Sentences with phrase «significant authority under»

The president has significant authority under federal law to retaliate against countries he believes are trading unfairly.

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Another significant development was the announcement by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority that it would start to dispose of shares it had purchased to support the market when it came under an intense speculative attack in August 1998.

Instead, if we understand the culture in which John wrote, the issues that the early church was facing under the Roman Empire, and all of the hundreds of allusions to Old Testament themes and prophetic expectations, the Book of Revelation can have a significant message for followers of Jesus today, who also deal with similar cultural issues as we try to live like Jesus in a world dominated by powers and authority that live in rebellion to the Kingdom of God.

In addition, all Golden Rice field trials in the Philippines are conducted under permits issued by the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture (DA - BPI), the national regulatory authority in the Philippines for crop biotechnology R&D, after they established that the trials will pose no significant risks to human health and the environment.

The Albany Housing Authority hired Norstar Development for the project — a Canada - based company with significant operations in Buffalo and is led in the U.S. by Richard Higgins, a former state housing czar under Gov. Mario Cuomo.

Take the most significant new authority the Fed was given under the Dodd — Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: the power to take actions to stop runs on systemically important, so - called «too big to fail» financial institutions that threaten the entire economy.

New York City's public housing authority will see at least $ 35 million less in federal aid this year, in what appears to be the first significant funding cuts to the city under President Donald Trump.

Despite steadily shrinking federal support for public housing, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) has made significant gains in public safety and in balancing its annual operating budget under Mayor Bill de Blasio, who is up for reelection on Tuesday.

Under such an arrangement, the SEA authorizes outside organizations to take on these responsibilities, distributes funds to them, grants them significant authority and flexibility, and develops performance contracts by which to hold them accountable for meeting the state's goals.

This is a significant step in the tangle of legal proceedings set in motion with the 2007 Supreme Court decision on the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate carbon dioxide under the clean air law.

-- The report required under paragraph (1) shall also identify opportunities and recommendations, including action under existing authorities, to achieve significant black carbon emission reductions in foreign countries through technical assistance or other approaches to --

timely responses to communications by email and telephone timely production of documents especially medical counsel for plaintiffs advising their clients about early settlement and realistic expectations counsel for defendants advising their clients to attend mediations with sufficient settlement authority expertise in a particular area of law posturing and egotism on both sides claims for punitive damages where none are warranted under law preparation for significant events such as examinations for discovery and motions accountability for the consequences of steps taken or delayed unnecessary or defensive crossclaims and third party claims by defence counsel regional differences (some local bars are more collegial than others)

6 This approach is further reflected in the DOJ's FCPA pilot programme, announced in April 2016, under which significant rewards may be available for voluntary disclosure and full cooperation.7 Companies and their advisers who are conducting multi-jurisdictional investigations therefore face a difficult task in attempting to balance the competing demands of multiple different interested criminal authorities and regulators when determining how to approach internal interviews.

While lauding the «significant improvements» of the Privacy Shield compared to the Safe Harbor decision (including mechanisms to ensure oversight of the Privacy Shield and mandatory compliance reviews), the working party nonetheless expressed «strong concerns» about both the commercial aspects and the access by public authorities to data transferred under the Privacy Shield.

The London Borough of Croydon formed the view that the borough was «experiencing a significant and persistent problem caused by anti-social behaviour; that some or all of the private sector landlords who have let premises in the area (whether under leases or licences) are failing to take action to combat the problem that it would be appropriate for them to take; and that making a designation will, when combined with other measures taken in the area by the local housing authority, or by other persons together with the local housing authority, lead to a reduction in, or the elimination of, the problem»: section 80 (6) of the 2004 Act.

Where there is a significant dispute between professionals and parents regarding the administration of certain medications, the authorisation of the Court may be required under the inherent jurisdiction and a Local Authority could not rely on its parental responsibility provided by the care order for consent.

Connor's local authority instituted an investigation under the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989), s 47, on the basis that they had «reasonable cause to suspect that a child is suffering, or is likely to suffer, significant harm», and arranged a child protection conference to consider his case.