Sentences with phrase «rights law for»

Ms. Levenson has lectured on a variety of topics including ethics law, municipal law, school law, professional liability, housing discrimination, and civil rights law for both government and private organizations including the following:

Best Lawyers ranked D J P No. 1 in Utah in Bankruptcy and Creditor - Debtor Rights Law for 2009, 2010, and again in 2011, ranking our attorneys as First Tier in the area of Bankruptcy and Creditor - Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law.

We say that the burden of evidence can not be so high as to exclude our most disenfranchised people — what is human rights law for, if not to protect the most vulnerable among us?

After practicing human rights law for many years, she began painting in 2011 after a dream seeing her grandmother and flashes of color.

He provides a clear summary of international human rights law for the general reader, including a wealth of detail on the manifold human rights operations of the UN, on U.S. human rights policies over the years, and on regional human rights tribunals in Europe and Latin America.

I will be focusing on two areas: human trafficking and human rights laws for women and girls.

Work with state and federal enforcement agencies to implement civil rights laws for people with disabilities; advocate for special education; and represent disability advocacy organizations.

In the presentation, Mr. Miklave discusses the implications of American labor and civil rights laws for U.S. businesses operating in foreign countries, as well as the implications of foreign - based mergers, acquisitions, and restructurings on U.S. employees.

Health oversight agency means an agency or authority of the United States, a State, a territory, a political subdivision of a State or territory, or an Indian tribe, or a person or entity acting under a grant of authority from or contract with such public agency, including the employees or agents of such public agency or its contractors or persons or entities to whom it has granted authority, that is authorized by law to oversee the health care system (whether public or private) or government programs in which health information is necessary to determine eligibility or compliance, or to enforce civil rights laws for which health information is relevant.

Thus, the final rule includes agencies that are authorized by law to «enforce civil rights laws for which health information is relevant» in the definition of «health oversight agency» at § 164.501.

In describing «other activities necessary for oversight» of particular entities, we add the phrase «entities subject to civil rights laws for which health information is necessary for determining compliance.»

(iv) Entities subject to civil rights laws for which health information is necessary for determining compliance.

Not exact matches

Saying this could qualify as «willful» disregard of the law, lawyer Robert Barnes wrote for the site LawNewz, and a court would take that into account when assessing the newspaper's right to do so.

The Department of Education has seen the surge in waiver applications because its Office for Civil Rights has «exceeded its legal authority» by taking the position since 2013 that the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination applies to transgender students, Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Gregory Baylor said.

«As a company that is committed to the principle that everyone deserves to live without fear of discrimination simply for being who they are, becoming an employer in North Carolina, where members of our teams will not have equal rights under the law, is simply untenable,» Schulman wrote in an open letter.

You absolutely must follow the law, and a business certainly shouldn't be praised for achieving that basic minimum, right?

Obama graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991 and worked as a civil rights lawyer for a small Chicago firm.

As I argue in a forthcoming paper in the Georgetown Law Journal, there are cases in which we should think not in terms of the rights the corporation should enjoy, but in terms of the appropriate limits to be placed on the corporation, understood as a tool for achieving human objectives.

Bolton ruled that immigration rights activists failed to show that police would enforce the law differently for Hispanics than other people.

In a non-union environment, employers can dump employees any time, for virtually any reason as long as it doesn't violate human rights laws.

«Ten years ago I would never think it possible for a college to punish a rape victim for talking about her attack,» Colby Bruno, a senior legal counsel at the Victim Rights Law Center, said when briefed on Beth's case.

So whether it's possible for this plan to become law, and whether it's necessarily the right plan for the country's current landscape, remains to be seen.

These laws define the kinds of inventions that are patentable and the procedures that must be followed to apply for, receive and maintain patent rights for the duration of the patent.

Some civil rights laws, like the Fair Housing Act, explicitly require publishers to assume liability for discriminatory ads.

«It is the right thing to do, and it's also good for your bottom line,» says Barbara Marlowe, director of community service at the Boston law office of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC.

Yet, just months ago, a Jokowi victory appeared almost a sure thing — holding an almost 40 % lead over Prabowo, a candidate not allowed in the U.S. for past human rights violations and who, as the former son - in - law of Suharto, the Indonesian dictator overthrown 16 years ago, is certainly among the nation's entrenched powers.

«Advertisers, not Facebook, are responsible for both the content of their ads and what targeting criteria to use, if any,» Facebook argued in its motion to dismiss allegations that its ads violated a host of civil rights laws.

To be sure, there is a role for the government in setting the laws, rules, and regulations that broadly steer the economy in the right direction.

In 1989 the Supreme Court upheld the right of Canadian lawyers to form partnerships across the provinces, ushering in an era of unprecedented expansion for law firms.

«Not since before Roe v. Wade has a law or court decision had the potential to devastate access to reproductive healthcare on such a sweeping scale,» Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, told Bloomberg earlier this year.

The World Justice Project ranked the US 18th in the world in its most recent rule - of - law rankings, judged by criteria like accountability, absence of corruption, respect for fundamental rights, and access to justice.

The loss of that clause, which liberals had seen as a crowning achievement of the Civil Rights movement, makes it easier for states to adopt voting laws that can have an adverse impact on minority voters.

«This is another effort from the operators to sell online services access to their customer base,» said Joe McNamee, the executive director of digital rights group EDRi, which campaigned hard for strong net neutrality laws.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

Among the reasons for America's low ranking, according to the organization, were its lack of a federal «shield law» guaranteeing reporters» right to protect their sources, the arrests of journalists covering protests around the country, and attacks on the media and the press lobbed by President Donald Trump.

Republicans, including House Speaker Paul Ryan, cheered the proposed rule, saying in a statement, «Repealing the Clean Power Plan is the right move for the economy and for the rule of law.»

«In other words the law has created an artificial barrier for data flows so it's difficult for the commission or regulators to put that right»

Still, Pulatkonak sees great potential for the young women entrepreneurs coming into the pipeline to continue Turkey's progression toward equal rights, which has not only led to greater visibility for women leaders but has also recently paved the way for more egalitarian divorce laws.

Administrative Law Judge Ann O'Reilly, of the Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings for the Public Utilities Commission ruled late on Monday that Enbridge should be issued permission for the replacement, but said the company should use its existing right of way, adding hurdles to the project's construction.

And a 2010 survey by the Institute for Women's Policy Research revealed nearly half of US workers reported they were either «contractually forbidden or strongly discouraged» from discussing pay with coworkers (although, as of 2014, 10 states had passed laws protecting employees» rights to discuss salaries).

One major catalyst for the referendum was U.K. citizens» fears that high immigration was fueled by the right to free movement of people throughout the EU, which is entrenched in European law.

That ruling ushered in the «separate but equal» era in the U.S., with its disgraceful Jim Crow laws that essentially legalized segregation for nearly 100 years, until the 1964 Civil Rights Act was passed.

Those skills paid off handsomely for the first - term Republican this week as Governor Rick Snyder signed into law bills co-sponsored by Colbeck that ban mandatory union membership, making Michigan the nation's 24th right - to - work state.

Krasner: I have — like a lot of civil rights lawyers, like a lot of activists — been beating my head against the wall of the DA's office and the [Philadelphia] police department for a long time because the DA's office in Philly was not enforcing the law against police.

Snyder, a former computer executive who had campaigned as a moderate in the 2010 election, had said for nearly two years that right - to - work was too divisive for Michigan, but said he would sign a law if the legislature passed it.

Many instead believe strongly in corporate engagement, by urging CEOs and senior executives to meet with elected officials, to speak out and to give financial support to civil rights groups advocating for equality and nondiscrimination under the law.

Human rights groups have said that the 1789 law has been an important tool in establishing accountability for human rights abuses abroad.

She sued under the Civil Rights Act, but the Supreme Court rejected her claim, narrowly construing the law to limit the opportunity for redress to within six months after «a discrete unlawful practice takes place.»

But if the aforementioned Finance professor were right, there would be no possibility of finding a moral rationale for any new law.

You're working as a lawyer for the first time since graduating law school, right?