Sentences with phrase «public interest groups filed»

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In a legal filing joined by other public interest groups and the consumer electronics trade association, the group said the justices should not become regulators of technology and «the court should not attempt to predict the future of television.»

The New York Public Interest Research Group filed an amicus brief in the case.

The New York Public Interest Research Group reports more than 100,000 actual violations of state campaign finance laws since 2011, including campaign committee failures to file accurate reports, or any reports at all.

Leaders of the New York Public Interest Research Group filed a five - page complaint with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, saying political parties that spend money on anything from ads to memoranda pushing legislators to vote a certain way must file bi-monthly disclosure reports with JCOPE.

The ethics panel, the state's Commission on Public Integrity, investigated Mr. Sachs's conduct at the request of the New York Public Interest Research Group, a nonprofit organization that filed a complaint with the commission in February alleging that Mr. Sachs had violated ethics laws by failing to register as a lobbyist.

Horner, legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, said he was glad to see rank - and - file members of both chambers talking about ethics, in contrast to what he called «the cricket sounds that we've hearing over the past few weeks when it comes to ethics — no RV driving around the state, no town meetings about ethics.»

In Brill's telling, the education class war pits a heroic group of entrepreneurial philanthropists, highly successful hedge fund billionaires, and idealistic Ivy Leaguers who join Teach for America against somewhat grubby and grasping rank - and - file public school teachers and their union leaders, who often put their own selfish interests above those of the children.

In a lawsuit filed today, seven public interest groups — including the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)-- sued the Trump administration over this determination, asking the court to uphold the previous administration's science - based finding that the standards are appropriate and achievable.

The groups» filing also states that the power utility's obstruction of rooftop - solar deployment undermines the very public - interest objectives that utility monopolies were created to serve.

Right at the start of its reply brief, Samsung points to the «contrary [to Apple's position] view of nine high - technology companies, thirty - seven intellectual property professors, three groups representing minority and rural communities, two public interest organizations, a high - tech industry organization, and a small company that have filed amicus briefs in support of the petition.»

On December 17, 2009, EPIC filed an FTC Complaint along with a group of public interest organizations, including the American Library Association, the Center for Digital Democracy, the Consumer Federation of America, FoolProof Financial Education, Patient Privacy Rights, Privacy Activism, the Privacy Rights Now Coaltion, the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, and the U.S. Bill of Rights Foundation.

In addition to allowing patent holders themselves to engage in the process, reexamination proceedings also allow third party groups to file on behalf of the public interest.