Sentences with phrase «regulated industries including»

The group brings together members of the bar who represent clients in the rapidly changing legal environment in infrastructure and regulated industries including the aviation, communications, electricity, gas, oil pipeline, railroad, transportation infrastructure, and water industries.

We have extensive experience representing the public at large, low - income consumers, and workers in regulated industries including hydro, natural gas, and telecommunications.

«All of the above will be focused in professional services, so Legal, Accounting, Tax and regulated industries including Financial Services, Education, Healthcare and Insurance».

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Such policies might include providing more incentives for companies (both large and small) to invest in R&D and capital infrastructure, encouraging post-secondary institutions to better tailor their programming to meet market demand in terms of subjects and skills, and making Canada a more attractive country for foreign or start - up companies to invest in by deregulating industries that have no business being as regulated or as protected as they are, such as telecommunications, airlines, and broadcasting.

To recap: A team from Washington D.C. incubator, 1776, traveled to 16 cities around the world to find the best startups in the most regulated industries, including education, health care, smart cities and energy.

Other important factors include how much the industry is regulated, whether it is dominated by a handful of extremely large companies, and the steepness of the financial barrier to entry.

Some of the main ones include the perception that certain industries should be controlled by tightly regulated local institutions to avoid market failures, the political pressure to build and support local corporate champions, and the need to continue to provide basic subsidized products and services.

As Licensed Insolvency Trustee (also known as bankruptcy trustees) regulated by Industry Canada, we provide free initial consultations to explain all your debt relief options, including credit counselling, debt settlement, debt consolidation, consumer proposal and personal bankruptcy.

The TPP's controversial ISDS rules will limit government powers to regulate in the public interest, including by supporting industries that create good local jobs, and protecting the environment.

Initiatives include funding for women in science and the trades, pay - equity legislation for federally regulated industries, and changes to paid parental leave.

As one of the most highly regulated food industries in the United States, dairy must comply with regulations issued by multiple federal agencies, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Commerce, among other state and local regulatory bodies.

«Today's visit to the Netherlands gives us an opportunity to look at the challenges they have faced, the pros and cons associated with a regulated commercial sex industry and the work they are currently undertaking to reduce exploitation and harm, including trafficking,» said Mr Coaker.

Cab company owners say if local municipalities can not regulate ride - hailing as they do the taxi industry, the state law should at least have requirements that DMV conduct driver background checks, including fingerprinting.

Espinal's opposition is significant because he chairs the Council's consumer affairs committee, which has heard and voted on other legislation to regulate the industry, including a bill to require down time, annual physicals and strict work hours for the horses.

In a prepared statement, Cahill defended the financial support he has received, including «significant contributions from industries and interests that are regulated by the State of New York or have an interest in the matters that come before the state Legislature.

Regulate cannabis industry to include and encourage minority, women, small, and cooperative businesses and exclude big pharma, liquor, tobacco, and agribusiness.

Examples include: tighter supervision and international regulation of the food supply; an international code of food marketing to protect children's health; regulating food nutritional quality in schools along with programmes to encourage healthy food preferences; taxes on unhealthy products such as sweetened drinks and subsidies on healthier foods for low - income families such as vouchers for fruit and vegetable boxes; and mandatory food labelling as an incentive for industry to produce more nutritional products.

With over 80 percent of forests already degraded by human and industrial activities, today's findings underscore the immediate need for international policies to secure remaining intact forests — including establishing new protected areas, securing the land rights of indigenous peoples, regulating industry and hunting, and targeting restoration efforts and public finance.

FMCSA is responsible for regulating both industries and — along with its state law enforcement partners — ensuring company and driver compliance with federal safety regulations, including driver on - duty and driving time limits to prevent fatigue, commercial driver's licenses rules, medical qualifications, drug and alcohol testing, hazardous materials safety standards and others.

This FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) certification provides confidence to a variety of security - conscious organizations, including U.S. government agencies, companies in regulated industries and other organizations dealing with sensitive information, that data stored on smartphones running BlackBerry 6 can be properly secured and encrypted.

Industry observers were of the view that some mortgage business might flow to lenders not regulated by OSFI, such as provincially regulated credit unions and alternative lenders including Home Capital.

Although the bill was primarily created to address the sub-mortgage lending crisis, legislators included provisions to regulate the reverse mortgage industry and offer greater protection to seniors.

Today many consumer safeguards are in place to regulate the reverse mortgage industry and protect the interests of senior citizens and their families, including:

Although the bill was primarily created to address the sub-mortgage lending crisis, legislators included provisions to regulate the reverse mortgage industry and offer greater -LSB-...]

Ted also predicts that although it will change the way that they do business, those in the debt settlement industry will morph into other agencies not regulated under this new law, including debt consultants and debt coaches; leading to repeat problems under a different guise.

Individuals not protected by the law include self - employed individuals, workers on small family farms and those working in an industry regulated by a separate federal agency.

As Licensed Insolvency Trustee (also known as bankruptcy trustees) regulated by Industry Canada, we provide free initial consultations to explain all your debt relief options, including credit counselling, debt settlement, debt consolidation, consumer proposal and personal bankruptcy.

This group regulates the pet food industry, and while the board consists of state and federal representatives, it is not a government body and also includes people directly involved in the industry.

In addition, the meeting included Patricia Vance, president of the Entertainment Software Rating Board — a ratings organization created after a series of congressional hearings on explicit content in video games was held in 1992 and 1993, followed by a threat by the federal government to regulate the industry if game makers didn't do so first.

The industry had a willing booster in George W. Bush, who quickly broke his campaign promise to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant and appointed coal lobbyists to top positions in his administration, granting the industry a long and now familiar wish list of favors, including gutting the Clean Air Act and easing standards for mountaintop mining.

The Extractive Industries Transparency Disclosure (EITD) Act, introduced by Chairman Barney Frank, is a simple and low - cost change to Securities and Exchange Commission rules to ensure that SEC - regulated oil and mining firms, including US companies and most of their main competitors from Europe, Russia and China, disclose their payments to foreign governments.

The API memo invites a range of industry representatives, including Robin Conrad / Bill Kovacs of the US Chamber, to meet to discuss a petition by environmentalists for the EPA to regulate CO2, Methane, Nitrous Oxide, and HFCs.

It wouldn't be at all surprising if nuclear power plants were not being sufficiently regulated, as it may be a general problem with all industry, including coal, oil, and also Wall Street.

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

The maritime industry, including international shipping and trade, is regulated by a complex network of international treaties, regulations and rules, not to mention different national laws and procedure.

Rona has particular expertise in regulated industries, including water, telecommunications and financial services.

We also have a great deal of expertise advising clients in regulated industries across the world, including telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, healthcare and energy.

You would launch your complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) if the treatment you complain of was caused by the federal government or a federally - regulated business (including federal departments, agencies and crown corporations; chartered banks; airlines; television and radio stations; interprovincial communication and telephone companies; buses and railways that travel between provinces; first nations issues; and other federally regulated industries).

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission «holds primary responsibility for enforcing the federal securities laws, proposing securities rules, and regulating the securities industry, the nation's stock and options exchanges, and other activities and organizations, including the electronic securities markets in the United States.»

The legislation involves and affects «regulated industries» that deal with third party money, which includes not only financial institutions such as banks but also lawyers and accountants.

First, the lawyers of PIAC represent organizations whose membership serves our target constituencies before boards and tribunals where the industries delivering such services are regulated, These organizations include the Canada Without Poverty (formerly NAPO), the Vulnerable Energy Consumers Coalition, the Consumers Association of Canada, the Ontario Council of Senior Citizens Organizations, National Pensioners and Senior Citizens Federation, Option consommateurs, Union de Consommateurs, and Rural Dignity of Canada among others.

Join us for an ILTA product webinar to see why NetDocuments is currently being used by hundreds of thousands of users worldwide within industries regulated by strict compliance and data security requirements, including many Am Law and global 100 firms, corporations, legal departments, and financial institutions.

Her clients include professional and industry associations, self - regulated bodies and organizations in such fields as religion, health, education, social services, poverty abatement, childcare, athletics and recreation.

We have extensive experience advising clients in a range of heavily regulated industries, including financial institutions, energy and natural resources, infrastructure, TMT (technology, media and telecoms), healthcare and automotive.

Possible topics about pedagogy include: • Structuring statutory drafting courses • Simulation courses designed using mock legislatures or committees • Course linkages with real - world legislators and special interest organizations • Service learning or clinical opportunities for law students • Courses focused on law reform efforts • How to employ Plain - English principles in statutory and rule drafting • Theoretical perspectives on statutory drafting • Involving political realities in law school drafting courses • Teaching practical aspects of drafting that addresses theories and principles of statutory interpretation and construction Possible topics about practice include: • Unique challenges of drafting laws and / or regulations in specific areas such as criminal law, environmental, health law, etc. • Lawyering for non-profits, federal and state agencies, local governments, and other clients in frequent need of rule - drafting • Practicing in employment law, health law, environmental law, and other heavily regulated fields where private clients require rule and policy drafting • Non-legal drafting opportunities, such as sports league rules, industry trade group policies, and university rules Possible topics about politics include: • Political influences affecting legislative drafting • Direct democracy and the unique challenges of drafting initiatives and referenda • The implications of special interests driving drafting decisions • Polictics and its influence on legislative history • Lobbyists as legislative drafters.

No matter what your size or nature of business, we can share relevant experience, including matters involving regulated industries, such as banking, mortgages, securities, healthcare, accounting, government contracting and transportation.

The maritime industry, including international shipping and trade, is regulated by a complex network of...

You can trust that the agreement outlined in the plan's description of coverage will be honored by reputable insurance companies because the insurance industry in most countries, including the United States, is regulated.

Chief commercial officer of BitPay, Sonny Singh, has said that regulations imposed by countries (including South Korea) are not as bad as some people think, «I think regulators don't want to ban it, they just want to regulate it more and make sure it's all being done in a legal way which is actually good for the industry.»

While many central banks including the Bank of Finland, the Bank of Japan, and the Bank of Korea are taking the right approach in regulating trading activities and businesses around bitcoin efficiently with practical policies, several central banks in regions such as China and Russia are still against bitcoin because it remains as a threat against the global banking industry and existing financial networks.