Sentences with phrase «seek changes to the rules»

I propose that we seek changes to the rules.

Several groups of which Legal Aid is a member or with which we work closely — the D.C. Access to Justice Commission, the D.C. Consortium of Legal Services Providers, the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center, and the Washington Council of Lawyers — submitted comments seeking changes to the rule, which had needlessly prevented competent lawyers affiliated with legal services organizations from offering free legal assistance to low - income clients.

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U.S. regulators are considering changes to the «Volcker rule» that Wall Street has sought for years.

The ruling marks the latest setback for the Trump administration as it seeks to roll back regulations aimed at mitigating the impacts of climate change.

A key, legal rule for startups in the US seeking private financing changed in the fall: it is now okay to «generally solicit and generally advertise» that you are seeking funds.

For as long as The Defense Alliance of Minnesota continues to offer services, The Defense Alliance of Minnesota shall provide (and seek to update, improve and expand, in similar and different new ways) The Defense Alliance of Minnesota's platform and service with the purpose of providing all members with professional networking connectivity, through proprietary tools, rules and protocols which The Defense Alliance of Minnesota may update, improve, discontinue and change at any time, at The Defense Alliance of Minnesota's sole discretion.

The rule change could boost U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla, which has been seeking to set up a wholly owned plant in Shanghai.

But Pell, the Australian cardinal, sought to diminish the high expectations of immediate change in church rules.

On 24 June 2011, it was reported that Miliband was seeking to change the decades - old rule that Labour's Shadow Cabinet would be elected every two years, instead wanting to adopt a system where he alone had the authority to select its members.

«We are in a global fight to combat climate change, and today's ruling ensures our progress will not be blocked or rolled back by fossil fuel interests and others seeking to maintain the status quo,» Cuomo said in a news release.

Ugly partisan bickering is once again tainting the political parties as they seek to change a fundamental part of the rules governing general elections.

After last week's Vergara v. California ruling, New York's teachers unions and education reform groups are preparing to battle over expected legal action seeking to change the state's tenure laws.

When any government seeks to change the rules of the game, parliament must exercise close scrutiny.

In cases where the offence or part of it was committed in the UK, as with the NatWest three, the changes would also require a judge to rule it was «in the interest of justice» for that offence to be tried in the country that sought extradition.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg proposed sweeping changes on Wednesday to New York's costly pension system, seeking to save billions of dollars by fundamentally altering long - established rules that have awarded generous retirement benefits to municipal workers and have deepened the city's financial hole.

In each of his State of the State speeches Cuomo has used the capitol building as a metaphor for something that was once glorious and can be restored; he has said he wants to re-establish New York «the progressive capital of the nation»; he has touted the number of on - time budgets he and the legislature have delivered (this year he'll say four in a row and counting); he has demanded more teacher accountability but explained new changes he's seeking; and, he has stressed a need for ethics rules overhaul and campaign finance reform while mentioning unsavory headlines.

NYC Parks is seeking public comment for proposed changes to its rules and the penalties incurred by offenders.

Any agreement is likely to involve either a short - term extension of the current rules or a longer extension that contains some changes sought by both sides.

Andy Slaughter would face a Tory majority of 14 % in the new Hammersmith & Fulham seat Gareth Thomas would face a Tory majority of 11 % in the new Harrow and Stanmore Joan Ryan would face a small Tory majority of just 3 % in the new Enfield seat Ruth Cadbury faces a 10 % Tory majority in Brentford & Chiswick Tulip Siddiq faces a 9 % Tory majority in Hampstead and Golders Green Alex Cunningham is only eligible for the nomination in Stockton West, with a 7 % Tory majority Chris Matheson doesn't actually face much change, but Chester would have a 1 % Tory majority on paper Jenny Chapman faces a notional Tory majority of 1 % in Darlington Madeleine Moon's Bridgend is merged with the Vale of Glamorgan to create a notionally Tory seat, but with a majority of only 3 % Alan Whitehead's Southampton Test would have a 4 % Tory majority on paper (Southampton Itchen would flip to Labour... but Whitehead doesn't have the right to go there under Labour rules) Melanie Orr would be eligible to seek selection in either Grimsby North & Barton or Grimsby South and Cleethorpes.

The mayor didn't get the schools rules changes, or much of the state money he sought, and voiced the loudest immediate objections to Cuomo's budget.

On - topic question topics included the amount of HPD funding in this specific project, possible changes in City Planning Commission rules on building height, how many of the 20,000 units reported by the Mayor were new construction and how many were preservation work, how people can seek to live in the units being constructed at this specific project and a lawsuit challenging the City's community preference policy.

Faced with a worsening financial climate, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Wednesday that he was contemplating whether to propose changes to the state tax code, and he did not rule out the possibility that he would seek to raise taxes on wealthy New Yorkers.

In October, Cuomo told the Freeman that he had no plans to seek changes to the cap rule and it was up to school district voters to decide whether proposed budgets are appropriate.

At the hearing yesterday, Diamond told the council that the state had informed his office that the change, which seeks to compel people to find alternatives to shelters including staying with relatives or even leaving the country, is «consistent with state rules.»

Seeking out ways to change the rules of the game to benefit them in the future (boundary changes, proposals for changes in party funding, may all be cases in point).

As the de Blasio administration seeks to meet its ambitious affordable housing goals and, in that effort, pass significant changes to the city's zoning rules, Diaz Jr. has emerged as the loudest opponent of the plans, further ruffling feathers at City Hall after several previous high - profile disagreements this year.

Assemblyman Robin Schimminger faulted E.S.D. for seeking an emergency rule change to delay publication of the report until after the state budget passed, and said he would have opposed a provision in the just - passed state budget increasing its funding if he knew the results.

There is also the looming threat of ever - changing FDA rules that seek to limit our access to natural treatments.

You can seek for help from professionals or you may choose to change some details according to your wants as long as it does not violate the rules and you are pretty honest with them.

Despite changes in the material conditions of production, any ruling class will seek to preserve its rule at all cost, thus becoming a fetter on further social and economic development.

The U.S. Department of Education will hold meetings this month to seek reaction from the public on proposed rules that would change the way the No Child Left Behind Act is implemented.

Fittingly, they also treat more kindly the change strategies that try to strengthen practitioners than they treat those that seek to alter the ground rules or power relationships of the system itself.

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Kelley ruled in a lawsuit backed by teacher unions and school boards seeking to shut down the voucher program and other changes that would funnel more money away from traditional public schools.

Banks seek rule change to allow more cellphone fraud alerts — Despite a plague of data breaches, banks fear lawsuits if they send fraud alerts via text messages and cellphone calls, according to an industry group... (See Fraud alert texts)

Until the world accepts the principle of freedom from religion, recognizes that it is unethical to impose one's own religious beliefs or rules on others or to restrict apostasy in any way to prevent one from freely changing one's mind, we will be plagued by all of the religions seeking to impose their own version of Sharia, religious law, for better or worse.

We'll seek to change the rules of the game, so residents, and not developers, decide the future of their communities.

Healthcare systems require tighter rules as the European Union seeks to cut climate - changing greenhouse gas emissions.

We are in a global fight to combat climate change, and today's ruling ensures our progress will not be blocked or rolled back by fossil fuel interests and others seeking to maintain the status quo.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper is proposing to strike a joint climate - change pact with president - elect Barack Obama, an initiative that would seek to protect Alberta's oil sands projects from potentially tough new U.S. climate - change rules by

The governor in a statement after the judge's decision said «At a time when the federal government has abdicated its leadership on climate change, [this ruling] ensures our progress will not be blocked or rolled back by fossil fuel interests and others seeking to maintain the status quo.»

To achieve the effect sought by changing the rules (protection of home trained doctors), the DoH issued guidance that NHS hospitals should not employ IMGs unless they met the resident labour market test.

Online divorce going well; child seeks inheritance advice; new debt pre-action protocol; family, insolvency & CoP rule changes; & Isleworth landlords to watch it

However, breaking rules and law is a popular strategy employed by many individuals and movements seeking to create social change.

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[8] Ultimately, young lawyers who are seeking to change rules that they believe unfairly impact their clients or even themselves should do what lawyers do best: advocate.

Many companies seeking to do business in Russia find it hard to create and update in - house compliance programs and to train managers and sales staff about the changing rules.

The Access to Justice Commission filed Petition 15 - 06 seeking a rule change that would allocate 50 % of unclaimed class action awards to support civil legal services to low income persons (aka cy pres).

Uber's ride - hailing service changes US rules governing riders, drivers seeking to pursue claims of sexual misconduct.

Additionally, the commenter sought a change to the proposed rule setting a 90 percent percentage of member responsible portion of premium as the mandatory threshold for all issuers.