Sentences with phrase «state issue briefs»

The pathways outlined in these state issue briefs were selected to show that EPA's carbon pollution limits are readily achievable.

Not exact matches

Jan. 7 - Councilor Khalid Bey briefs the city council at a Democratic caucus, tells them issues have been resolved and to expect stadium announcement in Cuomo's State of the State speech the next day.

Both sides will now file legal briefs, and New York State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia, who presided over the hearing, will then issue a written decision.

The State Graduation Briefs are a supplement to Diplomas Count 2010 and feature concise tables, charts, and graphics to put the issues in context.

Randall G. Bennett is the Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel of the Tennessee School Boards Association where he provides general legal opinions to local boards of education, superintendents and TSBA staff on school governanace issues, organizes and presents at seminars and training events, prepares and files amicus briefs in appellate cases affecting public schools, monitors current litigation and changes in state and federal law, and supervises the Association's Policy Department, A former school board member and police officer, Mr. Bennett obtained his law degree from Nashville School of Law.

He has also submitted amicus briefs on important product liability, evidentiary and punitive damages issues in a variety of courts, including the United States Supreme Court.

So far, only three published studies have analyzed the association between brief readability and case outcome, 50 and no studies have analyzed that association in the trial courts, where most lawyers practice.51 Long and Christensen sampled 882 appellate briefs from the Supreme Court, federal appellate courts, and state supreme courts.52 Their dependent variable was the outcome of the appeal (affirmed or reversed), while their independent variable was readability measured by the Flesch Reading Ease score as calculated by Microsoft Word.53 For federal appellate and state supreme court briefs, the researchers coded control variables for federal or state court, standard of review, presence of a dissenting opinion, and readability of the opinion deciding the appeal.54 For United States Supreme Court briefs, the researchers coded control variables for constitutional issue, criminal or civil case, presence of a dissenting opinion, and opinion readability.55 They found no statistically significant correlation between readability and outcome in the briefs in their study.56

Political Law: Summer Associates may be asked to research federal or state campaign finance, gift or lobbying laws; review political and issue advertisements for compliance with such laws; draft briefs regarding First Amendment or voting rights litigation; and review political committee registrations or reports;

I researched state constitutional issues, crafted procedural arguments, helped write dispositive briefs and attended court proceedings.»

• Developed and maintained program for responding to daily incoming Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board town and city petitions • Drafted, reviewed, and edited briefs and legal memoranda in a variety of areas including adverse possession, destruction of employee personal records, domiciles, and personal property taxation • Performed legal research and wrote memoranda on incorporation, mergers and acquisitions and other corporate legal issues • Organized and maintained corporation filing documents and corporate minute books to maintain compliance with state law • Assisted in production and document review of Supreme Judicial Court appellate documents

Authoring multiple amicus briefs in the United Stated Supreme Court and Federal Circuit on patent issues.

Prepared valuation analyses and cash flow models on prospective acquisitions using ARGUS; and recorded acquisition / sale of 1031 properties on multiple entities Prepared quarterly financial reports for tax auditors using QuickBooks, including all supporting schedules for 10 - K and 10 - Q filings Created / Maintained lease briefs for newly acquired assets and performed due diligence for prospective acquisitions Managed and reconciled cash for company and 1031 exchange properties; and acted as primary contact for all treasury management issues Filed annual business property statement and recorded estimated income tax payments — state and federal Created accounting procedures manual and supervised / trained assistants to perform accounts payable tasks Consulted with property accountants to resolve discrepancies in monthly financial reports Provided executives, shareholders, lenders and investors with monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports Ensured compliance with loan covenants and tenant in common (TIC) agreements

Key Highlight: • Orchestrated the drafting of amici briefs in state Supreme Court on cutting edge issues for children's lawyers.