Sentences with phrase «protect state assets»

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In the United States, more than 2.4 million small businesses are set up as a limited liability company (LLC) for the purpose of limiting personal liability and protecting the owner's personal assets in the event of business failure.

He argued that states and local governments are better positioned to protect «their environmental assets.»

The U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, an intra-government agency that scrutinizes foreign groups» purchases of U.S. assets to protect national security interests, rejected the initial application for the Alerian deal, one of the sources said on Tuesday.

Alex LaBeau, president of the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry, a trade group that represents many of the state's biggest employers, countered: «This is about companies protecting their assets in a competitive marketplace.»

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.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Certain types and amount of property, income, and assets are protected by federal and state law from seizure.

This funding supports legally designated Land Banks, formed under the New York State Land Bank Act of 2011, to protect homeowners and neighborhoods across the state by acquiring vacant, blighted homes and transforming them into community asState Land Bank Act of 2011, to protect homeowners and neighborhoods across the state by acquiring vacant, blighted homes and transforming them into community asstate by acquiring vacant, blighted homes and transforming them into community assets.

This requires restructuring the state in a much more decentralised direction; individual empowerment in public services; a wider distribution of assets; and a stronger policy of protecting - indeed, expanding - civil liberties and lifestyle freedom.

Further details not stated here reveal a sprawling conduit of asset grab with funds splurging from the very purse he was elected to protect through convoluted offshore entities.

It makes good sense for the state to look at public - private partnerships based on experience in other states, but we have to ensure public assets are not squandered and taxpayers are protected.

«Stevenson argues that identifying his pension plan contributions as a substitute asset and permitting seizure by the Government was [in] error as those contributions are protected by... the New York State Constitution,» said the three - judge panel.

«Stevenson argues that identifying his pension plan contributions as a substitute asset and permitting seizure by the Government was error as those contributions are protected by... the New York State Constitution,» said the three - judge panel.

While appropriate complaints have been filed with the Hartford Ethics Commission, the Connecticut State Auditors and appropriate officials and agencies in New York State and New York City, the primary fiduciary responsibility to protect the assets of the Hartford Board of Education rests with the Superintendent and the Hartford Board.

While the minimum coverage your state requires will help to protect you legally, it may stipulate policy limits that are too low to adequately protect all of your assets.

No matter where you live in the state, if you call a condominium home, you need to protect your assets from risks like rain, wind, fire, and theft with a condominium insurance policy.

«We are deeply concerned with recent corporate actions at Avigen that are indicative of a Board that seems far more interested in remaining in place to do whatever it pleases with corporate assets than in returning value and protecting downside risk for all stockholders,» stated Mark N. Lampert, the General Partner of BVF.

Features The Permanent Portfolio: Using Allocation to Build and Protect Wealth Based on Harry Browne's methodology, this strategy holds four distinct asset classes to take advantage of varying economic states.

In part, this is because insurance to protect assets is forced on us in many cases (your mortgage company will require you to have homeowner's insurance and auto insurance is mandatory in 49 states), but nobody is forced to purchase life or disability insurance.

The type of assets you can protect is under the state's exemption statute.

Determine your total net worth, minus any assets you know are protected in your state, to arrive at the amount of liability coverage you need.

This account allows the parent to act as custodian while protecting the assets for a minor until they reach the age of majority which is usually 21 in most states.

Since Doan Law Firm has one of only fourteen Board - Certified Bankruptcy Specialists in Consumer Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification in the State of California, you can sleep soundly knowing your case will process smoothly, your assets will be protected, and your debts eliminated.

This means that your assets and income are small enough to be protected by federal and state law from seizure by creditors.

In some states, if you transfer your assets to someone else, or transfer them so that another entity — like a trust — owns them, they are protected from bankruptcy.

Bankruptcy exemptions are legal statutes, either state or federal, which will protect a certain portion of your assets from unsecured creditors when you file for bankruptcy protection.

On top of that, the property the creditor has targeted to seize may have state or federal exemptions protecting the asset in a bankruptcy case.

As a result of the lawsuit filed in May, the Hon. Patrick H. NeMoyer in Erie County Supreme Court issued a decision that bars Nationwide Asset Services, Inc. (NAS), based in Phoenix, Arizona, along with its affiliates, from doing business in New York state unless it files a $ 500,000 performance bond to protect consumers.

Under Chapter 7, some of your non-exempt assets may be sold to pay off your debts, while other property is protected (exempt) and can't be sold (what property is exempt versus non-exempt depends on both state and federal law).

Items that you will be required to disclose will include your assets and liabilities, income, expenditures, debts, contractual information, lease information, and any assets which might be excluded or protected under state of federal laws.

You can see that they love their homes, as they are giving up an asset that is protected in bankruptcy, to fund an asset that is not protected (in most states).

The exact assets protected from seizure will vary depending on the state that you live in, but here are the assets that are protected in most areas.

What if I told you there is a way to take your hard earned money, AND put it in an asset that offers a guaranteed return regardless of market conditions, with tax free gains AND is «asset protected» in many states?

When relocating to a new state it is important to get insurance to protect you and your assets.

Though some assets are protected by law — a court can't force you to liquidate a 401 (k) to pay a judgment, for example, and states protect both traditional and Roth IRAs — second homes, non-retirement investment accounts and future earnings are all up for grabs.

Generali Global Assistance has protected the assets of organizations and their customers for over 50 years and was one of the first companies to offer identity theft protection and resolution services in the United States.

These and other factoids make clear that patent infringement is alive and well in the United States, most often to the financial dismay of patent - holders who spend untold hours and egregious sums of money trying to protect their intellectual property — and the marketplace edge often reliant on those assets.

These documents include: revocable living trusts for lifetime management of assets or out - of - state real property to avoid probate, as well as durable powers of attorney for financial and healthcare decisions, Durable Powers of Attorney (DPA), healthcare directives and living wills, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) authorizations for release of protected healthcare information, and premarital and postnuptial property status agreements that clarify status of community and separate property.

A sound ADR and international arbitration framework provides international and local businesses as well as investors investing in Africa with the re-assurance that their business interests, investments and assets will be protected and thus reliance on unreliable and inefficient state courts will not be necessary.

Aside from the state minimum requirements, motorists should take the time to decide if they could benefit from higher liability limits to protect assets, and whether or not optional coverage would be needed such as comprehensive and collision to pay for a loss sustained by a policyholder's vehicle.

He states that whole life insurance is a form of asset protected savings account that can be used for all sorts of financial needs.

Those minimum limits for liability insurance are low compared with other states, perhaps not enough to protect a driver who owns a home or has other assets.

If you want to protect your assets — now and in the future — it's too risky to cut your limits to state minimums.

Even if you fall above the federal and state limits for tax exemptions, there are still some ways that you can protect your assets, investments and life insurance.

Besides, since you are pass the age 25, you likely have more assets to protect in the event of accident, and a state - mandated minimum car insurance policy may not be the most appropriate coverage for you.

Generali Global Assistance has protected the assets of organizations and their customers for over 50 years and was one of the first companies to offer identity theft protection and resolution services in the United States.

If you don't own much besides your car and your futon, the state minimum insurance may be enough for you, because you don't have significant assets to protect.

In addition, each of these insurance companies are annually audited by state insurance departments and are required by law to hold reserves with assets specifically allocated to protect the insurance company's ability to pay claims and other policy benefits.

Indiana's bodily injury liability requirements of $ 25,000 per person and $ 50,000 per accident are on par with many other states, but the property damage liability coverage of only $ 10,000 is pretty low if you want to protect your savings and other assets from lawsuits.

Definitely consider buying more than the state auto insurance coverage requirement minimum to protect your assets, such as your home and savings.