Sentences with phrase «to be in the public interest»

And if there is anything to cold fusion, it would be in the public interest for it to be investigated properly.

This statutory presumption has drawn some criticism though: are judges really the best judge of what is in the public interest?

He submitted that the deprivation could not be justified as being in the public interest.

It is just that editors will have to use a little more ingenuity to establish that the story is in the public interest before publishing it.

It clearly is in the public interest to have intellectual property and copyright protected.

What was relevant was the worker's belief that the disclosure was in the public interest and that belief being objectively reasonable.

The process of «external and independent arbitration» provided by the tribunal, he argued, had resulted in a recommendation that release of the minutes was in the public interest.

He argued that there are three requirements on the exercise of discretion over such matters as whether or not a prosecution is in the public interest.

If the article as a whole is in the public interest, opinions may reasonably differ over which details are needed to convey the general message.

Since the 19th century, lawyers have taken for granted that self - governance is in the public interest.

The filing continued to stat that the suspension was in the public interest.

Some people still don't recognize that heritage preservation is in the public interest.

It is impractical for parents to keep children under constant surveillance or supervision, and it would not be in the public interest for the law to impose a duty upon them to do so.

He claimed that doing so was in the public interest, i.e. to allow people the freedom to vote for whom they wanted (namely Paul Biya).

However, the IPCC has certainly extended its remit; many have accused the IPCC of haughtiness; innovation is slow; quality may have declined; and the IPCC may have used its power to hinder competitors — all things that monopolies tend to do, and none of which is in the public interest.

Furthermore, will the judge question why this seemingly extraordinarily lenient deal is in the public interest?

The Federal Communications Commission also would have to determine that the proposed merger is in the public interest.

At the moment if an individual can not afford to pay all the potential legal fees but their case is in the public interest, they can be granted a «costs cap» to limit their financial liability.

At one point the Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, obtained an injunction against the BBC, preventing them from reporting a story they claimed was in the public interest while he argued that the story was sub judice.

The ICO has issued draft guidance on how the level of a fine will be determined, recognising that fines will be reserved for the most serious of situations and that it will not usually be in the public interest for an excessive fine to bring down an organisation which is otherwise contributing towards the good of society.

The measure also increases, from 500 megawatts to 15,000 megawatts, the aggregate rated capacity of solar energy generation facilities located in the Commonwealth as to which their construction or purchase by a utility is in the public interest.

However, a second inquiry concluded that Falmer was the only viable location for a stadium in the area, and the Government decided that the development was in the public interest because of its social and economic benefits for the more deprived areas of Brighton.

I do not believe that moving forward with this plan is in the public interest,» FCC chairman Ajit Pai said in a statement.

And the information that is available is in the public interest, since Trump is competing to hold the highest public office in the land.

A four - page bill signed by the state's governor declares that the installation of energy storage by utility customers is in the public interest, and prohibits discriminatory charges or regulatory burdens from interfering with this.

Amending the Responsible Energy Development Act to include a requirement that the regulator must consider whether resource development applications are in the public interest, and reinstate the right of landowners to appeal environmental decisions affecting their land to an independent Environmental Appeals Board.

«Evidence about why the Inner Harbor Project was in the public interest similarly sheds critical light on the Syracuse Defendants» states of mind,» the letter states.

Academics and journalists fear it they could be found guilty of terrorism in the course of legitimate research, even if their purpose there was in the public interest.

The Congress declares that the establishment of a Department of Education is in the public interest, will promote the general welfare of the United States, will help ensure that education issues receive proper treatment at the Federal level, and will enable the Federal Government to coordinate its education activities more effectively.

NYSRPA believes the challenged portions of the Act will fail any applicable standard of review for constitutional rights and that enjoining enforcement is in the public interest.

PSC Chair Audrey Zibelman said in the statement that «to determine whether the proposed transaction is in the public interest, the Commission will examine the proposal to ensure services the merged company would provide will be better than the service customers currently receive.»

As if making up for lost time, he spoke for a full half - hour, hijacking the debate on whether Murdoch's BSkyB bid was in the public interest.

The Conservative Party Chairman Grant Shapps has said tests are in place to make sure that any takeover of AstraZeneca by Pfizer is in the public interest.

The office pointed to a 2014 ruling by the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics that found that politicians could appear in an ad funded by a nonprofit group if the message was in the public interest and promoted government services and did not promote any candidate or policy.

I fail to see how Haringey Council's secretive actions are in the public interest, given the astonishing sum of taxpayers» money involved and the immense public concern and upset at the Baby P scandal.

The shadow Treasury minister Anneliese Dodds criticised the government for failing to «defend publicly the journalists who were singled out by Appleby» and asked it to affirm that the reports were in the public interest.

In an article co-authored with a group of U.S. and international colleagues, Bailey argues that the science of sexual orientation is in the public interest because, «such science is frequently — if not always correctly — used to support political, social, and moral conclusions regarding homosexuality.»

If on the second appeal the state board finds that granting the charter is in the public interest, it may reverse and remand to the district board «with instructions to approve the charter applicant.»

Natalie Ravitz, a spokeswoman for New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, said the data are an indicator of a teacher's effectiveness, and that releasing the data was in the public interest.

Furthermore, under the Negotiated Rulemaking Act, the head of the agency would determine whether negotiated rulemaking is in the public interest and would consider several factors concerning the parties, the timing, the costs, and the issues.