Sentences with phrase «reach an agreement on important»

I thank Governor Cuomo, Speaker Heastie, Senator Klein and the legislature for reaching an agreement on this important issue,» said Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr..

We will never tolerate domestic violence in any form, and I commend Majority Leader Skelos, Speaker Silver, and the bill sponsors for their work in reaching an agreement on this important legislation.»

On Friday, the parties reached agreement on an important insurance matter.

Not exact matches

If the president gets the results he's looking for (whatever they may be) and Beijing is perceived as having played an important role in reaching that outcome, that could give Trump the cover he probably needs to put his pistols back in their holsters and focus on an effective, comprehensive U.S. - China free trade agreement.

How realistic is it in your opinion that they will reach an agreement on limiting production, how important would this be for Russia, and are there any plans or proposals for Russian companies to take similar steps on their side?

Thus, for example, the very important Lutheran - Roman Catholic Common Statement on «Church and Justification» (1994) reaches a fundamental agreement on the question of justification; and yet a section entitled «Areas of Controversy» lists a series of remaining disagreements.

«In fairness, Senator Milne has developed a very strong interest in rural Australia over the last couple of years to try and reach agreement on positions that are important to our growers,» he said.

But you can't deny that the last - minute wrangling, which saw lawmakers burning the midnight oil to reach an agreement, resulted in closure on several of the most important issues left unresolved after lawmakers arrived at a budget in late - March.

David Cameron's negotiation was a valiant final attempt to make it work for Britain - and I want to thank all those elsewhere in Europe who helped him reach an agreement - but the blunt truth, as we know, is that there was not enough flexibility on many important matters for a majority of British voters.

It is important to note, however, that while the original purpose of earlier legislation in the House and Senate was to authorize funding for NSF for the years ahead, agreement could not be reached on overall levels and therefore negotiators elected to keep numbers out the bill.

We also are encouraged that Congress and the Administration have reached an agreement to fund the federal government through this fall, providing additional time for Congress to make thoughtful and informed decisions on how to provide important funding for education for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2018.

It comes as no surprise that HarperCollins and Amazon have reached an agreement, as the clock is ticking on one of the most important literary milestones of the century: the release of the long - awaited sequel to one of the most widely read books in modern history.

The most important statement made on the agreement comes from the publisher, who stated that its books will continue to be available from Amazon, a fate that was called into question if an agreement couldn't be reached.

The fact that countries have reached agreement on L&D — despite their different views — is an important achievement.

And a poll conducted by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication in September and October found that 71 percent of Americans said it was at least somewhat «important» for the world to reach an agreement on climate change in Paris, with 43 percent of respondents saying it was «very» or «extremely» important (percentage of respondents saying it was «important» are rounded up when added together):

Recognizing strategies that actually work is especially important now, coming off of the climate change talks last December in Lima, Peru, and looking ahead to the next Conference of the Parties (COP) in Paris, at the end of 2015, negotiations characterized by the Guardian as the «world's last best chance to reach an agreement on cutting carbon emissions.»

We first saw China make a U-turn on HFCs earlier this month when President Xi Jinping and President Obama reached an important agreement to work together to phase - down the production and consumption of HFCs using the Montreal Protocol.

Perhaps more important, however, was the fact that these 13 influential businesses were giving their backing to the search for a far - reaching international agreement on climate change.

Although we have extensive trial experience against the government, we believe — particularly in heavily - regulated industries or when government contracts are at issue — that it is equally important to engage in early efforts with regulators to pursue alternative solutions that impose only the most reasonable burdens on our clients, using measures such as consent agreements, deferred prosecution agreements, and nonprosecution agreements to amicably resolve disputes, including those in which the amounts at issue reached nine figures

«Proponents of collaborative lawyering — which might entail, for example, lawyers on both sides withdrawing from involvement in a case at a specified stage if agreement has not been reached — argue it is important that when the incentives are changed, then lawyers can behave differently,» Susskind says.

Besides accepting all items on which Oracle and Google had reached agreement in their joint memorandum, the judge granted Oracle its most important wish: the final decision on the number of asserted patent claims to go to jury trial will not be taken now but instead at the final pre-trial conference.

As a Florida family law attorney, I tell clients all the time that — for the sake of their children, finances, and sanity — it is best if divorcing spouses are able to reach an agreement on their own, without leaving important decisions that will affect the rest of their lives up to a judge.

In Congress, House leaders reached a bipartisan agreement to extend federal funding for a core element of Washington state's early learning strategy, home visiting, which focuses on the first and most important three years of a child's development.

Felicia does not provide legal representation to either party when serving as a mediator; however, she draws on her 20 years of experience in family law to help guide the parties toward reaching agreement on all issues that are important to the restructuring of their family and the redefining of their relationship moving forward.

However, co-parents who work together well for the sake of their kids have reached a basic level of agreement on the most important things — like issues pertaining to their children's health, discipline, education, and spiritual upbringing.

We'll explore all of your financial options before you sign on the dotted line of your marital settlement agreement (MSA)-- the most important document to protect you, your family, and your children until they reach the age of eighteen.

However, he says, it is important to reach an agreement in writing and do one's due diligence on people and deals.