Sentences with phrase «sweeping reform of»

In the most sweeping reform of Japan's legal system since World War II, the doors are opening wide for a flood of new lawyers to handle cases in an increasingly litigious society.Experts say the reforms underscore a big shift in social attitudes that is forcing Japan to change its policy of keeping the number of lawyers low.

But a much more sweeping reform of U.S. nuclear energy policy is required.

It calls for ending the privatization of schools, returning «real community control» to school systems, and advocates sweeping reform of school discipline policies.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders say they have agreed on a sweeping reform of the state's system of caring for the disabled that has been marked for years by abuse and death.

«As chairman of the House Banking Committee's Subcommittee on Housing, Mr. Lazio authored and negotiated legislation enacting the most sweeping reform of America's public housing in more than 60 years and expanding homeownership for low - income Americans.»

Also at noon, African - American civilian employees of the FDNY announce a civil rights class - action lawsuit seeking sweeping reform of the current system that has permitted discrimination, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

He paints the change as part of a deliberate and sweeping reform of the party's traditionally centralised operation.

Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman have unexpectedly announced sweeping reforms of MPs» expenses system.

The European Parliament has voted for sweeping reforms of the controversial EU Common Fisheries Policy.

Andrew Lansley was elected the Conservative MP for South Cambridgeshire in May 1997 and introduced controversial sweeping reforms of the NHS when he was Health Secretary between 2010 and 2012.

«Newly adopted legislation, designed to increase charter school and authorizer accountability while respecting school autonomy, has been described in media reports as the most sweeping reforms of Ohio charter school law since school choice was first introduced 15 years ago,» a draft of the grant proposal said.

This bill, currently called the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, will result in sweeping reforms of the financial - services industry.

«This settlement marks what we hope and expect to be the beginning of sweeping reforms of New York's broken public defense system,» said NYCLU Associate Legal Director Christopher Dunn.

Ontario has enacted sweeping reforms of the drug system in the province in the past year.

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Although the final fate of the sweeping health care reform lies in the hands of the Supreme Court, one can't fault Obama for not staying true to his word on this one.

Nonetheless, the company will have to step up its game due to the impending introduction of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May — so its attempt to comply with that sweeping reform may end up also being dressed up as its response to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

A few months after her book came out, Starbucks introduced sweeping reforms to respond to the turmoil this algorithmic approach was having upon the personal lives of its employees.

In the Oval Office, President Trump signs the Republican - back tax bill with sweeping reforms into law, as well as bills for missile defense and the short - term funding of the government to avoid a shutdown.

The proposed network is part of a sweeping reform designed to break billionaire Carlos Slim's hold on the Mexican telecoms business, but the Chinese involvement could prove controversial and trigger concerns from the U.S., some Mexican officials say.

«My guess is, while reforms are being studied and proposed, it's unlikely that in the very near future, Congress is going to enact anything sweeping by way of process reforms,» said Pomeroy.

His sweeping reforms led The Economist to name Uruguay its «country of the year» in 2013.

In October, Sens. Ron Wyden and Rand Paul introduced the bipartisan USA Rights Act, which aims to reform Section 702 and «end warrantless backdoor searches of Americans» calls, emails, texts and other communications that are routinely swept up under a program designed to spy on foreign targets,» according to a press release from Wyden's office.

Many of the answers to your most pressing questions about the sweeping health reform law may be at your fingertips.

Total industry jobs cuts, it says, «could run into the thousands as firms assess the impact on their bottom lines of sweeping regulatory reform and a balky economic recovery.»

THE WA taxi industry is in need of sweeping reforms, according to an independent review undertaken by BSD Consultants.

But in 1986, on the brink of economic meltdown, the government launched a series of sweeping economic reforms they called «doi moi».

An amendment to the Senate version of the sweeping new tax reform bill hinders the ability of older Americans to build up their retirement funds on a pre-tax basis.

Other more sweeping reform options would address double taxation by allowing shareholders credits against personal taxes for tax levied at the corporate level (an «imputation system») or by passing corporate profits through to shareholders, similar to the tax treatment of partnerships and S - corporations («corporate tax integration»).

Under sweeping tax reform proposals being discussed in Congress, millions of taxpayers may no longer be itemizing tax deductions in 2018.

In «Full Throttle: Reforming Canada's Aviation Policy,» author Benjamin Dachis finds high fares are symptomatic of wider problems in the aviation industry that Ottawa should address with sweeping policy reforms.

Just a few weeks ago, Wall Street analysts were busy boosting their economic forecasts on the expectation that President Trump would implement sweeping corporate - tax reform, a rollback of regulations, and new fiscal stimulus.

OTTAWA, February 15, 2018 — The federal government must take decisive action now to shore up Canada's business tax competitiveness in the wake of sweeping tax reforms...

OTTAWA, February 15, 2018 — The federal government must take decisive action now to shore up Canada's business tax competitiveness in the wake of sweeping tax reforms in the United States, the Business Council of Canada says in a letter to The Honourable Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance.

In a US - China Business Council survey, 57 percent of U.S. companies operating in China say they have yet to see any impact from a sweeping package of economic reforms Xi unveiled four years ago.

Reuters: Saudi sharia judges decry «Westernizing stench» of king's legal reforms Saudi judges who enforce sharia (Islamic law) have condemned what they see as «the stench of Western ideas» in sweeping legal reforms pushed by King Abdullah, underscoring friction between government modernizers and religious hardliners.

As the reform movements sweeping through Eastern Europe are learning, denunciation of evil and corruption is a necessary first step toward social change, but constructing new institutional arrangements is by far the more arduous task.

What the Pope needs is someone who knows the Roman Curia but is not of it, preferably an Italian, someone committed to reform, someone who can actually sweep the place clean.

Asa (c. 913 - 873), the second son of Rehoboam to occupy the throne, instituted a sweeping reform, the description of which in I Kings 15:9 ff.

With him the full tide of reform swept into the Papacy.

While the decision was always potentially regarded as a temporary measure during the enactment of wide - sweeping Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reforms to deregulate the market, the report's conclusions could indicate a setback to free trade.

manager out here somewhere who will bring in the sweeping reforms to the management of the club / team, and bring it to the 21st century with a fresher version of wengers philosophy

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Cuomo at the start of the year unveiled few big surprises: He wanted to increase the state's minimum wage to $ 15; a paid family leave program; sweeping ethics reform.

Director General at the Association of British Insurers, Huw Evans, said: «Having worked with the previous Government on delivering sweeping reforms to the pensions market and on practical measures to reduce car insurance premiums and tackle flood risk, the insurance industry looks forward to a constructive relationship with the new Parliament.

For social democrats, it means reflecting on how institutional forms can be entrenched within the fabric of society, rather than swept away immediately in the wake of electoral defeat as may be the fate of Labour's social reforms in the United Kingdom.

Former Gubernatorial Candidate Carl Paladino swept Western New York in 2010, and stayed popular with a message of reform within his own party.

Successive British parliaments have also participated in a series of sweeping reforms to the procedures for how those European institutions make rules.

The companies claim that payments were made for Cohen's expertise spanning a sweeping range of topics, including accounting, tax reform, health care, real estate and antitrust.

The challenger also blasts Mr. Bishop for supporting the Obama administration's sweeping health care reform and stimulus packages, both of which he claims will only add to the nation's crushing debt.

In order to end the «rinse - and - repeat» cycle of scandal followed by public outrage, Attorney General Schneiderman proposed a sweeping package of reforms that would bring a meaningful transformation of the culture of Albany.