Sentences with phrase «public interest groups»

We occasionally make our membership list available to other public interest groups and activists.

These groups are named to sound objective and trustworthy, and to be easily confused with non-profit public interest groups.

Business interests and organized groups, such as public interest groups, have the resources to keep controversy alive.

Finally, there are better ways to address the issue of stock price manipulation than banning public interest groups from challenging patents.

He is a media reform activist who works with many public interest groups.

She represents private entities and public interest groups on a variety of land use, planning and entitlement matters throughout various stages of the real estate development and environmental regulatory process.

And of course public interest groups hire scientists to argue just the opposite.

An analysis performed by the New York Public Interest Group for the New York Daily News found that state politicians raked in $ 900,000 in such contributions since 2010, with Cuomo leading the way at $ 219,000.

IBFAN INFO is published by the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), a coalition of public interest groups working around the world to reduce infant and young child morbidity and mortality.

The International Baby Food Action Network, IBFAN, consists of public interest groups working around the world to reduce infant and young child morbidity and mortality.

The ability for public interest groups like us to do so is critical — patent owners could otherwise craft their demands to make it less worthwhile or feasible for any one accused party to challenge a patent.

Rick Berman, the king of corporate front groups and propaganda, has been caught on tape detailing his attacks on public interest groups in the labor and environmental movements, including on efforts to increase the minimum wage for workers.

In a recent study, at least one nonprofit public interest group found the majority of complaints made to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau revolve around bank checking accounts.

So long as deregulation is in effect, local public interest groups who have difficulty getting stations to meet their demands for reasonable reform should consider petitioning the FCC to deny the license of the station.

In a recent study, at least one nonprofit public interest group found the majority of complaints made to the... read more»

D.C. - based non-profit public interest group Public Knowledge also issued a protective petition today, asking the D.C. Court of appeals to review the rollback.

The article quotes Elliott Negin of the Union of Concerned Scientists who says, «They're presenting themselves as a neutral, fact - based public interest group when they're not.»

A 22 - year - old senior at the University of California, Berkeley, she serves on the executive board of CalPIRG, a student - run public interest group.

Given that each Senate district has roughly the same population, within a 10 percent margin, the analysis of how much was spent on direct mail should be straightforward, said New York Public Interest Group executive director Blair Horner.

«Indeed, in 2011 EFF and a coalition of companies and public interest groups helped pass the Reader Privacy Act, which requires the government and civil litigants to demonstrate a compelling interest in obtaining reader records and show that the information contained in those records can not be obtained by less intrusive means.

In Negin's words, «They're presenting themselves as a neutral, fact - based public interest group when they're not.»

There are numerous public interest groups vying to ban GM crops, most notably in Europe.

Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser; streaming video provider Vimeo; and a collection of public interest groups filed suit in December.

No environmental or public interest groups applied to be involved in the NEB application.

UTLA has reached an agreement with public interest groups and LAUSD in a long - fought case that will result in millions in new funding for 3?

We have suggested several ways public interest groups can help the people in the creative and dynamic television industry to «do good work» — to produce programs which entertain and delight millions but do so without the exploitative sex and gratuitous violence which clearly result in real - life violence and consequent damage to the quality of life for millions of people in our nation.

Citing the close race against Avella, the former head of public interest group Center for Community Interest said he hoped to draw on his years working alongside former Mayor Rudy Giuliani to restore honesty throughout the district.

The AG's investigation, plus probes by state Controller Tom DiNapoli, have «heightened awareness and sensitivity» to double dipping, which «raises questions, and causes a problem» for Rice, said New York Public Interest Group legislative director Blair Horner.

The bills were strongly supported by leading public interest groups and garnered support from more than a dozen editorials.

Cuomo's office also sent out an unusually high number of press releases after the Times story was released, putting out 22 statements between just Wednesday and Friday, the highest number since late April, according to New York Public Interest Group analyst Bill Mahoney.

His radical practice comes after irate voters in November tossed out longtime incumbents implicated in lobbying scandals and as public interest groups clamor for more transparency in the way Congress does business.

Last week, CNN reported on the concerns among public interests groups that lawmakers were purposely trying to kill the OCE through their inaction to avoid future ethics investigations.

Worried about a «tsunami» of e-waste when new TV standards take effect on February 17, e-waste public interest groups the Basel Action Network (BAN) and the Electronics Take Back Coalition have launched a new program that will independently audit and certify electronics recyclers.

Public interest groups criticize decision to award CHA Regenerative Medicine Institute nearly $ 3 million

Josephine Quintaville of Comment on Reproductive Ethics, a pro-life public interest group, said there was no scientific or ethical justification for using embryonic stem cells over adult stem cells.

8) National: United Water blasts a report by public interest groups critical of water «public private partnerships.»

The improvement in consumer knowledge is a great testament to all of the industry and public interest group efforts to improve consumer credit awareness, but major work in credit education needs to be done as some of the findings are extremely concerning.

• Monitoring the trade press (e.g. public interest group newsletters and activities) and informing TASSC members of upcoming studies and relevant news.

He is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Ontario Public Interest Group.

Consumer Watchdog, a national nonprofit, nonpartisan public interest group, explained in its letter why the Right To Be Forgotten is crucial in the Digital Age.

Recipients of the award must include at least one legal department and one or more law firms and / or public interest group partners and are selected by a subcommittee of the CPBO Advisory Board with assistance from the CPBO staff.

January 19, 2017 — «Since Donald Trump was elected president on a platform that many fear would curb protections for society's most disadvantaged, donations have flooded into public interest groups.

The more diverse intervenors arguing on behalf of LGBTQ2 and public interest groups successfully countered these claims, and made other arguments, in the afternoon.

In a legal battle over Internet music storage that could impact innovation and free expression on the Internet EFF Public Knowledge and other public interest groups asked a federal judge in an amicus brief to protect the «safe harbor» rules for online content in EMI v. MP3Tunes.

Samsung, EFF, and other technology companies and public interest groups sought and won Supreme Court review of the case.

Nearly two dozen public interest groups, trade pacts and library groups urged President Barack Obama on Thursday to quit filling his administration with insiders plucked from the Recording Industry Association of America... Groups such as Public Knowledge, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Consumer Electronics Association, the Wikimedia Foundation and, among...