less than her male counterparts because of her gender was time barred because her present lower pay arose out of salary decisions made years earlier, well outside of the 180 - day statute of limitations for discriminatory employment practices under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

This was an appeal by the Catholic adoption services agency against the First Tribunal's confirmation of the decision by the Charity Commission that it was not permitted to amend its constitution so as to permit it to continue its previous practice to refuse to offer its adoption services to same sex couples.

The Dano ruling was handed down in the same week that the complaint authority of the European Social Charter, the European Social Rights Committee (ESRC), took two decisions in collective complaints procedures against the Netherlands about its refusal to grant shelter and emergency assistance to foreign nationals without residence status (Council of European Churches v. the Netherlands; No. 90/2013) and about the practice of local councils applying a local connection test before giving shelter to the homeless (FEANTSA v. the Netherlands: No. 86/2013)-RRB-.

Countless times in my practice I was searching for the only decision that said something very specific and which gave me a possible argument to go against a whole body of cases that, I found, subtly inapplicable to my situation.

although Attis deals with this issue in the context of a class proceeding, the decision underscores the importance of certain «best practices» that can be applied universally by litigation counsel to insulate against a client's claim for costs indemnification.

«Sometimes a bar association issues a decision that's so impervious to the realities of legal practice that you have to wonder whether those who drafted it ever practiced law,» writes Carolyn Elefant, in «Maryland Bar Ruling Banning NonLawyer / Lawyer Referral Groups Discriminates Against Solo and Small Firms.»

Also new this year, is the Legal Rates Benchmark Tool, which lets users input their state, practice area, and hourly rate to benchmark against other lawyers, therefore allowing them to make more informed, data - driven decisions.

On the same day the OPC decision was released, the FTC announced that it was settling charges filed by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the FTC against VTech USA for violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by collecting personal information from children without providing direct notice to parents (including prominently displaying links to online notices of information practices with regard to children on the home page or screen of its website or online services and at each area of the website or online service where personal information is collected) or obtaining verifiable consent concerning its information collection practices.

The decision may not legitimately have significance in the latter respect — if the charges were baseless then they ought not to have succeeded, regardless of the nature of the practice of the lawyer against whom they were made.

Some commentators believe Google may seek leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada given the impact of this decision on its business practices and implications for future litigation against the search engine provider.

A Massachusetts superior court has recently ruled that an insurance company choosing to appeal a jury's decision to a higher court rather than extend a formal settlement offer after a verdict has been entered against them is NOT a commission of unfair settlement practices.

«The decision to add information to the college's public register about criminal findings against doctors and bail conditions that affect their practice is the completion of another step in our plan to increase transparency,» she said.

Although a recent ruling criticizes the practice of selective quoting of expert findings in personal injury cases, the decision is not a broad comment against consensus reports, Toronto litigator Richard Shekter tells Law Times.

On Tuesday, May 29, 2012, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari from the Tenth Circuit's decision in Marx v. General Revenue Corp., U.S. No. 11 - 1175, to determine whether a prevailing defendant can be awarded routine costs (not attorney's fees) against a losing plaintiff in a Fair Debt Collection Practice Act (FDCPA) case where the plaintiff was found to have brought the suit in good faith.

The SCC's decision did not allow for much flexibility and went against one of the usual practices of appellate courts — to give deference to the Copyright Board in findings of fact (fairness in claims of fair dealings is one such finding of fact).

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The claimants submitted, inter alia, that the orders: (i) had been made without any prior consultation as to the principle, relying upon the common law duty to act fairly and / or the doctrine of procedural legitimate expectation; and (ii) were irrational on the basis that the reasons which had been put forward by the defendants in justification of the decision were inconsistent and contradictoryDyson LJ: The fact that, when conferring on the lord chancellor the power to prescribe court fees, parliament had decided whom he should consult before doing so, militated strongly against the idea that there should co-exist a common law duty to consult more widely (in the absence of a clear promise by the lord chancellor that there would be wider consultation and in the absence of any clear established practice of wider consultation).

While there may be debate about the practice of an outside investor covering costs awards, experts» fees, disbursements or even the full expense of the litigation, the relatively few decisions in Canada in this area have all said that there is no prohibition against it.

Re K (removal from the jurisdiction: practice) 1999 2 FLR 1084 was the mother's appeal against the court's decision to grant the father permission to take their only child (age 10) for a holiday to his paternal place of birth in Bangladesh.

In a pair of decisions delivered this morning, R. v. Summers, 2014 SCC 26, and a companion case, R. v. Carvery, 2014 SCC 27, the Supreme Court has endorsed the trial courts» practice of routinely crediting time spent by accused persons before their sentencing on a more than one - to - one basis against the total duration of their sentence, the Truth in Sentencing Act, enacted by Parliament in 2009, notwithstanding.

We will discuss how your litigation teams can protect themselves and your firm against dropping the ball by discussing the significance of smart litigation management, using real - world examples from recent court decisions, reinforcing best practices, and highlighting intuitive technology solutions for staying on top of it all.

ALSO, Brokerages are businesses and although the practice over the last 50 years has been to ignore common law, a simple Small Claims court decision for the Co-Operating Brokerage against the Listing Brokerage for failure to collect monies owed as a result of MLS rules and regs and forms, would be a cheap alternative to recover at least $ 10,000.

4 DOS APP 02 Matter of DOS v. Hecht - business practices; commissions; broker's past acts can not be used against him as evidence of repeated misconduct on a charge of illegal business practices where such conduct is being now first reviewed for untrustworthiness; charging fees in excess of professional norms, absent a showing of unique services offered above and beyond those services normally rendered by a real estate broker, demonstrates untrustworthiness; broker's current commission rates are far in excess of rates established by custom and usage; ALJ's decision modified, license suspended until one month after broker refunds amount in excess of rates established by custom and usage