Sentences with phrase «rule by corporation»

Meanwhile, let's hope it doesn't turn crumble into rule by corporation, as elections are probably preferable to lawsuits.

Earth was overrun by a «STROL» virus, those who survived it went to Mars to establish a society and start living there as it'll be ruled by corporations, but they found out that this venture won't be easy as they're facing many difficulties from incredibly violent storms and dealing with mutants.

In 2003, «Beyond Good and Evil» sent players to a galaxy ruled by corporations and a mystery only Jade and Pey» j could solve.

Not exact matches

There's growing pressure for the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission to enact rules requiring disclosure of political spending by publicly - traded corporations, although it has yet to move on the issue.

«That is the term that lawyers use to describe a situation in which an owner has poked so many holes in his or her legal safeguards — by failing to follow the rules that govern corporations — that a judge decides it's fair to poke some even bigger holes.»

In the former case, a personal guarantee by the corporation's principals is usually required, which makes an exception to the limited liability rule.

Prepare the Audit Committee report required by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission to be included in the corporation's annual proxy statement.

Most cities and states have accepted that getting these giant corporations to (mostly) play by the rules is enough.

In that case, contingencies explain that «the Final Settlement Value will be determined in accordance with the By - Laws and Rules of The Options Clearing Corporation («OCC»).»

Any Employee regularly employed on a full - time or part - time (20 hours or more per week on a regular schedule) basis, or on any other basis as determined by the Corporation (if required under applicable local law) for purposes of the Non-423 Plan or any separate offering under the Code Section 423 Plan, by the Corporation or by any Designated Affiliate on an Entry Date shall be eligible to participate in the Plan with respect to the Offering Period commencing on such Entry Date, provided that the Committee may establish administrative rules requiring that employment commence some minimum period (e.g., one pay period) prior to an Entry Date to be eligible to participate with respect to the Offering Period beginning on that Entry Date.

The ruling, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, No. 08 - 205, overruled two precedents: Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce, a 1990 decision that upheld restrictions on corporate spending to support or oppose political candidates, and McConnell v. Federal Election Commission, a 2003 decision that upheld the part of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 that restricted campaign spending by corporations and unions.

Officers and directors of Canadian corporations should invest in ensuring the existence of an ethical corporate culture as they will be expected to «play by the rules» in their international ventures.

WASHINGTON — Overruling two important precedents about the First Amendment rights of corporations, a bitterly divided Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the government may not ban political spending by corporations in candidate elections.

Some of Canada's highest - earning professionals have been reaping large tax gains for decades by splitting income with their spouses using private corporations, but the practice has fallen into a «dark corner» of tax rules and has received little government scrutiny, according to a new academic study.

A corporation ultimately ruled by shareholders, not patrons.

While Jesner suggests that five justices likely would rule that the federal courts should not recognize an ATS cause of action against American corporations for their overseas activities, several federal appeals courts have exhibited little willingness to limit the scope of ATS liability unless directly ordered to do so by the Supreme Court.

Attorney Marion Munley, who represents the Healeys, said Judge Nealon's ruling «shows why the courts need to be available to ordinary citizens who feel they have been wronged by big corporations.»

In the United States, the corporation has emerged as an association of owners, known as stockholders, who form a business enterprise governed by a complex set of rules and customs.

The report does not attempt to analyze the full Republican proposal, which still lacks many key details, including the individual income ranges for tax brackets, the rules to qualify for certain lower business tax rates and possible methods to prevent multinational corporations from avoiding taxes by channeling profits to ultra-low-tax countries.

Delaying the implementation of new rules on passive investments held by private corporations, to allow for a detailed economic analysis of the impact on business investment and growth.

Under the default rule applicable to virtually every corporation in the United States, however, corporate directors are elected through a standard that guarantees that a director could be elected with even a single affirmative vote, even if that director's candidacy is opposed by the overwhelming majority of shareholders.

The rule requires fund companies to report to the IRS certain information such as date of acquisition, proceeds and cost basis on covered shares sold or exchanged in any taxable (non-retirement) account and any account owned by an S corporation.

It seems like an invitation for US companies to be sued by the US Securities & Exchange Commission for violating Regulation FD,» says Jonathan Macey, a professor of corporate law at Yale University, referring to an SEC rule that requires public corporations to inform the market of material statements — and forbids selective disclosure.

Like other retail corporations, Hobby Lobby was not affected by the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the individual mandate policy in June.

We, as a nation, say «here are the rules corporations play by» and this chain can't take all the benefits of that on the one hand and then ignore or defy the parts the executives don't like on the other.

By naming protections for corporations, the Justice Department doubles down on the ramifications of the Hobby Lobby ruling.

April 12 — West Ham's move to London's Olympic Stadium will come under increased public scrutiny following a ruling by the UK's Information Tribunal which rejected in full the London Legacy Development Corporation (LDDC)'s appeal against an earlier Information Commissioner ruling to reveal full details of the secret contract enabling West Ham to move into the publicly owned Olympic Stadium.

A lot of organic milk is now produced by large corporations who may not really give their cows much time to feed on grass in a pasture, may buy and mix non-organic cows into their herds, and bypass other organic rules.

However, we have been contacted by some of those invited to a roundtable discussion to prepare the report who have been shocked to find that Danone, a corporation notorious for violating baby food marketing rules, is behind the initiative.

[Also see the article by Mike Brady and Patti Rundall in the SCN Journal: Governments should govern, and corporations should follow the rules].

The much - vaunted «right to be forgotten», ruled upon by the European Court of Justice in 2010, he pointed out, is in fact a right not to feature in Google search, implying that one corporation now has the power to decide who is visible in our society.

The Appellate Division of State Supreme Court has ruled that the Orange County Legislature was wrong when it voted by a simple majority to create a local development corporation to sell the county's Valley View nursing home.

The new organization — which would be empowered by the US Supreme Court's controversial 5 - 4 «Citizens United» ruling in June, which gave corporations the green light to run «issues advertising» targeting specific candidates on TV and radio — would initially focus on state Senate races in hopes of seeing the Legislature's upper house return to Republican control, said a source familiar with the planning for the group.

A bill sponsored by Senate Health Chairman Kemp Hannon (R - Nassau County) from 2013 through 2016 called for a pilot project that would authorize business corporations to acquire as many as 10 hospitals.68 These corporations could not be publicly traded, but their owners would be exempt from other requirements, including the «natural person» rule, character and competence reviews and prior approval of sales and transfers.

In 1995, the state board explained its ruling by citing the Federal Election Commission's treatment of LLCs — but the FEC changed its policy in 1999, ruling that LLCs should be treated as either corporations or partnerships (depending on their self - identified tax status).

10:30 a.m. the Committee on Rules, Privileges and Elections will submits the names of three people to the City Council: Shampa Chanda, a resident of Queens, for appointment as a member of the New York City Board of Standards and Appeals, Helen Arteaga as a Council candidate for designation and subsequent appointment by the Mayor to the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Board of Directors, and Arva R. Rice, candidate for re-appointment by the Council to the New York City Equal Employment Practices Commission.

We urgently need new rules to prevent the capture of our politics by billionaires and corporations and their secretive funding

Probably the best way to sum up his views, with apologies to a much more nuanced position, is that inside information should be viewed a property of a corporation rather than something that it «breaks the rules» to disclose, so civil lawsuit enforcement by the owner of the information ought to be the limit of any regulation.

Last week State Supreme Court Justice John C. Egan Jr. ruled that the Yankees had «made a good - faith effort to comply with the subpoena, culling through and producing a great deal of documents for inspection by the Corporations Committee,» which Brodsky chairs.

The LLC loophole came about from a 1996 ruling by the state Board of Elections that allowed LLC's to give $ 150,000 annually to New York campaigns because it recognized them as individuals rather than corporations.

WASHINGTON — Overruling two important precedents about the First Amendment rights of corporations, a bitterly divided Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the government may not ban political spending by corporations in candidate elections.

They transferred ownership of Kennedy Square in 2011 to a nonprofit corporation that was affiliated with Upstate and directed by its leaders, yet exempt from state rules governing the disposition of public land.

But for decades, the Onondaga County personnel office, which oversees local civil service jobs, has been blocked from reviewing the Syracuse Urban Renewal Agency payroll because the agency is a public benefit corporation not bound by civil service rules.

The BOE issued a ruling that allowed limited liability corporations, or LLCs, to be treated as individual donors and individuals to donate unlimited funds to candidates for state - level offices by creating multiple LLCs.

Even as board members proclaim a new era of transparency, the development corporations won't fully concede that they are bound by the same rules as state agencies.

SUNY Poly says using the nonprofits is «required by federal and state rules, including IRS rules that prohibit hosting private corporations on state - owned lands.»

Concern about corporate political donations has grown since the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 ruling in the Citizens United case that lifted restrictions on independent spending by corporations, said David Yermack, a professor at New York University's Stern School of Business.

Susan Lerner, director of Common Cause, attributed REBNY's increased spending to the 2010 Supreme Court ruling on Citizens United, which lifted restrictions on political expenditures by corporations, associations and unions.

«I am deeply disappointed by the Supreme Court's ruling today that gives some for - profit corporations the right to deny their employees birth control coverage,» Maffei said.

Two state - affiliated development corporations at the center of a federal corruption probe operated for years without rules commonly used by government agencies to promote competition, discourage favoritism and get the best deal for taxpayers when choosing companies to do business -LSB-...]