Sentences with phrase «public interest because»

The scandal has attracted broad public interest because Cambridge did millions of dollars in political consulting work for Donald Trump's presidential campaign.

Bringing different perspectives to governance serves the public interest because it grows capacity from under - represented groups within the leadership of law societies.

PIAC argued that the current voluntary data breach notification requirements are not serving the public interest because companies are allowed to decide whether the scope of a data breach warrants notifying the public — an argument PIAC has been making since 2003.

The plaintiff, who lost on summary judgment, sought only minimal costs based on public interest because he claimed the case dealt with a novel point of law and fact situation.

General Mills is being sued by the Center for Science in the Public Interest because Cheerios Protein doesn't actually contain as much protein as the front of the package claims.

In an article co-authored with a group of U.S. and international colleagues, Bailey argues that the science of sexual orientation is in the public interest because, «such science is frequently — if not always correctly — used to support political, social, and moral conclusions regarding homosexuality.»

However, a second inquiry concluded that Falmer was the only viable location for a stadium in the area, and the Government decided that the development was in the public interest because of its social and economic benefits for the more deprived areas of Brighton.

Not exact matches

Parents are increasingly interested in providing private school funding for their children 1) because they see the value and importance of good education and 2) because of frequent public school closings.

The core of any argument about stories of this kind is that they are protected by the First Amendment because there is a clear public interest in having the information released that outweighs the fact that it was classified, or may have been obtained by illegal means.

Humility is a hallmark of servant leadership, because servant - leaders like Swift use their public platform to advance the interests of all.

And he was asking them to hold back, in this case, specifically because it's in the public interest for them to do so.

Microsoft (msft) joining the CNCF is also interesting because it leaves Amazon (amzn), the largest player in the booming public cloud market, as the only major cloud computing player not in the group.

Governor Snyder has said that the bankruptcy filing will allow the city to spend more money on public services because less of its money will be hurdled toward paying interest on debt.

The case is important not only because Hogan wants $ 100 million, which could ruin Gawker, but also because it highlights how Gawker is alone among new media companies in waging the sort of public interest legal fights that were once second nature for traditional media.

Spotify's so - called direct listing, which valued the company at $ 30 billion at the opening trade, attracted so much interest because it bucked the traditional initial - public - offering process in several key ways.

Taxable municipal bonds The interest on some municipal bonds is taxable because the federal government will not subsidize the financing of activities that do not provide significant benefit to the public.

It is interesting that much of the growth in income of the top 1 % has come in the form of eageincome which is practically impossible to hide (because employers have reporting and withholding obligations in the tax system and, at least for large public companies, often have public disclosure obligations for their senior CEOs).

Better Markets, a non-profit organization that advocates for the public interest on Wall Street, says a potential promotion by Williams to lead the Federal Reserve Bank of New York would reward failure - because the San Francisco Fed failed to prevent widespread customer abuses at San Francisco - based banking behemoth Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC), which it's supposed to supervise.

This is because the province has accumulated a large public debt that given the prospects for an economic slowdown and / or rising interest rates will potentially increase fiscal pressure via debt service costs which in 2016 - 17 totaled $ 11.7 billion or just over 8 percent of total government spending.

There's a strong public interest in regulating the sale of housing to people who don't live and work in the Vancouver region, because non-local buyers make housing less affordable for everyone else.

For example, federal loans can often be a better option for borrowing — even if you could get a lower interest rate on a private student loan — because federal loans have advantages private loans don't have, such as the opportunity to choose income - driven repayment plans or qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

We need a bank that reduces the cost of public projects because its participating municipalities will not charge themselves high interest and finance fees.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

It shall be unlawful for any broker, dealer, or exchange, directly or indirectly, to make use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce for the purpose of using any facility of an exchange within or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to effect any transaction in a security, or to report any such transaction, unless such exchange (1) is registered as a national securities exchange under section 6 of this title, or (2) is exempted from such registration upon application by the exchange because, in the opinion of the Commission, by reason of the limited volume of transactions effected on such exchange, it is not practicable and not necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors to require such registration

Lastly, Mr Prentice can promise to ask Agriculture Minister Verlyn Olson to terminate Mr Berger's contract because it violates Alberta's conflict of interest rules that require a one year cooling off period before a former government minister can work for the public service in an area in which he's had significant dealings.

Instead, «you want to create the large permissionless open public networks, and support that as your main focus, because that is where the developer energy is and technology interest is.»

The recommendations contained in the document are of particular interest because the authors recommend that public authorities at all levels to examine and explore new ways of using technology.

But because its governing interest is «religious,» theological schooling on the model of paideia has characteristically been disengaged from the public realm in the sense of the realm of political, social, and economic power, its arrangement and its management.

But because there are still only a limited number of frequencies, and thus a limited number of TV and radio stations, each station has an obligation under the law to meet the needs and interests of the public — all the public.

But during the firwt years of television, organized groups could scarcely expect to achieve any results at all, because the Federal Communications Commission refused to recognize representatives of the public as «parties of interest» in license procedings.

America would remain free not because of any quality in its citizens of spartan self - sacrifice to some nebulous public good, but in the last analysis because of the concern each individual would have in his own self - interest and personal freedom40

clearly the Gay Gestapo is working overtime... they pulled out because they do nt want to be bullied in the court of public opinion and abused by the Gestapo lawyers... I personally have no respect for, sympathy for or interest in the Gay issues..

Canadians have maintained a slight lead over efforts in the United States, partly because several of the early gurus of mass media, including Harold Innis and Marshall McLuhan, taught in Canada, and partly because Canada has a long tradition of media responsiveness to public interest, including the Canadian Film Board and the Canadian Broadcasting System.

I have known laymen to invite a friend who is or who may be interested; I have known other persons who just «turn up» because somehow an announcement has reached them or they have read about the school in the public press.

Kramer rejects the label of «public intellectual» that has been pinned on Wilson, because it subordinates «literature to the interests of politics and the adumbration of social policy.»

«Because it is public, performance is a site of struggle where competing interests intersect, and different viewpoints and voices get articulated» (Conquergood 1989, 84).

But these strategies have very little hope of being realized, largely because the very media which could generate public support for them are almost totally controlled by commercial interests which will see to it that the public never receives this message.

Against this dualism, between the internal and external, private and public, a dualism which has led to the exploitation and oppression of many human beings, I contend that followers of Christ have no other option but to take an active interest in the earthly, secular things such as politics and economics because Jesus would not permit us the luxury of dwelling in a «spiritual ghetto unrelated and unconcerned with real life issues».

The television and cable industries, especially because the broadcast spectrum and wiring systems are limited, have a special responsibility to serve the public - interest.

But self - regulation can be only a partial solution, because without governmental regulation the industry «s self - interest finally will take precedence over the public interest.

I'm not interested in what Obama thinks about the issue because he isn't attempting to put creationism in the public schools.

Mainline groups have been critical of this advantage taken by the paid - time broadcasters because it has frustrated their efforts to encourage stations to act responsibly in the public interest.

Beyond the question of change in religion in general, the issue of religion's changing public role in contemporary societies has been of particular interest, especially because of the political implications of these changes.

The House GOP letter is especially encouraging because it comes as Senator Marco Rubio has taken such a public interest in the issues of income mobility and increasing the returns to work at the lower end of the income distribution.

The decision was taken to delay kick off for an hour in the interests of public safety, because as seen in the videos below, up to 20,000 Koln fans arrived in London ahead of the game.

This makes sense, because games with public interest will lead to overpriced favorites.

We've failed because we've placed private profit and special interests ahead of public health.

But in 1990, the Lake Michigan Federation convinced a federal judge that the state's sale of 18 acres of lake bottom to Loyola was illegal because the transaction would benefit a private interest rather than the public.

He's also especially peaceful in stores and other public places because he's so interested in and curious about the world.»

The Public Works Department has diversified its replacement tree inventory both to add visual interest and to reduce the likelihood of losing a large population of trees because of a specific disease.