Sentences with phrase «substantive action on»

Clinton / Gore couldn't get substantive action on climate change done either.

The politicization of climate science is probably the single largest impediment to substantive action on GHG abatement, and while sites like Realclimate do their best to objectivize the topic, you can't expect to convince everyone.

«We know that the conversation around arming teachers and other school personnel was an attempt to delay substantive action on gun violence prevention and deflect attention from real policy proposals.

Relying on the precise statutory language of Section 201, McDonnell narrowed the definition of official act, holding that bribery requires the public official to agree to exercise government power or take substantive action on a particular matter or dispute.

Not exact matches

«Although promising to take immediate action on the recommendations made by the Missing Women's Inquiry, we've seen little substantive action from the B.C. Liberal government,» said New Democrat women's critic Maurine Karagianis.

Insofar as freedom can not be so defined, a proscription on external coercion requires a substantive principle or norm of social action.

Leclerc picks up on how substantive can be (must be) the relations between physical existents, and furthers this by insisting that any such relations are substantive only insofar as they arise out of actions — the acting of entities upon one another reciprocally.

Our job then is to provide them with substantive content and actions that fit their place on the ladder, so that every supporter has good options, not just the high - climbers.

Factors considered important to the reform included the following: (a) meeting for 1 hour a week in study groups; (b) meeting in cross-grade groups; (c) reflecting on teaching in study groups; (d) considering research - based «best practices» in study groups; (e) completing action plans in study groups; (f) selecting substantive topics for study; (g) maintaining topics over time; (h) meeting as a whole faculty once a month to discuss reform efforts; (i) working on parent partnerships and making effective use of the external facilitator; and (j) making effective use of the internal leadership team.

Project Drawdown and Northwest Earth Institute's EcoChallenge partnered to take action on the 100 most substantive solutions to global warming.

Together we took action on the 100 most substantive solutions to global warming.

I am, however, cynical based on all these meetings and more meetings, committees and new committees and the absence of substantive action.

Renewable - fuel standard — Congress laid the foundation for this strange - bedfellow debate in 2013, and next year could bring more substantive action, depending on whether gasoline prices go up and how that affects ethanol prices.

Our first ever spring Drawdown EcoChallenge is underway with over 5,300 participants and 650 teams learning about and taking action on the 100 most substantive solutions to global warming.

Hospitable Planet: Faith, Action, and Climate Change seeks to fill the gap in religious and secular texts by providing both a compelling biblical case for action on climate change and by identifying substantive measures to mitigate climate change and how to achieve their implementAction, and Climate Change seeks to fill the gap in religious and secular texts by providing both a compelling biblical case for action on climate change and by identifying substantive measures to mitigate climate change and how to achieve their implementaction on climate change and by identifying substantive measures to mitigate climate change and how to achieve their implementation.

Despite claims by Minister Glen Murray that there few actual reports, and a promise of action on the ones he does have, little substantive action has occurred since the release of our report May 31, and the airing of a Global News investigative report in June.

The Drawdown EcoChallenge is a fun and social way to learn about and take action on the 100 most substantive solutions to global warming.

Together we're taking action on the 100 most substantive solutions to global warming.

Perhaps the most important aspect of this move, and the 10:10 campaign in general, is the emphasis on immediate, substantive action.

Anjali engaged the crowd with a series of mic checks, reinforcing the youth position of solidarity with Yeb and his countries position on real substantive climate action now.

Mr. Miklave covered the laws» definitions of protected classes, the availability of remedies, time limitations on bringing actions, elements of claims, and substantive and procedural defenses.

The collective redress regimes around the world do not have to be identical but if they are designed to protect the same substantive and procedural rights of class members and are based on some of the same fundamental principles, it is more likely that class action judgments from one jurisdiction will be enforceable in another jurisdiction.

If the plaintiff fails to satisfy the court as to the substantive merit of the plaintiff's case, the action should be dismissed with costs on a full indemnity basis.

Some substantive law both because of what happened and because it may give some people cause to think about the consequences of our past action on our environment.

In an appropriate case, destruction of documents carries a procedural but not substantive remedy, an action for damages can not be sustained solely on the ground that documents have been destroyed (Endean v. Canadian Red Cross Society (1998), 48 B.C.L.R. (3d) 90 (B.C. C.A.)-RRB-.

The prevalence of shorter, simpler emails is also consistent with my recent legal experience as a litigation associate in a large law firm before starting to teach legal writing full - time — an experience I have drawn on in trying to design realistic assignments.59 The emails I wrote often dealt with relatively straightforward substantive matters, procedural questions surrounding litigation, or some combination of the two, such as the steps for having an appellate court relinquish jurisdiction to correct a scrivener's error in a lower - court judgment or the timeline for responding to an in rem civil forfeiture action.

On October 9, 2009, the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. («BNA») published an article entitled «Court Applies Tobacco II: Prop 64 Changed Standing Requirements, Not Substantive Law» in the Class Action Litigation Report.

Relying on the fair use doctrine, we are posting substantive filings in White v. West here: 02/22/2012 - Class Action Complaint 04/06/2012 - Memorandum in Support of Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (filed by Reed Elsevier) 04/06/2012 - Memorandum in Support of Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (filed by West Publishing) 04/26/2012 - Memorandum in Opposition to Defendants» Motions to Dismiss (filed by White and Elan) 05/07/2012 - Reply Memorandum in Support of Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (filed by West Publishing) 05/07/2012 - Reply Memorandum in Support of Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (filed by Reed Elsevier) 05/17/2012 - Order Granting Motion to Dismiss (Signed by Judge Jed S. Rakoff on 5/16/2012) 05/22/2012 - Transcript of Proceedings held on 5/16/2012 05/30/2012 - Answer to Complaint (filed by West Publishing) 05/30/2012 - Answer to Complaint (filed by Reed Elsevier) 06/26/2012 - Amended Complaint (filed by White) 07/10/2012 - Answer to Amended Complaint (filed by West Publishing) 07/13/2012 - Answer to Amended Complaint (filed by Reed Elsevier) 10/05/2012 - Memorandum in Suppport of Plaintiff's Summary Judgment Motion (filed by White) 10/05/2012 - Memorandum in Suppport of Defendant's Summary Judgment Motion (filed by Reed Elsevier) 10/23/2012 - Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiff's Summary Judgment Motion (filed by West Publishing) 10/23/2012 - Memorandum in Opposition to Defendants» Summary Judgment Motions (filed by White) 10/23/2012 - Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiff's Summary Judgment Motion (filed by Reed Elsevier) 11/02/2012 - Reply Memorandum in Support of Defendant's Summary Judgment Motion (filed by West Publishing) 11/02/2012 - Reply Memorandum in Support of Plaintiff's Summary Judgment Motion (filed by White) 11/02/2012 - Reply Memorandum in Support of Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment (filed by Reed Elsevier) 11/30/2012 - Transcript of Proceedings Held on 11/20/2012 02/11/2013 - Order Granting Defendants» Motions for Summary Judgment (Signed by Judge Jed S. Rakoff on 2/8/2013)

The team's substantive knowledge coupled with its familiarity with class action procedure allows our attorneys to handle a wide array of class actions, both on the plaintiff and defense side.

Thus, imposing liability on Google in a defamation action based on its Autocomplete function is justified in a notice - and - takedown regime when a substantive complaint has been made.

We offer innovative approaches and considerable resources to address our clients» needs, founded on the strength of our substantive expertise and experience with the complex procedural aspects of class actions.

First, there are few lawyers who are genuinely specialists in both substantive areas of law (such as environmental law, planning law, prison law and so on) and the general principles of judicial review of administrative action.

79 DOS 99 Matter of DOS v. Pagano - disclosure of agency relationships; failure to appear at hearing; proper business practices; unauthorized practice of law; unearned commissions; vicarious liability; fraudulent practice; jurisdiction; ex parte hearing may proceed upon proof of proper service; DOS has jurisdiction after expiration of respondents» licenses as acts of misconduct occurred and the proceedings were commenced while the respondents were licensed; licensee fails to timely provide seller client with agency disclosure form prior to entering into listing agreement and fails to timely provide agency disclosure form to buyer upon first substantive contact; broker fails to make it clear for which party he is acting; broker violates 19 NYCRR 175.24 by using exclusive right to sell listing agreement without mandatory definitions of «exclusive right to sell» and «exclusive agency»; broker breaches fiduciary duties to seller clients by misleading them as to buyer's ability to financially consummate the transaction; broker breaches his fiduciary duty to seller by referring seller to the attorney who represented the buyers when he knew or should have known such attorney could not properly protect seller's interests; improper for broker to use listing agreements providing for broker to retain one half of any deposit if forfeited by buyer as such forfeiture clause could, by its terms, allow broker to retain part of the deposit when broker did not earn a commission; broker must conduct business under name as it appears on license; broker engaged in the unauthorized practice of law in preparing contracts for purchase and sale of real estate which did not contain a clause making it subject to the approval of the parties» attorneys and were not a form recommended by a joint bar / real estate board committee; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness and incompetency in using sales contract which purported to change the terms of the listing agreement to include a higher commission; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness and incompetency in using contracts of sale which were unclear, ambiguous, vague and incomplete; broker failed to amend purchase agreement to reflect amendment to increase deposit amount; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness in back - dating purchase agreements; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness in participating in scheme to have seller hold undisclosed second mortgage and to mislead first mortgagee about the purchaser's financial ability to purchase; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness by claiming unearned commission and filing affidavit of entitlement for unearned commission; DOS fails to establish by substantial evidence that respondent acted as undisclosed dual agent; corporate broker bound by the knowledge acquired by and is responsible for acts committed by its licensees within the actual or apparent scope of their authority; corporate and individual brokers» licenses revoked, no action taken on application for renewal until proof of payment of sum of $ 2,000.00 plus interests for deposits unlawfully retained